Configure an EA Account
To manage the cost data of your Enterprise Agreement (EA) subscription, follow this procedure.
Procedure
- Log in to the Azure Enterprise Portal.
- Select your enrollment.
- From the left side of the Enterprise Portal landing page, click Manage.
- Copy and save the enrollment number.
- Click the Reports menu.
- Click the Download Usage link.
- On the Download Usage page, click the API Access Key option.
You can use the primary or secondary key.
- Copy and save the selected key.
Enrollment API keys expire every six months. Once your key expires, CloudCheckr won't be able to ingest any updated cost data.
- Launch CloudCheckr.
- From the Projects page, select an Azure partner.
- From the Accounts page, click NEW ACCOUNT.
The New Account page opens.
- Type a unique name for your account.
- From the Cloud Provider section, select Microsoft Azure from the drop-down menu.
- In the Navigation Visibility section, select the checkboxes next to the sections or modules that you want to be visible in the Azure account.
- At the bottom of the page, click Create.
The Configure Account page opens.
- From the Configure Account page, select the Collect Billing data from my Enterprise Agreement option.
- Paste the enrollment number and access token that you obtained from the EA portal into the appropriate fields.
- Click Update.
The Edit Billing Configuration page opens.
- Review and modify the billing options that apply to your Azure deployment.
Section
Description
How Do I Enable?
Automatic Customer Account Generation
Allows CloudCheckr to create a billing-only subscription any time Azure adds a new subscription to your EA or CSP account.
Keep in mind:
- This option will not convert currency.
- You cannot change the currency code once selected.
- You can convert these billing-only subscriptions to subscriptions with resources.
By default, this option is Disabled. To enable, toggle the switch.
Currency
Allows you to select the currency manually.
You cannot change your currency code once you make a selection.
CloudCheckr will attempt to detect the currency that Microsoft writes your Azure cost to. If it cannot, select a currency code.
Click Currency Codes to see a list of countries and currency codes.
Code
Country
Currency
ARS
Argentina
Peso
AUD
Australia
Dollar
BRL
Brazil
Real
CAD
Canada
Dollar
CHF
Switzerland
Franc
DKK
Denmark
Krone
EUR
Euro Member Countries
Euro
GBP
United Kingdom
Pound
HKD
Hong Kong
Dollar
IDR
Indonesia
Rupiah
INR
India
Rupee
JPY
Japan
Yen
KRW
South Korean
Won
MXN
Mexico
Peso
MYR
Malaysia
Ringgit
NOK
Norway
Krone
NZD
New Zealand
Dollar
RUB
Russia
Ruble
SAR
Saudi Arabia
Riyal
SEK
Sweden
Krona
TRY
Turkey
Lira
TWD
Taiwan
New Dollar
USD
United States
Dollar
ZAR
South Africa
Rand
Billing Region
Allows you to select the bililng region manually.
You cannot change your billing region code once you make a selection.
CloudCheckr will attempt to detect the billing region that Microsoft writes your Azure cost to. If it cannot, select a billing region code.
To learn more about Azure billing regions, review the Understanding Azure CDN Billing topic.
Permitted Billing Accounts
Allows you to limit billing data collecting to selected Azure subscriptions.
Copy and paste the Subscription ID from the portal and click Add.
- Click Submit.
To review or modify your billing options in the future, go to the left navigation pane and choose Account Settings > Edit Billing Configuration.
