# Installation

* Sign in to a host that can access the privileged endpoint VM. 
  * On Azure Stack Development Kit installations, sign in to the physical host. 
  * On multi-node systems, the host must be a system that can access the privileged endpoint. 
* Extract the contents of Billing resource provider to a temporary directory using any extractor tool. 
* Place the generated .pfx file in the DependencyFilesLocalPath as follows: 
  * Only a single certificate file exists in the DependencyFilesLocalPath 
  * The file name must not contain any special characters.
  * The certificate must be placed in the DependencyFilesLocalPath before retrying the deployment
* Edit the InstallBilling.ps1 script with the account information and passwords as needed by the script.
* Open a new elevated (administrative) PowerShell console and change to the directory where the files have been extracted. Use a new window to avoid problems that might arise from incorrect PowerShell modules that are already loaded on the system. 
* By default, the installation scripts supports deployment in connected AzS environment. To deploy billing solution in disconnected AzS Environment, make the following changes,
  * Changes in InstallBilling.ps1
    * Change the $imageSku to "Standard"
  * Changes in DeployBillingProvider.ps1
    * Change the $publisherName to "MicrosoftSQLServer" and $offer to "SQL2016SP1-WS2016" in the else part

```
else
{
    if (-not $SqlServerName)
    {
        Write-Error "Kindly provide the SQL server name and rerun the deployment."
            throw   
    }
    $publisherName = "MicrosoftWindowsServer"
    $offer = "WindowsServer"
}
```

* Run InstallBilling.ps1 script

NOTE: The system where the script is being run must be a Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016 system with the latest version of the .NET runtime installed.

## Verifying the Deployment in Azure Stack Portals

* In Admin Portal, click on Resource Groups. Then select the **system.\<location>.cloudassert.billing** resource group and verify if the deployment succeeded.
* In Tenant Portal, click on Resource Groups. Then select the **system.\<location>.cloudassert.billing.rp** resource group and verify if the deployment succeeded.


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