Introducing Connect Cloud for Organizations: A Flexible Way for Data Teams to Deploy and Share

For the last year, Posit Connect Cloud has been the fastest way to deploy Python and R code to the cloud, supporting a wide range of data frameworks such as Shiny, Streamlit, Dash, and Bokeh applications, as well as Quarto, R Markdown, and Jupyter Notebooks.

We’re now thrilled to announce a significant leap forward for data teams with the new Advanced plan for organizations on Connect Cloud. This plan is designed to empower seamless collaboration, secure sharing, and flexible management of your data science content, all within a convenient cloud platform.

Whether you’re a growing startup, a consulting group managing diverse deliverables, or an enterprise committed to being more data-driven, Connect Cloud’s Advanced plan provides the essential tools and infrastructure for your organization to collaborate effectively.

Let’s dive into the powerful new functionality.

Enterprise Single Sign-On (SSO): Secure and Simplify Access

Connect Cloud now supports enterprise SSO authentication for organizations through providers such as Okta and Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory).

• Stronger Security: Protect your valuable data work with enterprise-grade SSO integration, allowing you to enforce organization-wide access policies and leverage features like Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).
• Simplified User Management: Streamline permission management directly from your existing identity provider, reducing administrative overhead.
• Flexible integration: Choose your preferred SSO provider and adapt effortlessly as your organizational needs evolve.

Role-Based Access Control (RBAC): Precision Governance

Gain granular control over who can access what with robust Role-Based Access Controls at both the account and content levels.

• Granular Permissioning: Assign account members as Owners, Admins, Publishers, or Viewers. Further refine access at the content level with Editor and Viewer controls, ensuring everyone has precisely the access they need.
• Enhanced Governance: Minimize risk and maintain data integrity by ensuring members can only access the content and functionalities relevant to their roles, and nothing more.
• Scalable Management: Eliminate manual permissioning with predefined roles that easily adapt and scale as your team and projects grow.

Invite and Manage External Guests: Share Securely, Without Compromise

Need to share your insights with stakeholders outside your organization’s SSO, such as consulting clients, board members, or business partners? Connect Cloud now offers secure guest access for external viewers of your content.

• Secure External Sharing: Grant access to external guests without requiring them to join your internal SSO system.
• Flexible Sign-In Options: Guests can securely authenticate into Connect Cloud via existing Google or GitHub accounts, or by creating a new account with an email and password.
• Content Isolation: External users are kept completely separate from your internal teams and can only view content that has been explicitly shared with them.

Ready to Power Your Organization with Connect Cloud?

These new collaboration features build upon the already robust foundation of Connect Cloud, which includes essential functionalities such as:

• Secret Environment Variable Management: Securely handle sensitive credentials to connect with external data sources.
• Continuous Deployment Pipelines: Streamline your deployment workflows with automatic publish on push.
• Customizable Content URLs: Create branded and easily shareable links.

Data teams drive innovation, transforming complex information into powerful applications and insightful documents. Connect Cloud’s Advanced plan offers these groups a flexible, secure, and scalable platform to streamline deployment workflows and collaboration. From sharing internal insights to collaborating with external clients, Connect Cloud helps teams quickly prototype and move toward production readiness.

Learn more about how Connect Cloud can transform your organization’s data collaboration. You can also reach out to our team directly to discuss pricing, setup, and best practices.