# Carbon

The Carbon application enables the configuration of custom platform experiences, known as [workspaces](../workspaces-overview/index.md), for specific user groups. Carbon can provide a focused experience for less technical users that need to carry out critical operational workflows.

For example, a Carbon workspace for aircraft parts maintenance might consist of:

* A [Workshop](../../workshop/overview/index.md) module containing a dynamically updated list of parts requiring maintenance,
* A set of [Foundry Actions](../../action-types/overview/index.md) for triaging each part,
* A [module](../modules-overview/index.md) that can be used to investigate each part's maintenance issue,
* A [Quiver](../../quiver/overview/index.md) analysis showing maintenance trends over time.

Administrators can create multiple Carbon workspaces tailored to specific user profiles and governed by robust [permissions](../permissions-configure/index.md). In each workspace, administrators can highlight relevant workflows and applications, selectively hide the complexity of the overall platform, and restrict navigation outside of the Carbon workspace if necessary.

Carbon workspaces have a customized landing page along with a configured set of modules. When accessing Foundry through a Carbon workspace, a user will see only the subset of applications and resources needed for a specific workflow.

This documentation covers the basics of how to create, configure, and manage Carbon workspaces, as well as examples of several different workspace configurations.

![Example Carbon workspace](../../../assets/3dad895cb0b711ba87595527b408062925e79a7120e0e50a789d180b924c3d20.webp)

## Access Carbon

Within Foundry, access Carbon by navigating to the Applications Portal and choosing **Carbon workspaces**. If you have already created a Carbon workspace and [promoted it as an available application](../../app-building/curating-apps/index.md#promoted-apps-in-applications-portal), you can search for the workspace name under the **Promoted apps** section of the Application Portal.

![Open Carbon from the Application Portal.](../../../assets/3fee9a6375b4c7efe00b5a80390e942c5c74bb22a2668726c57983ed3d4674c7.webp)