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Security Management Platform Global Settings Current - User Guide

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Multiple organizations

Some customers may want to create multiple organizations. For example:

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A managed service provider (MSP) can create an organization for each client.
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A global company can create separate organizations for employees by geographic region.

When you sign up for Security Management Platform, you are prompted to name your organization. Users with multiple organizations associated with their email address are prompted to select an organization during sign in.

 
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CAUTION: Adding a tenant to multiple organizations.

Adding the same tenant to multiple organizations can result in conflicting application of policies and settings. When using multiple organizations to manage a tenant, the organization administrators must coordinate their management activities.

Creating a new organization

As an Security Management Platform user, there may be no organizations associated with your account. This can happen if this is the first time that you have used Security Management Platform and have not yet been invited to an organization or if you have been removed from all organizations. In this case, after you sign in, the Welcome to Security Management Platform page opens where you can create a new organization. Use the following steps to create an organization.

If you are currently signed in, you can create a new organization by clicking your email address in the menu bar at the top of the page and selecting Create Organization. Follow the steps that follow to create an organization.

 
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TIP: On the Create Organization page, if you decide not to create a new organization, click on your browser back button to return to your original organization.
To create a new organization:
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Enter an organization name.
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Select a region.
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Click Create Organization.
Best practices when selecting a region for a new organization

If you are creating an organization for use with a Security Management Platform product, first determine the data location for your Microsoft 365 tenants.

You can view tenant-specific data location information in your Microsoft 365 Admin Center in Settings | Org settings | Organization Profile | Data location. For details about where your data is stored, see the Microsoft article: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/enterprise/o365-data-locations?view=o365-worldwide

For most Security Management Platform products, select the Security Management Platform deployment region that contains the data location of your Microsoft 365 tenant, if none of the available deployment regions match your Microsoft 365 tenant data location, select the deployment region that is closest to your Microsoft 365 tenant. For the On Demand Migration product see the section that follows.

Considerations when you create a Security Management Platform organization for migration

The following points should be considered when selecting a region for a new organization:

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Select the Security Management Platform deployment region that contains at least one data location for your source and target Microsoft 365 tenancies.
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If the source and target Microsoft 365 tenant data locations are in different deployment regions, select the region closest to the target tenant data location.
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If neither the source nor target Microsoft 365 tenant data locations are in a Security Management Platform deployment region, select a region that provides the shortest migration path from source tenant to Security Management Platform deployment region to target tenant.
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If the Microsoft 365 tenancies have Multi-Geo capability enabled, you might need to create separate Security Management Platform organizations in different deployment regions. Consider the locations of each source and target combination and create Security Management Platform organizations in a suitable deployment region.

Displaying the organization ID and deployment region

Each organization has a unique organization ID. This ID may be required by technical support to troubleshoot issues. You can display the organization to which you are currently signed in and its region by clicking on your email address in the top menu bar.

In the menu list, if you have only one tenant, the organization is shown under the Organization Name title. Click the organization to open the Settings | Organization page where you can see the organization ID, deployment region, name, and the domains authorized to access it.

If you have more than one tenant, the Manage Tenants option is shown under Organization Name. Click Manage Tenants to see the list of your tenants with the tenant to which you are connected indicated. The organization ID is displayed on the tile for each tenant.

To display the organization basic information:
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In the top menu bar, on the right hand side, click on your user email address.
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In the navigation panel on the left, click Settings | Organization.
The Organization ID and deployment region are found under Basic Information.

Switching organizations

If you have multiple organizations associated with your email address, you are prompted to select an organization when you sign in. Once you are signed in, you can switch to another organization.

To switch to another organization:
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In the top menu bar, on the right hand side, click on your user email address.
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Select Switch Organization.
The Choose an Organizations page opens.
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Locate the row that contains the organization to which you want to switch.
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Click Select.
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