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Use the Cloud Connections > Add button to create your cloud connections. Collected configuration and workload data from your public cloud accounts is analyzed and used to generate sizing and instance type recommendations.

Figure: Accessing the Add Button

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Required User Roles

When working with cloud connections, all users can access and view the cloud connections page. Only a user assigned to the “SaaS_Audit_Admin” group can create public cloud connections. See Managing Densify User Accounts for details on adding the role to your user account.

Figure: User Access

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Supported Public Cloud Providers

The following cloud platforms are currently supported in Cloudex: You can use the Cloud Connection wizard in the classic Densify Console UI to create GCP connections. You can also edit and delete all cloud connection using the Cloud Connection wizard. These features will be available in Cloudex in an upcoming release.

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API Access

You can collect and analyze cloud data through the Densify API. Refer to the following use cases for examples:

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Considerations when Working with Large Environments

In large environments, Densify highly recommends batching your accounts into smaller groups for improved performance when creating the cloud connections. i.e. 10 accounts at a time. You can use a resource tag, such as organization or business unit to split the total number of accounts so that is collected in manageable batches