Introduction
Introduction to the commercial marketplace
Microsoft’s commercial marketplace is a catalog of solutions and services from our partner network. While we talk about a commercial marketplace, there are a number of “storefronts” including the Azure Marketplace, AppSource as well as in-product integration such as within the Azure Portal (which surfaces offers from the Azure Marketplace).
Microsoft partners can publish their solutions and services offerings in the commercial marketplace. Solutions are listed in Microsoft’s online stores, alongside Microsoft’s own solutions, connecting you with businesses, organizations, and government agencies around the world. Which storefront(s) host the offer is determined by the offer type and factors such as the listing category, industry etc.
This lab will introduce you to some of the essential concepts and terminology of the commercial marketplace with a particular focus on ISVs (Independent Software Vendors) building solutions on Azure. The focus will be on apps rather than services; in other words, how the commercial marketplace caters for cloud solutions built on Microsoft Azure and how to go about publishing them.
Resources
Overall Structure
This lab introduces some fundamental concepts and how to choose the best offer type to match a particular solution. The accompanying labs will take you through the steps to create and publish an offer on the commercial marketplace.
- Introduction to the Commercial Marketplace
- Enroll in Partner Center to Publish Offers
- Selecting your Offer Type
- Publishing a VM Offer
- Publishing an Azure Application Solution Template Offer
- Publishing an Azure Application - Managed Application Offer
- Publishing a SaaS Offer
Introduction Sections
Terminology
A glossary of key terms used in the commercial marketplace
Offer Types
Commercial marketplace offer types