Before linking you must first complete at least one exam or certification

Dear Microsoft

Microsoft partners gains awesome insights from learners skilling progress AND certifications under Insights in Partner Center!

Hence we guide our learners when "creating" their personal Microsoft Learn accounts to associate to the partnership - already when creating the Learn account.

Both to do the association to get the ESI-discount (now that association is also needed to have users showing up in ESI-insights unfortunately, as this change interferes with other processes to cross-check ESI users with actually associated accounts to the partnership) as well as associating to our partnership (already when creating the account, for FUTURE tracking in MAICPP programs!)

Why have you now made also this dramatically change for your partners, that interferes with our smoothly working processes?

I assume you didn´t even check with the partner community before making this change!

"Before linking your Microsoft Learn profile to your Partner Center account, you must first complete at least one exam or certification in your Microsoft Learn profile."



This and other recent changes really complex an already complex management of the partnership and fulfilment/maintenence of MAICPP!

Gabriel Yttermalm

Alliance Manager Microsoft for Digital Services Europe

(business line of Orange Business)