{"id":44622,"date":"2023-06-26T09:35:35","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T13:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/?p=44622"},"modified":"2024-10-17T12:16:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T16:16:24","slug":"multi-tenancy-msp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/blog\/multi-tenancy-msp","title":{"rendered":"The Multi-Tenant Portal for Managed Service Providers (MSPs)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Multi-tenancy<\/a> refers to a software architectural arrangement that enables multiple users, or \u201ctenants\u201d to share resources in a single environment. Each tenant\u2019s operations are within their isolated virtual space while the underlying infrastructure supports them all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multi-tenancy has existed in various forms over the years. For example, in the 1960s, companies used time-sharing<\/a> to rent processing and work times on mainframes. Similarly, during the 1990s,<\/a> application service providers (ASPs) emerged, hosting multiple applications for customers, often on different machines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The software has undergone several transformations over time, and today, managed services providers (MSPs) leverage cloud environments to serve multiple clients in remote locations, reduce costs, and become more flexible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this article, we\u2019ll explore how multi-tenancy has become indispensable for MSPs and how the JumpCloud Multi-Tenant Platform (MTP) helps MSPs improve their operations and drive business growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There was a time when most organizations’ infrastructures were on-prem and it was standard for MSPs to travel miles to perform general maintenance and fix problems whenever they arose. This model, known as the break-fix model, was problematic for several reasons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks to the rise of cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), multi-tenancy environments now make it possible for MSPs to deliver their services to a large number of clients remotely, and through a single pane of glass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n JumpCloud\u2019s Multi-Tenant Portal is a browser-based console that grants MSPs a comprehensive view of top-level data and centralized control over each of their clients. It also enables them to securely launch full management sessions for each organization they administer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n JumpCloud\u2019s Multi-Tenant Portal allows for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n From a single platform, MSPs provide their clients with identity and access control<\/a> across their resources, enforce system security settings at scale, implement multi-factor authentication<\/a> (MFA), and manage networks through RADIUS. They are also capable of providing single sign-on (SSO) applications through SAML and cloud LDAP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While MSP technicians are trained up on the JumpCloud platform, and thus recognize the look and feel of the various product screens, clients may not know (or even care, quite frankly) what technology powers their interactions with their devices, applications, and other resources. Thus, it can help encourage adoption and familiarity if an MSP can brand the client-facing aspects of the product to integrate the experience within the look and feel of their clients\u2019<\/em> company. <\/p>\n\n\n\n JumpCloud supports this functionality, allowing MSPs to upload logos and customize messages throughout the various screens and widgets that their clients interact with directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n MSPs are responsible for paying for organizations within their MTP. As clients\u2019 needs typically differ, MSPs can choose different pricing plans for each organization within the MTP. JumpCloud supports credit card billings within the MTP, however, MSPs who prefer a different payment method can email billing@jumpcloud.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n Within JumpCloud MTP, MSPs can connect users to clients\u2019 resources through their email accounts to onboard them<\/a>. This saves admins from the nightmarish experience of having to manually connect each user, in each client organization, to their work devices or resources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In a similar fashion, MSPs can revoke a user\u2019s access to the client\u2019s resources within JumpCloud by simply de-provisioning them from the client\u2019s users tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\nManaged Services Providers Before MTP<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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What Is JumpCloud’s Multi-Tenant Portal?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Features <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Centralized Management for All Clients<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Custom Branding for Each Client<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Flexible Billing Options<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Automated Client Onboarding and Offboarding<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Granular Role-Based Access Control<\/h4>\n\n\n\n