Creating a Service Template for Perpetual Software Licenses

This section describes how to create a service template for perpetual software licenses.

For your Microsoft 365 application instance and its resources that represent perpetual software licenses, you must create a separate service template.

Important:

1. You must create only one service template for a Microsoft 365 application instance and its resources that represent perpetual software licenses.

2. Do not include resources of different Microsoft 365 application instances in the same service template.

To create a service template for perpetual software licenses, perform the following actions:

1. In the Provider Control Panel, go to Products > Service Templates.
2. Click Add New Service Template.

3. Specify the following parameters:

   • Name: The name of this service template. For example: Microsoft 365 (Perpetual Software Licenses).
   • Description: (Optional) The description of this service template.
   • Autoprovisioning: This defines whether subscriptions based on this service template are auto-provisioned (Yes or No). Select Yes.
   • Type: This defines the type of this service template. Select Custom from the drop-down list.

   Click Next.

4. Include the following resource types:

   • Office 365 Global Settings. The resource limit must be set to Unlimited.
   • Office 365 Tenant. The resource limit must be set to 1.
   • Office 365 User. The resource limit defines the maximum number of CloudBlue Commerce users which can have the Microsoft 365 service assigned in a Microsoft 365 organization. The resource limit must be set to Unlimited.
   • Office 365 Cloud User. The resource limit defines the maximum number of Microsoft 365 users which can be created in a Microsoft 365 organization. The resource limit must be set to Unlimited.
   • Office 365 Domain. The resource limit defines the maximum number of domains which can be created in a Microsoft 365 organization. The resource limit must be set to Unlimited.
   • All Microsoft 365 Perpetual Software License resource types that you created for your Microsoft 365 application instance. The resource limit defines the maximum number of perpetual software licenses of a particular type that can be used in a Microsoft 365 organization. The resource limit must be set to 0. Note that the actual resource limits will be configured in the corresponding service plans. See Creating Microsoft 365 Service Plans for Perpetual Software Licenses for details.
   • Office 365 Subscription Provisioning. The resource limit must be set to 1.
   • Async Operations. The resource limit must be set to Unlimited.
   • Office 365 Tenant Contact Data. The resource limit must be set to 1.
   • Total points sold. The resource limit must be set to Unlimited.
   • Total seats sold. The resource limit must be set to Unlimited.

   Click Next.

5. Specify the resource limits and click Next.
6. Validate these service template parameters carefully and click Finish.
7. Activate the newly created service template.
8. In the Provider Control Panel, go to Products > Service Plans.
9. Select the Service Templates tab.
10. Click the newly created service template.

11. Configure the Destroy Service on Cancel property of the service template:

    1. Select the General tab.
    2. Click Edit.
    3. Set Destroy Service on Cancel to No (clear the checkbox).
    4. Click Save.
12. Select the Service Parameters tab.

13. Add the aps_defaults_o365 service parameter to the service template:

    1. Click Add New Parameter.

    2. Specify the following properties:

       • Parameter ID: The aps_defaults_o365 value must be specified.
       • Name: The Microsoft 365 Subdomain value must be specified.
       • Description: Leave this empty.
       • Value Type: The String value must be chosen.
       • Required: Leave the checkbox empty (No).
       • Ask on Order placement: Select the checkbox (Yes).
    3. Click Save.
14. The application has its own wizard for linking domains with the Microsoft 365 service, so the step "Select Domain" in the system wizard "Buy New Service" is unnecessary. If you want to remove this step, remove the DomainID service parameter from the service template.

For example, create the following service template:

Microsoft 365 (Perpetual Software Licenses)

Resource Type	Limit
Office 365 Global Settings	Unlimited
Office 365 Tenant	1
Office 365 User	Unlimited
Office 365 Cloud User	Unlimited
Office 365 Domain	Unlimited
Visio Professional 2019	0
Office 365 Subscription Provisioning	1
Async Operations	Unlimited
Office 365 Tenant Contact Data	1
Total points sold	Unlimited
Total seats sold	Unlimited