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 of a technical person within your organization. We might contact this individual during deployment in case of issues.

• An active licensee in the Marketplace Platform, or permission to create a new licensee. Selecting a licensee is required when creating a new agreement.

Transferring your existing AWS account

1

Start the Purchase Wizard for AWS

To start the purchase wizard:

1. Navigate to the Products page.

2. From the list of products, select Amazon Web Services.

3. On the product details page, select Buy now. The Purchase Wizard for AWS starts.

The Buy now option on the product details page.

2

Complete the following steps to transfer your existing account

In the Purchase Wizard, complete these steps:

1. Select agreement - Select Create agreement to start creating your new agreement with SoftwareOne.

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

3. Create agreement - Choose Transfer an existing AWS account, then select Next.

Select the option to transfer your account.

1. AWS details - Do the following:

   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 - Choose one of the support options, then select Next:

   • With SoftwareOne Enterprise Support, SoftwareOne becomes your point of contact for assistance with your AWS resources.

   • If you opt for AWS Resold Support, you must contact AWS directly for any technical assistance.

2. Cost management - This step displays the 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 of interest and select Next. Your selection indicates interest only. A SoftwareOne representative will follow up to provide more information.

Select any additional AWS services you are interested in.

1. Items - This step displays 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 - Select the links for terms and conditions, and the privacy statement in the footer to read them. 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'll receive an invitation email from AWS. You must accept the invitation so we can proceed with your order.

2. Approving the service terms - You'll 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.