Transfer your AWS account

This tutorial describes how you can transfer the billing and management for your existing AWS Management Account to SoftwareOne by establishing a new agreement.

Prerequisites

Before starting this tutorial, make sure you have the following:

• The 12-digit Management Account ID of your AWS Organization.

• Contact details for a technical representative within your organization who can act as the deployment point of contact.

• An active licensee in the Marketplace, or permission to create one. A licensee is required to create a new agreement.

Transfer your existing AWS account

1

Start the guided Purchase workflow for AWS

To start the purchase wizard:

1. Go to Catalog > Products.

2. Select Amazon Web Services.

3. Review the information, including product details, features, and more.

4. Select Buy now.

The Buy now option on the product details page.

2

Transfer your existing account

Complete the following steps to transfer your account:

1. Select agreement – Select Create agreement.

2. Select licensee – Select a licensee. You can also create a new licensee and select that licensee when it appears in the list. Select Next.

3. Create agreement – Select Transfer an existing AWS account, then select Next.

Select the option to transfer your account.

1. AWS details – Complete the following steps:

   1. Provide the 12-digit AWS Management Account ID of your AWS organization.

   2. Review and update the contact form as necessary.

   3. Select Next.

Provide your Management Account ID and required contact details.

1. Support details – Select SoftwareOne Enterprise Support or AWS Resold Support, then select Next.

2. Cost management – Review the available Cost Management tools, including FinOps for Cloud. Both options are selected by default and cannot be changed. Select Next.

3. Supplementary services – Choose any additional AWS services you are interested in and select Next. Your selection indicates interest only; no services are provisioned at this stage. A SoftwareOne representative will contact you to provide more information.

Select any additional AWS services you are interested in.

1. Items – Review the AWS Service item in your agreement. Do not remove this item. Select Next.

2. Details – Provide reference details, such as additional IDs or notes, and select Next.

3. Review order – Read the terms and conditions and the privacy statement. When done, select Place order to submit your order.

Next steps

After placing the order, you will receive a confirmation message. You can check the order details page for information on the next steps, including:

1. Accepting the AWS billing transfer invitation – You will receive an invitation email from AWS. You must accept the invitation so we can proceed with your order.

2. Approving the service terms – You will receive an email from AWS, requesting you to accept the minimum service term of your agreement.

3. Deploying the SoftwareOne Bootstrap role – After accepting the billing transfer invitation and the service terms, you must deploy the Essentials Bootstrap Role. Deploying this role is mandatory for onboarding. For more details, see Essentials Bootstrap Role in SoftwareOne Services documentation.

You will also receive email notifications when these actions are due and require your attention.

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