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Secure Portal Examples :

Microsoft 365 External Portals

Create a secure portal for managing large-scale client & partner access

Overview

Does your organisation need to support a wide network of partners, vendors or clients?

Would you like to give restricted access to Microsoft 365-hosted resources such as product information, eLearning, meeting room booking, imagery and more?

Our secure portal solution lets you manage the process of registering external users and granting them secure access to resources that sit within your Microsoft 365 platform.

BENEFITS

The benefits our Microsoft 365 secure portal solution

Build on your investment in Microsoft 365

Our Secure Portal for Microsoft 365 streamlines Microsoft security processes, allowing enterprises to confidently share at scale in Microsoft 365.

Your IT team can define the Microsoft 365 permission structures for the various types of user groups required.

The process of deciding which user groups external users belong to can then be delegated to the business users that ‘own’ the audience relationships.

Streamline the process of managing & approving external access requests

Our Secure Portal delivers the key components for your portal:

  • Advanced portal branding
  • Bespoke registration/request forms
  • Bulk, branded email invitations to register (e.g. from CRMs or CSVs)
  • Automatic access/logon approvals (e.g., based on domains) or manual registration approvals
  • Capture of registration/profile data to update your CRMs
  • eCommerce integrations (i.e., for chargeable services).

Simplify registration & logons

The process of registering for and logging into your portal can be made as easy as possible for your guests. External users can request access and login seamlessly, using

  • Using their existing Entra credentials (leveraging Entra B2B for single sign-on)
  • Using a One time passcode
  • Using Google & Facebook federation
  • SMS based authentication.

RESOURCES

Resources on external access management

What our customers have to say about us

What our customers have to say

Essential were supportive during the implementation phased and helped us with our design, integrations, and communications. I’ve been impressed with how seriously they take our comments and seen vast improvement to the system in the three years I’ve used it.

Harriet Smith, Digital Learning Producer at Historic England
Education LMS UK

What our customers have to say

“The team at Essential have been super supportive and are very
hands-on with our LMS. They gave us expert advice on getting the
look and feel right and integrating our colours and brand.
They continue to be there when we need something or if we’ve
any issues.”

Beth Lloyd, Director, Organisational Development at Aston University

What our customers have to say

The service we’ve received from Essential has been nothing short of impeccable. The team are always on hand to answer our questions, response times are usually less than a day.

Harriet Smith, Digital Learning Producer at Historic England

What our customers have to say

“Early in our partnership I had the opportunity to meet with the Essential team at their UK offices. I was struck by their passion for their work, and their commitment to providing a top-notch client experience. Since that initial meeting, Essential has stayed true to those qualities and we continue to appreciate the ongoing commitment to providing the highest client value possible.”

Peter Carson, Founder and President, Envision IT

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