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title: Organization Groups
description: >-
  Centrally manage roles, policies, and users across multiple Datadog
  organizations with Organization Groups.
breadcrumbs: Docs > Account Management > Organization Groups
---

# Organization Groups

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##### Organization Groups is in Preview

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[Request Access](https://www.datadoghq.com/product-preview/organization-groups/)
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## Overview{% #overview %}

For organizations that remain multi-organization, Organization Groups introduces centralized governance across organizations, which reduces the operational overhead of running multiple organizations.

## Centralize governance across organizations{% #centralize-governance-across-organizations %}

Organization Groups lets administrators manage multiple Datadog organizations as a single unit. Instead of configuring roles, policies, and settings individually per organization, administrators define them once at the group level and push them to member organizations.

- **View and manage organizations in a group.** See all member organizations from the group and navigate between them.
- **Push policies from group to member organizations.** Define policies in the owner organization and apply them to member organizations.

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   alt="Organization Settings in Datadog showing the Organization Groups policies section." /%}

## How it works{% #how-it-works %}

### Organization types{% #organization-types %}

Every organization in an organization group falls into at least one of the following types:

| Type       | Description                                                                                                                                                           |
| ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Owner**  | Creates and manages the organization group. Sets policies and enforcement tiers for all member organizations.                                                         |
| **Member** | Governed by the group. An organization belongs to exactly one organization group at a time. An owner organization can also be a member of its own organization group. |

Administrators in the owner organization have access to the **Organization Groups** page in **Organization Settings**, where they can manage group members and policies.

### Organization group policies{% #organization-group-policies %}

An organization group policy targets a specific organization configuration and pairs it with a value and an enforcement tier. Policies are created by the owner organization and applied to all member organizations.

#### Enforcement tiers{% #enforcement-tiers %}

Each organization group policy has an enforcement tier that controls how much latitude member organizations have:

| Tier                 | Behavior                                                                                                         |
| -------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Group managed**    | The group value is locked across all member organizations. No per-organization deviation is allowed.             |
| **Override allowed** | The group sets a baseline value. Member organizations can change the setting in their own organization settings. |

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   source="https://docs.dd-static.net/images/account_management/org-groups-create-policy.6caf95becaca209f02893b346bc7c12a.png?auto=format&fit=max&w=850 1x, https://docs.dd-static.net/images/account_management/org-groups-create-policy.6caf95becaca209f02893b346bc7c12a.png?auto=format&fit=max&w=850&dpr=2 2x"
   alt="Organization Settings in Datadog showing the Organization Groups policy creation." /%}

## Apply Organization Groups{% #apply-organization-groups %}

### For new multi-organization deployments{% #for-new-multi-organization-deployments %}

If your use case requires multi-organization, Organization Groups gives you centralized controls to manage it from a single owner organization.

### For existing multi-organization customers considering consolidation{% #for-existing-multi-organization-customers-considering-consolidation %}

Organization Groups provides a middle path. If full consolidation is impractical, Organization Groups brings many of the benefits of a single organization without requiring migration. These benefits include centralized policy management, reduced configuration drift, and simpler user management.

Contact your account team to discuss early access to Organization Groups.

## Limitations{% #limitations %}

Organization Groups supports only single-region groups. Organizations in different regions must be managed in separate organization groups within their region.

## Further reading{% #further-reading %}

- [Managing Multiple-Organization Accounts](https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/multi_organization.md)
- [Organization Topology](https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/organization_topology.md)
- [Role Based Access Control (RBAC)](https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/rbac.md)