What is Cloud Commander?

Cloud Commander is a comprehensive, multi-tenant solution that helps Managed Service Providers (MSPs) streamline their management of Microsoft cloud services for their customers. It integrates with Microsoft 365, Azure resources, and Intune devices to provide a single console to manage, secure, standardize, and automate cloud resources.

An MSP has their own Microsoft tenant (MSP tenant) for managing their business operations and a separate tenant for each customer (customer tenant). Cloud Commander enables MSPs to view and manage their customer tenants in one console rather than signing in and out of individual customer tenants.

MSPs need to access their customer tenants to manage services, but they must do so securely. Cloud Commander uses role-based access control to provide fine-grained multi-tenancy access to the cloud resources using the principle of Least Privilege. This means that Cloud Commander users and groups are only assigned the specific roles required for their job responsibilities, and nothing extra.

Key benefits

  • Unified Management: Manage Microsoft 365 users, Azure resources, and Intune devices from a single console.
  • Automation: Automate routine tasks to improve efficiency and reduce manual errors.
  • Security: Enhance security with built-in tools for monitoring and managing compliance.
  • Standardization: Standardize configurations across all managed tenants to ensure consistency and reliability.
  • Scalability: Easily scale your operations to accommodate growing business needs.

Capabilities

Cloud security: Cloud Commander offers robust security features to protect your cloud environments.

  • Least privilege access: Enforce the principle of least privilege to reduce unauthorized access risks.
  • Multi-tenant Secure Score reporting: Monitor and improve security with comprehensive reports and drill-down capabilities.
  • Risky user monitoring: Continuously track user status and alert you to potential security threats

Intune device management: Manage Microsoft Intune devices across multiple tenants with ease.

  • Remote device actions: View, wipe, or lock devices remotely to ensure data security.
  • Compliance policies: Set and enforce compliance policies across all tenants using simplified templates.
  • Device oversight: Gain full visibility into hardware and application details for all managed devices.

Azure management: Streamline Azure resource management with detailed insights and control.

  • Virtual Machine operations: Perform essential actions like start, stop, restart, and deallocate VMs across different tenants.
  • Performance monitoring: Access performance metrics and activity logs to ensure optimal operation.
  • Consolidated view: Get a unified view of all Azure resources across multiple tenants.

Microsoft 365 management: Simplify Microsoft 365 management with comprehensive tools.

  • Secure Score Insights: Gain insights into Secure Score across all tenants to address vulnerabilities effectively.
  • Dynamic Reporting: Use dynamic reporting to monitor and manage Microsoft 365 environments.
  • Unified Dashboard: Manage users, groups, and licenses from a single interface.

Microsoft Entra ID Manager: Efficiently manage Microsoft Entra ID roles and groups.

  • Role management: Add, edit, or remove role assignments to optimize administrative tasks.
  • Group management: Oversee Microsoft 365 and security groups with detailed insights and management capabilities.
  • Hybrid Identity management: Manage hybrid identities between Microsoft Entra ID and on-premises Active Directory.

 

 
 

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Updated: Mar 20, 2025