1. Administering Oracle Content and Experience Cloud
  2. Deploy Oracle Content and Experience Cloud
  3. Subscribe to Oracle Cloud

Subscribe to Oracle Cloud

Before you can begin using Oracle Content and Experience Cloud, your organization must purchase a subscription, create a cloud account, and then activate the service.

Depending on what type of subscription you purchase and how you order it, you perform different tasks as described in Getting Started with Oracle Cloud:

  • Universal Credits subscriptions through the Oracle Cloud website — If you use Universal Credits to purchase a subscription through the Oracle Cloud website self-service tools, your service will be activated automatically and you’ll create your Cloud account as part of your subscription sign-up. See Buying an Oracle Cloud Subscription.

  • Universal Credits subscriptions through Oracle Sales — If you use Universal Credits to purchase a subscription through Oracle Sales, you need to create your cloud account and activate your service through the welcome email you received. See Activating Your Order from Your Welcome Email.

  • Non-metered subscriptions through Oracle Sales— If you purchased a non-metered subscription through Oracle Sales, you need to activate your account to access your services. See Activating Your Order.

Note:

  • If you weren’t able to create a cloud account when you purchased your subscription or when you activated your service, see Signing Up for a Cloud Account in Getting Started with Oracle Cloud.

  • In March 2018, Oracle Content and Experience Cloud moved to the Universal Credits model. If you purchased your subscription after March 2018, you have a Universal Credits subscription, and you have a cloud account with Oracle Identity Cloud Service (IDCS). See About Universal Credits in Getting Started with Oracle Cloud. If you purchased your subscription prior to March 2018, you have a non-metered subscription, and you have a traditional cloud account.

  • If you switch from a non-metered subscription to a Universal Credits subscription, you’ll need to replicate your content to your new service instance.

  • If you have a non-metered subscription, you also need an entitlement. If you purchased your subscription between February 2017 and March 2018, you have an entitlement to Oracle Content and Experience Cloud. If you purchased your subscription prior to February 2017, you might have an entitlement to Oracle Documents Cloud.

  • For more information on subscriptions, see Overview of Oracle Cloud Subscriptions in Getting Started with Oracle Cloud.

What to Do Next

After your service is activated, you need to create a service instance. See Create Your Service Instance.

Note:

If you have a Universal Credits subscription, and you create an Oracle Content and Experience Cloud instance, you’ll be billed based on active users per hour. See Understand Active Users per Hour.