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update: org admin permissions limitations #662

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update: org admin permissions limitations
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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions docs/platform/concepts/permissions.md
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### Organization roles

| Console name | API name | Allowed actions |
| ------------------------------- | -------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Organization member | None | This is the default role for all organization users. **You cannot grant this role to users.** <br/> <br/> All non-managed organization users can: <ul> <li> Edit their profiles. </li> <li> Create organizations. </li> <li> Leave organizations. </li> <li> Add [allowed authentication methods](/docs/platform/howto/set-authentication-policies). </li> <li> Generate and revoke personal tokens, if allowed by the [authentication policy](/docs/platform/howto/set-authentication-policies). </li> <li> Enable and disable feature previews. </li> </ul> <br/> [Managed users](/docs/platform/concepts/managed-users) have more restrictions. |
| Admin | `role:organization:admin` | <ul> <li> Full access to the organization. </li> <li> View and change billing information. </li> <li> Change the authentication policy. </li> <li> Invite, deactivate, and remove organization users. </li> <li> Create, edit, and delete groups. </li> <li> Create and delete application users. </li> <li> Generate and revoke application user tokens. </li> <li> Add and remove domains. </li> <li> Add, enable, disable, and remove identity providers. </li> </ul> |
| Console name | API name | Allowed actions |
| ------------------- | ------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Organization member | None | This is the default role for all organization users. **You cannot grant this role to users.** <br/> <br/> All non-managed organization users can: <ul> <li> Edit their profiles. </li> <li> Create organizations. </li> <li> Leave organizations. </li> <li> Add [allowed authentication methods](/docs/platform/howto/set-authentication-policies). </li> <li> Generate and revoke personal tokens, if allowed by the [authentication policy](/docs/platform/howto/set-authentication-policies). </li> <li> Enable and disable feature previews. </li> </ul> <br/> [Managed users](/docs/platform/concepts/managed-users) have more restrictions. |
| Admin | `role:organization:admin` | <ul> <li> Full access to the organization. </li> <li> View and change billing information. </li> <li> Change the authentication policy. </li> <li> Invite, deactivate, and remove organization users. </li> <li> Create, edit, and delete groups. </li> <li> Create and delete application users and their tokens. </li> <li> Add and remove domains. </li> <li> Add, enable, disable, and remove identity providers. </li> </ul> Cannot delete an organization or manage its super admin. |

### Organization permissions

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This role should be limited to as few users as possible for organization setup and emergency use. For daily administrative tasks, assign users the [organization admin role](/docs/platform/concepts/permissions) instead. Aiven also highly recommends enabling [two-factor authentication](/docs/platform/howto/user-2fa) for super admin.
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Only super admin can grant or revoke super admin privileges for other users. Super admin
are also the only users that can delete an organization.
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To make a user a super admin:

1. In the organization, click **Admin**.
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