Prerequisites to Add a Cloud Account for Microsoft Azure
Before you can create a cloud account for Microsoft Azure, you must complete the following mandatory prerequisite tasks in the given order:
- Ensure that you have the required permissions to create an application in Azure Active Directory.
- Create an Azure Active Directory application. In a text editor (such as Notepad), copy the application ID of the application and label as Client ID.
- Get the Application ID and generate an authentication key for this application. Copy the authentication key string to the text editor (such as Notepad), and label the string as Client Secret Key.
- Get the Tenant ID, which is the ID of the Azure Active Directory in which you created the application. In a text editor (such as Notepad), copy the ID and label it as Tenant ID.
- Perform the following steps to assign Contributor role to the application.
- From the left pane of the Microsoft Azure portal menu, select Subscriptions.
- Select your subscription.
- Select the Access Control (IAM) tab.
- Add your application.
- Assign the Contributor role to the application.
- Get your Azure subscription ID.
- Log on to the Microsoft Azure portal.
- In the left navigation panel, click Subscriptions.
For instructions, see Check Azure Active Directory permissions in the Microsoft documentation.
For instructions, see Check Azure Active Directory permissions in the Microsoft documentation.
For instructions, see Get application ID and authentication key in the Microsoft documentation.
For instructions, see Get tenant ID in the Microsoft documentation.
For details, see Assign application to role in the Microsoft documentation.
Note: The subscription ID is a GUID that uniquely identifies your subscription to use Azure services.
The list of your subscriptions is displayed along with the subscription ID.