Cloud, data & platform systems · Core

Tenant

Also called: workspace, organisation tenant

ELI5

One customer's separated space in a shared product.

Used in conversation

“Data must never cross the tenant boundary.”

Definition

A customer or organisational partition within a shared software system.

Here “Tenant” means: A customer or organisational partition within a shared software system.

Pitch context

You will see “Tenant” in product strategy decks, roadmaps, experiments and architecture reviews when the discussion reaches cloud, data & platform systems.

Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret cloud, data & platform systems without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.

Sources & evidence · 2

Direct term-level sources and supporting source families.

National Institute of Standards and Technology — Computer Security Resource Center GlossaryDirect source · primary · checked 2026-08-16
Scrum Guides — The Scrum Guide — official current versionSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16