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# General Immuta Configuration

## Who is this for?

This guide is for anyone ready to begin their journey with Immuta who isn't using Snowflake.

If you are using Snowflake with Immuta, see the [Monitor and secure sensitive data platform query activity](/2024.3/detect-your-activity/getting-started/overview.md) use case.

## Goals

This use case provides the basics for setting up Immuta and helps you understand the logic and decisions behind the tasks.

## Configuration steps

Follow these steps to configure Immuta:

1. Configure your users in Immuta, using the [user identity best practices](/2024.3/detect-your-activity/getting-started/overview/user-identity-best-practices.md).
2. Read the [integration architecture overview](/2024.3/detect-your-activity/getting-started/general-immuta-configuration/native-integration.md) and connect Immuta to your databases. Consider the [Databricks roles best practices](/2024.3/detect-your-activity/getting-started/general-immuta-configuration/dbx-roles-best-practices.md) if using Databricks.
3. [Register data sources](/2024.3/detect-your-activity/getting-started/general-immuta-configuration/registering-metadata.md) in order to start using Immuta features on the data sources.


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