# Data Stores

Data Stores are logical divisions of underlying storage disk. Organizations may use them to divide and track cloud resources by team or department. When integrating certain Cloud types, VM Essentials will onboard all existing data stores and administrators can then make them available to Groups as needed. At provision time, when applicable based on Cloud and Layout, users can select the datastore they wish to provision to.

Here within the Data Store view in the storage section, users can see a list of data stores for each Cloud. In the row for each Cloud, the storage type, associated Cloud, and permissions information are shown.
