Endpoints the Platform uses to collect data from Microsoft Azure Cloud

Products

• CloudHealth

Issue/Introduction

The following Endpoints are utilised to collect Cost & Usage Data, Asset Metadata and Metrics

Resolution

• Azure Cost Data for MCA and Billing Accounts would be pulled through - the Cost Management API -  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/cost-management/generate-cost-details-report/create-operation?view=rest-cost-management-2023-11-01&viewFallbackFrom=rest-cost-management-2023-08-01&tabs=HTTP the Enrollment Reader Role and Billing Account Reader Roles give access to this API respectively if dealing with an EA Billing Account or MCA Billing Account.

  
  
• CSP Subscriptions (not under a MCA) and Reservation data for CSP subscriptions would be pulled through the Partner Center API - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/partner-center/developer/manage-billing
  
  
• Azure GovCloud data are pulled via the Partner center API / Utilization 
  https://api.partnercenter.microsoft.com/v1/customers/{azure_customer_id}/subscriptions/{subscription_guid}/utilizations/azure?start_time={start_time}&end_time={end_time}&granularity={granularity}&show_details={True|False}
  
  
• SP (PAYG Subscriptions) would be pulled via https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure-stack/operator/azure-stack-tenant-resource-usage-api?view=azs-2311

  
  
• Asset Metadata would come from a variety of REST Endpoints e.g. - SQL Databases would be pulled down via - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/sql/databases/get

  
  
• Metrics for the Azure Cloud are served via the Azure Monitor API - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/monitor/ details, this does require additional configuration via - https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-tanzu/cloudhealth/tanzu-cloudhealth/saas/tnz-cloudhealth/working-with-reports-and-recommendation-of-tanzu-cloudhealth-azure-rightsizing-new.html#enable-publishing-virtual-machine-metrics-to-azure-monitor-api