Register Service Reporting for Virtual Machine Clouds

The VM Clouds service can be associated with Windows Azure Pack’s Usage Service to provide IaaS usage data that can be further used for customer billing. This topic provides instructions on how to integrate Service Provider Foundation with Windows Azure Pack Usage Service. For information on how Service Provider Foundation leverages the Windows Azure Pack Usage Service, see How is Service Provider Foundation associated with Windows Azure Pack Usage Service?

To register Usage Service for VM Clouds

1.   From the management portal for administrators, click the VM Clouds tab.

2.   From the VM Clouds tab, click the QuickStart () view.

3.   From the Quick Start view on the VM Clouds tab, click Register Service Reporting Provider, and then enter the Service Provider Foundation usage endpoint, using the same user name and password that were used to install Service Provider Foundation.

4.   Click the check mark. This associates the Service Provider Foundation usage endpoint with the Windows Azure Pack usage service.

See Also

Provision Virtual Machine Clouds