Configure settings for Azure purchases and cost management

Marketplace Azure administrators can use the settings covered in this topic to monitor Azure consumption costs and manage purchase permissions.

To configure these settings:

1. Go to Manage > Marketplace > Companies.
2. Select a company and click the Vendor Information tab.
3. Configure the following settings as needed.

Microsoft Purchase Permissions

Use Microsoft Purchase Permissions to control which Azure self-serve purchases a customer can make in the Azure portal. Microsoft Partner Center treats Azure Reservations and Azure Savings Plan as separate permissions. On the marketplace, each permission has its own toggle. You can enable one without the other.

• Azure Reservations — When enabled, the customer can purchase their own Azure reservations in the Azure portal. When disabled, that self-serve purchase path is restricted for the customer.
• Azure Savings Plan — When enabled, the customer can purchase their own Azure Savings Plans in the Azure portal. When disabled, that self-serve purchase path is restricted for the customer.

Changing either toggle updates Microsoft Partner Center through the same integration path used for Azure Reservations.

📝 Note: Existing Azure Reservations settings for each customer are unchanged when the Savings Plan toggle is introduced. The Azure Savings Plan toggle is off for every customer until you enable it. Purchases that do not depend on these marketplace permissions are unaffected.

For more information about customer permissions in Partner Center, see Overview of customer permissions in Partner Center. For the product announcement, see Independent purchase permission for Microsoft Azure Savings Plan (Release 752).

Microsoft Cost Management

Enable Microsoft Cost Management to unlock the cost management view for users with a proper role and access to the subscription. This allows visibility into consumption data and the associated retail pay-as-you-go rates in the Azure portal. For more information about Cost Management capabilities, refer to Microsoft's documentation.

Microsoft Purchase Permissions and Microsoft Cost Management are not enabled by default. Changes made to these settings are logged in the Activities tab.

📝 Note: These settings are only available for Microsoft reseller-enabled marketplaces. Enabling or disabling them will result in an error if the marketplace is not properly authorized or linked to an active Microsoft account or ID.