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description: Before you create your first business units, review the prerequisites, and enable Marketing Cloud Next for your org.
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# Enable Marketing Cloud Next

Before you create your first business units, review the prerequisites, and enable Marketing Cloud Next for your org.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col style="width:100%"></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <span>Salesforce <strong class="uicontrol">Enterprise</strong> and <strong class="uicontrol">Unlimited</strong> Editions with Marketing Cloud Next <strong class="uicontrol">Advanced</strong> Edition</span></td></tr></tbody></table>

1. From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Basic Settings and select it.
2. In the Enable Marketing Cloud section, review the list of prerequisites. Most of these tasks begin automatically when Salesforce adds licenses to your org.
    1. Confirm that the automated tasks have been completed successfully. If you encounter issues, review the troubleshooting steps in [Getting Started with Marketing Cloud](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=mktg.mktg_admin_setup_overview.htm&type=5&language=en_US).
    2. Select a unique data space for your marketing data. The data space that you select automatically applies to the first business unit you create.
3. When everything looks good, click **Enable**.

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Note Any additional settings that you complete in the Marketing Cloud Next setup assistant are automatically applied to the first business unit that you create.