System Components and Their Business Purposes

This is one of three core CloudBlue Commerce components. It includes the APS controller, license management module, task manager, and on-screen notification functionality.

To learn more, please refer to the OSS guide.

This is one of three core CloudBlue Commerce components. It provides a foundation for ordering, rating, and billing.

To learn more, please refer to the BSS guide.

This is one of three core CloudBlue Commerce components. It provides the CloudBlue Commerce control panels, including the session management functionality.

To learn more, please refer to the UI and Branding guide.

This is one of the mandatory CloudBlue Commerce components. It offers new apps and CloudBlue Commerce extensions to providers and resellers.

To learn more, please refer to CloudBlue Store.

Ensures payment management functionality.

To learn more, please refer to the Payment Management guide.

Provides the ability to use payment plugins.

To learn more, please refer to the Payment SDK guide.

Provides a turnkey e-commerce storefront.

To learn more, please refer to the UX1 Marketplace guide.

Enables providers to define rules based on which the system automatically processes an operation or sends a request for its approval.

To learn more, please refer to the Approval Engine guide.

Extends the system API for managing discounts.

To learn more, please refer to the Discount Manager guide.

Adds General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) functionalities to the system.

To learn more, please refer to the GDPR Compliance guide.

Provides user authentication.

To learn more, please refer to the Identity Service guide.

Allows CloudBlue Commerce resellers that are Direct CSP Providers or Indirect CSP Resellers in the Microsoft Partner Center which provide their customers with Microsoft services through CloudBlue Connect to operate their customer tenants.

To learn more, please refer to the documentation of the component.

This component is responsible for calculation of all charges across the distribution chain, including provider and reseller revenue and costs as well as end-customer charges.

To learn more, please refer to the Rating Engine guide.

Manages the usage data rating process.

To learn more, please refer to the Rating Orchestrator guide.

This component introduces an easy-to-use REST API that can be used by resellers to integrate their own IT systems, without requiring them to have extensive knowledge of technical CloudBlue Commerce platform concepts.

To learn more, please refer to the SimpleAPI guide.

Allows resellers to generate and export reports about rated transactions.

To learn more, please refer to the Reporting and Data Export guide.

Streamlines the process of retrieving product configurations from the CloudBlue Connect portal, adding them to the product catalogs on CloudBlue Commerce installations, and making them available to resellers and customers.

To learn more, please refer to the Product Lifecycle Management guide.

Enables order management.

To learn more, please refer to the Order Management guide.

Integrates CloudBlue Commerce with ConnectWise, Xero, Autotask, QuickBooks and Syncro external systems.

To learn more, please refer to the Native Integrations guide.

Automates data collection and validation for Pay As You Go (PAYG) services.

To learn more, please refer to the Usage Collector guide.

Automates data collection and validation for Pay As You Go (PAYG) services.

To learn more, please refer to the Vendor-rated Data Manager guide.

Adds more features to user management.

To learn more, please refer to the User Account Management guide.

Enables subscription management in the UX1 panel.

To learn more, please refer to the UX1 Subscription Management guide.

Provides the ability to use domain plugins.

To learn more, please refer to the Domain SDK guide.

Provides the ability to use fraud screening plugins.

To learn more, please refer to the Fraud SDK guide.

Provides the ability to develop and use exchange rate plugins.

To learn more, please refer to the Exchange Rate Plugin SDK guide.

Adds support for multiple sales currencies for an account and the ability to manage those currencies and exchange rates.

To learn more, please refer to the Exchange Rate Provider guide.