# Three focus areas for setting up your Atlas environment

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Hey there,

Let’s explore how to set up your environment for long-term success.

Manage access

There are a few ways your data and configuration can be accessed in Atlas:

Database users provide programmatic access to data in your cluster. This is useful for applications using drivers and our developer tools.

Atlas users are accounts for people on your team. You invite them to your Organization or Project on cloud.mongodb.com to manage the Atlas UI, review billing, and use the data explorer to view data in your clusters.

Programmatic access allows Service Accounts to securely manage your infrastructure via scripts and tools like Terraform or the Atlas CLI.

Configure access

Networking

For Dedicated M10+ clusters, you can set up VPC Peering or Private Endpoints to connect your Atlas environment directly to your cloud provider's private network.

Account hierarchy

To manage your deployments, it helps to know the basic Atlas structure: Organizations contain Projects, which contain your Clusters.

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