# Create Your First Managed Company

Add a new customer organization to your MSP environment so you can manage their services, users, and billing. Managed Companies represent customer organizations within the WatchDog platform. Each company belongs to an MSP node and is billed independently unless created as an NFR tenant.

:::check Required Permissions
Only users with the **Create Managed Company** permission can create Managed Companies
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:::note[]
Billing must have been configured before creating a Managed Company *(NFR tenants are exempted)*
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# Create a Managed Company
To onboard a customer into WatchDog and manage their environment, create a Managed Company using the steps below:
<Tabs>
  <Tab title="MSP Portal">
        <Steps>
          <Step>
            Sign in to the **[WatchDog MSP Portal](https://app.watchdogsecurity.io/)**
          </Step>
          <Step>
            From the account context switcher, select the MSP Portal
          </Step>
          <Step>
            From the Left Hand Navigation Menu, select **Managed Companies**
          </Step>
          <Step>
            Select **Add New Company**
          </Step>
           <Step>
            (Optional) Under **Node** select the node the Managed Company belongs under
          </Step>
           <Step>
            Enter the required company information, such as:
               - Company Name
               - Account Owner First/Last Name
               - Account Owner Email
               - Services
               - License Quantity
          </Step>
           <Step>
            Add the managed company by selecting **Add Managed Company.**
          </Step>
        </Steps>
    </Tab>
</Tabs>