As mentioned in the beginning of this chapter, although the process of creating a managed application is mostly the same, publishing an Azure managed application to the Azure marketplace has some key differences and obstacles.
The Azure marketplace offers users a variety of images from either Microsoft or third-party vendors to choose from. Those images can be deployed with minimal effort and present a very simple solution for building up infrastructure with predefined configuration.
Although using this marketplace offerings is quite simple, the publishing process includes several steps to verify, that the published solution meets the requirements of an Azure marketplace offering.
Please keep in mind, that we are discussing an Azure managed application marketplace offer which has some key differences compared to an Azure marketplace solution.