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title: Create a new SaaS offer in the Commercial Marketplace
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description: How to create a new Software as a Service (SaaS) offer for listing or selling in the Azure Marketplace, AppSource, or through the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program using the Commercial Marketplace portal on Microsoft Partner Center.
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title: Create a new SaaS offer for the Microsoft commercial marketplace
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description: How to create a new Software as a Service (SaaS) offer for listing or selling in Microsoft AppSource, Azure Marketplace, or through the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program using the Microsoft commercial marketplace program in Microsoft Partner Center.
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ms.service: marketplace
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ms.subservice: partnercenter-marketplace-publisher
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ms.topic: conceptual
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ms.date: 02/28/2020
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ms.date: 04/13/2020
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# Create a new SaaS offer
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To begin creating Software as a Service (SaaS) offers, ensure that you first [Create a Partner Center account](./create-account.md) and open the [Commercial Marketplace dashboard](https://partner.microsoft.com/dashboard/commercial-marketplace/offers), with the **Overview** tab selected.
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To begin creating Software as a Service (SaaS) offers, ensure that you first [create a Partner Center account](./create-account.md) and open the [Commercial Marketplace dashboard](https://partner.microsoft.com/dashboard/commercial-marketplace/offers), with the **Overview** tab selected.
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![Commercial Marketplace dashboard on Partner Center](./media/new-offer-overview.png)
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- For more extensive requirements, see the [SaaS Offer Publishing Guide](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/marketplace/marketplace-saas-applications-technical-publishing-guide).
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#### SaaS pricing and billing options
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With SaaS solutions running in the publisher's Azure subscription, license fees paid by customers include the cost of the infrastructure upon which the software is deployed. Azure infrastructure usage is managed and billed to you, the partner, directly. Actual infrastructure usage fees are not seen by the customer. Publishers should bundle Azure infrastructure usage fees into their software license pricing.
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SaaS offers support monthly or annual billing based on a flat fee, per user, or consumption charges using the metered billing service. Microsoft's commercial marketplace operates on an agency model, whereby publishers set prices, Microsoft bills customers, and Microsoft pays revenue to the publisher while withholding an agency fee.
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- **How do you want potential customers to interact with this listing offer?**
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##### Get it now (free)
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#### Get it now (free)
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List your offer to customers for free by providing a valid URL (beginning with *http* or *https*) where they can get a trial through [one-click authentication by using Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/marketplace/marketplace-saas-applications-technical-publishing-guide#using-azure-active-directory-to-enable-trials). For example: `https://contoso.com/saas-app`
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##### Free trial (listing)
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#### Free trial (listing)
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List your offer to customers with a link to a free trial by providing a valid URL (beginning with *http* or *https*), where they can get a trial through [one-click authentication by using Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/marketplace/marketplace-saas-applications-technical-publishing-guide#using-azure-active-directory-to-enable-trials). For example: `https://contoso.com/trial/saas-app`. Offer listing free trials are created, managed, and configured by your service and do not have subscriptions managed by Microsoft.
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> [!NOTE]
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> The tokens your application will receive through your trial link can only be used to obtain user information through Azure AD to automate account creation in your app. Microsoft Accounts (MSA) are not supported for authentication using this token.
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##### Contact me
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#### Contact me
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Collect customer contact information by connecting your Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system. The customer will be asked for permission to share their information. These customer details, along with the offer name, ID, and marketplace source where they found your offer, will be sent to the CRM system that you've configured. For more information about configuring your CRM, see [Connect lead management](#connect-lead-management).
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## Example marketplace offer listing
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## Enable a test drive
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A test drive is a great way to showcase your offer to potential customers by giving them the option to 'try before you buy', resulting in increased conversion and the generation of highly qualified leads. [Learn more about test drives.](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/marketplace/cloud-partner-portal/test-drive/what-is-test-drive)
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A test drive is a great way to showcase your offer to potential customers by giving them the option to 'try before you buy', resulting in increased conversion and the generation of highly qualified leads. To learn more, see [Allow your customers to test drive your offer](./test-drive.md).
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- **Enable a test drive** (checkbox)
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By enabling test drive, you will be asked to configure a demonstration environment for customers to try your offer for a fixed period of time.
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#### Test drive resources
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- [Test Drive Technical Best Practices](https://github.com/Azure/AzureTestDrive/wiki/Test-Drive-Best-Practices)
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- [Test Drive Marketing Best Practices](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/marketplace/cloud-partner-portal/test-drive/marketing-and-best-practices)
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- [Test Drive Overview One Pager](https://assetsprod.microsoft.com/mpn/azure-marketplace-appsource-test-drives.pdf)
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### Test drive resources
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- [Test Drive marketing best practices](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/marketplace/cloud-partner-portal/test-drive/marketing-and-best-practices)- [Test Drive technical best practices](https://github.com/Azure/AzureTestDrive/wiki/Test-Drive-Best-Practices)
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- [Test Drive overview (PDF download)](https://assetsprod.microsoft.com/mpn/azure-marketplace-appsource-test-drives.pdf)
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![Example marketplace plan listing with notes](./media/marketplace-plan.svg)
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## Test drive
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[!INCLUDE [Test drive content](./includes/commercial-marketplace-test-drive.md)]
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## Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) Reseller Audience
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Electing to make your offer available in the CSP program enables Cloud Solution Providers to sell your product as part of a bundled solution to their customers. For more information, see [Cloud Solution Providers](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2111109).
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Once you have completed all the required sections of the offer, select **publish** in the top-right corner of the portal. You will be re-directed to the **Review and publish** page.
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If this is your first time publishing this offer, you can:
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