Information processing apparatus and method for information processing system

An information processing apparatus able to use a plurality of cloud services provided by different cloud service systems on a network, the information processing apparatus comprising:

• a memory storing instructions;
• and
• a processor executing the instructions causing the information processing apparatus to:
• transmit authentication information to a tenant management server to register the information processing apparatus with a first cloud service and receive an access token from the tenant management server after authentication processing is performed on the tenant management server and the information processing apparatus is registered with the first cloud service;
• perform connection to the first cloud service, serving as a first connection processing;
• perform connection to a second cloud service differing from the first cloud service, serving as a second connection processing;
• and
• support an initial connection to the second cloud service, which is performed after the connection to the first cloud service has been established, serving as a connection support processing,
• wherein:
• during the first connection processing, before the initial connection to the second cloud service, settings information including the access token, and a command to start the connection to the second cloud service is received from the tenant management server via the first cloud service, which is already connected, and a command to start the connection to the second cloud service is received from the first cloud service,
• during the connection support processing, the second connection processing is activated in response to the command from the first cloud service via the first connection processing,
• during the second connection processing, the initial connection to the second cloud service is executed in response to the command received from the first cloud service using the settings information including the access token without receiving an authentication input,
• wherein the command includes an order to stop use of the first cloud service, and
• wherein, during the connection support processing, in a case where the order is included in the command, connection to the first cloud service is stopped after a connection to the second cloud service has been established by the second connection processing;
• and
• wherein, during the connection support processing, the information processing apparatus installs software for the second connection processing by obtaining the software from an external source.