Onboarding Preparation onboarding-preparation

Now that you know what is in store for you in the onboarding process by having read the article AEM as a Cloud Service Onboarding Journey Introduction, you are likely ready to jump in. However, before the onboarding process begins, there are a number or preparatory steps that the system administrator must understand before logging into the system.

Objective objective

AEM as a Cloud Service is a powerful and flexible tool with numerous solutions, add-ons, and deployment models available. The solution your organization is entitled to use is defined in your contract with Adobe, which guides the start of the onboarding process.

After reading this document, you should understand

Don’t worry if you are not familiar with all the terms used on this page. The terms are explained in the next part of the journey.

Video video

This video summarizes the onboarding process laid out in this journey and is intended as an option overview. All topics in the video are presented in detail within the journey.

Your Contract contract

Onboarding onto AEM as a Cloud Service starts with a signed contract between your organization and Adobe. The reason is because the contract specifies several important agreements between Adobe and your organization such as:

If you are not aware of these details, contact the contracting team within your organization.

Once the contract is signed, Adobe provisions your environments, a welcome email is sent to the onboarding contacts defined in the contract, and an onboarding call is organized by Adobe. This generally happens a couple days after contract close unless a future service start date is arranged.

System Provisioning provisioning

After the contract is signed, all the AEM cloud environments covered by the contract are automatically provisioned by Adobe. These environments will likewise be linked to your programs in Cloud Manager (more on this topic later in the journey). These AEM cloud environments are included in every AEM as a Cloud Service subscription, and are usually comprised of at least one production environment, one staging environment, and optionally one or more development or test environments.

Onboarding Call onboarding-call

At the completion of the contract, the Adobe onboarding team schedules a call with representatives from your organization to discuss how to get started.

Attendees from your organization should include:

Adobe is represented by:

The goal of the call is to give you the opportunity to ask questions, learn about the support process, and possibly see the product for the first time.

Welcome Email welcome-email

Upon completion of the environment provisioning process, the system administrator defined in the contract receives a welcome email with the confirmation they have been granted access to the Adobe Experience Cloud. If you are reading this documentation journey, that person is likely you!

The email contains detailed information on how to get started with the Experience Cloud services and the Cloud Manager self-service portal. Also, the email contains important information such as where to go for support resources, forums, FAQs, and much more. In the list of resources provided in the email, you will also get details on how to access your AEM cloud environments.

What’s Next whats-next

You should now have a basic understanding of:

Now that you are familiar with these preparation steps, you are almost ready to sign in to the system yourself. But first you need a brief overview of how AEM as a Cloud Service is structured from a system administrator’s point of view and get to know some important terminology. Continue to the next part of the journey, AEM as a Cloud Service Terminology.