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Plan your CDF implementation to achieve a reliable, high-quality production environment while supporting fast iterative development.
Who this is for: Both partners and customers planning a CDF implementation. Start with Scope your CDF project if you’re scoping a new project, or jump to Prepare for deployment if objectives and integration approach are already decided.

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Scope your CDF project

Identify business objectives

Define your vision, prioritize use cases, and align with your organization’s digital strategy.

Data sources and integration

Choose which data sources to integrate first and plan your ingestion pipelines.

Understand security and reliability

Learn about security measures, high availability, and disaster recovery before you commit to an approach.

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Prepare for CDF deployment

Work through the handoff in Who creates what. Configure access management before you install the Cognite Toolkit.

Configure access management

Set up identity provider groups and application registrations — for example, with Microsoft Entra ID — before you install the Cognite Toolkit.

Preparing for implementation

Complete the prerequisite checklist covering identity, infrastructure, and data sets.

Roles in a CDF implementation

Understand the cross-functional roles and responsibilities for your project team.

Resource naming conventions

Follow a consistent naming convention for CDF resources before you start building.

Establish deployment workflows

Implement DevOps and DataOps practices to manage your deployment lifecycle.
Last modified on September 24, 2026