by Mike Clark, VP, Partner Center Engineering Team
Partners are navigating rapid shifts in customer priorities, and many of you are doing it while modernizing the systems that run your business. Security, compliance, and reliable integrations aren’t side work anymore. They’re foundational to protecting customers and keeping day-to-day operations moving.
That’s why Microsoft is rolling out a set of security, technical, and commerce updates designed to strengthen the partner ecosystem, modernize integrations, and reduce the risk of service disruption. Some changes are already in effect, and several more are coming soon. This post gives your technical teams a clear view of what’s changed, what’s next, and what to do now so you can stay compliant and maintain continuity. These updates are part of our continued effort to strengthen the partner and customer experience across the ecosystem.
Recent improvements strengthening partner security and reliability
Over the past few months, we’ve made progress on several technical and API enhancements to support consistent workflows and give partners clear, actionable paths to meeting requirements. By understanding what’s changing and why, partners can optimize their systems early, prevent avoidable delays, and create smoother end‑to‑end commerce and operational workflows.
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