What is Cortex?
Cortex is a comprehensive control panel product used by service providers to manage
the provisioning and delegated administration of hosted business applications such
as Microsoft Exchange or SharePoint Services.
- Automates the setup of hosted services and business applications.
- Allow end customers to perform day to day administration themselves.
- Provides a platform for managing all hosted services through a common interface.
- Allows a single user identity to be provisioned with many hosted applications.
- Has an easy to use web based interface which can be used by users with little IT
expertise with negligible training.
Which services can Cortex currently provision out of the box?
Cortex provides a complete solution for delivering Microsoft Hosted Messaging and
Collaboration services (HMC). Support for other complementary applications is also
provided.
Customer isolation and identity management
The Cortex system allows a single Active Directory LDAP repository to be shared
by thousands of customers. Cortex provides standard features for user provisioning
and identity management through a comprehensive web based interface for customer
self-administration.
Can Cortex help manage other services?
Check with our team if the service you are offering to your customers is on the
Cortex roadmap or use the
Cortex SDK to incorporate your application
into Cortex and leverage all Cortex features including delegated administration
and reporting.
How does Cortex work?
Visit our architecture section for a quick overview on the Cortex architecture for delivering hosted services.