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# Set up access to Microsoft Azure billing and usage data

# Set up access to Microsoft Azure billing and usage data {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Australia
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* Updated March 12, 2026
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Set up access to Microsoft Azure billing and usage data depending on your agreement type.

You can access the billing and usage data, by assigning an appropriate role to the Microsoft Azure service principal, depending on your agreement type: Enterprise Agreement (EA), Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA), or Microsoft Partner Agreement (MPA). Accordingly, some of the following
steps might be optional for you.

1. [Create a Microsoft Azure service principal](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/iuEYxvNztE893quZIfjLsA "Give Cloud Cost Management access to Microsoft Azure billing and usage data by creating a Microsoft Azure service principal.")
2. For EA accounts - [Add the Enrollment Reader role to the Microsoft Azure service principal](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/KBO7fs_FJqiSwbGx9kd7kQ "Assign the Enrollment Reader role to the Azure service principal for your Enterprise Agreement (EA) account to retrieve billing, purchase, and pricing data. You can assign this role using a Microsoft API.")
3. For MCA accounts - [Add the Billing Profile Reader role to the Microsoft Azure service principal](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/x4nKN2cxkn~O6MjHk37RRQ "Assign the Billing Profile Reader role to the Azure service principal for your Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA) account to download Azure price sheet data.")
4. [Create a record of Microsoft Azure credentials in Cloud Cost Management](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/WFdzpcvuzEHr_3y_mz40qw "Securely store your Microsoft Azure credentials in the ServiceNow AI Platform credentials store. You must create a service account that accepts billing data for Cloud Cost Management.")
5. [Schedule and manage the jobs that download Azure billing data](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/JxW7fP0Zjr16bMSk1tw8HA "Billing Download jobs download, organize, and store billing data for your payer account on the schedule that you specify. The system analyzes the data to generate reports and to make recommendations for changes in your cloud operations that can lead to cost savings.")
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**Related tasks**   

* [Create exports on the Azure portal](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/9xaHTTx2jz~okzp1~3b8wQ "Create exports for your Azure service account to download Azure billing data.")
* [Cancel an Azure Billing download job in Cloud Cost Management](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/sqlpSoD1O_mwZjYWulRlVg "A Billing download job obtains billing and usage data from each payer account for Azure. The Rightsizing, Unused resources, and Business hours processes use billing and usage data when generating recommendations. You can cancel any Billing download job individually.")