What is the difference between organisations and networks?

The Plasma Cloud console management system is organized in two levels:

• Networks contain devices forming a real physical deployment, and their configuration.
• Organisations consist of one or several networks belonging to the same entity, such as all networks of a hotel chain, and their shared settings.

A user can create an unlimited amount of networks which are grouped together under one or more organisations for easy navigation and network retrieval. This tree structure helps greatly in managing multiple networks via a single account.

Example: An IT admin manages many networks for its three customers: a hotel, a restaurant chain and a bar chain. Each customer has WiFi networks deployed in multiple locations. It is recommended for the IT admin to create a dedicated organisation for each customer, containing a network for each individual physical location.

Sharing Access to Organisations or Networks

You have the option to share access to your own networks and/or organisations with other Plasma Cloud users, and define the level of permissions you wish to grant (view only, modify or delete permissions). This allows for more granular resource management.

Example: A company hires a new IT admin tasked with managing networks across a hotel chain. Instead of individually sharing access to each network, all relevant networks are grouped into a single organisation. Access is then granted to the entire organisation, allowing the IT admin to easily monitor all hotel networks. Conversely, if the new IT admin is responsible for a single location, access can be limited to that specific network only.

To learn more about organizing and sharing resources, please read this article on multi-tenancy.

Organisation Settings

Organisations offer centralized settings for associated networks, including:

Splash Pages

Easily manage splash pages across multiple networks within the same organisation, ensuring uniformity and efficiency in design and content updates. This is particularly useful when using the same splash page across different locations and networks.

Schedules

Centrally manage schedules to coordinate the availability of SSIDs, PoE supply, and maintenance operations across multiple networks. 

Service Subscriptions

Subscriptions purchased via the Plasma Cloud marketplace are assigned to the entire organisation, enabling easy subscription management and activation across all associated networks.

Google API Key

The Plasma Cloud console uses Open Street Map by default to display maps. You have the option to switch to Google Maps by adding a Google API key in organisation settings, applying the change to all associated networks. 

Firmware Settings

Regular firmware updates provide continuous adaption in an ever changing and evolving environment. Firmware settings can be configured for all networks within the same organisation to streamline management. 

Change Log

The Organisation Change Log displays changes made in any network or resource within an organisation. This includes the last configuration changes made to devices, networks, SSIDs, VLANs and Splash pages.

Networks belonging to one organisation share the same organisational settings while maintaining their own individual configurations for SSIDs, VLANs and devices.