# Teams Admin Learn how to set up and manage your Bitwarden Teams organisation, invite team members, control access with collections, and keep your team's credentials secure and organised > [!TIP] Teams Admin > The first few steps in the document assume you're going to create an organisation. If you're joining an existing organisation, skip down to **Or join an existing organisation**. ## Demo ### Watch a demo (20 min) > [!NOTE] Teams Demo - Warning > Please note that some features require the Enterprise plan. For more information, [compare business features and plans](https://bitwarden.com/en-gb/pricing/business/). [![Vimeo Video](https://vumbnail.com/734127077.jpg)](https://vimeo.com/734127077) *[Watch on Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/734127077)* **Video Chapters:** Learn more about available Bitwarden plans [here](https://bitwarden.com/en-gb/help/password-manager-plans/). ### Join a public training session (30 min) Watch Bitwarden experts demonstrate security configurations, manage user permissions, and showcase enterprise features live. See what's possible and get your questions answered! [Embedded content componentCtaLink] ## Onboarding Resources ### Customer Success Hub This resource hub provides IT and security leaders with a proven path to password security success, offering a curated set of guides, checklists, resources, and milestones. [Embedded content componentCtaLink]### Onboarding Playbook This playbook provides IT administrators with a flexible roadmap for onboarding users to Bitwarden Password Manager across five key phases. While the phases are presented in sequence, they're not strictly linear. Many steps can happen in parallel based on your team's needs and timeline. [Embedded content componentCtaLink]### Customer Activation Kit This comprehensive toolkit provides everything admins and IT teams need to build excitement, communicate password security benefits, and turn your end users into security champions. Whether you're rolling out to a small team or an enterprise-wide deployment, these resources support successful adoption at any scale. [Embedded content componentCtaLink] ## Get started ### Sign up for Bitwarden (2 min) Bitwarden offers free accounts with no limits on the number of devices or number of logins you can use. [Get started today](https://bitwarden.com/en-gb/go/start-free/). ### Your master password During sign-up, you'll create a master password for logging in to Bitwarden. It's important that your master password is: - **Memorable**: Bitwarden employees and systems have **no** knowledge of, means of retrieving, or way to reset your master password. **Do not forget your master password!** - **Strong**: A longer, more complex, and less common password is the best way to protect your account. Bitwarden provides a free [password strength testing tool](https://bitwarden.com/en-gb/password-strength/) to test the strength of some memorable passwords you are considering. ![Set master password](https://bitwarden.com/assets/2pST1WXY0Xk7GQ4GpwzELn/258a7524e9ecbfe25d2b3a4e455257c0/Set_master_password.png) ### Create an organisation (2 min) [Create your organisation](https://bitwarden.com/en-gb/help/about-organizations/#create-an-organization/) today by selecting the **New organisation** button in the Bitwarden web app: ![New organisation](https://bitwarden.com/assets/3eSqWiTIuPSFxXdo5AAjT9/248b0fa7bb381add0d71682acd244a63/2024-12-03_13-57-58.png) ### Or join an existing organisation (1 min) If your organisation has already been created, ask the other member of your organisation to send you an invitation. ### Get to know the Admin Console (2 min) Once created, you'll land in the Admin Console, which is the central hub for all things sharing and organisation administration. As the organisation owner, you'll be able to see your **Vault**items and [collections](https://bitwarden.com/en-gb/help/getting-started-organizations/#get-to-know-collections/), to manage **Members,** run **Reports**, change **Billing**settings, and configure other organisation **Settings**: ![Free organisation Admin Console](https://bitwarden.com/assets/hzBuypc5ISzqC3jUmYbea/edcb03ce3d3071cea4f9afb6c7f8eca9/2024-12-03_13-46-09.png) ### Managing vault items and collections (3 min) As an owner or admin, you might be responsible for managing access to **vault items**, such as shared credentials, for your company or team. You can create them directly from the web app and assign them to collections in order to share them with your team: ![Assign to collections in bulk](https://bitwarden.com/assets/1u6EPNgAlCnvC9DcmUIosQ/327c0c24e09dce687540499a8eaa5aac/2024-12-02_15-47-21.png) Speaking of [**collections**](https://bitwarden.com/en-gb/help/about-collections/), they're an important structure for grouping together related logins, notes, cards, and identities for secure sharing with your organisation: - Organisations can define access to collections, allowing users or groups to access only the items they need. - Items stored in an organisation's collection(s) do not belong to any individual user, but rather to the organisation. - Organisation-owned items **must** be included in at least one collection. > [!TIP] Items can also be imported > Data can also be imported directly to your organisation! Learn how [here](https://bitwarden.com/en-gb/help/import-to-org/#import-to-your-organization/). ### Managing members and groups (2 min) As an owner or admin, you might be responsible for managing members of your team or your company more broadly. Members can be added to your organisation: - Directly from the Admin Console's **Members** page ([learn more](https://bitwarden.com/en-gb/help/managing-users/#invite/)). - By integrating Bitwarden with your IdP using SCIM ([learn more](https://bitwarden.com/en-gb/help/about-scim/)). - By integrating Bitwarden with your directory service using Directory Connector ([learn more](https://bitwarden.com/en-gb/help/directory-sync/)). Members can be assigned directly to collections in order to regulate what vault data they have access to, but so can [**groups**](https://bitwarden.com/en-gb/help/about-groups/). Groups bring individual members together and provide a scalable way to assign access to and permissions for specific collections: ![New group](https://bitwarden.com/assets/FefJG4qBRiWkTzsxBKfm6/53093b4dd48e534cdde9f3e249d3c382/2024-12-03_14-22-27.png) ### Integrations and more (1 min) Teams Bitwarden organisations provide powerful tools for improving your online security and integrating with existing workflows and tools. Some other things you might manage as an administrator of your organisation include: - Auditing what credentials [organisation members have access to](https://bitwarden.com/en-gb/help/reports/#member-access/). - Integrating Bitwarden with your existing SIEM tool, like [Microsoft Sentinel](https://bitwarden.com/en-gb/help/microsoft-sentinel-siem/). ## Import your data ### Web App (1 min) [![Vimeo Video](https://vumbnail.com/1145638406.jpg)](https://vimeo.com/1145638406) *[Watch on Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/1145638406)* **Video Chapters:** Learn how to import passwords into your organisation using the Admin Console in the Bitwarden Web App. [Embedded content componentCtaLink] ### Desktop app — includes direct import for Chromium browsers (2 min) [![Vimeo Video](https://vumbnail.com/1145638482.jpg)](https://vimeo.com/1145638482) *[Watch on Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/1145638482)* **Video Chapters:** Learn how to [import your passwords](https://bitwarden.com/en-gb/Import:%20https://bitwarden.com/help/import-data/) and other data into Bitwarden using the desktop app. Browser passwords can be [imported directly](https://bitwarden.com/en-gb/help/import-from-chrome/#import-directly-from-browser/) from Chrome, Edge, Opera, Brave, and Vivaldi. Download the desktop app directly from the Bitwarden website to use the 'import directly from browser' option. [Embedded content componentCtaLink] ### Command Line Interface (1 min) [Learn](https://bitwarden.com/en-gb/help/import-data/#tab-cli-5ALQx9afSqWXX9jfXsY5sb/) how to import data into your organisation via the CLI. ### From a custom file (1 min) [![Vimeo Video](https://vumbnail.com/1145638421.jpg)](https://vimeo.com/1145638421) *[Watch on Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/1145638421)* **Video Chapters:** Learn [how to import](https://bitwarden.com/en-gb/help/condition-bitwarden-import/) your passwords and other data from a custom file. [Embedded content componentCtaLink] ## Support ### Ask Smart Search Find answers instantly with **Bitwarden Smart Search**. [Embedded content componentCtaLink]### Ask the community Connect with experienced Bitwarden users who share tips and solve problems together. Ask questions on the [Community Forums](https://community.bitwarden.com/c/support/pm-ask-the-community/) or [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitwarden/new/). ### Contact support Running into a technical issue or have account questions? Contact the Bitwarden support team for direct assistance. [Embedded content componentCtaLink]