Overview of Setup

The Express setup process has minimal IT requirements and takes care of most of the configuration for you, making setup quick and simple.

During setup, you can choose to use an existing Virtual Network (VNet) or allow Ansys Access on Microsoft Azure to create a VNet and subnet for you in a region of your choosing.

The setup creates a service principal in your company's Azure tenant/Azure Active Directory. The service principal has two IAM roles that allow Ansys Access on Microsoft Azure to deploy Azure resources on your behalf.

Here is an overview of how everything connects and works together: