How to Enroll in the CSP Partner Program

The Cloud Solution Provider Partner Program allows you to partner with SoftwareOne as your indirect CSP provider. To learn more about this program, see Partner Programs.

Prerequisites

You can enroll in this program if you meet these conditions:

• You have a Marketplace account with partner capabilities. For details, see How to Verify If Your Account Has Partner Capabilities.

• You are signed up for the Microsoft Cloud Solutions Provider (CSP) program as an indirect reseller. For details on how to enroll, see Enroll as an indirect reseller.

• You are signed up for the SWO CSP Partner Program. For details, see How to Enroll in the SWO CSP Partner Program.

• You have the Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) ID and email address for your Microsoft partner account. To find the ID in the Microsoft Partner Center, select the Settings (gear) icon > Account settings > Organization Profile > Identifiers. Then, find the PartnerID with the Type Location that matches the country/region of this CSP account.

Enrolling in the CSP Partner program

1

Open the CSP Partner Program details page

To open the details page:

1. Navigate to the Program page.

2. Select Cloud Solution Provider Partner Program. The program's details page opens.

The details page of the Cloud Solution Provider Partner Program

2

Start the Add Certificate wizard

To start the wizard:

1. On the details page, select the Certificates tab.

2. Select Add.

3

Use the Add Certificate wizard to enroll

Complete the following steps in the wizard, ensuring you enter or verify all required information at each stage.

1. Certificant - Choose the buyer who will represent this certificate and select Next.

2. Partner details - Do the following, then select Next:

   1. Authorize SoftwareOne as your indirect provider. You must select a country that is within your region. For regional markets, see Microsoft Regions.

   2. Enter the email address associated with your Microsoft partner account. We will use this email address to link your CSP customers with your Microsoft reseller account.

   3. Enter the MPN ID associated with your Microsoft partner account. We'll associate your Microsoft subscriptions with the MPN ID.

3. Details - Enter a unique name for the certificate. When done, select Next.

4. Overview - Review the details and select Add.

5. Summary - Select View details to open the enrollment details page. Otherwise, select Close.

Next steps

The enrollment takes a few minutes to complete as we verify the details. Once the enrollment is complete, a certificate is created.

When your certificate becomes active, you can use it during the ordering process. This means that when you create a new agreement using a licensee set up for resale, the certificate will be displayed. You'll need to select the certificate to associate it with your agreement.