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title: "Platform management | Grafana Labs"
description: "Govern observability at scale"
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> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

## What is it?

Capabilities to **govern observability at scale**: cost management, access control, enterprise authentication, and secure connectivity to private networks.

## When you need it

| Scenario                            | What platform management provides         |
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| Multiple teams using Grafana Cloud  | Access control and permissions            |
| Telemetry costs are growing         | Intelligent data reduction                |
| Enterprise compliance requirements  | SSO, audit logging, security controls     |
| Need to connect to private networks | Secure connectivity without exposing data |

## Questions answered

| With Platform Management, you can answer…                 |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| How do I control who can see what data?                   |
| How do I reduce costs without losing visibility?          |
| How do I integrate with our enterprise identity provider? |
| How do I securely connect to data in private networks?    |

## Problems solved

| Problem                                          | Solution                                           |
|--------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| “Everyone can see everything, no access control” | RBAC provides fine-grained permissions.            |
| “Telemetry costs are out of control”             | Adaptive Telemetry reduces costs intelligently.    |
| “We need SSO and compliance controls”            | Enterprise authentication and audit logging        |
| “Can’t connect to on-prem or private cloud data” | Private Data Source Connect enables secure access. |