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Appropriate roles: Indirect provider
CSP indirect providers can create a CSP Reseller Sandbox account by way of their own Tier 2 Sandbox account in Partner Center.
Important
Self-serve sandbox creation isn't yet generally available but is coming soon.
Prerequisites
- Partner Center indirect provider (Tier 2) or Direct Billing (Tier 1) production tenant and global admin credentials. The sandbox scenario supports authentication with both the standalone App and App + User credentials.
- Microsoft Entra tenant. For information on how to set up a Microsoft Entra tenant, see the Quickstart: Set up a tenant.
- Role prerequisite for create tenant: you must have the Tenant Creator role on the tenant.
- The Microsoft Entra tenant must have a configured Billing Account and Azure subscription.
- If you don't have a Billing account, you can sign up for one. A Partner isn't charged for creating a Billing account.
- For more information, see Billing accounts and scopes in Azure portal and Create Azure subscriptions programmatically.
- The sandbox scenario supports authentication with both the standalone App and App + User credentials.
Note
CSP Integration and Reseller Sandboxes aren't available for Control Panel Vendor (CPV) partners.
Create a CSP integration sandbox account
- Sign in to Partner Center by way of your Tier 2 Sandbox account or Direct Billing (Tier 1) Sandbox account.
- Select the Settings (gear) icon in upper right corner, then choose Account settings.
- On Account settings, under the Integration sandbox menu, select Create Sandbox Tenant.
- Follow the enrollment steps:
- Provide the required information on the Create Sandbox page. A Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA) Billing account is now mandatory during the creation process.
- Then, in the left navigation pane, select Associate Sandbox Tenant.
- Sign in with the global administrator credentials of the new tenant you created in step a.
- After you sign in successfully, the Reseller Sandbox account is created. This account doesn't undergo vetting. It activates as soon as you finish the account enrollment. Make a note of the sandbox ___domain for your reference.
- In Partner Center, sign out and then sign in again using the global administrator credentials for the new tenant.
Here are some examples of what you can manage by using the Reseller Sandbox:
- Profiles
- Users and roles
- Indirect Providers
- CSP Sandbox customers
- Relationships
Sandbox indirect provider: delete a Reseller Sandbox account using the Partner Center user interface
This option is a Sandbox only feature that helps Sandbox indirect providers delete an existing Reseller Sandbox account by way of Partner Center.
Prerequisites to delete a Reseller Sandbox account
An existing CSP Reseller Sandbox account associated with your own CSP Indirect Provider Tier-2 Sandbox account.
Delete a CSP Reseller Sandbox account
- Sign into Partner Center using your Tier 2 Sandbox account.
- Navigate to Resellers from the left menu.
- Select the Delete Reseller Sandbox link next to the Reseller Sandbox account you want to delete. The Reseller Sandbox account is permanently deleted and can't be recovered.