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FY27 Distributor Incentives - Few Questions
Dear team, We are a Distributor and need to understand better the mechanics of the FY27 incentives. More specifically, please find below the questions we need to sort the soonest possible: Regarding the growth accelerator, is there any minimum threshold above which we are eligible to receive the Disti rebate or the growth applies even to one new additional licenses? Again, regarding the growth accelerator, the Disti rebates applies only to the new licenses added or to the new total number of licenses following the additions? Example: current config. with 100x ME5. We plan to add 100x more ME5. Will we have to apply the Disti rebate on the new 100x ME5 or to the total 200 ME5? Thank you so much for your clarifications that are crucial for our business planning! Warm regards, NickSolvednick_AnagJul 20, 2026Iron Contributor107Views1like3CommentsSolutions Partner Designation: What happens following a tenant merge?
Dear team, We are a Distributor and we need to complete a tenant merge. Following that scenario, could you please enlighten me what will happen with our current Solutions Partner Designation (SPD) we have recently renewed? Will we still be able to utilize all benefits coming from the SPD until their next renewal, during which all benefits & SPDs will be counted in total as we will be encountered as "one organization" following our tenant merge completion? Much appreciated in advance for your prompt and critical support to close this the soonest possible. Warm regards, NickSolvednick_AnagMay 25, 2026Iron Contributor156Views1like5CommentsE7/Agent 365 Benefits
Are there any plans to provide benefits that include Agent 365 and/or the complete E7 Suite.SolvedDean_GrossApr 28, 2026Silver Contributor304Views3likes10Comments
MAPICPP (CSP) community engagement
Hello all, What's up with the CSP Technical Training and Microsoft Partner Community Q&A Call's? Both calls have been cancelled since January. I believe that I read something about Microsoft restructuring the community engagements but I can't find where I read it, or any updates on what is happening. Are the calls coming back? Are they being replaced by another type of community call? Thanks! -jonSolvedjonwbstr24Mar 31, 2026Iron Contributor95Views2likes1CommentDynamics 365 Sales, Customer Services and Field service for IUR instead Sandbox
Hello, we are Microsoft partners for about 20 years. All the time, we have been paying for the Gold, or now the highest tier of Microsoft Partner benefit package. There was a recent change in benefits, that it removed old Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM Customer Engagement (Sales, Customer Service, Field Service) + Marketing..., to equivalent, BUT only Partner sandbox. Meaning, the product is not any more Internal Use rights, and is forbidden to run production, instead only test, demo, development partner sandbox license exists. Please, understand this is huge impact on benefit package, and you cannot tell me - this is an improvement. Asking the Microsoft Partner program, and Dynamics 365 Sales, Customer Service, and Field service, product groups to review the decision and bring back the internal use rights (IUR) production license grade back for Microsoft Partners...Solved256Views0likes5CommentsAzure sponsorship and cost management challenge
I am listening for years that Azure Sponsorship type of Azure subscriptions will get Azure Cost Management. This includes the view of prices inside portal.azure.com, managing budgets, checking each individual resources etc. Current / old portal - https://www.microsoftazuresponsorships.com/Usage , does not show costs per each resource (name), instead only per resources type. Not possible to set budgets, alerts, limits, and other things. So, again, when does Microsoft plans to upgrade Azure sponsorships to use Cost Management? Any reference (roadmap) link on this please?Solved781Views11likes13Comments
New FY26 benefits release date
As mentioned here https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/partner-center/benefits/benefits-faq-new the new benefits for FY26 should get available in February 2026. As we already have February 2026, is there an exact date when this will happen? Or will the new benefits only get available upon the annual renewal of the Partner Program as last time?SolvedTobiAFeb 02, 2026Brass Contributor651Views4likes8CommentsVisual Studio Lite benefits - without Azure Credits and Keys
As communicated earlier, the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program benefit offerings—including partner benefits packages, Solutions Partner designations, and specializations—will be updated later this month to support how you build, differentiate, and grow your business. The per-user monthly Azure credits associated with this benefit will no longer be available. You can still access organization-level Azure bulk credits that come with your benefits offering. This may require an Azure subscription migration for users to continue accessing credits, and we strongly recommend a change management plan for this transition. In addition, product keys will no longer be accessible within Visual Studio. Keys will instead be available as part of the benefits package(s) your organization holds and can be securely assigned to users directly from Partner Center. Please note that these changes will not be retroactively applied. They will go into effect when your organization renews its affected benefits offering(s) or if you activate a new offering on or after the February update. We have been partners for 20 years and using Partner benefits. Again, Microsoft tries to lower benefits, and in parallel benefit package price will increase (due to different reasons). This discussion and community of partners, should unit and tell to Microsoft Partner Benefits program that: Partners have employees/users, that use current Visual Studio benefit, that is (like MSDN), having the user access to keys and Azure credits, for specific user / employee need of test, dev, demo etc. Azure Bulk credit was never the same and cannot be used as a same Azure Bulk credit / Azure sponsorship, does not have cost control, Azure budgets and other methods. (This is in plan to change for several years, no progress) on Azure technical side. Will Microsoft increase Azure Bulk credits to compensate te amount of included benefit usage? Dear, Microsoft, please leave current Partner Benefits, with full Visual Studio, including Azure credits, and Keys for assigned users, without moving to lower benefit - Visual Studio Lite. Thank you for understanding, and hope this will not be active in production after partner renewals.Solved2KViews16likes19Comments
Do benefits of different partner programs add up?
Situation I hope my question is located correctly in this community. If not: Please inform me so! We are a small SMB company developing cloud-based software. We bought the Partner Success Core Benefits which grants us 2.400 $ worth of Azure bulk credits and 15 Microsoft 365 Business Premium licenses per year. Goal Our company is working on the qualification for the Solutions Partner "Data & AI" (SMB) status. We plan to buy the respective Solutions Partner designation which will buy us 6.000 $ worth of Azure bulk credits and 100 Microsoft 365 E3 licenses per year. Question Will the benefits of the Partner Success Core Benefits and the Solutions Partner "Data & AI" add up? Example: Partner program Azure bulk credits Microsoft 365 licenses Partner Success Core Benefits 2.400 $ Azure bulk credits 15 (Business Premium) Solutions Partner "Data & AI" 6.000 $ Azure bulk credits 100 (E3) Total (?) 8.400 $ Azure bulk credits? 115 Microsoft 365 licenses? When we qualify for the Solutions Partner "Data & AI" designation, we probably will still be eligible for the Partner Success Core Benefits. There will at least be an overlapping time period where the Partner Success Core Benefits has not yet ended but the Solutions partner designation already has started. In this overlapping period: Do those benefits then add up? Can we use up ALL Azure credits? Or will the benefits be restricted to the higher benefits? Will we then get a refund for the Partner Success Core Benefits Could please someone enlighten us on this issue (and perhaps provide us with a link)? Best regards JPSolvedJP_SolvepackJan 09, 2026Copper Contributor343Views0likes5Comments
Azure MCPP Subscription
Hello When renewing partner benefits, an Azure subscription called MCPP Subscription appeared. We're currently receiving information that this subscription has expired and will be deleted soon. Should we worry about this? What's this subscription for, and should we do something about it?SolvedBanieczekOct 15, 2025Copper Contributor254Views0likes4Comments
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