Overview

Organizations describe discrete businesses; one per business. SysAdmins may work with Organizations by clicking the Orgs link on the left side of the screen.

The main list of Organizations has several columns:

• Name: The name of the organization. Used throughout the application.
• ID: The unique 4-digit ID of the organization. Rarely exposed except when used in WebPosts.
• Users: The current number of users (active and inactive) in this organization.
• Folders: The current number of folders in an Organization.
• Files: The current number of files stored in an Organization.
• Action:
  • Open: Opens the Organizational Profile (shown below)
  • Delete: Deletes this Organization (after confirmation)
  • Act as Admin: Allows the SysAdmin to act as an Admin of the Organization. (SysAdmins cannot directly perform tasks such as selecting Organization colors or setting up IP access lists without first becoming Org Admins.)

Clicking the Add New Organization link opens the Add a New Organization process. This is a 4-step process which adds the new Organization, configures some basic remote access rules, adds a new administrator user in that Organization, and then signs the sysadmin out so they can sign on as the new administrator and begin adding users, folders, and files to the new Organization.

Organization names may contain the following characters (including capital letters):

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890 .,!$?*#@-_=+():'`~%^&[{]};

Definition of an Organization

There are two types of Organizations in MOVEit DMZ. First is the (System) Organization, which is used by SysAdmins to administer system-wide settings and create and maintain other Organizations. The System Organization should ONLY be used for these purposes, and not for adding users and transferring files. It is always present, cannot be deleted, and does not count against the number of organizations the system is licensed for. All other Organizations are called Licensed Organizations, or just Organizations for short. These are the Organizations under which most other MOVEit DMZ operations such as file transfer and secure messaging occur.

Any company, non-profit group or government agency is considered an Organization in the MOVEit DMZ world. Depending on which edition of MOVEit DMZ has been licensed, a single server may host a single Organization or multiple, independent Organizations, each with their own distinct data store, encryption scheme and security preferences.

Because MOVEit DMZ Organizations do not share information with each other, it can be somewhat confusing to determine when multiple Organizations are required. A simple rule of thumb is to create multiple Organizations when you want to pool resources with other, similar companies or resell MOVEit DMZ services. A few examples will probably make the distinction even clearer.

Example(s):

• Standard Bank Services purchases MOVEit DMZ to provide secure data transport and collection services to three member banks. None of the banks should be able to see the information any of the other banks has collected. Each of the three banks are MOVEit DMZ organizations.
• Standard Auto Manufacturer purchases MOVEit DMZ to exchange sensitive purchase orders, price sheets and other information with its suppliers. None of the suppliers should be able to see the information any of the other suppliers is exchanging with Standard Auto Manufacturer. Standard Auto Manufacturer is MOVEit DMZ's one and only organization; each of its suppliers will be users within the single organization.

Setup and Maintenance

Only SysAdmins have the power to add or delete Organizations. SysAdmins and Administrators both have the ability to configure Organizations, but some information (e.g., Name, Minimum SSL Strength, etc.) may only be configured by SysAdmins.