Are In-App Seat Purchases Allowed in a Transactable Azure Marketplace VM Offer?
Hi everyone, We're planning to publish a transactable Azure Marketplace VM offer with the following licensing model: Usage-based pricing: Customers pay Microsoft for VM usage, including our software IP. Internal licensing: Our application manages user seats independently. In-app purchases: Customers can purchase additional seats directly through our application using our own payment system. We're not combining BYOL and usage-based Marketplace plans. The offer itself would only use usage-based pricing. Microsoft Support confirmed that our VM offer would be transactable and potentially MACC eligible, but couldn't confirm whether external in-app payments are permitted. They referred us to Technical Presales and Deployment, which we cannot access without eligible partner benefits. Does Microsoft allow this licensing model? Would it affect Marketplace certification or MACC eligibility? Any official documentation or experience with a similar implementation would be appreciated. Thanks!
Looking to Connect with Dynamics 365 Teams for Support & Delivery Collaboration
I’m reaching out on behalf of Array Platforms Pvt. Ltd., a Microsoft solutions team specializing in Dynamics 365 and Power Platform. We’re interested in connecting with businesses and Microsoft implementation partners that need support with existing Dynamics 365 environments, ongoing maintenance, customizations, enhancements, or additional development resources. We’re also open to collaborating with implementation partners who need reliable delivery support to manage project workloads and ongoing client requirements. If your team is exploring ways to strengthen its Dynamics 365 support or delivery capabilities, I’d be happy to connect and explore potential collaboration opportunities. Looking forward to exchanging ideas with the community.
Learned something useful today about updating multiparty private offers
I needed to update a multiparty private offer in Azure Marketplace today, and a vendor showed me a simple way to do it as the reseller. While the offer is still pending customer acceptance, select the checkbox next to it in Partner Center and click Withdraw at the top. This lets you edit your part of the offer and send it back to the customer. If the change involves something the vendor controls, they’ll need to update it on their side. In other marketplaces I’ve worked with, this can involve getting a new resale authorization and creating a new offer, so I appreciated how easy this was. This feature has probably been around for a while, but I only learned about it today. A small thing that makes day-to-day work easier and helps move sales along. Thought I’d share!Matching customer invoices to multiparty private offers
What’s the best way for a reseller to match an Azure Marketplace customer invoice to its multiparty private offer and subscription in Partner Center? We’ve had invoices missing from our reporting and multiple charges tied to the same offer with different Asset IDs. Which reports or fields should we use to match them? Can we also see whether a credit was issued, or does that require the customer’s billing access or Microsoft Support?Matching customer pricing on Azure Marketplace private offers
Hi everyone, I create multiparty private offers as a reseller and sometimes need several decimal places in the markup to match our customer quote. Is there a recommended way to calculate the markup so the total and each annual installment match exactly? I’ve been running into small rounding differences.Can a reseller set exact customer totals on an Azure private offer?
When we create a multiperiod private offer, we enter our markup as a percentage. Sometimes the customer total Azure calculates is a few cents off the signed quote, even when we use all eight decimal places. Is there a way to set the exact customer price for each period? If not, how are other resellers handling these rounding differences?Checklist for Marketplace cancellation and refund requests?
Is there a guide or checklist for what should be gathered before submitting a cancellation and refund request for a private or multiparty private offer?Specifically, what does Microsoft need from the vendor, the customer, and us as the reseller? I’m looking for required IDs, reports, refund details, consent language, and any steps that need to be completed before opening the ticket. The goal is to submit everything correctly the first time, reduce back-and-forth, and help the request move faster. If anyone has a guide or standard process, I’d appreciate it.How channel partners participate in multiparty private offers
Multiparty private offers in Microsoft Marketplace enable software companies and channel partners to work together to create customized offers for customers with negotiated pricing, terms, and billing options. Watch this short video to learn the role of channel partners in the multiparty private offer process, including providing required Marketplace and customer information, reviewing pending partner actions in Partner Center, applying eligible pricing adjustments, adding custom terms or supporting documents, and submitting the offer for customer review. Whether you're new to multiparty private offers or looking to better support joint sales opportunities, this walkthrough provides an overview of the key steps channel partners complete before an offer can be shared with a customer.
