Microsoft Azure region classification can fall under one of the following categories: Azure CSP billing regions based on the information tied to the Azure AD tenant. These are the regions under which you can register an Azure tenant and based on which your end-customer will be billed. If for instance […]
Azure and Microsoft 365 support for Cloud Service Providers CSP
As a Microsoft Cloud Service Provider (Distributor or Reseller) you will need provide technical support to your customers related to their Azure NCE and Microsoft 365 services. Depending on your customer’s subscription type, they will have the following technical support options: If the end customer has a pay as you […]
Azure Lighthouse for Microsoft 365
Azure Lighthouse is a free service which allows Cloud Service Providers and Managed Service Providers to offer management and monitoring services to their customers. Azure Lighthouse allows for cross-tenant management and multi-subscription management from a single pane of glass, whether that be the Azure portal, Azure Powershell, Azure CLI or […]
Azure Cost Management series: New Commerce Experience
The Azure Partner Ecosystem The Microsoft Azure Partner Ecosystem of Microsoft Cloud Service Providers (CSP) comprises the following actors: Platform providers (for example Ingram Micro, creating Web-based platforms for managing governance, provisioning and billing of the end-to-end Azure partner sales lifecycle). Indirect Providers (Distributors utilizing the Azure Platform provided by […]
Windows licensing options for cloud service providers
Open licensing The Open licensing scheme provides an one-off purchase of Windows Server licenses and the customer must buy the Software Assurance (SA) maintenance contract separately on additional cost. The SA is optional but if the customer changes their mind in the future and wish to buy SA at a […]
Citrix Cloud for Citrix Service Providers (CSP)
Citrix Cloud services are now available to Citrix Service Provider (CSP) partners, bringing a set of new options for CSPs to deliver digital workspace solutions for their customers. Citrix Cloud provides CSPs new options for solution deployment and delivery by offering the breadth of the Citrix portfolio “as-a-service.” Citrix Cloud […]