SaaS offer general topics
This learning path focuses on topics of general interest to anyone who wants to learn more about SaaS offers in the marketplace.
SaaS offers are a powerful and popular way to sell software solutions in the marketplace. This content covers many of the topics and scenarios that you'll want to understand.
Whether you're a technologist or a business-focused person who works in Partner Center, this learning path introduces topics that you'll need to launch your SaaS offer successfully.
- SaaS Offer Overview
- Purchasing a SaaS offer from the Azure Marketplace
- Purchasing a SaaS offer from AppSource
- Publishing a SaaS Offer
- Publishing a private plan for a SaaS offer
- SaaS Pricing in Partner Center for publishers
- SaaS pricing in Partner Center for publishers: Demo
- Migrating a "Contact me" listing to a SaaS offer
- Reporting and insights for multi-year SaaS offers
SaaS Offer Overview#
This module offers a technical overview of Microsoft Azure Marketplace SaaS Offers, including the following topics.
- The Microsoft Commercial Marketplace Ecosystem
- SaaS Offer Creation Process
- Pricing Models for SaaS Offers
- SaaS Solution Architectures
Purchasing a SaaS offer from the Azure Marketplace#
This video demonstrates the customer purchasing process when subscribing to a SaaS offer from within the Azure Marketplace.
Purchasing a SaaS offer from AppSource#
This video demonstrates the customer purchasing process when subscribing to a SaaS offer from within the AppSource storefront.
Publishing a SaaS Offer#
This detailed video presents the concepts of publishing a SaaS offer and then walks through the steps of doing so in Partner Center. This module goes all the way from creating an offer, to adding and plan, and finally publishing the offer live. It also speaks to the need of developers to have a sandbox environment in which they can test and development the landing page and webhook.
Publishing a private plan for a SaaS offer#
This brief video builds upon what you learned in, “Publishing a SaaS Offer.” It presents the concepts of using private plans and then shows how to do so inside Partner Center.
SaaS Pricing in Partner Center for publishers#
Pricing and billing options for SaaS offers are very flexible and give publishers many options for how to bill and get paid for their solutions. This video walks through the SaaS pricing models and gives real-world examples of using them effectively.
SaaS pricing in Partner Center for publishers: Demo#
Pricing and billing options for SaaS offers are very flexible and give publishers many options for how to bill and get paid for their solutions. This video demonstrates how to use Partner Center to create and price a plan from start to finish, including using metered billing options.
Migrating a "Contact me" listing to a SaaS offer#
You might have started your presence in the marketplace with a simple listing to advertise your product or services, but this doesn't create a transactable offer that can be sold through the marketplace.
This video shows how to convert your existing listing into a fully transactable SaaS offer.
Reporting and insights for multi-year SaaS offers#
This module walks through reporting for multi-year SaaS and the available reporting widgets that display information about subscriptions, orders, and pricing models, including growth trends over time.
Additionally, various downloadable formats, including CSV and PDFs for detailed reporting, are explained in detail.