Buying subscriptions

NAVIGATION  Partner Portal > Networking Status > Network Manager > Manage > Secure Edge > Provisioning

The article explains how to purchase and provision Secure Edge user licenses through Network Manager. Confirm the user has the proper permissions to view and purchase with: Users page

For details about how to purchase a Secure Edge appliance, refer to Purchasing the Secure Edge appliance. To learn how to modify existing Secure Edge subscriptions, refer toCanceling service and removing subscribers.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN  Before you begin this process, ensure that you have configured your authentication provider as described in the Authentication Settings section of Start and configure your Cloud Gateway. If you do not do so, the softclient activation will fail.

Invite users

Secure Edge uses seat-based billing. By inviting users to be provisioned as new users, you purchase additional licenses for your platform.

  1. Navigate to portal.dattobackup.com

  2. Log in with your Partner Portal credentials.

  3. From the header menu, select Status > Networking Status.

  1. Select the name of a Network or Launch Network Manager, to load the Networking Manager.

  1. Navigate to Manage > Secure Edge.

  1. Click Provisioning, and then click the Invite Subscribers button.

  1. The Buy Datto Secure Edge pane opens. Select your subscription type.

  2. In the Add Users field, enter the email addresses of the users you'd like to invite to the service. To input multiple users, separate each email address with a carriage return.

  1. When you've finished creating your invitation list, click Add Users. The subscribers to invite populate in the Email section of the page.

  2. If the users will have access to the Secure Edge platform's software, check the Send download link and instructions box. If they'll only be connecting to the appliance and not using the software, you can leave the box cleared.

  1. Acknowledge the terms and conditions. Then, click Confirm.

  2. Your new subscribers will receive welcome emails that include the organization code and a link to download the Secure Edge software. They'll need to follow the workflow described in Datto Secure Edge software client: User Installation guide to complete the activation process.

Next steps

Are you deploying the Secure Edge solution for the first time? Follow the below steps to continue.