Add the Microsoft products service

1 Requirements
2 Add the Microsoft Products service to Abiquo
3 Add the Microsoft products service for users

This page describes how to add the Microsoft products service in Abiquo. A summary of the steps are:

Add the service to the Abiquo platform by creating a Default service configuration.
To make it available to users of an enterprise, create a service configuration in the 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. The enterprise may be a key node or a standard enterprise. We recommend that you use a key node enterprise.

For full details, see https://abiquo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/doc/pages/325779995

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.

Privileges: Manage default services

To create a Default service configuration for the Microsoft Products service:

Go to Catalogue → Services
Add a default service configuration
Click + add and select the "MicrosoftProductsService"
Select the Microsoft products service
For General information you can configure the Name, Icon, and Description
For Properties, enter the Abiquo endpoint of the API server (Including /api) and Credentials.
Also select the extractors to use the enterprise credentials, and to configure the enterprise and Microsoft Products service configuration ID
Optionally, configure the list of Microsoft or Office products to use, or the platform will use the default list. For each product, enter a Name, the Product ID, and the SKU ID (with 4 characters).
You can get the product details from the pricing sheet in the Partner Center, or in the CSP account from the Add subscription menu.
Go to the Can be used by tab and configure the service for customers of your reseller.
This setting defines where the users will access the service in the UI.
1. Click + add, for Entity select "Enterprise"
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 enterprise.
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.

Privileges: Manage enterprise services

Go to Users
Select an enterprise and go to Service configurations
Click + add and select "MicrosoftProductsService"
For General information, for example, set the Icon and Description of the service
Optionally, at Properties, you may be able to configure the list of Office products to use.
For each product, enter a Name, the Product ID, and the SKU ID (with 4 characters).
You can get the product details from the pricing sheet in the Partner Center, or in the CSP account from the Add subscription menu.
Click Save. After Abiquo creates the service, if the status indicator is green, the service is ready to use
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
Click Accept