Integrate your marketplace with Microsoft

❗ Important: Microsoft Azure Global CSP integration has been deprecated. Deprecated features are only available to existing AppDirect customers who already use them. If you are a new customer, you cannot use this feature. For more information about deprecation, see Product lifecycle phases.

Marketplace Managers can configure their marketplaces to list and sell Microsoft products. They can authorize and reauthorize their marketplaces with the Microsoft Partner Center, without providing any Microsoft reseller account credentials to AppDirect.

Prerequisites

Complete the following before integrating your marketplace with the Microsoft Partner Center:

• Enroll with Microsoft as a CSP (Cloud Solution Provider) partner. See Enroll in the Cloud Solution Provider program.
• Create a CSP service account on the Microsoft Partner Center. See Create a CSP service account on the Microsoft Partner Center. Record the login credentials for your CSP account because you need them to sign in to the Microsoft Partner Center.

Also see Recommendations for integrating your marketplace with the Microsoft Partner Center.

To integrate your marketplace with the Microsoft Partner Center

📝 Note: If the AppDirect logo appears in the upper-left corner of the page, when Manage > Marketplace appears in this topic, click the grid icon > Switch to | Store, instead.

1. Go to Manage > Marketplace > Settings > Integration | Microsoft. The Microsoft Onboarding page opens. The status on this page is Not Started.
2. In the Microsoft Authorization section, click Authorize. The dialog opens in the Microsoft Partner Center.
3. Enter your CSP service account credentials and click Sign In. The permissions requested page displays.
4. Click Accept to approve the permissions for the AppDirect marketplace. Microsoft authorizes your marketplace and you are redirected to the Microsoft Onboarding page. Note the status on this page is now Success.
5. In the Country Configuration section, click Add Country and add the countries where you are authorized to sell products that are part of the CSP program. The AppDirect platform automatically adds the default country of your marketplace.
6. [Optional] To reauthorize with Microsoft, click Reauthorize. The Microsoft Partner Center opens. You must reauthorize for the following reasons:
   1. Your CSP service account credentials changed or expired.
   2. Your CSP service account, or other authorizing account, was deleted.
7. Click Add Reseller Account to add another Microsoft reseller account to your marketplace. The dialog opens in the Microsoft Partner Center.
8. Enter your CSP service account credentials for your new Microsoft reseller account, then click Sign In. The Permissions requested page opens.
9. Click Accept to approve the permissions for the AppDirect marketplace. Microsoft authorizes your marketplace and you are redirected to the Microsoft Onboarding page. Note the status on this page is Success.
10. In the Country Configuration section, click Add Country, then add the countries where you are authorized to sell products that are part of the CSP program. The AppDirect platform automatically adds the default country of your marketplace. Now you have integrated a new Microsoft reseller account with your marketplace.
11. To integrate another Microsoft reseller account with your marketplace, repeat steps 7 to 10.

❗ Important: AppDirect recommends that you do not remove the Delegated Admin role from your company. If you add other Microsoft reseller accounts, you can assign them administrative roles. We also recommend that you do not remove the Delegated Admin role from your additional Microsoft reseller accounts.

If the Delegated Admin role is removed, the following problems might occur:

• Modifications to subscriptions are not synced to Microsoft.
• Assigning users to an application or assigning applications to users are not synced to Microsoft.
• New Microsoft product purchases are not possible on the marketplace.