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CloudRecon® Web Portal

User Guide

Prepared By:

UnifyCloud, LLC

Version 3.0

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction ............................................................................................. 5

1.1 Purpose....................................................................................................................... 5

1.2 Overview .................................................................................................................... 5

1.3 When to Use CloudRecon Web Portal ....................................................................... 6

2. Licensing the Product ............................................................................... 7

3. Collection of Inventory Data from multiple Data sources ........................ 10

3.1 Steps on How to Create Database............................................................................ 11

3.2 Collect Inventory Data using System Credentials .................................................... 12

3.3 Collect Inventory Data using Active Directory Credentials ...................................... 20

3.4 Steps On How to Collect Performance Data ............................................................ 25

4. Process Inventory Data with CloudRecon Client Application ................... 33

i. Import Data .................................................................................................................... 35

ii. Encrypt Data ................................................................................................................... 36

iii. Upload Data ................................................................................................................... 37

SCENARIO: 1- UPLOAD INVENTORY DATA .................................................... 42

SCENARIO: 2- UPLOAD & MERGE INVENTORY DATA ................................... 44

5. AIS Reports ............................................................................................ 49

6. Modernization Reports .......................................................................... 51

6.1 Cloud Inventory ........................................................................................................ 51

6.1.1 Overview ........................................................................................................................ 51

6.1.2 SQL Server Report .......................................................................................................... 52

6.1.3 Network Report ............................................................................................................. 52

6.2 Cloud Migration ........................................................................................................ 53

6.2.1 SQL DTU/vCore............................................................................................................... 53

6.2.2 SQL ManageInstance ...................................................................................................... 55

6.2.3 App Sizing ....................................................................................................................... 57

6.2.4 Lift & Shift ...................................................................................................................... 57

6.2.5 IaaS Report ..................................................................................................................... 58

6.2.6 SaaS Report .................................................................................................................... 59

6.2.7 O365 Report ................................................................................................................... 59

6.2.8 PaaS Report .................................................................................................................... 60

6.2.9 App Dependency ............................................................................................................ 61

6.3 On-Premise Security ................................................................................................. 61

6.3.1 Cybersecurity ................................................................................................................. 61

6.4 Moving Cloud Costing .............................................................................................. 62

6.4.1 Cloud Costing ................................................................................................................. 62

6.4.2 Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) ....................................................................................... 64

7. Data Quality Report ............................................................................... 67

8. User Management ................................................................................. 69


9. Feedback ............................................................................................... 74


Document History

Version Date Created By Remarks

1.0 02/26/2016 [email protected] Created the initial draft.

1.1 03/11/2016 [email protected] Added Report details.

1.2 06/06/2016 [email protected] Updated the overall flow and screenshots.

1.3 07/08/2016 [email protected] Added the licensing information for product.

1.4 09/29/2016 [email protected] Updated images, cross reference links and url’s

of application for the current enhancements in

the portal.

1.5 10/25/2016 [email protected] Updated User Management section, Feedback,

license and reports section as per the new

release.

1.6 11/19/2016 [email protected] Updated report section.

1.7 12/12/2016 [email protected] Description and image update for section 3.1

2.0 11/28/2017 [email protected] Re-architecture.

3.0 06/26/2018 [email protected] UI design changed, new features has been

added such as Lift and Shift, SQL sizing, TCO

automate,

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1. Introduction

1.1 PURPOSE

The purpose of this document is to assist users on how to acquire and use the functionality of the CloudRecon® Web Portal in order to identify opportunities in their current IT environment to utilize Cloud services to reduce cost, provide business agility, and drive innovation.

This document will also assist users on how to use the AIS Web Portal in order to check the

“Assessment Insight Reports” for the purchased license.

1.2 OVERVIEW

The CloudRecon® Web Portal is used to perform a high-level analysis of an IT environment (e.g., servers, client devices, workloads and applications, VMs, storage), which can be migrated to Cloud environments including Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) such as those available from Microsoft (e.g., Office 365, Dynamics, Azure).

CloudRecon® utilizes data from an IT discovery tool, such as the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP). When a CloudRecon® customer runs an IT discovery tool, this tool will create the inventory data of customer’s on-premises environment such as the number of systems, number of the database server, the type of application, infrastructure etc. The CloudRecon® Web Portal will then use this inventory data and generate assessments.

These assessments are available, depending upon the licensing acquired, in the form of a downloadable Cloud-Ready report and/or a set of web-based analyses with drill-down capabilities down to the machine, VM or application level. These reports provide roadmaps covering migration to Azure PaaS / IaaS, Office 365, with a special focus on Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2005 that are now beyond End of Service. It also contains a high-level Security Risk Analysis based on IT environment data and cost estimates comparing on-premises and Cloud environments.

AIS report will be generated as a detailed analyzed report for the existing IT infrastructure of

On-Premise and include analysis for SaaS – Office 365, IaaS or PaaS – Azure. It provides a

strategic approach to consider for migration of applications from On-Premise to cloud.

Following are the parameters, based on which an “Assessment Insights Service Report” is

generated.

Customer Contact Name

Customer Organization Name

Customer Organization Address

Customer City, State/Province, Postal Code

Partner Contact Name

Partner Organization Name

Partner Organization Address

Partner City, State/Province, Postal Code

Number of Employees


Number of Locations

Additional Info

IT Environment Info

IT Infrastructure Discovery Tool

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1.3 WHEN TO USE CLOUDRECON WEB PORTAL

When the environment components of your application need to be moved to Azure, you

need to check if the components are compatible with the Azure platform to ensure that

they can be successfully migrated to Azure environment. This compatibility check can be

performed by using CloudRecon Web Portal.

AIS Use - To generate POE report for the following selected services:

Cloud Readiness Report

Infrastructure Report

Cybersecurity Report

Cloud Productivity Report

Server Optimization Report


2. Licensing the Product

To use CloudRecon portal, you need to register yourself.

1. Go to the CloudAtlas link https://www.cloudatlasinc.com

The CloudAtlas Home page will display.

2. Go to PRODUCTS > CLOUDRECON as shown in Figure 1: CloudAtlas - Home Page.

Figure 1: CloudAtlas - Home Page

The CloudRecon page will display as shown in Figure 2: Cloud Recon Page.

Figure 2: Cloud Recon Page

https://www.cloudatlasinc.com/


To use the free trial of CloudRecon, go to CloudAtlas link https://www.cloudatlasinc.com

3. Click Get Started tab.

You will get the Free Trial page for 15 days as shown in Figure 3: Free Trial.

Figure 3: Free Trial

4. Select the Product name and then click START YOUR FREE TRIAL.

NOTE: System generated mail will be sent to the user – account, including a link to

Cloud Recon Homepage.

The user will be redirected to “Free Trial Confirmation” page with a link button of “CloudRecon”.

5. Click CloudRecon link button on the Free Trial Confirmation page as shown in Figure 4:

CloudRecon - Link Button.

https://www.cloudatlasinc.com/


Figure 4: CloudRecon - Link Button

The Cloud Recon Home page will display, as shown in Figure 5: CloudRecon - Home Page.

Figure 5: CloudRecon - Home Page

TO DO LIST

1. The user will be redirected to the CloudRecon Homepage. Click Login.

2. Login page for the CloudRecon appears with login functionality for AD and Custom

authentication to access the portal.

3. By default, the dashboard will display a sample report for the existing system-

uploaded inventory.

4. The user can click on “Try with Live Data” and can upload one inventory file.

5. One license for the “Free Trial” will be granted to the user.

6. The user can upload a file in “.bak”, “Zip” or “Encrypted Zip” file format.


3. Collection of Inventory Data from multiple Data sources

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP) - The Microsoft® Assessment and Planning

(MAP) Toolkit is an inventory, assessment, and reporting tool that helps you assess your current

IT infrastructure and determine the right Microsoft technologies for your IT needs. The MAP

toolkit uses Windows® Management Instrumentation (WMI), Active Directory® Domain Services

(AD DS), SMS Provider, and other technologies to collect data in your environment and inventories

computer hardware, software, and operating systems in small or large IT environments without

installing any agent software on the target computers.

Run the MAP tool to collect inventory data of your environment infrastructure. The inventory data

is generated as “.bak” file.

NOTE: If you do not have the MAP tool, click DOWNLOAD MAP TOOLKIT (9.9 version)

under Discovery section >> MAP Tool Kit to download it, as shown in Figure 6: MAP

Tool Kit.

Figure 6: MAP Tool Kit


3.1 STEPS ON HOW TO CREATE DATABASE

1. Click File > Create/Select Databases as shown in Figure 7: MAP Tool Kit Steps.

Figure 7: MAP Tool Kit Steps

2. Create a new inventory database, for example, InventoryDB as shown in Figure 8:

Overview and then click OK.

Figure 8: Overview


3.2 COLLECT INVENTORY DATA USING SYSTEM CREDENTIALS

1. Click Perform an Inventory as shown in Figure 9: Overview.

Figure 9: Overview

2. Select the inventory scenarios given in the list as shown in Figure 10: Inventory

Scenarios and click Next.

In the Inventory Scenarios page, clear the Active Devices and Users check box, if you don’t need to scan domain joined machines. To perform inventory using Active Devices and Users scenario are given below in section 3.3

Figure 10: Inventory Scenarios

3. Select the Discovery method check box which you want to use for discovering

computers as shown in Figure 11: Discovery Methods and click Next.


Figure 11: Discovery Methods

MAP Inventory Wizard-Discovery Methods

The MAP Toolkit supports different methods to find computers on a network. After it finds

the computers, the MAP Toolkit connects to each computer using the appropriate method to

perform the inventory. At least one of the options on the Discovery Methods page must be

selected.

Use Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)

Use this method if all computers and devices are in AD DS. Using only the AD DS method can

significantly improve the time required to complete the inventory.

Credentials required – The wizard requires a domain account that is to be used to

query AD DS. At a minimum, this account should be a member of the Domain Users

group in the domain. For each computer to be included in the WMI inventory process,

the wizard also requires an account that is a member of the local Administrators group

on that computer.

Use Windows Networking Protocols

This method uses the WIN32 LAN Manager Application Programming Interfaces (API) to query the Computer Browser service for computers in workgroups and Windows NT 4.0–based domains. If the computers on the network are not joined to an Active Directory domain, use only the Windows networking protocols option to find computers.

Credentials required - None

If the Windows Networking Protocols page of the wizard does not provide a list of workgroups, Windows NT 4.0 domains, or AD DS domain NetBIOS names, ensure that the


Computer Browser and Server services are running on the computer performing inventory.

Use System Center Configuration Manager

This method enables you to inventory computers managed by System Center Configuration Manager. You need to provide credentials to the System Center Configuration Manager server in order to inventory the managed computers.

Credentials required – This method requires an account with access to the Configuration Manager WMI provider on the site server you entered.

Scan an IP Address Range

This method allows you to specify the starting address and ending address of an IP address range. The wizard will then scan all IP addresses in the range and inventory only those computers. The IP address range computer discovery method is limited to scanning only 100,000 IP addresses at one time. If you have more addresses than the limit, run the wizard multiple times, specifying different IP address ranges each time you run the wizard.

Credentials required – None

Manually Enter Computer Names and Credentials

This method enables you to test and inventory a few computers at a time. Use this method if you want to inventory a small number of specific computers and enter computer names, NetBIOS names, or fully qualified domain names (FQDN) by hand.

Credentials required – None

Import Computer Names from a File

Using this method, you can create a text file with a list of computer names that will be inventoried. Each computer name should be on a new line and the file should not use delimiters, such as a comma, period, or tab.

Use this method if you have a list of up to 120,000 computer names that you want to inventory. The imported file can contain computer names, NetBIOS names, FQDNs, or IPv4 addresses.

Credentials required – None.

Considerations for Discovery Methods

Exchange Server usage: The MAP Toolkit collects information about active mailboxes in Active

Directory Domain Services (AD DS). The credentials that you provide should have the required

privileges to enumerate mailboxes, groups, and users in AD DS.


System Center Configuration Manager Agent counts: The MAP Toolkit collects information from

the Configuration Manager servers. The credentials that you provide should have adequate

privileges to collect data from the Configuration Manager server you supply.

Lync and Forefront Endpoint Protection (FEP): These inventory scenarios must be run separately

due to issues around the handling of credentials for multiple inventory scenarios using PowerShell.

Provide the account credentials as shown in Figure 12: Inventory and Assessment Wizard. These credentials will be used to connect to the machines, which you have specified.

4. Click Create as shown in Figure 12: Inventory and Assessment Wizard.

Figure 12: Inventory and Assessment Wizard

5. Provide credentials in Figure 13: Account Entry and click Save.

6. As in the account entry details are completed, click Next as shown in Figure 13:

Account Entry.


Figure 13: Account Entry

You can also prioritize the credentials of all the provided computers as shown in

Figure 14: Credentials Order.

Figure 14: Credentials Order

Enter computers and technologies, which are used to collect information as shown in Figure 15: Manual Entry of Computers.

7. Click Create.


Provide Credentials as shown in Figure 15: Manual Entry of Computers

Figure 15: Manual Entry of Computers

8. Click Add to add all the provided details as shown in Figure 16: Specify Computers

and Credentials.

Figure 16: Specify Computers and Credentials

9. Click Save as shown in Figure 17: Specify Computers and Credentials to save the

provided information.


Figure 17: Specify Computers and Credentials

10. Click Next as shown in Figure 18: Enter Computers Manually.

Figure 18: Enter Computers Manually

11. Provide connection properties such as TCP/IP Port or encryption as shown in Figure

19: Connection Properties, if needed and click Next.


Figure 19: Connection Properties

This wizard will show the summary report as shown in Figure 20: Summary.

12. Click Finish to save the details.

Figure 20: Summary

Now, the number of total machines discovered will show as shown in Figure 21: Data Collection.


Figure 21: Data Collection

The inventory data will show as shown in Figure 22: Environment Summary.

Figure 22: Environment Summary

3.3 COLLECT INVENTORY DATA USING ACTIVE DIRECTORY CREDENTIALS

1. In inventory scenario wizard, select Active Devices and Users check box as shown in

Figure 23: Inventory Scenarios.


Figure 23: Inventory Scenarios

2. Select the AD DS Discovery Domain Services check box as shown in Figure 24:

Discovery Methods.

Figure 24: Discovery Methods

Provide Active Directory credentials as shown in Figure 25: Active Directory Credentials.


Figure 25: Active Directory Credentials

Specify the parts of active directory, for which you want to query computer information as shown in Figure 26: Active Directory Options.

Figure 26: Active Directory Options

OR

3. Click Cancel as shown in Figure 27: Active Directory Options.


Figure 27: Active Directory Options

4. Click Create as shown in Figure 28: Account Entry.

The Account entry wizard dialog box appears as shown in Figure 28: Account Entry.

5. Provide account credentials and click Save as shown in Figure 28: Account Entry.


Now we can prioritize the list of all computer credentials as shown in Figure 29: Credentials Order.



Some technologies require certain connection properties as shown in Figure 30: Connection Properties.


6. Click Next and Summary wizard will open as shown in Figure 31: Summary.


Figure 31: Summary

Now a wizard will open which shows data collection as shown in Figure 32: Data Collection. After completion, we can also download data in excel format.

Figure 32: Data Collection

3.4 STEPS ON HOW TO COLLECT PERFORMANCE DATA

MAP Tool can collect performance data for both Windows or Linux based machines. In

case of windows, machine credential with admin privileges will be required. The duration

of performance metric collection should be at least 24 hours (recommended).

1. Go to the Collect Performance data option.

A Performance Metrics Wizard dialog box will open as shown in Figure 33: Collection Configuration.


Figure 33: Collection Configuration

2. Click Next.

3. On the Performance Metrics Wizard dialog box, select Choose the computers which

you want to include radio button as shown in Figure 34: Choose Computers.

To collect performance data it is necessary to perform collect inventory data steps. So that

first option will automatically get selected as shown in below Figure 34: Choose Computers.

Figure 34: Choose Computers

OR


4. If you need to import a text file, which will contain computer hostnames, NetBIOS

names, fully qualified DNS names, or IPv4 addresses. Select option in metrics wizard

radio button, click Browse and import the file as shown in Figure 35: Second Option:

Performance Metrics Wizard.

Figure 35: Second Option: Performance Metrics Wizard

5. Click Next.

Select the computers, which will be included. It is not mandatory to select all the

machines given in the list. You can select whose performance data you needed as shown

in Figure 36: Computer List.

6. Click Next.


Figure 36: Computer List

7. Click Create.

The Account entry wizard dialog box will open as shown in Figure 37: Account Entry.

Provide needed credentials and click Save to save the information as shown in Figure 37: Account Entry.

In the Account Name field, type the name of the local computer user. In both the Password

and Confirm Password fields, type the password for the local computer user.


8. Click Next.

A wizard dialog box will open which will show all computer credentials. You can prioritize all the provided credentials and then click Next as shown in Figure 38: Credentials Order.



The Connection Properties section will be enabled only when we select Linux machine. Provide connection properties for collector technologies.

NOTE: Connection properties would be enabled in case of running performance metrics

on Linux machine, for windows machine; there is no step to provide connection

properties.


A summary wizard dialog box will open to review the action performed.

9. Click Finish as shown in Figure 40: Summary.


Figure 40: Summary

The Performance Gathering wizard dialog box will appear. It does not show any data under the Performance Metrics section.

Figure 41: Environment

You can see the changes in the Performance Metrics wizard after completion.

10. Click Close to complete the execution as shown in Figure 42: Environment.


Figure 42: Environment

11. Click Performance Metrics section.

The Performance Metrics Summary page will appear.

12. Go to Performance Metrics Report available on the Environment page as shown in

Figure 43: Performance Metric Summary.

Figure 43: Performance Metric Summary

Now, we can download performance metric summary in Excel format.


Figure 44: Report Generation Status

NOTE: For other scanner tools, run the inventory tools and collect IT environment data

in the SQL .bak file format.


4. Process Inventory Data with CloudRecon Client Application

If you do not have the CloudRecon Client Application, click DOWNLOAD CLIENT APP, as shown in

Figure 56: View Dashboard.

Install the “CloudReconClientAppSetup”. You will get a shortcut icon of “CloudRecon Client App”

on your desktop as shown in Figure 45: CloudRecon Tool.

Figure 45: CloudRecon Tool

Double-click on CloudRecon icon, a login screen appears as shown in Figure 46: CloudRecon® Client App. There are two ways to login either you can login by registered credentials of cloudrecon or by work or school account.

Figure 46: CloudRecon® Client App


NOTE: The user should Sign In with CloudRecon login account.

1. Enter your credentials (same as CloudRecon portal) and click Sign in as shown in

Figure 47: CloudRecon® Client App Login.

Figure 47: CloudRecon® Client App Login

You will get the CloudRecon Client application start page as shown in Figure 48: CloudRecon Client App.


Figure 48: CloudRecon Client App

i. Import Data

CloudRecon Client Application will process the inventory data generated by the MAP tool and convert the data into Zip file format to view the consolidated report.

To do so, click Import Data in the left panel of the screen, as shown in Figure 49: Import Data.

Figure 49: Import Data


IMPORTANT: Collect the data from the database or upload the “.bak” file generated

by MAP tool to convert it into zip file format.

2. Go to ‘MAP Toolkit Data’ tab and provide data connection details as per selected

authentication Type.

NOTE: In case of SQL Authentication type, need to provide username and password.

3. Click Import Data to convert the collected infrastructure inventory data into a ZIP

file.

ii. Encrypt Data

To protect your organization information and sensitive data, it needs to be encrypted.

1. Click Encrypt CSV to encrypt the CSV file. Refer to Figure 50: Encryption of CSV Files.

For encryption process, the path to the CSV file will be automatically provided.

Figure 50: Encryption of CSV Files


iii. Upload Data

To upload the inventory file, click Upload Data in the left pane of the screen, as shown in Figure 51: Upload File.

Three types of data formats can be uploaded on CloudRecon web portal:

1. CSV Zip file (generated by CloudRecon client application).

2. Encrypted CSV Zip file (generated by CloudRecon client application).

3. .bak file (collected by multiple scanner tools).

Figure 51: Upload File

To upload data into csv zip file or encrypted csv zip file format, go to ‘Upload

CSV/Encrypted CSV File’ menu,

Provide the csv zip file path, generated by CloudRecon Client Application and click Upload.

OR


Figure 52: Upload File

1. To upload data into the .bak file format, go to ‘Upload SQL .bak File’ menu.

2. Provide the .bak file generated by multiple scanner tools, and click Upload.

NOTE: Either you can upload data using CloudRecon Web Portal or CloudRecon client

application.

You can also upload these all three file formats by using the CloudRecon web portal.

To do so, follow the steps below:

3. Go to the CloudRecon Web portal https://cloudrecon.cloudatlasinc.com/

The login page will display

4. To access your account, log in with your CloudRecon ID on CloudRecon portal and

click Sign in with CloudRecon ID as shown in Figure 53: Login Page.

NOTE: You can even sign in with your Work or School Account (Microsoft ID) to access

CloudRecon portal.

https://cloudrecon.cloudatlasinc.com/


Figure 53: Login Page

5. On the CloudRecon login page enter your credentials and click Login as shown in

Figure 54: CloudRecon – Registered User Login .

Figure 54: CloudRecon – Registered User Login


A detailed description of multiple scanner tools, to show how to perform inventory and connect with CloudRecon to generate a report window apperas.

6. Click Got It or select Don’t Show Me Again check box as shown in Figure 55: Choose

Data source.

Figure 55: Choose Data source

You will be redirected to the CloudRecon Web portal ‘View Dashboard’ page as shown in Figure 56: View Dashboard.

Figure 56: View Dashboard


As per the analysis of uploaded inventory, CloudRecon provides the assessment of that scanned data in different categories:

: A detailed analyzed report for the existing IT infrastructure of on-premise which includes analysis for Office 365, IaaS or PaaS,

SQL – Azure and also provides a strategic approach to migrate On-Premise applications to the cloud.

: Modernization report shows the application, machines, and other infrastructure details. It provides a roadmap for migrating to

“Modern IT” using Office 365, SQL Database, and the Azure platforms with the cost comparison result of on-premise vs cloud.

: Analyze the uploaded inventory to measure the quality of that uploaded scanned inventory data.

NOTE: For the Free-Trial: after login, Click ‘Try with live data’ on the Overview page,

the user will be granted with a single user license as shown in Figure 3: Free Trial, the

user will be able to upload one inventory and can view the report with live data.

Step 1 - Click Try with Live data, to view the report for your own data,

Step 2- Select a ZIP/Encrypted Zip file or .bak file and upload it to CloudRecon portal.


SCENARIO: 1- UPLOAD INVENTORY DATA

On the Upload Inventory tab, click Select a File box to choose and Upload the file as shown in

Figure 57: CloudRecon - Upload Inventory Data.

There are following types of data format that can be uploaded:

1. .bak file (collected by multiple scanner tools).

2. CSV ZIP file folder (CSV zip file generated by CloudRecon® Client application, refer to Figure 49: Import Data).

3. Encrypted CSV ZIP file folder (CSV file generated by CloudRecon® Client App with encrypted sensitive data, refer to Figure 50: Encryption of CSV Files).

NOTE: The .csv and encrypted .csv can only be generated by CloudRecon client

application whereas .bak file can be uploaded generated by multiple scanner tools.

Figure 57: CloudRecon - Upload Inventory Data


OR

Figure 58: CloudRecon - Upload CSV Zip File

4. Select a file, in case of .bak file upload.

5. A Dialog Box will open, select the file and click Open as shown in Figure 59: CloudRecon - Upload File.

Figure 59: CloudRecon - Upload File

Once the file is uploaded, it will be displayed under the Uploaded Files section under View Dashboard tab, as shown in Figure 56: View Dashboard.


SCENARIO: 2- UPLOAD & MERGE INVENTORY DATA

If there are multiple domains exist in the environment and for each domain having separate .bak

files.

1. To view the consolidated report, you need to merge two or more inventory files and

upload CloudRecon Client application generated .zip/encrypted zip file as shown in

Figure 58: CloudRecon - Upload CSV Zip File

You will be directed to the Merge Inventory page as shown Figure 60: CloudRecon - Upload

Inventory files and Merge.

Figure 60: CloudRecon - Upload Inventory files and Merge

2. Click on Drop files here button to choose and upload more than one file, which need

to merge.

Figure 61: CloudRecon® - Upload and Merge Inventory


All uploaded files will be listed in ‘Upload and Merge Files’ section as shown in Figure 62: CloudRecon® - Upload and Merge Inventory.

Figure 62: CloudRecon® - Upload and Merge Inventory

3. Select Files to Merge check box as shown in Figure 63: Merge Inventories.

Figure 63: Merge Inventories


4. Click Merge Selected Files button.

A message “Please wait till data merging Process is running” appears under File Processing Status as shown in Figure 64: Merge Inventories – In Process.

Figure 64: Merge Inventories – In Process

5. After successful completion of merging inventory process, click on Click Here to view

DCMR for merged files, as shown in Figure 65: Merge Inventories – Successfully

completed.

Figure 65: Merge Inventories – Successfully completed


You will be directed to the View Dashboard page as shown in Figure 66: CloudRecon® - View

Merge Inventory.

Figure 66: CloudRecon® - View Merge Inventory

6. Click View Dashboard to view the report.

If the file you had uploaded is encrypted, then you will get a dialog box window with a message “Would you like to view the sensitive information in the decrypted format” as shown in Figure 67: Sensitive Information – Dialog Box.

Figure 67: Sensitive Information – Dialog Box

If you select Yes, you will get a dialog box to provide a password.


You need to provide the same password that you created while encrypting the data using CloudRecon Client App as shown in Figure 68: Encryption Password – Dialog Box.

Figure 68: Encryption Password – Dialog Box

7. Click Submit.


5. AIS Reports

On the View Dashboard page

1. Click Download AIS Report button as shown in Figure 69: View Dashboard - AIS Report.

Figure 69: View Dashboard - AIS Report

Assessment Insights Service Report appears as shown in Figure 70: AIS Report.

Figure 70: AIS Report


Enter the details as shown in Figure 70: AIS Report for the following fields:

Customer Contact Name

Customer Organization Name

Customer Organization Address

Customer City, State/Province, Postal Code

Partner Contact Name

Partner Organization Name

Partner Organization Address

Partner City, State/Province, Postal Code

Number of Employees

Number of Locations

Additional Info

IT Environment Info

IT Infrastructure Discovery Tool

Upload Logo

Click to download the following ‘Assessment Insights Service’ reports:

Cloud Readiness Report

Infrastructure Report

Cybersecurity Report

Cloud Productivity Report

Server Optimization Report

Assessment Insights Service report will be generated and the user can save the .doc file for each report.

NOTE: The 3 AIS licenses can be consumed in a way that assumes to grant (1) AIS report

per customer.


6. Modernization Reports

1. On the CloudRecon View Dashboard page, click View Dashboard to view DCMR report as

shown in Figure 71: CloudRecon – Dashboard.

IMPORTANT: Modernization report shows the application, machines, and other

infrastructure details. It provides a roadmap for migrating to “Modern IT” using Office

365, SQL Database, and the Azure platforms. It also shows the cost comparison result

of on-premise vs cloud.

Figure 71: CloudRecon – Dashboard

6.1 CLOUD INVENTORY

6.1.1 Overview

On the CloudRecon Overview Page, a detailed analyzed inventory summary result will

appear.

1. In the left panel of CloudRecon dashboard, click Overview under Cloud Inventory tab.

You will be directed to the overview report page. All scanned inventory result

information will summarize in a form that have Application details, Machine details,

etc. as shown in Figure 72: Overview.

2. To view the detail result click on the particular titles so that detail information will

show in a tabular format.


Figure 72: Overview

6.1.2 SQL Server Report

This report provides all the relevant information about SQL Server Instances and SQL

server database details.

1. In the left panel of CloudRecon dashboard, click SQL Server Report under Cloud

Inventory tab. You will be directed to the SQL Server Report page as shown in Figure

73: SQL Server Report.

Figure 73: SQL Server Report

6.1.3 Network Report

Detailed description about the network machines/devices along with the different server

roles like DNS, DHCP etc. are found in the environment.


1. In the left panel of CloudRecon dashboard, click Network Report under Cloud

Inventory tab.

You will be directed to the report for DNS, DHCP servers, and other parameters appear

as shown in Figure 74: Network Report.

Figure 74: Network Report

6.2 CLOUD MIGRATION

6.2.1 SQL DTU/vCore

This report provides SQL Right Sizing (PaaS) details based on DTU and vCore. It provides

relevant cost details to migrate SQL Database on Azure.

1. In the left panel of CloudRecon dashboard, click SQL DTU/vCore under Cloud

Migration tab. You will be directed to the SQL Sizing Summary report as shown in

Figure 75: SQL DTU/vCore.

SQL DTU/vCore main tab will consist of the following sub tabs:

Cost Summary Tab

The cost summary tab gives a summary of SQL Databases Migration cost, SQL Azure VM

cost and SQL Azure Analysis cost based on DTU or vCore.

DB Sizing Tab

Right Sizing (PaaS) of SQL server databases as per DTU and vCore are listed in the SQL

Azure DB details section. Databases which are running only on SQL Server Enterprise and

standard edition are considered in SQL Right Sizing. Storage price is also listed which is

based on the database size.


Third Party DB Tab

In the Third Party DB tab, other databases created by third party like SharePoint,

ReportServer, OperationsManager, etc. are listed and these third party databases are not

considered in right sizing.

Excluded DB Tab

All SQL server default databases like master, model, tempdb and msdb are considered in

this section. These databases are not considered in SQL Right Sizing.

Component Services Tab

SQL Analysis services sizing details and information of SQL server reporting service are

also available in this section.

Excluded DB Tab

All SQL server database running on free edition like express edition, developer edition,

desktop engine, internal databases etc. are listed in this section which are not considered

in Right Sizing.

Assumptions Tab

In the Assumption tab, whatever assumptions have been taken in SQL DTU/vCore Right

sizing has been mentioned.


Figure 75: SQL DTU/vCore

6.2.2 SQL ManageInstance

This report provides the information about SQL ManageInstance Right sizing (PaaS).

1. In the left panel of CloudRecon dashboard, click SQL ManageInstance under Cloud

Migration tab.

You will be directed to the SQL manage Instance report as shown in Figure 76: SQL

ManageInstance.

SQL ManageInstance tab will consist of the following sub tabs:

Cost Summary Tab

The cost summary tab gives a summary of SQL Managed Instance right sizing with SA

(Software Assurance) i.e. with SQL license and without SA (Software Assurance) i.e.

without any SQL license.

SQL Manage Instance Sizing Tab

All SQL server instances running on SQL Server enterprise and standard edition are

considered in SQL managed instance sizing and List out the best-fit instance size on SQL

Azure based on the core utilization.

Excluded Instances Tab

All SQL Server instances running on SQL server free editions like express, desktop, internal

DB, developer etc. are listed here and not considered in SQL Managed Instance Right

Sizing.


DataBase Details Tab

In the DataBase Details tab, all the databases, with their different editions, SQL Server

instances detail are listed.

Instance On Which DB Not Running Tab

Those SQL Server instances which are running on SQL server enterprise and standard

edition, but on these editions no databases are running, that SQL Instances are listed in

this section.

Component Services

SQL Analysis services sizing details and information of SQL server reporting service are

also available in this section.

Assumptions Tab

In the Assumption tab, whatever assumptions have been taken for SQL Managed Instance

Right sizing has been mentioned.

Figure 76: SQL ManageInstance


6.2.3 App Sizing

This report provides cloud potential applications migration result with their monthly cost

estimation.

1. In the left panel of CloudRecon dashboard, click App Sizing under Cloud Migration

tab. You will be redirected to the report with basic, standard, and premium Azure app

services as shown in Figure 77: App Sizing.

Figure 77: App Sizing

6.2.4 Lift & Shift

Lift & Shift report provides, cost estimation and detailed information about on-premises infrastructure migration to Azure as it is.

1. In the left panel of CloudRecon dashboard, click Lift & Shift under Cloud Migration

tab.

You will be redirected to the Lift & Shift summary tab as shown in Figure 78: Lift and

Shift.

NOTE: To view the report for other location, select the option in the dropdown list.


Figure 78: Lift and Shift

6.2.5 IaaS Report

IaaS report provides information related to windows, Linux Machine, and Oracle product

details.

1. In the left panel of CloudRecon dashboard, click IaaS Report under Cloud Migration

tab.

You will be redirected to the report for Windows, Linux machine, and other

parameters as shown in Figure 79: IaaS Report.

Figure 79: IaaS Report


6.2.6 SaaS Report

SaaS report provides information about the servers such as Lync, Exchange, SharePoint

server with Active Exchange User and Active Directory details.

1. In the left panel of CloudRecon dashboard, click SaaS Report under Cloud Migration

tab.

You will be redirected to the report for exchange servers, share point servers and

other parameters as shown in Figure 80: SaaS Report.

Figure 80: SaaS Report

6.2.7 O365 Report

This report shows the summary of the compatibility of each Windows-based client in the

environment with Office 365 assessment.

1. In the left panel of CloudRecon dashboard, click O365 Report under Cloud Migration

tab.

You will be redirected to the summary report as shown in Figure 81: O365 Report.


Figure 81: O365 Report

6.2.8 PaaS Report

Those applications which are deployed as web application under IIS server in the

environment. Custom web application might be deployed under IIS Server by the user as

its own web application or deployed by any third party application as a component.

1. In the left panel of CloudRecon dashboard, click PaaS Report under Cloud Migration

tab.

You will be redirected to the report on Web Application and Visual Studio product

details for OS Platform and other parameters as shown in Figure 82: PaaS Report.

Figure 82: PaaS Report


6.2.9 App Dependency

This report provides a graphical representation of custom web application running in the

environment across with dependency of each application on the database server,

machine and other parameters as shown in Figure 83: App Dependency.

1. In the left panel of CloudRecon dashboard, click App Dependency under Cloud

Migration tab.

You will be redirected to the customer web application, with dependency of each

application of a database server.

Figure 83: App Dependency

6.3 ON-PREMISE SECURITY

6.3.1 Cybersecurity

It provides Maturity Level associated with Critical Security Control (CSC) areas published

by the Center for Internet Security. There are 20 Cyber Security control domains decided

by SANS 20, which analyse the maturity level of your IT environment. The maturity level

is divided into four categories: Basic, Standardized, Rationalized, and Dynamic. Basic and

standardized are decided by Cyber Security Solution present in the environment to

further raise the maturity level. The user needs to ask some refinement questions to

achieve further rationalized and dynamic maturity level. This report shows the count of

anti-virus and anti-malware applications present in your environment. This report

provides detailed description about Cybersecurity maturity level, End Of Service

Machine/SQL, Domain Structure, Integrated Security, Firewall and Antimalware services.

1. In the left panel of CloudRecon dashboard, click Cybersecurity under On-premise

Security tab. You will be redirected to the report with cybersecurity details and other

parameters as shown in Figure 84: Cybersecurity Details.


Figure 84: Cybersecurity Details

6.4 MOVING CLOUD COSTING

6.4.1 Cloud Costing

This section of the document will describe the Cost Estimations for the migration of on-

premise workloads and applications on Azure. Cost Estimation is calculated based on

workloads and application execution for on-premise. Cost estimation report provides

detailed information about migration cost.

1. In the left panel of CloudRecon dashboard, click Cloud Costing under Moving Cloud

Costing tab. You will be redirected to the report on cost estimation for the migration

as shown in Figure 85: Cost Summary.

Cloud Cost Summary: It is the overall summary of your infrastructure migration cost on

Azure. Refer to Figure 85: Cost Summary.


Figure 85: Cost Summary

Cloud Cost Customization: This section shows the infrastructure cost calculated by default using the tool. However, you can modify the cost by increasing or decreasing the service and other available factors. To do so, change the service count and click Apply Changes. Refer to Figure 86: Cloud Cost Customization.

Figure 86: Cloud Cost Customization


The Other Recommended Services section shows those services, which are not mandatory but recommended as shown in Figure 87: Other Recommended Services.

Figure 87: Other Recommended Services

6.4.2 Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

TCO is a financial estimate which is used to describe the decision-makers on the cost

associated with cloud computing services. TCO analysis determines capital expenses,

operating expenses and indirect costs. TCO calculator estimates and compares on-

premises and Azure costs over a maximum period of five- years. The cost comparison is

calculated on the basis of all prospects such as the no. of servers, costing of the servers

etc.

1. In the left panel of CloudRecon dashboard, click TCO under Moving Cloud Costing

tab.

You will be redirected to the report on cost comparison of on-premise data center vs

Azure cloud data center as shown in Figure 88: Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

TCO main tab will consist of the following sub tabs:

On-Premise Vs Azure tab

It shows the cost details of on-premise data center with Azure data center for a maximum

period of five-years. The comparison signifies that Azure (cloud) data center provides

substantial cost savings than the on-premise data center.


Servers tab

It shows the details of on-premise servers with their RAM size (GB), VM counts and

number of Core (s). It also gives the details of cost being spent on the hardware, software

and electricity being consumed by the on-premise servers.

Database tab

It gives the details of SQL database and their licensing cost based on the running of

different SQL versions and editions.

Storage tab

The storage tab gives the details of disk type and storage which are being used by the

listed computers.

Customer Input tab

The customer input tab list the details of server configuration with their operating

system, along with the virtual servers, physical servers, total counts and storage growth.

Benefits tab

This tab shows the migration benefit savings along with the breakdown of cost savings in

Hardware, Software, Storage etc. with the growing years.

Migration tab

The migration tab shows the total cost being consumed during the migration of on-

premise data center when moved to the cloud. The migration cost consist of the time

required in migration, hours spent in migration, per TB storage migration, internal

consultant (hours) and project management cost of migration.

Cash flow tab

On the basis of business case the cash expanses being spent on cloud services has been

calculated as per the formulas of NPV (Net Present Value) and IRR (Internal Rate of

Return). The DP (Discounted Payback) signifies the period of discount in years.


Assumptions tab

In the Assumption tab, whatever assumptions has been taken for calculating the cost are

mentioned here.

Figure 88: Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)


7. Data Quality Report

1. To analyse the uploaded inventory to measure the quality of that uploaded scanned

inventory data, click View Data Quality button as shown in Figure 89: View Data Quality.

Figure 89: View Data Quality

Input Quality Assessment shows the data quality of the uploaded inventory and the pie chart

signifies the percentage of data that is useful to generate the reports like SQL sizing, Lift &

Shift, etc. as shown in Figure 90: Input Data Quality Report. These reports generated depend

on some factors like number of cores, number of processors, OS Family that are found in

uploaded inventory.

2. To view the reports in detail, click on the particular pie chart, so a detail data in tabular format

will appear.

Figure 90: Input Data Quality Report


Output Quality Assessment shows the quality assessment of the reports as per the uploaded

scanned data. The pie chart signifies the success percentage of reports like Azure VM Right

Sizing, On Premise Server Optimization, Azure TCO Calculator generated by using the input

data quality assessment as shown in Figure 91: Output Data Quality Report.

Figure 91: Output Data Quality Report


8. User Management

CloudRecon Web Portal has three types of user:

Admin

The Admin has the full privilege to manage all the users. Admin can perform the following

roles:

Assign the roles to a new user or an existing user.

Add a new admin

Add new team member

Delete a user

Activate a deleted user

Subscription owner Role

Can invite a team member of their own organization.

Can invite customers from another organization.

Upload inventory.

View the entire inventory which has been uploaded by themselves.

Could provide privileges to any customer to view the inventory reports uploaded by themselves.

Can assign or distribute license to the Team members.

Team Member Role

Team members (invited by the owners) will have the permission to manage the customers

of their own organization. Team members can perform the following:

A team member can upload inventory data.

Can invite the user to their own organization and can assigned them, a role for “customer”.

View all the inventory reports uploaded by their subscribers for which subscriber has given permissions to the Team member.

Could provide privileges to customers to view the inventory reports uploaded by themselves.

Customer

A customer can view only those inventories for which the subscription owners or Team

members have granted the permission to view.

1. Click User Management in the left pane of the portal.

You will get the page, as shown in Figure 92: User Management.


Figure 92: User Management

Invite New User

1. A team member can invite any new customer to access the CloudRecon portal. For

this, click Invite New User as shown in Figure 93: Invite New User.

NOTE: In case of Admin, Invite New User will not be enabled.

Figure 93: Invite New User


You will get a window, as shown in Figure 94: Invite New User - Window.

Figure 94: Invite New User - Window

2. Provide all the required information and click Save.

A link will be sent to the registered email ID.

Active users are those users whose access requests have already been approved by the Admin. However, after the approval, Admin can anytime update user details (such as changing user’s role) or remove the users from the database.

1. Click Edit and Delete under Action Items to update user details and remove a user,

respectively as shown in Figure 95: Active User.

2. Click Edit to change the role and give inventory permission as shown in Figure 95:

Active User.

Figure 95: Active User


The page with the existing information will display, as shown in Figure 96: Role Assignment.

Figure 96: Role Assignment

3. Click Select Role in role type list to update invited user role and the number of license

assigned to the invited user as shown in Figure 97: Select Role.

Figure 97: Select Role

View Inventory Permission

A team member will set the privileges by for the specific reports to be viewed by the Invited User. For this, go to View Inventory Permission section. Refer to Figure 98: View Inventory Permission.


Figure 98: View Inventory Permission

4. Click Update to update the role and Inventory Permission.

The INVITED USER section shows the list of users who have been invited to use the Web Portal. The invited user will receive a link through an email. The user can click the link and fill required information to start using the portal, as shown in Figure 99: Invited User.

Figure 99: Invited User


9. Feedback

1. For any feedback, click Feedback icon at the top right side of feedback page as shown in

Figure 100: View Dashboard – Feedback.

Figure 100: View Dashboard – Feedback

Feedback page appears as shown in Figure 101: Feedback.

Figure 101: Feedback


2. Enter all the details as shown in Figure 102: Feedback – Problem Type.

Figure 102: Feedback – Problem Type

3. Click Submit.

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