# Organization Governance

Admins can establish custom governance policies for their organization through the **Governance** section of the Settings. These controls help Admins manage data access, sharing, and feature usage across their organization. From this section, Admins can:

* **Restrict the creation of new connections:** Admins can control if new Data Warehouse connections can be created in their organization, with granular controls for:
  * Data Warehouse providers (i.e. Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, etc)
  * Authentication methods (i.e. OAuth, Key pair, etc)
  * User role (whether or not Editors can create new connections).
* **Restrict connection sharing:** Admins can control if new Data Warehouse connections can be shared within their organization, regardless of who creates them.
* **Disable the CARTO Data Warehouse:** Admins of organizations with a connection to the [CARTO Data Warehouse](https://docs.carto.com/carto-user-manual/connections/carto-data-warehouse) can delete it with this setting, removing access to it for all users in their organization.
* **Restrict map usage and creation**: Admins can control the availability of a few features in Builder:
  * Restrict the availability of [**Download of PDF report**](https://docs.carto.com/carto-user-manual/maps/download-pdf-reports).
  * Restrict the availability of [**Export viewport data**](https://docs.carto.com/carto-user-manual/maps/exporting-data).
  * Restrict the creation of new [**public maps**](https://docs.carto.com/carto-user-manual/maps/sharing-and-collaboration).
* **Restrict Workflows extension package installations:** When enabled, users in the organization won't be able to install [**extension packages for Workflows**](https://docs.carto.com/carto-user-manual/workflows/extension-packages).

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**These settings control permissions going forward** without affecting existing assets. For example, turning off public maps won't break existing public maps, but you won't be able to make new public maps.
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