1. Service Overview
1.1. Services Description
Alibaba Cloud partner growth plan aims of providing service escalation path, eco-service integrated framework and systematic support for partner customers, solving problems that partner customers and their sub-customers encounter when using Alibaba Cloud resources, increasing partner customers’ resale abilities.
1.2 Applicable Customer Scenario
Alibaba Cloud provides full-link service support to partner customers and their sub-customers when using Alibaba Cloud service resource
Partner customers undertake basic service for their sub-customers and Alibaba Cloud, as the escalation resource, provides full-link service support for partner and their sub-customers.
2. Service Scope
2.1. Partner Support Plan Service Scope
Service includes:
Alibaba Cloud International site product-related consulting, troubleshooting, usage support and other services for International site partner customers.
Service DO NOTinclude the following:
Code development and diagnosis
Business operation and maintenance trusteeship
The installation, testing, failure diagnosis, optimization and other daily operation and maintenance services for third-party software.
Note: For third-party software problems that are not within the scope of Alibaba Cloud partner growth plan, customers can log on to Alibaba Cloud Community for free consultation or contact merchants in the cloud market for help.
3. Prerequisites
Customer shall apply for the service at least 10 working days in advance, so as to evaluate customer's business objective, the feasibility of service and confirm whether Alibaba Cloud will undertake the service or not.
After confirming that Alibaba Cloud will undertake the service, customer shall place and pay for the order on the official website.
After Alibaba Cloud undertakes the service, customers shall assist to carry out services by providing venues, equipment, necessary non-production environment, remote access channels, permissions, clear business objectives, etc.
Customer shall review the service content formulated by Alibaba Cloud and confirm the specific service plan provided.
3.1. Division of Labor
3.1.1. Common Responsibilities of Customers and Alibaba Cloud
Both parties shall negotiate and confirm the specific business objectives and scope of the partner growth plan service content.
After reaching a consensus on business objectives, both parties shall make clear the delivery plan, work description and the division of responsibilities.
3.1.2. Customer's Responsibilities
Provide business context, channel size, growth trends and service requirements for a point person to evaluate customer's business objective and the feasibility of service.
Review the service content formulated by Alibaba Cloud and confirm the specific service plan based on solution and business requirements.
In the process of service, if problem concerned with third-party software occurs, the customer must be responsible for negotiating with the third party to assist Alibaba Cloud in solving problems.
3.1.3 Alibaba Cloud's Responsibilities
Provide support scheme based on customer's business objectives and scenario which meets customer's actual needs.
After the service is launched, Alibaba Cloud shall provide various service contents according to the service package customer selected (please refer to service items).
3.1.4. Standard of Completion
The partner growth plan that customer purchases enter into service cycle, and Alibaba Cloud completes service support within the corresponding service cycle.
3.2. Service items
Package | Service items | Service description |
Selected | Technical Support | 7×24 unlimited technical ticket |
IM Group | 7*24 | |
Service Management | Remote service manager to speed up emergency problems Remote TAM Pool | |
Cloud Resource Health check based on Advisor | 1 Time/Year | |
Package | Service items | Service description |
Premium | Technical Support | 7×24 unlimited technical ticket |
IM Group | 7*24 | |
Service Management | Designated technical account manager to speed up emergency problems and proactively assist with optimization and coordinate access to programs Dedicated TAM | |
Critical Time Guarantee | 1 Time/Year | |
Cloud Resource Health check based on Advisor | 1 Time/Quarter | |
Cloud Migration Consulting Service | 1 Time/Year | |
Application Migration Implementation Service | Additional cost, enjoy 10% discount on migration implementation service | |
Landing Zone General Design | 1 Time/Year Enjoy 10% discount on detailed Landing Zone design and implementation | |
Security Management Service | Additional cost, enjoy 10% discount on security management service | |
Package | Service items | Service description |
Elite | Technical Support | 7×24 unlimited technical ticket |
IM Group | 7*24 | |
Service Management | Designated technical account manager to speed up emergency problems and proactively assist with optimization and coordinate access to programs Dedicated TAM | |
Critical Time Guarantee | 2 Time/Year | |
Cloud Resource Health check based on Advisor | 1 Time/Month Provide cloud product usage report | |
Cloud Migration Consulting Service | 2 Time/Year | |
Application Migration Implementation Service | Additional cost, enjoy 20% discount on migration implementation service | |
Landing Zone General Design | 1 Time/Year Enjoy 20% discount on detailed Landing Zone design and implementation | |
Security Management Service | Additional cost, enjoy 20% discount on security management service | |
Package | Service items | Service description |
Flagship | Technical Support | 7×24 unlimited technical ticket |
IM Group | 7*24 | |
Service Management | Designated technical account manager to speed up emergency problems and proactively assist with optimization and coordinate access to programs Dedicated TAM | |
Critical Time Guarantee | 3 Time/Year | |
Cloud Resource Health check based on Advisor | 1 Time/Month Provide cloud product usage report | |
Cloud Migration Consulting Service | 3 Time/Year | |
Application Migration Implementation Service | Additional cost, enjoy 30% discount on migration implementation service | |
Landing Zone General Design | 1 Time/Year Enjoy 30% discount on detailed Landing Zone design and implementation | |
Security Management Service | Additional cost, enjoy 30% discount on security management service |
4. Service SLA
Serial Number | Severity Level | Description | Response Level |
1 | Critical | Business-critical system/component down, needs immediate support | < 15mins |
2 | Urgent | Production system/component down or greatly impaired, need quick support | < 40mins |
3 | High | Key system impaired | < 4hrs |
4 | Medium | System impaired | < 8hrs |
5 | Low | General question or requests | < 18hrs |
5. Service process
6. Acceptance criteria
Alibaba Cloud provides the following deliverables:
Package | Deliverables | Type of deliverables |
Elite | Ticket Closure | Ticket |
Product usage /Service Summary Report | Document | |
Flagship | Ticket Closure | Ticket |
IM Enterprise Group | Enterprise Group | |
Critical Time Guarantee/Product usage /Service Summary Report | Document |
7. Mark of Completion
The time-based partner growth plan enters into normal service cycle, and Alibaba Cloud provides service within the corresponding service cycle.