# Multi-tenancy

Concept · [Cloud, hosting and security](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cloud)

Also called: multi-tenant, multitenant, multi tenant, tenant, tenants

One copy of a software system serving many customer organizations at once, with each one's data kept separate.

**For example:** A scheduling [SaaS](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/saas) runs one system for all its customers, and each clinic sees only its own patients.

## Connects to (4)

- [SaaS](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/saas): Software as a service.
- [Access control](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/access-control): Rules about who can see or change what in a system.
- [Role-based access control](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/role-based-access-control): A way of managing access where permissions are given to roles, such as admin, editor or viewer, and each person is assigned a role.
- [Data privacy](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/data-privacy): How a company collects, uses, stores and shares information about people.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/multi-tenancy