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neilnphski_1
Participant
March 11, 2026
Question

Enterprise Request: Granular Controls for Third-Party AI Models

  • March 11, 2026
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I work for a government agency that uses an Enterprise Creative Cloud plan for a workforce of over 1,000 employees.

 

With the recent rollout of third-party AI models across Adobe products, I noticed that attempting to use any model other than Firefly results in the following message:

 

“Your system administrator isn't allowing access to this feature right now” (see attached screenshot below)

 

Third Party AI model limitation within Lightroom attempting to use Topaz Labs generative upscale.

After contacting our IT department, I learned that our agency has disabled access to all third-party AI models within Adobe. However, when I asked whether access could be enabled for a specific, pre-approved model (in this case, Google Gemini / Nano Banana), I was told this was not possible.

 

According to our IT team, Adobe’s current enterprise controls only allow all-or-nothing access to third-party AI models — meaning administrators must either enable access to all external models or disable them entirely.

 

This limitation makes it difficult for large organizations with strict security policies to adopt Adobe’s new AI integrations.

 

Feature Request:
Please allow Enterprise Creative Cloud administrators to manage third-party AI access with more granular controls, including:

 

• Enabling or disabling specific AI models individually (e.g., allow Gemini but not others)
• Granting access on a user-by-user or group basis

 

This level of administrative control would make it significantly easier for enterprise and government organizations to safely adopt Adobe’s expanding AI ecosystem.

    1 reply

    Community Manager
    March 11, 2026

    Hi ​@neilnphski_1 

    Thanks for reaching out.

    Based on your query, it appears that you are looking for more granular administrative controls that would allow enterprise administrators to enable specific third-party AI models and assign access to specific users or groups, rather than enabling all models globally. Please confirm if this is the functionality you are requesting.

    To help manage access across your organization, system administrators can create custom roles to manage permissions for Adobe Express, Firefly features, and partner model options. This allows admins to configure roles based on organizational needs and assign them to users or user groups. You can learn more about creating custom roles here:
    https://adobe.ly/47Gv00y

    Additionally, administrators can assign access roles to Firefly users and user groups in the Admin Console to better control access and permissions. More information is available in the following documentation:
    https://adobe.ly/4loHsrp

    Please review these resources and let us know if they address your requirement or if you have any additional questions or issues.

     

    Regards,
    ^AN

    neilnphski_1
    Participant
    March 12, 2026

    Awesome, thank you. I’ve elevated this feature with my IT department and will will report back based on their answer

    Community Manager
    March 12, 2026

    Thanks for letting me know. Let us know if you have questions or any further queries. 

    Regards,
    ^AN