Changing from Yearly/Monthly to Pay-per-Use

Scenario

Administrators can change the billing mode of desktops with an estimated validity period from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use.

The change takes effect only after the yearly/monthly subscription expires.

Constraints

• The billing mode can be changed from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use only after you have passed real-name authentication.
• The billing mode can be changed from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use only for desktops whose order status is Provisioned. To check the order status, hover over Billing in the upper part of the console and choose Renewal from the drop-down list.

Procedure

1. Log in to the Workspace console.
2. Hover over Billing in the upper part of the console and choose Renewal from the drop-down list. The Renewals page is displayed.
3. Customize search criteria, as shown in Figure 1.
   • Under the Pay-per-Use After Expiration tab, you can check the resources that have already been set to change to pay-per-use billing upon expiration.
   • Under the Manual Renewals, Auto Renewals, and Renewals Canceled tabs, you can change the resources to pay-per-use billing upon expiration.
     Figure 1 Renewals
     

4. Change yearly/monthly desktops to pay-per-use billing upon expiration, as shown in Figure 2.
   • For one desktop: Select the desktop for which you want to change the billing mode, and choose More > Change to Pay-per-Use After Expiration in the Operation column.
     Figure 2 Changing the billing mode of one desktop to pay-per-use billing
     
   • For multiple desktops: Select the desktops for which you want to change the billing mode, and click Change to Pay-per-Use After Expiration above the resource list, as shown in Figure 3.
     Figure 3 Changing the billing mode of multiple desktops to pay-per-use billing
     

5. Confirm the subscription change details, and click Change to Pay-per-Use After Expiration, as shown in Figure 4.
   Figure 4 Changing the billing mode to pay-per-use billing upon expiration