I want to consider running some of my customer workloads on the Windows Azure Platform. What do I need to do to build and resell a Windows Azure platform-based hosting service to my customers?
The first choice you must make is whether you wish to bill the customer for their Windows Azure platform usage yourself or have Microsoft bill them for you. Microsoft has two partner models, an ‘Embedded’ Windows Azure platform model and a ‘Built For’ Windows Azure platform model. If you choose the ‘Embedded’ model, then you will have your own account with Microsoft, you will build tools and utilities on top of the Windows Azure platform that your customers will access to make use of the platform, and any resulting usage will be billed to your account. If you want to map your aggregate Windows Azure platform usage back to individual end customers for rebilling purposes, it is up to you to include the appropriate usage tracking in your tools and utilities. If you choose the ‘Built For’ model, your end customer will sign up for a Windows Azure platform account directly with Microsoft, and then access your tools and utilities after they have logged in so that usage is billed directly to t
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