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## Overview
Switchboard is a portal customers use to manage their GitLab Dedicated instance. Select GitLab team members have access to Switchboard.
Read more about what the goals of Switchboard are on the [Category Direction page](https://about.gitlab.com/direction/platforms/switchboard/).
Read more about what the goals of Switchboard are on the [Switchboard handbook page](/handbook/engineering/infrastructure-platforms/gitlab-dedicated/switchboard/).
## Accessing Switchboard
GitLab Support Engineers can access the [Switchboard](https://about.gitlab.com/direction/platforms/switchboard/) application by searching for **Switchboard (production)** in the [Okta](/handbook/security/corporate/end-user-services/okta/) homepage.
GitLab Support Engineers can access the [Switchboard](/handbook/engineering/infrastructure-platforms/gitlab-dedicated/switchboard/) application by searching for **Switchboard (production)** in the [Okta](/handbook/security/corporate/end-user-services/okta/) homepage.
|Self-managed| Customers manage the configuration for their self-managed instances. Depending on the deployment method, the configuration will be in `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`, `docker-compose.yml`, `values.yaml` or similar.|
|DotCom| [The GitLab.com configurations](https://docs.gitlab.com/user/gitlab_com/) is managed by the infrastructure team and cannot be modified to meet individual customer's needs.|
|Dedicated|[GitLab Dedicated](https://docs.gitlab.com/subscriptions/gitlab_dedicated/) customers can configure their tenants via [Switchboard](https://about.gitlab.com/direction/platforms/switchboard/) and via the **Admin Area**. GitLab Support team members can get access [Switchboard](dedicated_switchboard.md) through Okta by [following these steps](/handbook/support/workflows/dedicated_switchboard/#accessing-switchboard). Some [configuration changes](/handbook/support/workflows/dedicated/#configuration-changes) must be done via a [Request for Help issue](/handbook/support/workflows/how-to-get-help/#how-to-formally-request-help-from-the-gitlab-development-team). |
|Dedicated|[GitLab Dedicated](https://docs.gitlab.com/subscriptions/gitlab_dedicated/) customers can configure their tenants via [Switchboard](/handbook/engineering/infrastructure-platforms/gitlab-dedicated/switchboard/) and via the **Admin Area**. GitLab Support team members can get access [Switchboard](dedicated_switchboard.md) through Okta by [following these steps](/handbook/support/workflows/dedicated_switchboard/#accessing-switchboard). Some [configuration changes](/handbook/support/workflows/dedicated/#configuration-changes) must be done via a [Request for Help issue](/handbook/support/workflows/how-to-get-help/#how-to-formally-request-help-from-the-gitlab-development-team). |