📄️ Account Ownership Models
When you use Stax to manage your AWS accounts, you have the option to enter into either a direct relationship with AWS, or a resold relationship whereby Stax works with your reseller to issue you invoices for AWS consumption. The model in use is determined as part of the commercial enablement of a Stax tenancy.
📄️ Check the Status of Stax
Stax maintains a public record of availability and status events. To review the status of the Stax platform, visit the status page. Current and historical availability of each Stax Installation Region and its associated features is disclosed here. Past incidents can also be reviewed.
📄️ Getting Started with Stax
Before you get started, it's important to understand what Stax is, and how it helps to manage your AWS environment. Read an overview of Stax's capabilities to learn where Stax can help.
📄️ Migrating from the Compliance module to AWS compliance tools
If you use the Stax Compliance module to manage your organizational compliance in AWS, you might want to consider some of the alternatives below. If you have AWS Enterprise Support, your TAM can help with this too.
📄️ Migrating from the Cost module to AWS cost tools
If you use the Stax Cost module to manage your costs in AWS, you might want to consider some of the alternatives below. In general, you can start by investigating the capabilities of the AWS Billing and Cost Management suite, covered here. Additionally, if you have AWS Enterprise Support, your TAM can help with this too.
📄️ Stax Features
Stax provides capabilities to help you manage your AWS Organization. It is built by an experienced team of developers, for use by people working in AWS every day, from developers to less-technical users that just need to access their organization's AWS accounts.
📄️ Stax Installation Regions
Stax provides multiple installations across geographic regions. To log in to Stax, choose the Console Login URL below for your selected Stax installation region.
📄️ Stax on AWS Marketplace
AWS Marketplace is an online store where you can buy or sell software that runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Stax is listed as a SaaS offering on AWS Marketplace, allowing you to purchase Stax via one of your existing AWS accounts. To view Stax on AWS Marketplace, visit the Stax listing.
📄️ Supported Regions
Stax aims to provide functionality in all commonly used AWS regions. Some regions are unable to be supported as they do not meet Stax's minimum requirements.
📄️ Understanding the Stax Onboarding Questionnaire
When your organization chooses to use Stax, the Customer Success team will reach out to complete an onboarding questionnaire. This is a series of questions that are used to provision your Stax tenancy ready for your specific AWS use case. While each questionnaire may differ slightly, this document aims to provide some extra detail around the common questions you will be asked. It will also assist you to prepare answers to questions in advance to ensure a fast and smooth onboarding experience.
📄️ Using Stax with Multiple AWS Organizations
Some organizations, by either convention or requirement, have several AWS Organizations housing their AWS accounts. Stax supports the use of this approach, however there is one consideration when in this scenario:
📄️ What is the organization alias?
The organization alias is the name that represents your Stax tenancy and Stax-managed AWS Organization. If you have multiple Stax tenancies as a result of having multiple AWS Organizations, you will have multiple organization aliases.