Microsoft Azure cloud connector

You must configure the connector to connect to Microsoft Azure for collecting the cost and usage data of Azure entities.

To configure the connector:

1. In the BMC Helix Cloud Cost dashboard, navigate to Connectors > Add a Connector > and select Azure Cloud Connector from the cloud based connectors.

2. On the Configure Connector page, configure the following properties:

   Property	Description
   Connector name	A unique name for the connector.
   Azure environment	Specify whether you want to import data from the Global Azure, Azure Government, or Azure Enterprise account. The default selection is a Global Azure account. Global Azure Azure Government (available only if you are licensed to use  BMC Helix Cloud Security ) For details, see BMC Helix Cloud Security documentation.  Azure Enterprise
   Select the type of data that you want to collect	Depending on your Azure subscription, select the type of data that you want to collect: Security & Compliance: Collect resource usage data to evaluate it for compliance and security. This option is available only if you are licensed to use  BMC Helix Cloud Security . Billing & Usage: Collect billing information to manage and optimize cost Utilization: Collect resource usage data to monitor performance and generate recommendations

3. Depending on your Azure environment, select one of the following tabs for configuring the connector properties:
4. Collection mode: By default, the data collection cycle is set to On Demand collection. You can select an appropriate unit of time (days, minutes, hours) to schedule the data collection frequency.

5. On the Select Policies page, select the policies that you want to import from the policy library. This option is available only if you are licensed to use 

   BMC Helix Cloud Security

   and choose to collect Security & Compliance data. For more information, see Managing policies.

6. Click Continue. A confirmation message about the request for data collection processing is displayed.
   The Manage Connectors page shows the details of the newly configured Azure Cloud Connector.

Verify that the connector ran successfully and check whether the Azure data is refreshed on the Dashboard.

To verify whether the connector ran successfully:

1. On the Manage Connectors page, the state of the newly configured connector is updated to Running.
   When you run the connector for the first time, the connector recovers data for the past 6 months, and the data collection completes in approximately an hour.
2. On the BMC Helix Cloud Cost dashboard, the Azure tab is displayed.
3. Select the Azure tab from the Dashboard.
4. In the Summary tab, verify that the total cost, historical cost, and total resources are displayed. Also, Recommendations are displayed only when you have configured the connector to collect Utilization data and you have efficiency issues in your infrastructure. Recommendations are not generated if all the resources are utilized efficiently.
5. Resource pool information is not available by default. You must create a resource pool to view the resource pool details like name, resource count, budget, actual cost, and the projected cost. To create a resource pool, click Resource Pools.
6. In the Accounts tab, verify that the account details like name, actual cost, change in cost (in US dollars and percent), percent total cost, and number of resources are displayed for the accounts you own.
7. In the Services tab, verify that the service details like name, actual cost, change in cost (in US dollars and percent), percent total cost, and number of resources are displayed.
8. In the Explore Bill tab, verify that the resource name, actual cost, resource type, region, account name, and the service name are displayed.