Scope and Eligibility Requirements

Microsoft partners transacting NCE Azure in the CSP partner-led field channel should understand the following scope of support and eligibility requirements with CloudBlue.

Scope

CloudBlue supports NCE Azure in the following configuration:

• Program: Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) exclusively

• Platform: Modern New Commerce Experience (NCE)

• Geography: Worldwide except China and embargoed regions

• Cloud: Microsoft Cloud International (MCI) exclusively

  • CloudBlue does not presently support United States Government Community Cloud (GCC). This is a candidate for implementation.

• Customer Qualification(s): Non-Qualified Commercial customers

  • Microsoft customers with MCI Education or MCI Nonprofit qualifications transact the Non-Qualified Commercial version.

• Distribution: 1T direct to customer and 2T indirect via resellers to customers

• Partners: All

• CloudBlue Product: NCE Microsoft Azure - CloudBlue | Catalog | PRD-561-716-033

Eligibility Criteria

The following should be met in order to transact new NCE Azure business, and/or to onboard existing business to CloudBlue (i.e. platform-to-platform partner transfer).

• Microsoft customers must have a valid* Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA).

• Microsoft partners must have a valid* Microsoft Partner Agreement (MPA).

• Microsoft partners must have a valid* PLA MPNID.

• Microsoft customers must have a valid* billing and invoicing relationship to their Microsoft partner(s).

• For 2T indirect distribution only, Microsoft reseller partners must have a valid* billing and invoicing relationship to their Microsoft direct billed provider partner.

Note: Valid* means currently active and in good standing with Microsoft, and excludes states such as Expired, Revoked, Terminated etc.