| Step | Information |
|---|---|
| Sign up for an Azure account. | See https://azure.microsoft.com/ and click Start free. |
| Decide if you want temporary or persistent data storage. | See Storage Types. |
| Decide how to deploy VantageCloud Enterprise and supporting Teradata software. | To learn how to deploy Vantage and other Teradata software simultaneously, see Teradata Software Ecosystem Overview. To learn how to deploy Teradata software one at a time, see Deploying Teradata Products Separately on Azure. |
| Register for Teradata Services. [B, A, E only1] |
Register for Teradata customer support at https://support.teradata.com. Within two business days of completing registration, you will receive your Master Customer Record, site ID, user ID, and password by email. See Site IDs. |
| 1 License tiers: B/Base, A/Advanced, E/Enterprise | |
| More Information | |
| Administrative Tasks | To learn how to avoid incurring charges, see Stopping, Deallocating, or Deleting VantageCloud Enterprise VMs. |
| Availability Sets | See Availability Sets. |
| Bring Your Own License | See Licensed TCores. |
| Network Security Groups | See Network Security Groups and Ports. |
| Node Failure Recovery | Before a node fails, you can set the VM to terminate instead of stop. See Configuring the VM State for Node Failure Recovery. |
| Public and Private IP Addresses | See Public IP Addresses and Connection Considerations. |
| Regions | To learn about the impact of geographic regions on your deployment, see Location and Time Zone Considerations and Special Regions. |
| Resource Groups | See Resource Groups. |
| Service Limits | To learn how to increase Azure service limits, see Azure Service Limits. |
| Supported Teradata Software | See Supported Teradata Software on Azure. |
| Teradata Community Forum | The Teradata Community forum for Teradata® VantageCloud Enterprise on Azure (DIY) offers community-driven support for all license tiers. See Links: Teradata VantageCloud on Azure (DIY). |
| Teradata Externally Managed OTF (Native Iceberg Reads) | Select only if you explicitly plan to provision a site for Teradata Externally Managed OTF (Native Iceberg Reads). If selected, only the StandardE48ds_v5 instance type is supported and must be selected in the Instance Type parameter. By default, in the VantageCloud Enterprise Site, this is set to NO. See Externally Managed OTF for more details. |
| Teradata Software Purchase Options | You can purchase Teradata software solutions as an individual software components. See Teradata Software Purchase Options. |
| Using VantageCloud and Supporting Teradata Software | See https://docs.teradata.com/ for Teradata customer documentation. For example, see the Teradata® Viewpoint User Guide to learn how to monitor the database. |
| VNets | See VNets. |