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Admin Guide: Team, Security & Organization Settings

Admin is the top internal tier: everything editors and accountants can do, plus the organization's own settings — team, security, and audit.

  1. 1

    Start from the portfolio dashboard

    The dashboard hub is what every user lands on after login — a portfolio-wide snapshot of financials, tickets, and lease activity.

    Portfolio dashboard hub after login
  2. 2

    Set up your offices directory

    Create and organize every office in the portfolio — the anchor that leases, tickets, vendors, and HVAC records all attach to.

    Offices directory list
  3. 3

    Invite your team and assign roles

    Invite teammates by email and assign each one admin, editor, accountant, or viewer — every plan includes unlimited users.

    Team members and role management screen
  4. 4

    Configure organization site settings

    Set your organization-wide preferences and branding from one place.

    Organization site settings screen
  5. 5

    Issue API keys

    Generate scoped API keys for integrations that need to read or write portfolio data programmatically.

    API keys management screen
  6. 6

    Subscribe to webhooks

    Register webhook subscriptions so your own systems get notified the moment something changes in Portfolio Desk.

    Webhook subscriptions screen
  7. 7

    Review the activity log

    Every create, update, and delete across the organization is recorded here — a full, exportable audit trail.

    Full audit and activity log
Pro tip

Set up one representative office end-to-end before inviting the rest of the team — it makes every other guide in this series click into place faster.