Publish a Managed App HOL
Lab walkthrough of publishing a Managed Application Offer
Introduction
The Azure Apps offer is used to deploy and transact a more complex solution than a single VM. Azure Apps offers can only be listed in Azure Marketplace, not AppSource.
The Azure Apps offer has two distinct flavours; solution template and managed application.
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The solution template offer is a collection of Azure resources described by an Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template which will be deployed into the customer subscription. It is not directly transact-capable but it can deploy VM offers which are transactable.
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The managed app offer is a collection of Azure resources described by an ARM template deployed into the customer subscription to be operated as a managed service.
In this lab we will focus on the Managed Application flavour of Azure Application offer.
When a customer ‘purchases’ a Managed Application offer, resources will be deployed into the customer’s Azure subscription. As a consequence, Managed Application offers can only be published in Azure Marketplace (not AppSource).
Transact Managed Application offers are billed either a flat monthly rate or using metered billing or a combination of the two.
Resources
- Plan an Azure Application offer for the commercial marketplace
- Plan an Azure managed application for an Azure application offer
- Managed application metered billing
Sections
Getting Started
Pre-requisites and overview.
Create ARM Template
Create an ARM template for publishing to the commercial marketplace.
Validate ARM Template
Validate the ARM template.
Create UI Definition
Create and test a UI definition file.
Package Assets
Create a deployment package for an Azure Application offer.
Publish Offer
Create the listing in Partner Center and publish the offer.