Getting Ready for Selling Azure Services to Customers

Important: This documentation is for the APS-based Azure integration solution. If you are using a Connect-based Azure integration solution, please refer to the Connect documentation.

This section explains how to prepare for selling Azure services to customers.

Important: All the values listed in this topic are not examples. The configuration must be done exactly as described.

Creating the "Azure Services" Service Template

To create the Azure Services service template, perform the following actions:

1. In Reseller Panel, go to Products > Service Templates.
2. Click Add New Service Template.
3. Specify the following parameters:
   • Name – the name of the service template. For example: Azure Services.
   • Description – the description of the service template. This parameter is optional.
   • Autoprovisioning – it defines whether subscriptions based on the service template are auto-provisioned. Select the checkbox.
   • Type – it defines the type of the service template. Select Custom.

   Click Next.

4. Include the following resource types:
   • Azure Application from the Azure Customer Resources subscription. Set the resource limit to 1.
   • Azure Subscription from the Azure Customer Resources subscription. Set the resource limit to 1.

   Click Next.

5. Specify the resource limits and click Next.
6. Click Finish.

Creating the "IaaS" Plan Category

To create the 'IaaS' plan category, perform the following actions:

1. Open the Billing panel.
2. Go to Products > Service Plans > Plan Categories tab and create a new plan category with the name IaaS.

Creating the "Azure" Resource Category

To create the "Azure" resource category, go to Products > Resources > Resource Categories tab and create a new resource category with the name Azure. Leave the default values in all other fields.

Creating the "Azure Services" Service Plan

To create the "Azure Services" service plan, perform the following actions:

1. Go to Products > Service Plans and create a service plan with the following necessary values:
   • Service Plan Type: Generic Service Plan
   • Service Template: Azure Services
   • Plan Category: IaaS
   • Service Terms: Azure
   • Published: Yes (select the checkbox)
   • Autorenewal: Before Expiration, Renew Point (days): 1
   • Billing Model: Use External Rating
   • Price Configuration: Fixed Price
   • Subscription Period: 1 month
2. Go to the Resource Rates tab of the Service Plan that you created in the previous step and add a new resource rate for the Azure Subscription resource with the following values:
   • Resource Category: Azure
   • Max. Units: 1
   • Inc. Units: 1
   • Recurring Fee: 0
   • Overuse Fee: 0
   • Measurable: No
   • Show in Store: No
   • Show in CP: No
3. Go to the General tab of the Azure Services service plan, click the Azure Services service template link.
4. Go to the Service Parameters tab.
5. In the list of the Parameters, select the DomainID parameter and click Delete.

Creating the "Microsoft Azure" Sales Category

1. In Billing panel, go to Products > Service Plans > Sales Categories tab and create a sales category with the following parameters:
   • Category Name: Microsoft Azure
   • Description for Online Store: Azure
   • Expand Category: yes
   • Display Category in Customer Control Panel: yes
2. Add the Azure Services service plan to the Microsoft Azure sales category that you created in the previous step.

Customizing Email Templates

During the deployment of the Azure application, a number of email notification templates are automatically created in the system. The templates are used to notify the users of Azure services about account credentials, resource usage, and budget spending.

To review and edit the templates:

1. Go to System > Settings > System Notifications > Email Templates.
2. In the Search panel, type Azure in the Name field and click Search.
3. Click the name of the template that you want to change, and click Edit.