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Consuming managed professional services as a client

Consuming managed professional services as a 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

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.
  2. In the Create section, select a plan and complete the following steps to create an instance:
    1. Enter a name.
    2. Enter a contact number.
    3. Optionally, enter additional information.
    4. Click Create. You are directed to the instance page.
  3. 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.

Requesting to complete the 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.