1. What is multi-tenancy in SharePoint ?

The SharePoint platform has the capability to isolate and separate data from different web sites while sharing Service Application resources across same sites. This capability is called as Multi-tenancy. It primarily relies on Site Subscriptions and Subscription Ids

2. How data is partitioned in a hosted environment in SharePoint ?

The data is partitioned in a hosted environment in SharePoint by using the concept of Site Subscriptions. Site Subscription group tenant data across all site-collections owned by tenant, and provide the ability to separate and group each tenant’s data in a shared environment.

3. What is the role of Administrator in the context of hosted SharePoint environments ?

The administrators can centrally deploy and manage features & services, while providing tenants full control over the usage and experience.

4. What is the role of Subscription Ids with respect to SharePoint multi-tenancy ?

The site-collections of each and every tenant are grouped based on a common subscription ID. The Subscription ID helps to map features and services to tenants and also to partition service data according to tenant.

5. Can multiple subscriptions be hosted be hosted in a single web application ?

Yes, multiple Subscriptions can be hosted inside a single web application. Again, multiple subscriptions can also reside in the shared content database.

6. How administrators manage subscriptions and features for each tenant?

Administrators can define which services are available and activated for each tenant. The Subscription ID for a tenant can be used to map service partitions to site-collections

7. Can a service data be shared across multiple tenants ?

Yes, the service data can be shared across multiple tenants, so that all the tenants can share data for a specific service.

8. Can a service data be partitioned for each and every tenant ?

Yes, the service data can be partitioned for each and every tenant, ensuring that sensitive data is not exposed to other tenants. In this case, service data for a single tenant need to be implemented within a separate partition for that service.

9. What are the various roles involved when it comes to Tenant Administration ?

• Hosting Company
• Hosted Company Administrator
• Hosted Company

10. What are the roles of a Hosting Company when it comes to Tenant Administration ?

The following are the typical roles of a Hosting Company for Tenant Administration:

• Manages the farm-level settings and hardware
• Controls the database configurations
• Installs all new approved features and solutions
• Brands the Tenant Administrator pages

11. What are the roles of a Hosted Company Administrator when it comes to Tenant Administration ?

The following are the typical roles of a Hosted Company when it comes to Tenant Administration :

• Purchases space, features, and bandwidth from hosting company
• Controls the architecture of customer sites but not the content
• Reviews usage statistics

12. What are the roles of a Hosted Company when it comes to Tenant Administration ?

The following are the typical roles of a Hosted Company when it comes to Tenant Administration :

• Owns a site collection
• Installs or removes set of features and solutions
• Configures features and services
• Reviews usage statistics

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