# DescribeGlobalSettings
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Describes whether the AWS account has enabled different cross-account management options, including cross-account backup, multi-party approval, and delegated administrator. Returns an error if the account is not a member of an Organizations organization. Example: `describe-global-settings --region us-west-2` 

## Request Syntax
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```
GET /global-settings HTTP/1.1
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request does not use any URI parameters.

## Request Body
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The request does not have a request body.

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "GlobalSettings": { 
      "string" : "string" 
   },
   "LastUpdateTime": number
}
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [GlobalSettings](#API_DescribeGlobalSettings_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="Backup-DescribeGlobalSettings-response-GlobalSettings"></a>
The status of the flags `isCrossAccountBackupEnabled`, `isMpaEnabled` ('Mpa' refers to multi-party approval), and `isDelegatedAdministratorEnabled`.  
+  `isCrossAccountBackupEnabled`: Allow accounts in your organization to copy backups to other accounts.
+  `isMpaEnabled`: Add cross-account access to your organization with the option to assign a Multi-party approval team to a logically air-gapped vault.
+  `isDelegatedAdministratorEnabled`: Allow Backup to automatically synchronize delegated administrator permissions with Organizations.
Type: String to string map

 ** [LastUpdateTime](#API_DescribeGlobalSettings_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="Backup-DescribeGlobalSettings-response-LastUpdateTime"></a>
The date and time that the supported flags were last updated. This update is in Unix format and Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The value of `LastUpdateTime` is accurate to milliseconds. For example, the value 1516925490.087 represents Friday, January 26, 2018 12:11:30.087 AM.  
Type: Timestamp

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** InvalidRequestException **   
Indicates that something is wrong with the input to the request. For example, a parameter is of the wrong type.    
 ** Context **   
  
 ** Type **   

HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ServiceUnavailableException **   
The request failed due to a temporary failure of the server.    
 ** Context **   
  
 ** Type **   

HTTP Status Code: 500

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/backup-2018-11-15/DescribeGlobalSettings) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/backup-2018-11-15/DescribeGlobalSettings) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/backup-2018-11-15/DescribeGlobalSettings) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/backup-2018-11-15/DescribeGlobalSettings) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/backup-2018-11-15/DescribeGlobalSettings) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/backup-2018-11-15/DescribeGlobalSettings) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/backup-2018-11-15/DescribeGlobalSettings) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/backup-2018-11-15/DescribeGlobalSettings) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/backup-2018-11-15/DescribeGlobalSettings) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/backup-2018-11-15/DescribeGlobalSettings)