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This guide describes how to enable or disableInfrastructure Management Essentials for your Google Cloud project.

For information about Infrastructure Management Essentials,seeAbout Infrastructure Management Essentials.

Limitations

• The availability of Infrastructure Management Essentials is subjectto certain factors. For more information, seeAvailability.
• You can enable and disable Infrastructure Management Essentials only by using the Google Cloud console.
• Infrastructure Management Essentials has a minimum subscription term of 30 days, after which you cancancel your subscription to it at any time. For more information, seeBilling cycle.

Required IAM roles

To get the permissions that you need to enable or disable Infrastructure Management Essentials in a Google Cloud project, ask your administrator to grant you theBilling Account Administrator (roles/billing.admin) IAM role on the corresponding Cloud Billing Account. For more information about granting roles, seeManage access to projects, folders, and organizations.

You might also be able to get the required permissions throughcustom roles or otherpredefined roles.

Enable the Infrastructure Management Essentials

To enable Infrastructure Management Essentials for your Google Cloud project,complete the following steps:

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Compute EngineOverview page.

   Go to Overview

2. UnderCost and optimization, in the card titledBoost efficiency and savings with Infrastructure Management Essentials,clickLearn more.

3. Review the information, and then clickEnable.

Upon enablement, you see the following:

• Confirmation text:Enabled Infrastructure Management Essentials.
• Status informationStatus: Active sinceDATE_TIME_OF_ENABLING.

Verify billing for Infrastructure Management Essentials

When Infrastructure Management Essentials is active for your Google Cloud project, you won't seeindividual usage or billing data for theservices included in it.Instead, you see theInfrastructure Management Essentials SKU on yourbill, which covers your usage of the included services.

For information about this SKU, seePricing.

Disable the Infrastructure Management Essentials

To disable Infrastructure Management Essentials for your Google Cloud project,complete the following steps:

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Compute EngineOverview page.

   Go to Overview

2. UnderCost and optimization, in the card titledBoost efficiency and savings with Infrastructure Management Essentials,clickLearn more.

3. ClickCancel subscription > Confirm cancellation.