Available To
Faculty and Staff
Overview
The Division of IT maintains a CSULB Azure tenant for academic and administrative use-cases.
Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying, and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed data centers. It provides both Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) service and supports many different programming languages, tools and frameworks, including both Microsoft-specific and third-party software and systems.
Summary of Features/Benefits
- Azure resources include many PaaS and IaaS offerings
- Azure supports any operating system, language, tool, and framework
- Economical and scalable
- Azure runs on a global network of Microsoft managed data centers with 24/7 availability
- Receive Microsoft Premiere Support
Requirements and Considerations
- Must be a current CSULB employee
- Must provide a funding source when requesting services from DoIT
- Cost is based on data usage, and buying units/credits in advance is recommended. Any direct costs incurred by a CSULB customer department/program will be the responsibility of the customer department/program.
Microsoft Azure Resources (External Sites)
Get Started
For a quote or additional information, submit a ticket with Division of IT. Please provide the following details in your request:
- Department/business unit requesting the service
- Description of the use-case
- An estimate of annual data usage (see Azure Pricing Calculator)
CSULB Roles and Responsibilities
Division of IT - Service Management & Operations (SMO)
- Receive and review initial customer requests for Azure services from customers.
- Coordinate ticket escalation upon service approval and onboarding activities.
- Coordinate Azure subscription payments between customer and DoIT Finance operations.
Division of IT- Enterprise Services Group (ESG)
- All permissions pertaining to access into the Azure environment will be managed by ESG. All permissions/access changes will need to be made by ticket request to ITS.
- Will provide limited troubleshooting assistance with Azure resources and facilitate opening Microsoft support requests if necessary.
- Provide weekly email reporting on Azure charges for cost management.
Division of IT – Network Services Group (NSG)
- Azure networking and network access to on-prem resources is solely managed by NSG. All networking changes will need to be made by ticket request to ITS.
Customer
- Resource usage for cost estimation must be done in advance to support the purchase of advanced Azure credits.
- Technical administration of all resources created in the Azure subscription.
- Troubleshoot issues thoroughly before contacting ITS for additional assistance.
- Manage resource utilization for cost management.