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Updated: April 28, 2026
The following Service Guide details Lumen's Cloud Application Manager service. Details for certain key features, such as Advanced Managed Services are available in separate Service Attachments.
Cloud Application Manager is a service that enables the purchase and provisioning of the following compatible cloud service providers ("CSPs"):
Customer Access
Customers are provided with direct login access to the Google Cloud console, AWS console, and Azure portal for their respective cloud environments purchased through Lumen's Cloud Application Manager service.
Customers are provided with direct login read-only access to Lumen's Cost Optimization and Analytics billing module to track their cloud usage and an itemized view of billed services. Customers can set up new AWS, Azure, and GCP accounts or shift existing AWS or Azure accounts to Lumen Cloud Application Manager. There are three distinct options:
Authorized Brownfield or Greenfield resale requires additional terms and conditions.
All AWS, Azure, and GCP accounts are required to be fully hardened per the Lumen guidelines (see Permissions and Hardening Policy section).
Cloud Optimization & Analytics (COA)
The base, read only module is available at no charge. The following features are available for additional fees. The billing module, Cloud Optimization & Analytics, feature provides for hundreds of automated best practices evaluated against AWS and Azure environments. Examples of checks include:
Lumen provides cost optimization, spend analytics, chargeback and best practice recommendations for approved CSPs.
Cloud Optimization & Analytics is not available with Google Cloud Platform.
Technical Account Management (“TAM”)
Technical Account Managers support, by way of example, inquiries regarding Cloud Optimization & Analytics, AWS, Azure, and Google services.
The Technical Account Manager role is provided through the Lumen Advanced Managed Services. All Cloud Application Manager subscriptions require Customer enrollment in Advanced Managed Services, pursuant to separate terms and conditions, with a minimum TAM subscription of four hours per month.
Lumen-led Cloud Support
Lumen-led Cloud Support is a required support service that provides a single support channel for AWS, Azure, and/or GCP. Support via Lumen's Global Operations team is 24x7x365 and includes multi cloud technical support, escalations to these CSPs as necessary, and billing support for monthly usage invoices.
All third-party public cloud accounts resold through Lumen are required to be configured with the security and permissions identified below.
Authentication
Operational Access for AWS and Azure Brownfield Scenarios
In order to complete migration of existing accounts to Lumen, Customer must give access to Lumen’s Global Operations Support personnel on their existing subscription(s) and designate Lumen the “owner role” so that resources can be transferred. This is a meta-data change and causes no downtime and does not affect connectivity. This meta-data change allows the Global Operations Support staff to review configurations within the account but does not permit adding, changing, or deleting resources. All support inquiries or tickets must be opened via Lumen Global Operations Support and not directly with the underlying provider if the underlying provider is not Lumen. Lumen will take action designed to ensure permission and all policies and roles (collectively, “IAM Policies”) are enabled continuously or until the end of the applicable service term. Upon expiration or termination of the underlying agreement for services and migration to a successor account, Customer will continue to retain access to IAM Policies. Customer is responsible for ensuring that Lumen is removed as an administrator of the account(s) and that all root access rights have been disabled when the account is migrated.
AWS Account Security Configurations
Fully hardened, Customer AWS accounts created within or migrated into Lumen’s Cloud Application Manager service must comply with the security best practices and operational access designated by AWS. When accounts are created or on-boarded, Lumen must initially be given programmatic access to accounts to enable the AWS designated security-related configuration and to permit appropriately permissioned Lumen employee access to the activities described in the operational access section above. All credentials provided by the Customer will be encrypted by Lumen. The following steps will be taken during the set up or technical enablement of an account:
Tracking metrics and account access information will be stored within the Customer's AWS account console and will be retained while Customer continues to purchase Cloud Application Manager Services from Lumen. Customer will have up to 60 calendar days after expiration or termination of the Services to retrieve the information before its automatically deleted by Lumen. It is Customer's responsibility to retrieve information before the end of the 60 days period as Lumen will not proactively notify Customer prior to deletion.
For all Brownfield and Greenfield accounts, Lumen complies with the provider’s requirements to restrict the cost and spend information and other accounting/billing information in the applicable cloud portal account. Instead, Customer may access their account and billing information within the base, read-only access of Cloud Optimization and Analytics as detailed in the Cloud Application Manager Supplemental Terms.
Cloud Application Manager is currently not available for public sector entities (e.g. federal, state, local or education) requiring FISMA or any other higher-level security or regulatory requirements.
Not all Cloud Application Manager services and features are available in certain countries or regions. A Lumen representative should be contacted for a detailed list of geographic, sector, and feature availability.
Brownfield: Migrating a customer’s existing 3rd party cloud provider account to Lumen for consolidated billing and support (and designating Lumen Led Cloud Support or Platform Advisory Support) is known as a “Brownfield” account.
Greenfield: The creation of new third-party cloud provider account via Lumen for consolidated billing is known as a “Greenfield” account.
Physical Servers: Bare metal servers running a single operating system located in a customer premise, colocation environment, or a Lumen managed hosting facility.