For managed service providers
Offer clients a controlled, auditable portal for routine M365 tasks — reducing your ticket volume while keeping full visibility. Each tenant is physically isolated; per-client billing; zero standing access between tenants.
direct calendar booking · 15 min · no sales script
See it first
3-minute tour of the delegate-facing portal — the thing you'd hand off to a client's HR person or office manager.
As the MSP, you handle the setup on behalf of your clients. There's no need for the client to navigate the signup process themselves — you do it for them, just like any other managed service.
You start the subscription
Go to getuserdesk.com and pick a plan for the client. Use your MSP's card if the client pays you, or have the client enter their own card if they're paying directly.
Complete admin consent
If you have delegated admin access to the client's tenant, you can approve the permissions yourself. Otherwise, walk the client's Global Admin through the one-click consent screen — it takes 30 seconds.
Hand it off
Share the portal link with the client's designated staff (HR, office manager, etc.). The first person from their tenant to sign in becomes the portal Admin. You're done.
Each client gets their own isolated instance. You repeat this process for each client you want to onboard — typically takes under 2 minutes per client.
Every tenant is completely isolated. This isn't just database-level isolation — it's architectural:
Once connected, your clients' designated staff (HR, office managers, team leads) can handle routine M365 tasks without opening a ticket with your helpdesk:
MSP clients often ask about security during onboarding. Here are the key points:
For the full technical deep-dive, see our security page.
Each client tenant needs its own subscription. You have full flexibility on who pays:
Plans start at $79/mo (Starter) and $149/mo (Pro). Annual billing saves ~17%. Same per-tenant pricing for everyone — MSPs make their margin through the referral program (20% recurring commission) or by marking up the bundled cost to clients.
Honest answers — including what we don't do yet.
Not yet — and this is the honest answer. Each client tenant in UserDesk is independent today: separate sign-in, separate subscription, separate audit log. That's intentional — it's how we guarantee zero cross-tenant access for compliance reviews — but it means an MSP managing 30 clients today has 30 portals to keep track of.
A partner console is on the roadmap: single login, billing rollup across tenants, white-label, cross-tenant audit search. It will be additive (your client's HR still signs in to their own tenant; you get the MSP-level view on top).
No timeline yet — we want to build it with input from MSPs who are actually using UserDesk first. Drop your email below if you want to be looped in early:
Partner console waitlist
Be first to hear when the partner console is in beta — and shape what ships. No spam, just the milestone email.
Yes, probably. CIPP is built for MSP techs to do deep admin work across many tenants — Conditional Access, Intune policies, GDAP setup, tenant-wide audit. It's excellent at that, and it's free.
UserDesk is for a different audience: the client's own HR manager, office coordinator, or team lead doing routine work (new hires, password resets, distribution lists) without ever needing Global Admin. Different user, different scope, different blast radius.
Most MSPs use both: CIPP for the things only techs should touch, UserDesk for the things HR can safely own. See CIPP vs UserDesk: when to use each for the full breakdown.
Not today. Clients see UserDesk branding on the portal. White-label (custom domain, your MSP's logo, your colors) ships with the partner console — same waitlist as Q01.
In the meantime: the portal is intentionally minimal and utilitarian, not loud. We've had MSPs tell their clients “this is the M365 tool we picked for you” without the UserDesk branding being a friction point. Worth trying on one client before assuming you need white-label.
No. GDAP and Partner Center are how YOU as the MSP get admin access to client tenants. UserDesk is a tool you offer your clients so their non-IT staff can do safe routine work without needing any admin role at all.
You keep your GDAP setup exactly as is. UserDesk uses delegated permissions scoped to the individual signed-in delegate — nothing standing, nothing application-level. The two layers don't conflict.
Two layers of containment:
Free rollout guide
A 1-pager covering tenant setup order, the client onboarding script we've refined with early MSP customers, and a pricing-conversation template you can drop into your next client review.
If you manage 5+ client tenants, the fastest path is a live walkthrough. Bring your hardest delegation question — we'll either solve it together or admit it's not the right tool for you.