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# Considerations to Set Up Lifecycle Center

Review these considerations before you set up Lifecycle Center.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Lightning Experience in <strong>Professional</strong> (API access required), <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Not Available in: <strong>Government Cloud Plus</strong>. Contact your Salesforce account executive for more details.</td></tr></tbody><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Not available in: <strong>EU Operating</strong> Zone. EU Operating zone is a special paid offering that provides an enhanced level of data residency commitment. Lifecycle Center <em>is</em> supported in orgs in the EU that aren’t part of EU OZ, per standard product terms and conditions.</td></tr></tbody></table>

Lifecycle Center is available by default. The org where you set up Lifecycle Center is called the Lifecycle Center Hub org. Access Lifecycle Center from the App Launcher, then connect it to any environment that you use for development, testing, and final release.

- Use only one product at a time: either Lifecycle Center or DevOps Center (Managed Package). We recommend that you first disable DevOps Center (Managed Package).
- Only a Lifecycle Center Admin can set up Lifecycle Center.
- You can't set up Lifecycle Center in a sandbox. Sandboxes can be connected to your pipeline as development or testing environments, but the Lifecycle Center Hub org itself can’t be a sandbox. See [Evaluate DevOps Center in a Non-Production Org](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.devops_center_setup_install_nonprod.htm&language=en_US).
- Connect your development orgs, pipeline environments, and release orgs from within Lifecycle Center.
- Use GitHub.com cloud-based plans, including GitHub Enterprise Cloud, or Bitbucket Cloud for source control.
- Starting July 1, 2026, Salesforce requires multi-factor authentication (MFA) for users with certain permissions. Users working in development environments and deployment managers promoting to orgs may need to set up MFA according to their organization's security requirements. See [Multi-Factor Authentication for Salesforce Orgs](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.security_overview_2fa.htm&type=5&language=en_US) and [Prepare Your Org for Salesforce MFA Enforcement](https://admin.salesforce.com/blog/2026/prepare-your-org-for-salesforce-mfa-enforcement).

#### See Also

- [Access Lifecycle Center](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.devops_center_enable_for_users.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Lifecycle Center is enabled by default in your Salesforce org, so you don't have to turn it on. You can open it directly from the App Launcher. The first time you open it, accept the DX Tools terms and conditions.")
- [Assign Lifecycle Center Permission Sets](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.devops_center_assign_permissions.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Grant team members access to Lifecycle Center features and workflows by assigning the appropriate permission sets.")