diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/ml_server_info.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/ml_server_info.test.ts
index bd91995b6efc3c..cd0f10bb7f5771 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/ml_server_info.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/ml_server_info.test.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   isCloud,
   getNewJobDefaults,
   getNewJobLimits,
+  extractDeploymentId,
 } from './ml_server_info';
 import mockMlInfoResponse from './__mocks__/ml_info_response.json';
 
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ jest.mock('./ml_api_service', () => ({
 }));
 
 describe('ml_server_info initial state', () => {
-  it('server info not loaded ', () => {
+  it('should fail to get server info ', () => {
     expect(isCloud()).toBe(false);
     expect(getCloudDeploymentId()).toBe(null);
   });
@@ -33,14 +34,14 @@ describe('ml_server_info', () => {
   });
 
   describe('cloud information', () => {
-    it('can get could deployment id', () => {
+    it('should get could deployment id', () => {
       expect(isCloud()).toBe(true);
       expect(getCloudDeploymentId()).toBe('85d666f3350c469e8c3242d76a7f459c');
     });
   });
 
   describe('defaults', () => {
-    it('can get defaults', async (done) => {
+    it('should get defaults', async (done) => {
       const defaults = getNewJobDefaults();
 
       expect(defaults.anomaly_detectors.model_memory_limit).toBe('128mb');
@@ -52,11 +53,37 @@ describe('ml_server_info', () => {
   });
 
   describe('limits', () => {
-    it('can get limits', async (done) => {
+    it('should get limits', async (done) => {
       const limits = getNewJobLimits();
 
       expect(limits.max_model_memory_limit).toBe('128mb');
       done();
     });
   });
+
+  describe('cloud extract deployment ID', () => {
+    const cloudIdWithDeploymentName =
+      'cloud_message_test:ZXUtd2VzdC0yLmF3cy5jbG91ZC5lcy5pbyQ4NWQ2NjZmMzM1MGM0NjllOGMzMjQyZDc2YTdmNDU5YyQxNmI1ZDM2ZGE1Mzk0YjlkYjIyZWJlNDk1OWY1OGQzMg==';
+
+    const cloudIdWithOutDeploymentName =
+      ':ZXUtd2VzdC0yLmF3cy5jbG91ZC5lcy5pbyQ4NWQ2NjZmMzM1MGM0NjllOGMzMjQyZDc2YTdmNDU5YyQxNmI1ZDM2ZGE1Mzk0YjlkYjIyZWJlNDk1OWY1OGQzMg==';
+
+    const badCloudId = 'cloud_message_test:this_is_not_a_base64_string';
+
+    it('should extract cloud ID when deployment name is present', () => {
+      expect(extractDeploymentId(cloudIdWithDeploymentName)).toBe(
+        '85d666f3350c469e8c3242d76a7f459c'
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should extract cloud ID when deployment name is not present', () => {
+      expect(extractDeploymentId(cloudIdWithOutDeploymentName)).toBe(
+        '85d666f3350c469e8c3242d76a7f459c'
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should fail to extract cloud ID', () => {
+      expect(extractDeploymentId(badCloudId)).toBe(null);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/ml_server_info.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/ml_server_info.ts
index 8ab955b479108c..d1f92df01f0617 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/ml_server_info.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/ml_server_info.ts
@@ -53,10 +53,11 @@ export function isCloud(): boolean {
 }
 
 export function getCloudDeploymentId(): string | null {
-  if (cloudInfo.cloudId === null) {
-    return null;
-  }
-  const tempCloudId = cloudInfo.cloudId.replace(/^.+:/, '');
+  return cloudInfo.cloudId === null ? null : extractDeploymentId(cloudInfo.cloudId);
+}
+
+export function extractDeploymentId(cloudId: string) {
+  const tempCloudId = cloudId.replace(/^(.+)?:/, '');
   try {
     const matches = atob(tempCloudId).match(/^.+\$(.+)(?=\$)/);
     return matches !== null && matches.length === 2 ? matches[1] : null;