FAQ Azure onboarding

To bring historical data into Umbrella Cost, you need to create a one-time export for each month you want to import. Store these exports in the same container and directory as your current exports, then notify Umbrella support so we can collect the data into our platform. Please remember to create one export per month. For instance, if you need data for the past three months, you should create three separate exports, one for each month.

Yes, to see data from multiple exports in one account, ensure all exports are stored in the same container and directory

To view recommendations, make sure you’ve granted the “Monitoring Reader” role to all relevant subscriptions. For detailed guidance, click here.

Create an FCOUS billing export in Azure that will contain both of the cost types. For detailed onboarding steps click here. For Migration of existing accounts to FOCUS structure click here.

For detailed instructions on connecting your Azure Kubernetes data, click here .

Data in Umbrella is updated daily.

Yes, you can see a holistic view of all your Azure accounts under the "Azure All Accounts" view.

1. "Storage blob data reader" at the Storage Account level. Grants read-only access to Azure Storage blob containers and their data- this will allow Umbrella to read your export data from the container. For more information review Azure documentation.
2. "Monitoring reader" at the subscription level. This role provides read-only access to monitoring data across various Azure resources. For more information review Azure documentation.