Create an organization

Organizations allow you to sort and categorize users in your tenant, similar to groups. The primary difference with organizations is their hierarchical structure. You can create sub-organizations within organizations, allowing you to better replicate your company’s hierarchy.

You can manually create an organization, or sync one from On-premises Active Directory (AD). To sync an organization from your AD server, see Configure third party providers.

By default, a root organization is created when you create your tenant. The root organization contains, or is the parent of, all other organizations that you manually create. It can’t be deleted.

Create an organization

To create an organization:

1. Go to the Organizations page and click CREATE ORGANIZATION.

2. Enter the following information, then click NEXT.

   • Parent organization — Click SELECT. On the page that opens, select a parent organization, then click SELECT. If you haven’t created an organization yet, this defaults to the root organization.
   • Inheritable profile — The profile or profiles that are inherited from the parent organization. If there are profiles to inherit, they display automatically once you select a parent organization and can’t be removed during this process. Once an organization is created, you can replace the inheritable profiles by assigning a new profile.
   • Code — Enter a unique organization code. Once created, the code can’t be edited. It can be used to bulk add users. See Manage users for more information.
   • Name — Enter a name for the organization.

3. On the page that opens, select a user or users to add to the organization. Then click CREATE.

The organization is created.