Some features of Dashboard span the entire Organization/Dashboard account. This may not be ideal for Managed Service Providers who administer the network infrastructure of separate business entities. As a best practice, the MSP may wish to create individual Dashboard accounts for each company they manage. To aid MSPs in the management of multiple customer organizations, Dashboard provides the MSP portal feature, which allows an admin to access multiple organizations with a single set of credentials.
An admin can create multiple Dashboard accounts using the same email address. When a new account is created using the same credentials, the MSP Portal feature in Dashboard will automatically activate and be displayed for any user account with access to multiple organization. There is no additional configuration necessary to enable MSP portal.
Note: When creating a new account using an existing email address, make sure the credentials are identical so the MSP portal can sync correctly.
The following best practices are recommended when creating multiple Organizations:
Once the new Dashboard account is created, the MSP Portal functionality will be activated automatically. If you have multiple Accounts with the same login, an Organization selector will be present beside the network selector at the top of every page in Dashboard. When you select an Organization from the drop down, you will then see the networks contained in that Organization in corresponding network drop down:
The following articles contain additional information that may be helpful for Managed Service Providers using the Cisco Meraki platform:
Best Practice for Setting up Networks as a Managed Service Provider (MSP)