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title: "Enable Control Plane"
slug: "enable-control-plane"
updated: 2026-03-27T16:17:17Z
published: 2026-03-27T16:17:17Z
canonical: "docs.sightmachine.com/enable-control-plane"
---

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# Enable Control Plane

Control Plane is enabled through the **Feature Toggle** settings page. Only Sight Machine administrators can toggle features.

1. Navigate to **Settings** from the main navigation menu.

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1. Select **Feature Toggle** from the settings sidebar.

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1. Select the **Data Foundation** tab.

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1. Locate **Control Plane** in the feature list and select the toggle to enable it.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c65001f1-30e3-4f1d-b335-57abf64ebd31/Images/Documentation/image(309).png)

**Once enabled:**

- A Control Plane tab appears in the workspace sidebar navigation for all new workspaces
- Existing workspaces are not affected — they continue to operate exactly as before (see Existing Workspaces and Migration below)
- Only workspaces created after enabling the toggle will have Control Plane active

**⚠️Warning:** Enabling the Control Plane feature toggle does not change the behavior of any existing workspaces. It only applies to workspaces created after the toggle is turned on.