Sponsor Quick Start

Welcome to your hosted instance of CIPP!

If you need assistance with or aren't comfortable navigating these requirements alone, take a look at our Professional Onboarding Services page, which offers a paid option for those who need a bit more hands on guidance with GDAP & CIPP deployment.

If you've started the sponsorship process and are ready to enhance your management of Microsoft 365 tenants with efficiency, this guide is designed to get you started.

Initial Sponsorship Actions

1. Subscription Activation: Start by signing up for the $99 subscription using your GitHub account on the GitHub Sponsorship page.

2. Welcome Email: Upon subscription, you will receive an email with detailed instructions to kickstart your deployment. This email will guide you to the CIPP management portal for deployment steps.

Deployment & Service Account Creation

1. Configure CIPP Deployment: Login to your management portal using the GitHub credentials you used to initiate the sponsorship. This is where you can kickoff your deployment, add custom domain names, and begin inviting users into CIPP.

2. Service Account Creation: Follow the instructions carefully on the Creating the CIPP Service Account page to ensure there are no permission issues when connecting your tenants within CIPP in the subsequent steps.

Accessing CIPP & Executing SAM Wizard

1. Add Yourself to CIPP: On the User Management page in your management portal, ensure you've invited your work account as an admin into your newly deployed instance to avoid 403 Forbidden errors during login. Further guidance, can be found on the Adding Users to CIPP page.

2. Execute SAM Wizard: Follow the instructions on the Executing the SAM Setup Wizard page once logged into your CIPP instance using your newly invited account, NOT the service account. The service account is only used during specific configuration steps within the SAM Setup Wizard.

Managing Client Relationships

1. Onboard Existing Relationships: If your GDAP relationships with clients are already configured and you do not need to create new invites, proceed to Adding Tenants & Consenting in the CIPP-SAM Application to start managing your clients immediately.

2. Establish New Relationships: If you need to establish new GDAP relationships for new clients, use the GDAP Invite Wizard to generate invites. Once you have completed the invite process, continue the onboarding process and follow up by consenting within the CIPP app.

If you are unsure about whether your clients environments are GDAP ready, or need more information about the process, continue to the Creating GDAP relationships page for more granular details & next steps.