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QA Improved content for add azure microsoft insights provider instructions
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managing_providers/cloud_providers/_topics/adding_azure_providers.md

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{{ site.data.product.title_short }} supports Microsoft Azure providers. Before
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{{ site.data.product.title_short }} can be authenticated to Microsoft Azure, you must
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complete a series of prerequisite steps using the Azure portal; see
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complete a series of prerequisite steps using the Azure portal. For more information, see
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[Create Active Directory application and service principal account using
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portal](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/resource-group-create-service-principal-portal/).
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Follow the steps to set up an Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) and
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assign the required permissions to it, then create an Azure Active
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Directory application, and obtain the **Application ID** (Client ID),
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In the steps described in [Create Active Directory application and service principal account using the Azure portal](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/resource-group-create-service-principal-portal/):
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- The **Application ID** obtained during *Get Application ID and
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- The **Application ID** obtained during *Get Application ID and
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Authentication Key* is your **Client ID**. In the same section,
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after providing a description and a duration for the key, the
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**VALUE** displayed after clicking **Save** is your **Client Key**.
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If you choose an expiring key, make sure to note the expiration
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date, as you will need to generate a new key before that day in
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date, as you need to generate a new key before that day in
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- The **Directory ID** obtained during *Get Tenant ID* is your
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- The **Directory ID** obtained during *Get Tenant ID* is your
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**Tenant ID**. In Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), a tenant is a
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dedicated instance of the Azure AD service and is representative of
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an organization. It houses the users in a company and the
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your application, you must register your application in a tenant of
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your own which is assigned a Tenant ID (Directory ID).
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- During *Assign Application to Role*, select the **Contributor** role
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- During *Assign Application to Role*, select the **Contributor** role
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and not the **Reader** role.
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- To obtain your **Subscription ID**, log in to the Azure portal and
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click **Subscriptions** on the slide-out menu on the left. Find the
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- To obtain your **Subscription ID**, log in to the Azure portal and
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click **Subscriptions** on the slide-out menu. Find the
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appropriate subscription and see your Azure **Subscription ID**
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associated with it. Note that if the **Subscriptions** tab is not
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visible, then click on **More services \>** to find it. The Azure
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visible, then click on **More services** to find it. The Azure
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**Subscription ID** is like a billing unit for all of the services
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consumed in your Azure account, including virtual machines and
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storage. The **Subscription ID** is in the form of a Globally Unique
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So, after a service principal account (instance of an application in a directory) has been created using the Azure portal, the following four pieces of information will be available within the Azure AD module.
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- Directory ID (Tenant ID)
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- Subscription ID
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- Application ID (Client ID)
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When the service principal account (instance of an application in a directory) is created using the Azure portal, the following four pieces of information becomes available within the Azure AD module.
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- Client Key
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- Directory ID (Tenant ID)
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- Subscription ID
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- Application ID (Client ID)
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You can now use these values in the procedure below to add an Azure cloud instance as a provider to {{ site.data.product.title_short }}.
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In order to be able to capture Events or Capacity & Utilization metrics from your Azure account
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you first have to register the Microsoft Insights resource provider.
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To capture Events or Capacity and Utilization metrics from your Azure account
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you need to register the Microsoft Insights resource provider.
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1. Select your subscription, and click on "Resource providers"
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2. Enter "microsoft.insights" in the search box
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3. If the Provider isn't registered, then hit the checkbox and select the Register option
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1. Select your subscription, and click **Resource providers**.
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2. Enter **microsoft.insights** in the search box.
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3. If the provider isn't registered, then select the checkbox, and click **Register**.
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[Microsoft Insights Resource Provider](../../images/azure-microsoft-insights.png)
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![Microsoft Insights Resource Provider](../../../images/azure-microsoft-insights.png)
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**To Add an Azure Cloud Provider**:
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**Add an Azure Cloud Provider**:
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1. Browse to menu: **Compute > Clouds > Providers**.
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1. Browse to the menu and click **Compute** > **Clouds** > **Providers**.
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2. Click **Configuration**, then click
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![1862](../../images/1862.png) (**Add a New Cloud Provider**).
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![1862](../../../images/1862.png) (**Add a New Cloud Provider**).
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3. Enter a **Name** for the provider.
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