help: Add basic documentation of organization owners.

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## Secure your Zulip server like your email server
* It's reasonable to think about security for a Zulip server like you
do security for a team email server -- only trusted administrators
do security for a team email server -- only trusted individuals
within an organization should have shell access to the server.
In particular, anyone with root access to a Zulip application server
@ -102,11 +102,12 @@ strength allowed is controlled by two settings in
without joining the stream. Guests can only access streams that
another user adds them to.
* Organization admins can see and modify most aspects of a private
stream, including the membership and estimated traffic. Admins
generally cannot see messages sent to private streams or do things
that would indirectly give them access to those messages, like
adding members or changing the stream privacy settings.
* Organization owners and administrators can see and modify most
aspects of a private stream, including the membership and
estimated traffic. Owners and administrators generally cannot see
messages sent to private streams or do things that would
indirectly give them access to those messages, like adding members
or changing the stream privacy settings.
* Non-admins cannot easily see which private streams exist, or interact
with them in any way until they are added. Given a stream name, they can
@ -124,8 +125,8 @@ strength allowed is controlled by two settings in
* Message content can only ever be modified by the original author.
* Any message visible to an organization administrator can be deleted at
any time by that administrator.
* Any message visible to an organization owner or administrator can
be deleted at any time by that administrator.
* See
[Configuring message editing and deletion](https://zulip.com/help/configure-message-editing-and-deletion)
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## Users and Bots
* There are four types of users in a Zulip organization: Organization
Administrators, Members (normal users), Guests, and Bots.
* There are several types of users in a Zulip organization: Organization
Owners, Organization Administrators, Members (normal users), Guests,
and Bots.
* Administrators have the ability to deactivate and reactivate other
human and bot users, delete streams, add/remove administrator
privileges, as well as change configuration for the organization.
* Owners and Administrators have the ability to deactivate and
reactivate other human and bot users, delete streams, add/remove
administrator privileges, as well as change configuration for the
organization.
Being an organization administrator does not generally provide the ability
to read other users' private messages or messages sent to private
streams to which the administrator is not subscribed. There are two
exceptions:
* Administrators may get access to private messages via some types of
* Organization owners may get access to private messages via some types of
[data export](https://zulip.com/help/export-your-organization).
* Administrators can change the ownership of a bot. If a bot is subscribed
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integrations like the Jabber, IRC, and Zephyr mirrors.
API super user bots cannot be created by Zulip users, including
organization administrators. They can only be created on the command
organization owners. They can only be created on the command
line (via `manage.py knight --permission=api_super_user`).
## User-uploaded content

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{!admin-only.md!}
Users join as
[administrators, members, or guests](/help/roles-and-permissions), depending
on how they were invited.
Users join as [owners, administrators, members, or
guests](/help/roles-and-permissions), depending on how they were
invited.
An organization administrator can change the role of any other user.
An admin can revoke their own administrative privileges if there is at least one
other administrator in the organization.
An organization owner can change the role of any user. An
organization administrator can change the role of most users, but
cannot create or demote an organization owner.
You can can revoke your own owner or administrative privileges if
there is at least one other owner in the organization (Consider
promoting a new owner or [deactivating the
organization](/help/deactivate-your-organization) instead).
**Changes** Organization owners were introduced in Zulip 2.2; users
that were marked as administrators in older Zulip instances are
automatically converted during the upgrade to Zulip 2.2 into owners
(who have the same permissions as administrators did previously).
### Change a user's role
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1. Find the user you would like to manage. Click the **pencil**
(<i class="fa fa-pencil"></i>) to the right of their name.
1. Under **User role**, select **Administrator**, **Member** or **Guest**.
1. Under **User role**, select **Owner**, **Administrator**, **Member** or **Guest**.
1. Click **Save changes**. The new rights will take effect immediately.

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# Export your organization
{!admin-only.md!}
!!! warn ""
These instructions are specific to the hosted Zulip Cloud service.
If you're running your own server, you may be looking for our
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## Public export
{!admin-only.md!}
{start_tabs}
{settings_tab|data-exports-admin}
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## Full export with member consent
{!owner-only.md!}
{start_tabs}
1. Email support@zulip.com with your organization's zulip.com URL, asking for
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## Full export without member consent
{!owner-only.md!}
This export is limited to paid Zulip Standard customers, though in rare
cases may be available to other organizations in case of due legal process.

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!!! warn ""
This feature is only available to organization administrators.
This feature is only available to organization owners and administrators.

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# Roles and permissions
There are several roles in a Zulip organization.
There are several possible roles in a Zulip organization.
* **Organization Owner**: Can manage users, public streams,
organization settings, and billing.
* **Organization Administrator**: Can manage users, public streams,
organization settings, and billing.
organization settings, and billing. Cannot create or demote
organization owners.
* **Member**: Has access to all public streams. This is the default role for
most users.
* **Guest**: Can only access streams they've been added to. Cannot create
new streams.
new streams or invite other users.
For details of the access control model, see [Stream
permissions](/help/stream-permissions). You can decide what role to
invite a user as when you [send them an
invitation](/help/invite-new-users#send-invitations).
Organization owners can do anything an organization administrator can
do. For brevity, we may sometimes refer to "organization
administrators" being able to do something; unless stated explicitly,
this means "organization owners and administrators" can do that thing.
## Billing and guests
Guests are only available on Zulip on-premise and on paid plans for Zulip

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At a high level:
* Organization admins can see and modify most aspects of a private stream,
including the membership and estimated traffic. Admins generally cannot see stream
messages or do things that would indirectly give them access to stream
messages, like adding members or changing the stream privacy settings.
* Organization owners and administrators can see and modify most
aspects of a private stream, including the membership and estimated
traffic. Owners and administrators generally cannot see private
stream messages or do things that would give them access to private
stream messages, like adding new subscribers or changing the stream
privacy settings.
* Non-admin members cannot easily see which private streams exist, or interact with
them in any way until they are added. Given a stream name, they can figure
out whether a stream with that name exists, but cannot see any other
* [Organization members](/help/roles-and-permissions) cannot easily
see which private streams exist, or interact with them in any way
until they are added. Given a stream name, they can figure out
whether a stream with that name exists, but cannot see any other
details about the stream.
* From the perspective of a guest, all streams are private streams, and they
additionally can't add other members to the streams they are subscribed to.
There are two situations in which an organization administrator can access
private stream messages:
There are two situations in which an organization owner or
administrator can access private stream messages:
* Via some types of [data export](/help/export-your-organization).
* Administrators can change the ownership of a bot. If a bot is subscribed
to a private stream, then an administrator can get access to that stream by
taking control of the bot, though the access will be limited to what the
bot can do. (E.g. incoming webhook bots cannot read messages.)
* Owners and administrators can change the ownership of a bot. If a
bot is subscribed to a private stream, then an administrator can get
access to that stream by taking control of the bot, though the
access will be limited to what the bot can do. (E.g. incoming
webhook bots cannot read messages.)
## Detailed permissions
### Public streams
| | Org admins | Members | Guests
| | Owners and admins | Members | Guests
|--- |--- |--- |---
| Join | &#10004; | &#10004; |
| Unsubscribe | &#9726; | &#9726; | &#9726;
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&#9726; &nbsp; If subscribed to the stream
&#10038; [Configurable](/help/stream-sending-policy). Org admins and
Members can, by default, post to any public stream, and Guests can
only post to public streams if they are subscribed.
&#10038; [Configurable](/help/stream-sending-policy). Owners,
Administrators, and Members can, by default, post to any public
stream, and Guests can only post to public streams if they are
subscribed.
### Private streams
| | Org admins | Members | Guests
| | Owners and admins | Members | Guests
|--- |--- |--- |---
| Join | | |
| Unsubscribe | &#9726; | &#9726; | &#9726;

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streams with any number of subscribers, as well as public streams
available to all organization members. We also support guest accounts,
which only have access to a fixed set of streams, and announcement
streams, where only organization administrators can post.
streams, where only organization owners and administrators can post.
- By default, users can maintain their own names and email addresses, but
Zulip also supports
[restricting changes](/help/restrict-name-and-email-changes) and
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- Users can rotate their accounts credentials, blocking further access from
any compromised Zulip credentials. With Zulip on-premise, server
administrators can additionally revoke and reset any users credentials.
- Administrators can deactivate any
- Owners and administrators can deactivate any
[user](/help/deactivate-or-reactivate-a-user),
[bot, or integration](/help/deactivate-or-reactivate-a-bot).
- With Zulip on-premise,
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## Integrity and auditing
- Zulip administrators can configure users
- Zulip owners and administrators can configure users
[ability to edit or delete messages](/help/configure-message-editing-and-deletion),
and whether deleted messages are retained in the database or deleted
permanently. Zulip by default stores the complete history of all message