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title: Introduction to the Cloud Repositories project
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# Introduction to the Cloud Repositories project

> Understand whether the Cloud Repositories project applies to your organization, how its access works, and which management option to choose.

On April 14, 2025, Unity Version Control (UVCS) started using [Unity organization](/cloud/organizations.md) and [Unity Cloud project](/cloud/projects.md) permissions to control access to repositories. Organizations that had repositories before this change have a Unity Cloud project named **Cloud Repositories**. This project holds those repositories and keeps the access that each user had before the change.

Check whether the **Cloud Repositories** project applies to your organization, understand how its access differs from other projects, and choose how to manage it.

## Check whether this applies to your organization

The **Cloud Repositories** project exists only if your organization had UVCS repositories before April 14, 2025. The following table describes what to do in each situation:

|                  **Your organization**                 |                                                                              **What to do**                                                                             |
| :----------------------------------------------------: | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: |
|      Had UVCS repositories before April 14, 2025.      | Find the **Cloud Repositories** project in your organization's list of Unity Cloud projects, and [choose how to manage the project](#choose-how-to-manage-the-project). |
|     Had no UVCS repositories before April 14, 2025.    |                                            No action needed. Your organization doesn't have a **Cloud Repositories** project.                                           |
| Signed up for Unity DevOps on or after April 14, 2025. |                                   No action needed. Your repositories already use standard Unity organization and project permissions.                                  |

If you expect to have a **Cloud Repositories** project but can't find it, refer to [Troubleshooting the Cloud Repositories project](./troubleshooting-cloud-repositories.md).

## How access works in the Cloud Repositories project

In a standard Unity Cloud project, all project members can access all repositories in the project. The **Cloud Repositories** project works differently, so that the change on April 14, 2025 didn't give anyone access to repositories they couldn't access before:

* Repositories keep the security and access controls they had before the change.
* Members of the Unity organization don't get automatic access to the repositories.

In all other ways, the **Cloud Repositories** project works like any other Unity Cloud project. You can rename it at any time.

## Choose how to manage the project

You can keep using the **Cloud Repositories** project indefinitely. The following table describes your options, when to choose each one, and what to do next:

|               **Option**              |                                 **Choose this option if**                                 |                                             **Result**                                            |                                                 **What to do**                                                 |
| :-----------------------------------: | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: |
|     Keep the current access model.    |                 You want only specific users to access these repositories.                |            Users can access the repositories only when you add them as project members.           | [Grant or revoke repository access](./manage-cloud-repositories-project.md#grant-or-revoke-repository-access). |
|    Convert to standard permissions.   | You want all members of the organization and project to access all of these repositories. | All members of the Unity organization and project gain access to all repositories in the project. |   [Convert to standard permissions](./manage-cloud-repositories-project.md#convert-to-standard-permissions).   |
| Move repositories to another project. |                    You want to organize these repositories differently.                   |      Standard Unity organization and project permissions apply to the repositories you move.      |                            Move each repository to the Unity Cloud project you want.                           |

## Additional resources

* [Manage the Cloud Repositories project](./manage-cloud-repositories-project.md)
* [User types, roles, and permissions](/cloud/organizations/roles-and-permissions.md)
* [Organizations](../unity-vcs-organizations)
* [Edit a cloud project](/cloud/projects/edit-project.md)
* [Transfer a Unity Cloud project to a different Unity organization](../how-to-clone-repositories-before-transferring-project)