How can a customer place an order of Microsoft Azure cloud from a partner's marketplace?

How can a customer place an order of Microsoft Azure?

The customers can visit the partner's marketplace and follow the steps given below to place an order of Microsoft Azure cloud: 

1. The customer needs to select Cloud from menu and choose the product as “Microsoft Azure Public Cloud”
   
   
   
   
2. Next he needs to click on the Configure button in front of a plan name. 
   
   
3. Now, he should click on the Hostname Tab and enter a hostname e.g testcloud.com.
   
   
   
   
4. He can select any Billing Period from the drop down and click on the Checkout button.
5. Now if he is an existing client, then he needs to login to his account and if he is a new client, then he should fill up the registration form.
   
   
   
   
6. After logging in, he needs to click on Make Payment.
7. Next he needs to check the Bank Transfer option (an offline mode of payment) and checkout. 
8. His order is successfully placed for the selected product.

Now, the partner can manage the customer's order from his admin panel. 

How can a partner manage Microsoft Azure orders of the end users? 

A partner can manage orders of the end users by following the steps given below: 

1. From the top menu, click on Billing >> Orders >> List.
2. In the listing that opens, click on the order which was placed by the end user.
3. Approve the order by clicking on the Approve button.
4. Now, the customer's order is approved and invoice is created successfully. A recurring is also created for ordered product in the customer section (Top menu >> Customer >> List >> Choose customer >> Products/Services).

The order is complete and product is successfully delivered to the client.

Click here for more information on how to manage orders.