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Details to come; please contact help@c3dti.ai for assistance.

Azure

Microsoft provides a generous (but limited) annual gift of Azure credits to help support C3.ai DTI-sponsored research.

If you're interesting in using Azure resources for a current C3.ai DTI project, please contact the DTI team at help@c3dti.ai.

Private data

Microsoft Azure infrastructure can support your program of compliant stewardship of data in most scenarios. If your data requires special attention, please let us know when asking for Azure resources.

Azure tips and Portal links for DTI researchers

When you're logged in to the Azure portal, ensure that you've selected the appropriate Account and Directory for your Subscription. You can set these by clicking on your personal identifier in the upper right of the portal:

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Azure Portal dashboards are called "Blades." Here are links to the Azure Portal and to some Blades that may help you manage your Azure use:

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• https://portal.azure.com/

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Please

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• https://portal.azure.com/#blade/HubsExtension/BrowseResourceGroups
• View and manage your deployed Resources by Resource Group.

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• https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Billing/SubscriptionsBlade
• Ensure that all of your Subscriptions are shown to you by deselecting the box "Show only subscriptions selected in the global subscriptions filter" Image Removed
• After selecting your DTI subscription, you may find the following Blades useful:
  • | Activity log
    • Browse and filter all Activity under your Subscription
    • Note that the default view shows history from only the last six hours; change this selection to see older activity.
  • | Access control (IAM)
    • Grant fine-grained access to your Azure Subscription and Resources to other team members
  • | Resources
    • Browse, filter and manage your deployed Azure Resources
  • | Usage + quotas
    • View your current service instance count usage, your current service instance type quotas, and request quota increases.
    • Plan ahead: it may take several days for your quota increase request to be approved.

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• https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Monitoring/AzureMonitoringBrowseBlade/overview
• Utilities for evaluating your Azure use
• Monitor | Metrics Blade
  • https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Monitoring/AzureMonitoringBrowseBlade/metrics
  • Plot resource use over time

Research team users

Spend management

For C3.ai DTI research groups with an Azure sponsorship, your team's designated Azure manager(s) can see your sponsorship's assigned credit and credit consumed via this link, once you are signed in to your Azure context:

https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Education/EducationMenuBlade/classrooms

The DTI team can can access (modestly) more-detailed daily reporting by Azure resource category; please contact help@c3dti.ai for assistance with spend management.

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this separate page regarding C3.ai DTI

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Notes on the Azure model

Azure Virtual Machine Tips

Size and Region

Web portal vs. CLI vs. API

Images

Marketplace

Your own

cloud-init

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Azure use.