SITE ADMIN VS JIRA ADMIN

[Chike Okafor]

I logged into Jira with a new email - expecting that it will create a new jira instance with that email as the site admin, jira admin etc.

However, it made me a jira admin of that instance but made my previous account the site admin.

Why did this happen?

[Nikola Perisic]

Hello @Chike Okafor 

When you create a new organisation, you are automatically a org admin and jira admin.

Here are some differences:

• Org admin - highest admin priveleges: has control over multiple sites where multiple sites are one ogranisation; can manage users and billing and everything else under the admin.atlassian.com
• Jira admin - user that has the Administer Jira global permission; they take care of the workflows, schemes, creating company-managed projects and everything else
• Site admin - They can do everything like org admins, except org admins manage all of the sites, while the site admin manages only one site - unless they are part of more than one site-admin default Jira group

[Svetlin]

Hey @Nikola Perisic , that trips me a bit. 

Can you elaborate, what tangible UI does the site admin has access to that anyone else does not?

BR
Svetlin 

[Nikola Perisic]

Hello  

Site admin can invite the users to their site where they are the site admins. One organization can have multiple sites. For example, organization A, has sites like B and C. Site admin for site B, is able to invite users to site B only. 

• Site admins can create groups.
• Site admins cannot install apps.
• Site admins cannot access audit logs.
• Site admins cannot another site admin a site admin.
• Site admins cannot access billing

[Svetlin]

Okay, thank you @Nikola Perisic , but I am still confused what a site is, would e.g. Nikola.atlassian.net constitute a site? I know already svetlin.atlassian.net would be an instance, but svetlin-sbx.atlassian.net, being a separate one, can it belong to the same site as svetlin.atlassian.net? 

Can a site bear the same name as an instance?

Is that thing that I covered in orange the site in my case, I see it is called the same as my instance?