Creating an Azure Application Instance

Important: For every new 1st Tier Partner, a separate Azure application instance must be created.

To be able to use the Azure application, first you should create a new application instance.

  1. In provider control panel, go to Services > Applications and click the Azure Cloud Solution Provider integration package that you imported earlier.
  2. Open the Instances tab and click Add Instance.
  3. Specify the Application API end-point URI – URI with the corresponding backnet IP: https://<azure_site_ip_backnet_address>:10443/azure/aps/.
  4. Click Next.
  5. Specify the following global settings:
    • Enable multi-factor authentication- select this option.
    • Partner Tenant Name – name of the partner tenant as registered in Microsoft Azure. For example, provider.onmicrosoft.com (for Microsoft Cloud) or provider.onmicrosoft.de (for Microsoft Cloud Germany).
    • Partner relationship link to register new customers – a link from this field is displayed in purchase wizards of online store, OA Billing panel and marketplace if a customer tries to purchase a subscription into an existent tenant that was initially created under another CSP Partner. By leaving this field empty, the link to the instruction of how to use a tenant under another Partner is generated automatically and leads to Microsoft site. However, you can provide here any custom link that would lead to your own site. Read more in Customizing a Partner Relationship Link.
    • Offer ID – it is "MS-AZR-0145P" ("MS-AZR-DE-0145P" for Microsoft Cloud Germany) for production provisioning now, but it can be changed in the future. Check it with your contact person in Microsoft when you sign the partner agreement.

      Note: The ID "MS-AZR-0145P" ("MS-AZR-DE-0145P" for Microsoft Cloud Germany) is used to provision a production Azure subscription. However, bear in mind that "MS-AZR-0146P" ("MS-AZR-DE-0146P" for Microsoft Cloud Germany) should be used instead when provisioning to a sandbox.

    • If you plan to use an external rating and billing system, select the Enable external rating and billing system checkbox, and specify the URL of the system. For example, https://cloudcheckr.com. After you switch to an external system, Azure usage reports are no longer shown in Odin Automation control panels. Instead, users are prompted to log in to the external system. Azure usage is no longer reflected in the invoices that users receive from Odin Automation.

      Note: If you choose to switch back from an external rating and billing system, Odin Automation will retrieve all information about resource usage since the specified date and will reflect it in invoices.

  6. Click Next.
  7. Verify the settings and click Finish.

You can change these settings later in Services > Applications > Azure Cloud Solution Provider > Instances > <instance name> > Configuration tab.