"access to the portal" is not necessarily "full access", this is very typical of a standardized MSP setup where you receive restricted access to the Meraki dashboard and the rest is for the MSP and you are expected to open tickets with the MSP for issues you can't resolve yourself, this is part of the service you are paying for. Also Meraki will not give you additional dashboard access, this is entirely between you and your MSP.
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