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# Administration Guide

This guide is written for administrators who must manage and maintain Ping® Identity Governance.

This guide describes administrative usage of Identity Governance, including overviews and instructions for administrative tasks occurring within the application. It is not intended to document end-user processes interacting with administrative tasks described herein.

This guide is written for Ping Identity Identity Governance administrators performing actions in certification campaigns, Segregation-of-Duty (SOD) violation processes, request administration, and other general administrative configurations throughout the module.

**Quick Start**

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| [](chap-common-interfaces.html)[Common Interfaces](chap-common-interfaces.html)Learn about the Identity Governance common interfaces. | [](chap-access-review.html)[Access Review](chap-access-review.html)Learn about the Identity Governance access review.                 | [](chap-access-request.html)[Access Request](chap-access-request.html)Learn about the Identity Governance access request. |
| [](chap-system-settings.html)[System Settings](chap-system-settings.html)Learn about the Identity Governance system settings.         | [](chap-identity-glossary.html)[Identity Glossary](chap-identity-glossary.html)Learn about the Identity Governance identity glossary. | [](chap-gdpr-compliance.html)[GDPR](chap-gdpr-compliance.html)Learn about the Identity Governance GDPR compliance.        |