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Prerequisite for Onboarding Azure Subscriptions

Updated over 2 weeks ago

Role Assignment Permissions

To assign roles or grant access, ensure you have Microsoft.Authorization/role assignment of Global Administrator.
​Steps to assign role:

  1. Login to your Microsoft Azure portal.

  2. Navigate to Microsoft Entra ID > Manage > Users, and select the Admin Account you are using to onboard the subscription.

  3. Select Manage > Assigned Roles and verify if the account has a Global Administrator role.
    To assign the role, click Add assignments, locate and select the Global Administrator checkbox and then click Add.

Assigning the Global Administrator Role

To add a subscription to the Druva console, you must be an administrator or owner of the subscription in the Azure console.
​Steps to update access:

  1. Login to your Microsoft Azure portal and locate the subscription you wish to onboard.

  2. Under Overview verify that My role is set to Owner.
    To update access role, navigate to Access control (IAM) and click Add. Select Add role assignment and search for Owner. Select the user account you wish to use for onboarding the subscription and then click Review+Assign.

Registering Microsoft Key Vault for the Subscription

You must have the Azure Key Vault service registered for the subscription that you want to onboard.
​Steps to register Microsoft Key Vault:

  1. Login to your Microsoft Azure portal.

  2. Navigate to Subscriptions and select the subscription that you need to register on Druva.

  3. Scroll to the Resource providers in the Subscription Settings.

  4. Locate Microsoft.KeyVault from the list of resource providers and click Register.


    πŸ“ Note
    ​To register multiple subscriptions on Druva, repeat the steps above for each subscription individually.


Enabling Application Registration Permission

To onboard or register subscriptions, ensure that you have the Users can register applications permission enabled for your user account in the Azure environment.
​Steps to enable permissions:

  1. Login to your Microsoft Azure portal.

  2. Navigate to Microsoft Entra ID > Manage > User Settings

  3. Set the Users can register applications toggle to Yes. Click Save.

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