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MartijnBreet
Iron Contributor
Jan 30, 2024
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MAICPP Membership payment option breaks enterprise payment policies

Dear Microsoft, dear fellow partners,   A recent change in payment options for partner membership will probably cause a lot of problems in larger partner companies. As announced on https://learn.mi...
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  • MartijnBreet's avatar
    MartijnBreet
    Feb 01, 2024

    Hi all, 

     

    after logging a ticket I received more details on announced change. 

     

    During our call I informed you that starting January 22, 2024, the Wire Transfer membership purchase option will not be 
    available for partners located in the 28 countries/regions, due to a currency change, however, 
    Netherlands is not one of the countries included on the 28 so you do not need to worry about the wire transfer being 
    disabled

    Still paying via wiretransfer in the other countries including Netherlands! Might be handy if the list of the 28 countries impacted would be added to the announcement. 

     

    Regards,

    Martijn 

LicensingConcierge1's avatar
LicensingConcierge1
Former Employee
Jan 30, 2024

Hi MartijnBreet 

 

Thank you for posting to the community! :smile:

 

A) are other partners really adding credit cards to their partnercenter account to pay for renewal

You are correct. Effective January 22, 2024, the Global admin to complete this process to make any purchases after January 2024. During this process, you can either link your Partner Center account to the existing Microsoft billing account and billing profile or create a new billing account and profile - Link billing account and profile to Partner Center account - Partner Center | Microsoft Learn

 

This new process is in alignment with Microsoft's new commerce platform, which offers a unified purchasing experience across Microsoft products. 

 

B) could Microsoft reconsider and just revert back to old process where we pay via wiretransfer?

There is an option to submit product feedback at the bottom of the link above. Feel free to use this option to submit the questions & feedback that you've posted today:

 

 

 

 

If this reply answers your question, please Accept as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly. Otherwise, please let me know if you need further assistance on this topic.


Regards,

Microsoft CSP Licensing Concierge

  • MartijnBreet's avatar
    MartijnBreet
    Iron Contributor
    Jan 30, 2024

    Dear LicensingConcierge1 

     

    Thank you for adding info. Do you agree the text in linked article is confusing at least?

    quote:
    The billing account represents an agreement that a customer accepts to use Microsoft products and services

    Although most partners are probably also a customer not all customers are partners. 

     

    And sorry to break the news: we do not consider credit cards to be a valid payment option for partner related transactions such as membership. The new process is not in line with what is considered reasonable by our Finance department. 

     

    Next step will be log a ticket so we'll have something our PDM can escalate. Suggest other partners do the same....

     

    Regards,

    Martijn

     

    ps: did I mention needing the GA role for an MPN transaction is a missed opportunity for the existing MPN admin role? 

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