Add the Microsoft products service

To offer the Microsoft Products, first add it to the Abiquo platform by creating a Default service configuration.

Then, to make it available to users of an enterprise, create a service configuration in that enterprise.

Requirements

To use the Microsoft products service, you will need:

• An Azure public cloud region

• An Abiquo reseller enterprise with Azure pricing credentials for a CSP

• An Abiquo enterprise under the reseller as configured by the Abiquo Setup Service. The enterprise may be a key node or a standard enterprise

Add the Microsoft Products service to Abiquo

To add the Microsoft Products service to Abiquo and make it available for administrators to offer to tenants, create a Default service configuration.

1. Go to Catalogue → Services

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2. Click + add and select the "MicrosoftProductsService"

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3. For General information you can configure the Name, Icon, and Description

4. For Properties, enter the Abiquo endpoint of the API server (Including /api) and Credentials.

5. Also select the extractors to use the enterprise credentials, and to configure the enterprise and Microsoft Products service configuration ID
   
   

6. Go to the Can be used by tab and configure the service for customers of your reseller

   1. Click + add, for Entity select "Enterprise" 

7. Click Accept

Abiquo will add the Default service configuration for the Microsoft Products service, and administrators can now add this service to the lower level entities.

Add the Microsoft products service for users

To enable tenant administrators to manage Microsoft products in the Abiquo multicloud platform, create a Microsoft products service configuration in an enteprise.
To combine your tenant with the Microsoft account of an existing reseller customer, you will need to obtain the domain name of the Microsoft account.

1. Go to Users

2. Select an enterprise and go to Service configurations

3. Click + add and select "MicrosoftProductsService"

4. For General information, for example, set the Icon and Description of the service

5. Click Save. After Abiquo creates the service, if the status indicator is green, the service is ready to use

6. From the Microsoft products service, select one of these options

   • "Create a new customer" for the tenant

     • Abiquo can use an extractor to obtain the details of this tenant

   • Select "Combine with an existing account" to use an existing Microsoft customer for this tenant

     • Enter the domain name of the Microsoft account

7. Click Accept