Completing the Azure Lighthouse onboarding enables SoftwareOne to fulfill your Microsoft transactions, helping you streamline procurement and support.
To complete the onboarding successfully, you'll need the Microsoft Azure Subscription Owner role. For details, see Assign Subscription Owner Role.
Follow these steps to complete the onboarding process:
Sign to the Client Portal and navigate to the Orders page.
Open the details page of the required purchase order. You can open the details page by clicking the order ID.
On the General tab, select the Lighthouse activation link.
On the Azure Lighthouse Onboarding page, click Start Activation.
On the Microsoft Sign-In page, use the Azure Subscription Owner credentials to sign in.
On the Permissions requested page, review the permissions and click Accept.
In the Azure Lighthouse onboarding wizard, do the following:
Review the onboarding details and click Next. You'll see a list of Azure subscriptions under the logged-in tenant.
Select the checkbox for the subscription you wish to onboard. Any subscription that has already been onboarded in Azure Lighthouse will be considered ineligible and ignored in the next step.
Review the summary and click Confirm. The onboarding process begins and the progress is displayed.
When all tasks are completed, click Finish.
A confirmation message is displayed stating that the onboarding is complete.
After completing the activation, return to the order's details page in the platform and click Process to change the order status from Querying to Processing. To learn more, see Change Your Order's Status to Processing.
Azure Lighthouse is the ultimate solution for seamless multi-tenant management.
At SoftwareOne, we use this service to deliver top-tier management across your Azure environments with unmatched scalability, automation, and governance. Here’s why it’s a game-changer:
Cross-tenant management - Manage multiple environments in one place without switching between accounts, saving time and effort.
Scalability - With automation and standard processes, we handle an unlimited number of clients efficiently, no matter how large your Azure footprint is.
Enhanced governance - We operate with full transparency, giving you peace of mind as all activities are logged and visible to you and SoftwareOne.
Azure Lighthouse gives you full control and complete transparency while offering expert management and support from SoftwareOne.
Full access control - You decide who can access your environment, which resources they can manage, and what actions are permitted. You are always in control, even when working with service providers like us.
Complete transparency - Every action taken by SoftwareOne is logged in the Azure Activity Log, giving you full visibility into what changes are made, when, and by whom.
Top-notch security and governance - Our support engineers only have read-only access unless you grant explicit permission for higher-level actions, keeping your environment secure.
With Azure Lighthouse, SoftwareOne delivers a streamlined and secure management experience, optimized for performance at every scale.
Efficient service delivery - We provide top-tier managed services without the complexity of managing each tenant separately. Our focus is on delivering the best service, faster.
Scalable management - Thanks to automation, SoftwareOne manages multiple customers effortlessly, reducing operational costs and improving service consistency.
Security first - We follow strict role-based access protocols, ensuring that our team only gets elevated access with your explicit approval, minimizing any potential risks.
Not activating Azure Lighthouse may result in significant drawbacks for you and SoftwareOne:
For You
Limited visibility and control - You'll have less granular control over which service providers can access your environment and the actions they can perform.
Higher costs - Removing Azure Lighthouse access leads to increased Azure charges due to the lack of optimized management capabilities.
For SoftwareOne
Inefficient management - Without Azure Lighthouse, SoftwareOne faces increased complexity when managing multiple customers, reducing the efficiency of service delivery.
Security risks - Without built-in governance and role-based access controls, there's a higher risk of unauthorized actions within customer environments.
If you have any technical questions or concerns about the Azure Lighthouse activation process, contact our Services Support team. For details, see Contacting SoftwareOne Support.
To complete the Azure Lighthouse onboarding, you must have the subscription owner role in Azure.
Global administrators can assign the subscription owner role to the user who will complete the Azure Lighthouse onboarding.
Sign in to the Microsoft Azure portal as a Global Administrator.
Verify that you have permission to add role assignments. To verify:
In the Search bar, type Microsoft Entra ID.
Go to the Properties tab.
Under Access management for Azure resources, set the toggle to Yes. Your global admin username should be visible.
Click Save.
In the Search bar, type Subscriptions, and then on the Subscriptions page, click the required subscription.
In the left pane, select Access control (IAM).
Select the Role assignments tab to view the role assignments at this scope.
Click Add > Add role assignment.
On the Privileged administrator roles tab, select the Owner role and click Next.
On the Members tab, select the user to assign the Owner role to and click Next. You must select the user you want to use for the Azure Lighthouse onboarding.
On the Conditions tab, select Allow user to assign all roles (highly privileged) and click Next.
On the Review + assign tab, click Review + assign.
The Owner role is assigned to the user and displayed on the Role assignments tab in Azure:
After assigning the role in Azure, navigate to the Orders page in the Marketplace Platform to complete the onboarding steps. For step-by-step guidance, see Complete Azure Lighthouse Onboarding.
