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Posted on by JE-29041340-0 378
Hi:
 
In a Business Central environment, what is the definition of the word /tenant/ and what are some examples?
 
Thanks!
 
John
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    Ram Pranav Profile Picture
    Ram Pranav 50 on at
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    Hi,
     
    Let me try explaining it in simple terms, so that the concept can be grasped easily.
     
    For our explanation, we have
    1.  A landowner (property owner), they own an apartment building which has many apartments.
    2.  An occupant (tenant) for each apartment.
    3.  Multiple rooms in each apartment.
    Let's compare this to a Business Central SaaS (Cloud) model.
    1. In many cloud-based systems, a central infrastructure provides services to multiple users or organizations. Similarly, Business Central SaaS serves as the central infrastructure, much like a landlord who owns an apartment building and rents out apartments.
    2.  You, I or any company who have rented an apartment from Business Central are the occupants, or more specifically termed Tenants. Tenants have the whole apartment for themselves. Just as apartments are assigned unique apartment numbers, Business Central provide tenants with individual Tenant IDs.
    3.  Rooms or Environments are attributed to specific tenants. The tenant can request the owner (Business Central) to add or remove rooms (although this might not always be feasible, we are assuming feasibility for the sake of this example).
    Check out the below tree structure of the Business Central SaaS model.
     
    Business Central SaaS
       |
       |---- Tenant A
       |     |
       |     |---- Environment 1
       |     |---- Environment 2
       |     |---- Environment 3
       |
       |---- Tenant B
       |     |
       |     |---- Environment 1
       |
       |---- Tenant C
             |
             |---- Environment 1
             |---- Environment 2
     
    I hope this simplifies the concept and clarifies your doubt.
     
    Regards,
    Ram Pranav.
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    YUN ZHU 75,561 Super User 2024 Season 2 on at
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    YUN ZHU 75,561 Super User 2024 Season 2 on at
    Tenant
    Hi, Business Central's Tenant is a concept on top of ENVIRONMENT. Multiple environments can be included in a Tenant. Here's an illustration from my previous instructional materials that I hope will give you some hints.
     
    Each Tenant has its own unique ID, such as the following Admin Center, which can actually be called the Tenant Management Center.
     
    Hope this helps.
    Thanks
    ZHU

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