During the installation process, you are required to create a baseline tenant or to select an existing one to associate with the tenant you are currently installing.
If you don't know what a baseline tenant is, refer Understanding baseline and downstream tenants.
First tenant installation
If you are installing your first tenant, you will be prompted to install your first baseline tenant. You can install additional baseline tenants as you need.
Additional tenant installation
If you are installing an additional tenant, you can:
- choose to install an additional baseline tenant
- or to install a client/downstream tenant associated to your baseline
Install a baseline tenant
This process involves installing a tenant and setting it as a baseline. Remember that you can install as many additional baselines as you need.
The number of baselines installed onto Configuration Manager is tied to your current license. Installing additional baselines may incur an added cost.
To install a tenant as a baseline, select the “ADD” button located at the top right of the screen, and proceed with selecting “Add a baseline tenant”:
Associate a baseline
If you are installing a client or downstream tenant, you can select the baseline you want to associate with the tenant you are currently installing.
Remember that Configuration Manager/Simeon never deploys the configurations from the baseline tenant to the client/downstream tenant after installation. Instead, Configuration Manager/Simeon will simply backup the tenant during the first Sync.
Change baseline
You have the option to change the baseline associated to your downstream tenant as well.