root360 requires an AWS account to meet both the Managed Services and SLA requirements:

• full administrative access (Administrator Policy)

• operational activities exclusively through root360

• Access via Cross-Account-Access Policy or connection to federated access

• The choice of the support level and the assumption of the costs must be made directly by the customer. See https://aws.amazon.com/de/premiumsupport/business-support/ for a list of support plans. Since root360 depends on the technical support of AWS, at least a Developer support plan is required.

AWS Account Options

1) Standard root360 AWS account

• The AWS account is billed monthly by root360.

• A Cloudhealth weekly report based on environments and cost development is sent to you by email (free of charge).

• Cost monitoring/optimization is realized by root360 via Cloudhealth.

• Native access to the AWS costs from the dedicated account is not possible, because the costs are globally consolidated via Consolidated Billing (root360 AWS organization).

2) Separate root360 AWS account:

• AWS account is billed monthly by root360.

• Native access to the AWS costs is possible.

NOT INCLUDED:

• free Cloudhealth weekly report based on environments and cost development

• Cost monitoring/optimization by root360 via Cloudhealth.

3) Customers AWS account (self-payer):

• AWS account is billed directly by the customer (self-payer). For this purpose, an AWS organization as a payer is required on the customer side, into which we can invite the current AWS account. Alternatively, the customer can create an AWS account directly in his own AWS organization and give root360 access with the necessary administrative rights.

• Native access to the AWS costs is technically possible, however the Consolidated Billing would falsify the costs on the account itself. See also https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/con-bill-blended-rates.html and

• https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/blended-rates-intro/

NOT INCLUDED:

• free Cloudhealth weekly report based on environments and cost development

• Cost monitoring/optimization by root360 via Cloudhealth.

Create AWS account access for root360:

To grant root360 access, the following steps are required in the customer AWS account:

• Create new IAM role

• As "type of trusted identity" select "Another AWS account"

• As Account ID set 094110064958 (central root360 account) and leave both options Require external ID and Require MFA unchecked

• Select "AdministratorAccess" as Policy

• Name new role "Allow_r3_access"

• Confirm the creation of the role with [Create Role]

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