What are the prerequisites for Hybrid Storage Deployment?

Prerequisites

• Access to the customer’s Azure environment with permissions to create App Registrations.

• Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory).

• Recommended SPN secret expiry: 24 months (instead of the default 6 months) to reduce manual rotation.

  Step 1: Create App Registration (Service Principal) in customer Azure Environment

• Sign in to the Azure Portal.

• Navigate to Microsoft Entra ID → App registrations.
  
  
• Select New registration.
  
• Enter:
  Name: e.g., HybridStorageSPN
  Supported account types: Default (Single tenant)
  Redirect URI: Leave blank unless required
  
  
• Click Register.
• Note the following values:
    Application (Client) ID
    Directory (Tenant) ID
  
  

  Step 2: Generate Client Secret / Associate SPN in customer Azure Environment

• In the App Registration, go to Certificates & secrets.
  
• Select New client secret.
  
• Enter:
  Description: e.g., HybridStorageSecret
  Expiry: Set to 24 months (recommended)
  
  
• Click Add.
  
• Copy and securely save the Client Secret value immediately
• Document following:
  Client ID
  Client Secret
  Azure Tenant ID
  Secret Expiry Date
  
  

   

               Step 3: Deploy Hybrid Cloud Storage 

Once the App Registration and client secret have been configured, proceed with the solution template deployment.