How to request a reseller relationship from a customer in Partner Center

Appropriate roles: Admin agent

If you want to manage a customer's service or subscription on their behalf, the customer must grant administrator permissions for that service or subscription and sign the Microsoft Customer Agreement.

If you want to establish a reseller relationship with a customer and to manage only the Azure subscriptions that you provision, you don't need to obtain administrator permissions.

Note

The option to not request permissions isn't available to partners operating in Microsoft Cloud for US Government or Microsoft Cloud Germany.

Invite a customer to establish a reseller relationship with you

You can request a reseller relationship with a customer from within your country/region or your same market. To request a reseller relationship, see Get delegated administration privileges from a customer.

Where a customer accepts an invitation

Where a customer accepts an invitation to establish a reseller relationship depends on whether the customer is in a public or national cloud:

Type of cloud customer Where the customer accepts a reseller relationship invitation
Customer in public cloud Microsoft 365 Admin Center
Customer in Partner Center for Microsoft Cloud Germany Microsoft Office Admin portal
Customer in Partner Center for Microsoft Cloud for US Government Microsoft Office Admin portal

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