Invoicing an Azure Reservation

Invoicing an Azure Reservation on BSS & Storefront


With the completion of the order execution, our system will generate an invoice for charging either in advance for one or three years or in monthly payments for twelve or thirty six months (depending which Azure reservation you selected). The reseller / direct customer will know exactly what he pays for his Azure Reservations as there will be separate invoices for his Azure Reservations and his pay-as-you-go Azure subscriptions. In the following two tabs you can find the analysis of both Billing Frequency types (One-Time & Monthly).

Charge for "One-Time" Billing Frequency

  • The is a link to the asset record.
  • The Code is the products code.
  • The Description of an Azure Reservation item is the Microsoft SKU title.
  • The Billing Period is empty only when the "Billing Frequency" was set to "One-Time".
  • The Unit Price depicts the whole cost of the product.
  • The Unit has the name Instance.
  • The Quantity is the number of same products (SKUs) which were ordered.
  • The Original Total is depicting the original unit price before any changes or discounts.
  • The Discount is depicting the percent of discount that the Original Total is experiencing.
  • The Total is depicting the final price, to be paid, after the changes or discounts have been implemented.
  • The Total Before Tax is the sum of Total prices before the addition of any VAT (if applicable).
  • The Final Price is the sum of Total prices after the addition of the VAT (if applicable).

Charge for "Monthly" Billing Frequency

  • The is a link to the asset record.
  • The Code is the products code.
  • The Description of an Azure Reservation item is the Microsoft SKU title.
  • The Billing Period is populated with the billing period of a month only when the "Billing Frequency" was set to "Monthly".
  • The Unit Price depicts the partial cost of the product for that month, indicated by the "Billing Period".
  • The Unit has the name Instance.
  • The Quantity is the number of same products (SKUs) which were ordered.
  • The Original Total is depicting the original unit price before any changes or discounts.
  • The Discount is depicting the percent of discount that the Original Total is experiencing.
  • The Total is depicting the final price, to be paid, after the changes or discounts have been implemented.
  • The Total Before Tax is the sum of Total prices before the addition of any VAT (if applicable).
  • The Final Price is the sum of Total prices after the addition of the VAT (if applicable).


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