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What's the difference between inviting an Owner and a General User in OpsNow?

In OpsNow FinOps Plus, inviting a user as an Owner or as a General User determines the level of control they have within the organization. This distinction ensures proper role-based access control and helps minimize security risks.

✅ Owner Invitation

  • Grants full administrative rights over the organization, including:
    • Creating/deleting the organization
    • Connecting or disconnecting cloud accounts
    • Managing all user roles and permissions
  • Only Owners can access sensitive features like billing, policy enforcement, and security settings
  • Recommended for: Organization admins, security leads, FinOps managers

✅ General Invitation

  • Used to invite users with limited permissions, such as:
    • Read Only (view-only access)
    • Read & Write (with restricted operational scope)
  • Role can be selected at the time of invitation and updated later
  • Ideal for: Team members, external partners, project contributors

🔐 Security Best Practices

  • Assign Owner role only to users who need full control, such as cloud administrators or team leads
  • Invite all other users with the minimum required role to avoid unnecessary access exposure