Managing your solution

AWS Partner Central you can manage your offering by publishing it to your AWS Partner Solution Finder listing, requesting an AWS Foundational Technical Review (FTR), and linking Software Product offerings to an AWS Marketplace listing.

Publication to AWS Solution Finder

Your solution is published to the AWS Solution Finder automatically after the following prerequisites are met:

Solution type	Prerequisites
Software Product, Managed Service, Consulting Service, Professional Service	Solution must meet one of the following prerequisites: The solution is validated by an AWS Foundation Technical Review (FTR). Refer to AWS Foundational Technical Review (FTR). The solution is associated with a confirmed designation application.
Hardware Product, Communications Product, Value-Added Resale AWS Service, Training Service, Distribution Service	Solution must meet both of the following prerequisites: The solution is associated with a confirmed designation application. The solution is approved by the AWS Partner Network team.

Removing a solution from AWS Partner Solution Finder

To remove a solution from your AWS Partner Solution Finder listing, mark it inactive in AWS Partner Central. In AWS Partner Central you can do this on the home page or the Solution details page.

To mark a solution inactive on the...	Do this...
The AWS Partner Central home page.	Sign in to AWS Partner Central. Choose Build, Solutions from the navigation bar. Choose the solution you want to remove. Choose Inactive.
The AWS Partner Central Solution details page.	On the Solution details page, choose the solution you want to remove. Choose Update Visibility. Choose Inactive.

AWS Foundational Technical Review (FTR)

You can obtain an FTR to validate each of your submitted and active Software Product, Managed Service, Consulting Service, or Professional Service solutions. An FTR helps you identify and mitigate technical risks. Solutions with FTR validation are published automatically to the AWS Solution Finder. For more information, refer to AWS Foundational Technical Review

To request an FTR

1. Sign in to AWS Partner Central.

2. Choose Build, Solutions from the navigation bar.

3. Choose the solution you want to submit.

4. Choose the Validation tab.

5. Download and review the AWS Foundational Technical Review Guide for Software Offerings or Service Offerings and FTR checklist for your solution type.

6. Complete the self-assessment checklist.

7. Upload the following files. Files may not exceed 3MB.

   • Self-assessment checklist.

   • Architecture diagram(s).

   • Other required or supplemental documentation relevant to your solution.

   • Case studies that demonstrate customer success specific to the solution.

8. Choose Request Foundational Technical Review.

Listing software solutions on AWS Marketplace

You can create a product listing for your software solution on AWS Marketplace. You can also link your solution to an existing product listing. The following sets of steps explain how to complete both tasks.

Note

To link your software solution to an AWS Marketplace product listing, you must first link your AWS Partner Central account to an AWS Marketplace account. For more information, refer to Linking AWS Partner Central accounts and AWS accounts in the AWS Partner Central Getting Started Guide.

To create a product listing

1. Sign in to AWS Partner Central.

2. Choose Build, Solutions from the navigation bar.

3. Create an offering or choose an existing solution.

4. On the Solution details page, choose the AWS Marketplace products tab.

5. Choose Create new.

6. Enter product details and choose a product type (AMI, SaaS, Container, or Server).

7. Enter a product title.

8. Choose Create product and connect.

9. Choose Continue to complete the listing on the AWS Marketplace Management Portal (AMMP). Or, choose Exit to return to the AWS Marketplace products tab.

To link to a product listing

1. Sign in to AWS Partner Central.

2. On the navigation bar, choose Build, then Solutions.

3. Create a solution or choose an existing solution.

4. From the solutions details view, choose the AWS Marketplace products tab.

Note

To unlink a product for your solution in AWS Partner Central, contact AWS Partner Central support.

AWS Marketplace software product listing and linking support

AWS Partner Central supports creating and linking AWS Marketplace software product listings for specific deployment and hosting options, as shown in the following table.

Note

You choose deployment and hosting options when you create a solution. You cannot change these options after creating a solution. To choose different deployment and hosting options for a solution, you can either create the solution again or contact contact AWS Partner Central support for help.

Who is primarily deploying the software?	Where the software primarily deployed?	Supported AWS Marketplace software product type
You	Your AWS account	SaaS
Your customer	Customer's AWS account	Server (Amazon Machine Image (AMI) or container)
You	On premise	Not supported
You	Customer's AWS account	Not supported
Your customer	On premise	Not supported
Your customer	Edge	Not supported
Your customer	Edge	Not supported