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A Complete E2E Metered Billing for Microsoft Azure Stack Hub

Cloud Assert Billing for Azure Stack Hub enables billing and chargeback within Azure Stack portal. It allows you as an administrator to track the resource consumption across Azure Stack and custom services, compare usage vs quota, configure pricing for Azure Stack resources based on usage meters, integrate with external billing systems, and generate invoices automatically based on real-time usages.

Cloud Assert is the only provider of Billing and Commerce platform for Microsoft Azure Stack Hub that has native integration inside Azure Stack Portal UI and Azure Resource Manager API as a Resource Provider. It allows Enterprises, Service Providers, Re-sellers and End Users to view, track and manage their resource consumption and billing from the same single portal with one-pane glass experience.


Cloud Assert Usage and Billing platform is a matured, battle proven solution with many flexible options to customize and suite diverse marketing and sales needs. It provides you the quickest way to offer rich billing solution on top of the Microsoft Azure Stack Hub portal for all your Charge-back, Show-back, Billing and Reporting needs.

Administrator Portal

Usage and Billing solution enables you as a service administrator to define multiple pricing models within Azure Stack Hub for all the available services, resource meters, plans and offers.

  • Set different Pricing Profiles for all the Azure Stack Hub Meters
  • Visibility across Resource Usages and its Costs per subscription
  • Run Promotional Credits in a percentage or a monetary value
  • Extensibility and Flexibility to charge customers based on their specifc needs
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Customer/ Tenant Portal

Just like Azure public cloud, Tenants can get to see their ongoing usages, pricing and billing information including invoices right within their Azure Stack customer portal at a quick glance.

  • Ability to see their ongoing usages and its associated costs
  • Automatic invoice generation at the end of the billing cycle
  • Pay your bills within the Azure Stack Hub portal
  • Native billing experience just like Azure
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Essential Features of the Billing Solution

Azure Stack Hub Billing Resources

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Cloud Assert has been trusted by Fortune 100 Companies as a Leader in Hybrid Cloud Management, Cost Management and Billing since 2014.

Cloud Assert work closely with Microsoft teams and our customers in building Hybr VConnect and Billing solutions to complement Microsoft Azure Stack adoption and to deliver a powerful hybrid cloud platform.

We're glad that customers can now take advantage of all the great features of Azure Stack without impacting existing infrastructure investments

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Contract with service providers such as Azure or AWS means that the enterprises are using public cloud and substantially renting a part of their data center infrastructure. The public cloud offers cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS). They deliver huge economies of scale, fully automated, scale elastically. So, it is close to impossible for any on-premises data center to offer competitive efficiency or the price.

 

Advantage of public cloud

 

Reliability 

 

Public clouds are highly reliable due to the vast services spread across multiple data centers.

 

Up and down scalability

 

In the public cloud, scalability both up and down is almost unlimited because of the on-demand in cloud resources. 

 

Less capital expenditure

 

In the public cloud, enterprises can own their data center equipment which means they don't have to purchase any new types of equipment. 

 


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Disadvantage of public cloud

 

Higher operational cost

 

As the public cloud is known for its flexible scale performance, it also comes with a slightly higher price tag as cost - per - hour - fees.

 

Minimal control over data

 

Enterprises may never know under what location or other restrictions - their data is being operated. 

 

Advantages and disadvantages of private cloud

 

If an enterprise has a dedicated cloud infrastructure set up which means they are using a private cloud. The private cloud can be managed by the enterprise itself or they can hire a third-party service and host it off-premises or in their datacenter.

 

Advantages of private cloud

 

Security

 

Data and applications remain behind the firewall and accessible only to the authorized users which makes the private cloud more secure and suitable for storing and processing sensitive data.

 

Flexibility

 

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Disadvantages of private cloud

 

Responsibilities

 

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High cost

 

Initial charges and repaying the cost of the purchased equipment are high. 

 

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Customized self-services for different users

 

Hybr offers a hybrid cloud management platform that serves multiple users. Based on their environments and identity they operate; different types of users can only view the options and resources relevant to them. 

 

Hybr benefits:

 

  1. IaaS VM provisioning and management across VMware vCenter, System Center / Hyper-V, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure Stack, AWS
  2. Backup and restore VMs using Veeam, CommVault.
  3. Enable VM provisioning via manual and automated workflows with multi-level request/order management and approvals.
  4. Integrate with XaaS (anything as a service) via PowerShell scripts.
  5. VM Provisioning/management and Billing services are exposed as API endpoints for integration with existing solutions.
  6. Capture usage, report and bill resource utilization and service charges.
  7. The white labelable portal helps differentiate and customize for your organization.
  8. First-class Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) security integrated with Active Directory or Azure AD
  9. Available as an independent portal experience or as portal extensions for Microsoft Azure Stack and Windows Azure Pack.

HYBR provides an unbeatable cloud platform for anyone to build efficient applications. Stabilized cloud for organizations that helps them in making accurate decisions with precise business specifications while minimizing the resources and expenditure. Centralized control for monitoring complaint services, performance management, and resource utilization. For security management and better reporting, other management tools also can be integrated. Kindly write your feedback to support@cloudassert.com

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