Get a Campus Cloud Account

Budgeting

Before you start the procurement process, estimate your monthly spend. See Costs & Billing for pricing calculators, UC enterprise discounts, baseline costs, and tips on managing your cloud budget.

Gateway Procurement Process

All three providers use the same Gateway procurement process. Creating a Purchase Order (PO) is the first step for a new AWS account, Azure subscription, or GCP project — as well as for migrating an existing account.

You will not be able to access your account until all steps are completed and the Campus Cloud Team creates it.

  1. Log in to the UCSB Gateway Procurement System. If you do not yet have Gateway access, see About Gateway and how to request access.

  2. Select the UCSB Cloud Services Form Gateway Procurement System home page showing the Campus Cloud form link

  3. Complete the UCSB Cloud Services Form.

    Gateway Procurement System home page showing the Campus Cloud form link

    • Instructions are on the left side of the form, and provide the requested information.
      • Verify that you have set the correct Commodity Code: 81110000
      • Object Code is no longer necessary.
    • Build in lead time for your start date.
    • The estimated expenditure is for the duration of the PO.
    • The expected duration is one year. The purchase order should then be renewed annually. If your procurement group is willing to support multi-year blankets, please limit your max duration to three years.
    • The form is for the one Account. You can not request multiple accounts with a single form. For muliple accounts, fill out multiple forms and add them as line items in your cart.

  4. Add the completed form to your Cart.

    Gateway Procurement System home page showing the Campus Cloud form link

  5. Assign the cart to your department’s finanancial or procurement person so they can add in the required CCOA information and finalize the purchase.

    Gateway cart showing Commodity Code field set to 81110000

  6. The Campus Cloud team will receive your Purchase Order and contact you to finalize setting up your account.
  7. After the account is set up, you will receive an activation email with instructions to access it. See the First Steps guides for AWS, Azure, or GCP on this site for more information.
  8. Your account will be billed through the Master Payer Account with consolidated billing. Any monthly costs will be charged against the Purchase Order you submitted.

Troubleshooting Gateway

Can’t enter the CCOA Accounting Codes? You may lack the required permissions. Assign your cart to a departmental procurement person who can enter the account string.