Creating the service connection for Azure Inventory data provider

Overview

A service connection allows you to establish access to Microsoft Azure portal and obtain data from it without sharing the credentials. A service connection is configured once by an administrator and then it can automatically use a service for obtaining data.

The Azure Inventory add-on contains an Azure Inventory service. This service is needed for creating a service connection to Microsoft Azure portal.

To create a service connection, take the following steps:

1. Configure the authentication and authorization settings for integration on Microsoft Azure portal.
2. Create a tenant in Enterprise Service Management.
3. Create a service connection in Enterprise Service Management.

Creating a tenant

In Matrix42 Enterprise Service Management, you need to create a tenant for the service connection.

1. Go to the Administration application and open the Integration > Service Connections > Tenants navigation item.
2. Run the Add Tenant action. A new tenant dialog opens.
3. Provide an appropriate name for your tenant from the Microsoft Azure portal.
4. Select Azure Inventory in the Service field.
5. Fill in the Client ID, Tenant and Client Secret fields with the data from Microsoft Azure.
6. Save the dialog.

Next, create a service connection to your company's Microsoft Azure portal.

Creating a service connection

1. In the Administration application, go to Integration > Service Connections > Connections.
2. Run the Add Service Connection action. A new connection dialog opens.
3. In the Service field, select Azure Inventory - Azure Inventory.
4. In the Tenant field, select the tenant record that you have created earlier.
5. Click Setup authentication.
6. Provide the credentials for your company's Microsoft Azure portal and save the dialog in case of delegated access. The application based access will be authenticated immediately.

Now you can use this service connection in the configuration of the Azure Inventory data provider.