Which APIs should CPVs query for Azure Plan

[cjmod]

It seems Microsoft has some big plans for Azure Plan in 2020. However, it's not clear what APIs CPVs should use to interact with this new offer.

Example: https://docs.microsoft.com/partner-center/develop/get-a-customer-s-utilization-record-for-azure says "this API is not supported for Azure plans. If you have an Azure plan, see the articles Get invoice unbilled consumption line items and Get invoice billed consumption line items instead."

However, both of the linked articles say "Except for bug fixes, this API is no longer being updated. You should update your applications to call the onetime API instead of marketplace. The onetime API provides additional functionality, and will continue to be updated."

Can someone help us understand what the "onetime API" is & where it's documented? Thanks!

[Andra]

Hi  @cjmod & @Ties,

Great question!

It sounds like documentation for this item is in progress and probably more information will be released soon. 

However I would not rely on assumptions, so perhaps @idwilliams has some insights on this.

Thanks,

Andra

[Andra · Accepted solution]

Hi @cjmod  & @Ties ,

Add-on to my reply.

I asked internally and got the following answer, hoping to get an in-depth clarification, after Holidays! 🙂

What this statement refers to is changing the value of the provider URI parameter from OneTime to marketplace in the calls to this API endpoint.  There isn't a separate API endpoint, just a different value passed to the existing endpoint.

Hope this helps,

Happy Winter Holidays!

Andra

[cjmod]

@Andra: Thank you for the clarification! The wording in documentation had me confused, but this makes sense  Hope you have a wonderful New Year!

[Andra]

Glad this helped, @cjmod!

Have a happy and succesful New Year!

Andra

[Ties]

I am also very interested in the answer to this question!