Pre-Installation Setup for Microsoft Azure
In most cases, a single instance of the Data Collector can support any number of enterprise objects. However, each environment has its own unique deployment configuration requirements, so it is important to understand where the Data Collector software must be installed so that you can determine how many Data Collectors must be installed and which servers are best suited for the deployment.
As a part of cloud-based data collection, APTARE IT Analytics supports Microsoft Azure. Policies identify backup, storage accounts, billing and VMs for Azure resources. To work with Azure, you need one or more Azure subscriptions. Azure reports are available for billing, capacity and virtual machines. Azure database views are available in the SQL Template Designer to construct custom reports. Azure enterprise objects are also defined in the Dynamic Template Designer.
Note: The Data Collector only supports Azure resources deployed with the Resource Manager model.