Accept the private offer
Once you complete any necessary prechecks, check permissions, and have your billing account ID ready, you're ready to accept a private offer.
Accepting the private offer means you agree to the terms and prices listed in the offer, creating a contractual agreement between your organization and the Microsoft partner. Accepting the private offer agreement includes:
Legal entity name to which the offer applies
Plans included in the offer
Private offer price
Custom legal terms for the offer, if applicable
Start and end dates when the negotiated price applies to this offer
Expiration date for the offer; you must accept the offer before this date
Important
The person accepting the private offer requires the correct permissions. For more information, see Roles and permissions.
The person designated to accept the offer can view and accept the private offer in either of two ways:
Option 1: Accept from e-mail: Select the link to the private offer sent by the partner via email. This opens the details of the private offer on a browser. View details and then select Accept private offer:
Option 2: Accept in Azure portal: Find the link to view and accept the offer in the private offers management dashboard of the marketplace within the Azure portal:
In the Azure portal, access the marketplace. You can search for marketplace in the search bar in Azure and select the marketplace icon:
Select Private offer management:
From the list of private offers, apply filters, if needed, to find the private offer:
Select the arrow (>) to expand details and view all plans included in a private offer:
Select View + accept to view details of the offer:
This opens the private offer with applicable information displayed. After reviewing all the details, select Accept private offer:
Once the offer is accepted, the offer can be purchased or subscribed to in the Azure portal. You're redirected to complete the offer in the private offer management module in the Azure portal, or you can navigate to the private offer management dashboard in the Azure portal to continue with the purchase process.
Important
After the private offer is accepted, preparing your custom products to purchase or subscribe can take up to one hour.
Offers that have been accepted and are pending purchase have the status of Accepted, pending purchase in the private offer management dashboard in the Azure portal:
Use the filters on the private offer management dashboard to filter for specific offers. You can filter by offer name, status, publisher (Microsoft partner name) or by preparer name:
Important
The person purchasing or subscribing to the private offer needs Azure subscription owner or subscription contributor permissions. To view required permissions, see Roles and permissions.