Organizations and Teamwork
Any action you perform on the Exoscale platform is done in the context of an Organization.
Organizations represent a workspace for several users, such as a company or a team within a company. Each Organization has their own billing address, credit, users, and resources. You can create multiple Organizations to fit your own business model, isolating resources by project, team, or any other criteria that might suit you.
When you create a new organization in addition to the ones you are already a member of, the new organization starts in a suspended state. You will need to register payment details and add funds before you can create resources.
Organizations can have unlimited users, and have no additional cost beyond the resources they use.
You can switch context between organizations by clicking on the current Organization name in the upper right of the Portal.
Create an Organization
From the top right dropdown menu in the web portal you can access the “Organization Management” view, from which you can:
- see the detailed list of Organizations you belong to
- switch context to any Organization you belong to
- create a new Organization
- leave any Organization you are member of, as long as you are not its sole Owner.
Upon creation, your organization is immediately available, but appears in a suspended state. You will need to add credit to it, or setup an adapted Billing Mode from the web portal, under Organization > Billing > Billing Mode.
Switching Context
To switch context between Organizations, you can as well select the name of the desired Organization in the top right dropdown menu of the Portal.
Add and Manage Users in your Organization
In order to add other users to your workspace for them to collaborate with you in the web portal, you need to set up IAM Roles defining their level of access, then invite them to join your Organization.