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title: Set up and manage access with IBM Quantum Platform
description: Setting up accounts, instances, and access on IBM Quantum Platform
source: https://quantum.cloud.ibm.com/docs/en/ibm-quantum-platform
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# Set up and manage access with IBM Quantum Platform

IBM Quantum® Platform provides a unified environment for managing users and organizations, configuring access plans, viewing and organizing workloads submitted to Quantum Compute, and monitoring system activity. Designed to support teams ranging from individual researchers to enterprise-scale programs, the platform centralizes access to the IBM® fleet of quantum processing units (QPUs) and associated services. Administrators can manage memberships and permissions, configure entitlements, and oversee usage, while developers benefit from a consistent interface for interacting with quantum hardware.

To run quantum workloads, users create an [instance](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/instances) within the platform. Each instance provides its own Cloud Resource Name (CRN), which is required for submitting workloads to available QPUs. Once configured, users can select or adjust access plans, track job execution, analyze logs, and integrate the platform seamlessly into their development workflows. Together, these capabilities make IBM Quantum Platform the control center for QPU access and quantum application execution.

For more details, read the [documentation](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/cloud-setup) to get started with IBM Quantum Platform.


## Contents

- IBM Quantum Platform
  - [Introduction](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform)
  - Account setup
    - [Set up your IBM Cloud account](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/cloud-setup)
    - [Set up your IBM Cloud account in an untrusted environment](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/cloud-setup-untrusted)
    - [Set up to use IBM Quantum Platform with REST API](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/cloud-setup-rest-api)
    - [Create a Classroom Account](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/classroom-accounts)
    - Set up for an organization
      - [Setup considerations](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/considerations-set-up-runtime)
      - [Configure IBM Quantum Platform](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/quickstart-steps-org)
  - Access plans
    - [Plans overview](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/plans-overview)
    - [Upgrade from the Open Plan](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/upgrade-from-open)
    - [Manage cost on the Pay-As-You-Go Plan](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/manage-cost)
  - Work with instances
    - [Create and manage instances](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/instances)
    - [Set allocation limits](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/allocation-limits)
    - [Use the IBM Cloud Resource Controller API to manage instances](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/access-instances-platform-apis)
    - [View cost](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/view-cost)
  - Accounts, access groups, and policies
    - [Cloud account structure](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/cloud-account-structure)
    - [Create access groups and policies](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/access-groups)
    - [Set up custom roles](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/custom-roles)
  - Manage users
    - [Invite users and manage access](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/invite-and-manage-users)
    - [Manage ID provider users](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/manage-appid)
    - [Manage IBM Cloud users](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/manage-cloud-users)
- Configure optional services
  - [Set up Functions](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/functions-get-started)
- Additional resources
  - [Logging](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/logging)
  - [Fair-share scheduler](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/fair-share-scheduler)
  - [Retired cloud QPUs](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/retired-qpus)
  - Security and compliance
    - [Securing your data](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/secure-data)
    - [Understanding your responsibilities when using IBM Quantum Compute Service](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/responsibilities)
    - [Use virtual private endpoints for VPC](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/virtual-private-endpoints)
    - [High availability and disaster recovery](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/ha-dr)
    - [Activity tracking events for IBM Quantum Compute Service](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/observability-runtime-rest)
    - [Activity tracking events for the IBM Quantum System service](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/observability-quantum-system)
    - [Authorization roles](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/authorization-roles)
    - [Repository security policies](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/security-policies)
    - [Protecting IBM Quantum Compute Service resources with context-based restrictions](/docs/ibm-quantum-platform/context-based-restrictions)