# Quickstart for admins

> Set up an organization end to end — invite members, configure teams and roles, apply data entitlements and RLS, and turn on SSO and MFA.

*[View this page in the Flax docs](https://flax-analytics.com/docs/getting-started/quickstart-admins)*

This quickstart walks an administrator through standing up a new Flax organization: people, permissions, data governance, and security. Most steps below are admin-gated.

## 1. Create your organization

Create the organization that owns your connections, models, and dashboards. This is the top-level tenant every other setting hangs off. See [Organization](/docs/administration/organization).

## 2. Invite members

Invite your users by email. Each invitation grants access to the organization; you assign what they can do in the next step. See [Members and invitations](/docs/administration/members-and-invitations).

## 3. Set up teams and roles

Group members into **teams** and assign **roles** to control who can build models, edit dashboards, or administer the org. Role-based access control (RBAC) keeps permissions manageable as you grow. See [Teams and RBAC](/docs/administration/teams-and-rbac).

## 4. Apply data entitlements and RLS

Control which rows each person can see. Data entitlements and row-level security (RLS) filter query results by team or user attribute, so the same dashboard shows each viewer only their permitted data. See [Data entitlements](/docs/administration/data-entitlements).

## 5. Configure SSO

Connect your identity provider so members sign in with your existing credentials and are provisioned centrally. See [SSO](/docs/administration/sso).

## 6. Harden security and MFA

Turn on multi-factor authentication and review the remaining security controls — session policy and related settings. See [Security](/docs/administration/security).

> [!IMPORTANT]
> Configure data entitlements and RLS before sharing dashboards widely. Permissions are enforced at query time across every surface, so getting them right up front prevents accidental data exposure.

## Next steps

- [Members and invitations](/docs/administration/members-and-invitations)
- [Teams and RBAC](/docs/administration/teams-and-rbac)
- [Data entitlements](/docs/administration/data-entitlements)
- [SSO](/docs/administration/sso)