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# Set Up Data 360 for Education Cloud

Get your Education Cloud org ready to use Data 360.

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small " summary="Required Editions"><caption>Required Editions</caption> <colgroup><col style="width:100%"></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions with Education Cloud</td></tr></tbody></table>

 
| User Permissions Needed |   |
| --- | --- |
| To turn on Data 360: | Education Cloud Full Access |

1. Develop a data strategy for your Data 360 implementation within Education Cloud.
    1. [Plan your Data 360 data strategy](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_plan_data_strategy.htm&language=en_US).
    2. [Learn about protecting your data in the agentic landscape](https://admin.salesforce.com/blog/2025/data-cloud-governance-protecting-your-data-agentforce).
    3. [Learn about Data 360 governance](https://admin.salesforce.com/blog/2025/data-cloud-governance-protecting-your-data-agentforce).
2. Prepare your Salesforce org to use Data 360.
    1. [Turn on Data 360](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_setup_provision.htm&language=en_US).
    2. [Create Data 360 users and assign permissions](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_setup_walkthrough.htm&language=en_US).
    3. [Assign permission sets to users](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_userpermissions.htm&language=en_US).
3. Set up data spaces.
    1. [Organize your data](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_data_spaces.htm&language=en_US).
    2. [Assign fiscal calendars to data spaces](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_standard_fiscal_calendar_setup.htm&language=en_US).
4. Connect your data sources.
    1. [Connect an education data source in Data 360](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.ec_connect_an_education_data_source_to_data_cloud.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "To ingest education data into Data 360, connect your external data source to Data 360.").
    2. [Set up data targets](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_connection_tasks.htm&language=en_US).
5. Finalize your setup.
    1. [Turn on Data 360 features](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_feature_manager.htm&language=en_US).
    2. [Complete general setup tasks for Data 360](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_admin_maintenance_tasks.htm&language=en_US).