# Managing organization permissions

This section explains how to manage the user and group permissions related to an organization.

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* It’s recommended to manage the permissions through the user groups, see [user-groups](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/administering-sonarcloud/managing-organization/users-and-permissions/user-groups "mention"). This feature is available starting in Team plan. In addition, with the Team plan, you can manage the permissions set by default to new projects, see [templates](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/administering-sonarcloud/managing-organization/manage-org-projects/manage-project-permissions/templates "mention").
* If you lost administrator access to your organization, send a request to [contact@sonarsource.com](http://contact@sonarsource.com) with all the necessary details.
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## Permissions related to an organization <a href="#permissions-related-to-organization" id="permissions-related-to-organization"></a>

<table><thead><tr><th width="224">Permission Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Execute analysis</td><td><p>Grants the ability to:</p><ul><li>Retrieve all settings required to run the analysis, including secured credentials like passwords.</li><li>Push analysis results to SonarQube Cloud.</li><li>Run scans on any project in the organization, including private ones, regardless of existing project-level permissions.</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>Administer Quality Gates</td><td>Can create and update <a data-mention href="../../../standards/quality-gates">quality-gates</a> that can be applied to the organization’s projects.</td></tr><tr><td>Administer Quality Profiles</td><td>Can create and update quality profiles that can be applied to the organization’s projects. See <a data-mention href="../../../standards/managing-quality-profiles">managing-quality-profiles</a> for more details.</td></tr><tr><td>Create Projects</td><td>Can create new projects in the organization.</td></tr><tr><td>Administer Organization</td><td>Has full control over the organization.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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View access to organizations is not managed through permissions but depends on the organization’s subscription plan: any user can view a free plan organization whereas access to a Team or Enterprise plan organization is restricted to its members. See [subscription-plans](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/administering-sonarcloud/managing-subscription/subscription-plans "mention") for more information.
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## Setting the permissions of the groups and users <a href="#setting-permissions" id="setting-permissions"></a>

You must be an organization admin to be able to manage the permissions related to your organization.

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If you have a Free plan organization, you cannot change group permissions.
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To set the organization-related permissions of the groups and users:

1. Retrieve your organization. See [viewing-organizations](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/getting-started/viewing-organizations "mention") for more information.
2. Go to **Permissions.**
3. Select **All**, **Users**, or **Groups** to filter the results, or search for specific users or groups.
4. Apply permissions for users or groups by checking the boxes in the appropriate columns. The permission options are: **Administer Organization,** **Administer Quality Gate**, **Administer Quality Profile**, **Execute Analysis**, **Create Projects**.

<div align="left"><figure><img src="https://2223713658-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FB4UT2GNiZKjtxFtcFAL7%2Fuploads%2F5qkmN4gNQdHgQZNNjW0f%2Forganization-permissions.png?alt=media&#x26;token=ad088498-0afe-4d54-8d13-2c44d1731be5" alt="Permissions page with various permission options you can apply to an organiation"><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>

## Transferring ownership of an organization <a href="#transferring-ownership-of-organization" id="transferring-ownership-of-organization"></a>

As the administrator, there may be cases where you wish to transfer ownership of an organization. For example, if you are leaving a team or company, you can simply grant the **Administer Organization** permission to another member.

## Related pages <a href="#related-pages" id="related-pages"></a>

* [organization-members](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/administering-sonarcloud/managing-organization/users-and-permissions/organization-members "mention")
* [user-groups](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/administering-sonarcloud/managing-organization/users-and-permissions/user-groups "mention")
* [user-on-and-offboarding](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/administering-sonarcloud/managing-organization/users-and-permissions/user-on-and-offboarding "mention")
* [github-member-sync](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/administering-sonarcloud/managing-organization/users-and-permissions/github-member-sync "mention")
* [recovering-org-admin-access](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/administering-sonarcloud/managing-organization/recovering-org-admin-access "mention")