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name: sell-manage-actual-engagements-client
title: Consuming managed professional services as a client
description: To start using managed professional services as a client, navigate to the IBM Cloud® catalog to discover and provision IBM Business Partner-managed offerings. After you select a service, complete the steps for provisioning an instance and confirm the engagement to help ensure a smooth activation of the service.
last-updated: 2026-01-13
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# Consuming managed professional services as a client
{: #consume-mps-client}

To start using managed professional services as a client, navigate to the IBM Cloud® catalog to discover and provision IBM Business Partner-managed offerings. After you select a service, complete the steps for provisioning an instance and confirm the engagement to help ensure a smooth activation of the service.

## Managing resource provisioning
{: #manage-resource-provisioning}

After the pricing is approved, you can publish the service and view it in the IBM Cloud catalog.

1. In the IBM Cloud console, click **Catalog > Professional services** and search for the service that was created during onboarding.
1. In the **Create** section, select a plan and complete the following steps to create an instance:
    1. Enter a name.
    1. Enter a contact number.
    1. Optionally, enter additional information.
    1. Click **Create**. You are directed to the instance page.
1. In the instance page, the **Engagement status** section displays the request stated as **Pending**. An email notification is sent to the Business Partner for approval.

For more information on using managed professional services as a Business Partner, see [Administering managed professional services as an IBM Business Partner](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/sell?topic=sell-consume-mps-partner&interface=ui&format=markdown).

## Requesting to complete the engagement
{: #request-complete-engagement}

As a client, you can request to complete the engagement, which the Business Partner then reviews and approves. After the engagement is completed, you are responsible for deleting the resources from the instance.