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Pending Oct 1 Direct Bill requirement changes.
The issue seemed to stem from some incorrect learn.microsoft.com documentation that stated Direct CSP Azure Plan -> Indirect CSP Azure Plan required resource moves because the transfer was not supported. I, my Distributor and Microsoft ASfP support have all confirmed that was originally a problem. It wasn't until I was connected to a CSP lead in the partner program that I was told the published documentation is incorrect. I'm still working a ticket with Microsoft on this to confirm it and come up with a plan to do the changes.
It requires setting up a new Indirect CSP tenant because if you transitioned the same tenant from an Indirect CSP tenant to a Direct CSP tenant, you lose access to Indirect CSP menus such as the Indirect transfer request functionality. So there's that. From there, I was assured we could make the transfer request in the same way that we did from Indirect CSP Azure Plan -> Direct Bill CSP Azure Plan. I've not done it yet so I cannot confirm that it really does work like the transition to Direct did. We'll see.
The requirement seems to be very much in flux. Short recap.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/partner-center/customers/transfer-azure-subscriptions-under-azure-plan
Indirect CSP Azure Plan transfer to Direct (direct or distributor) CSP Azure Plan is supported and works.
Indirect CSP Azure Plan transfer to Indirect CSP Azure Plan is supported and works.
Direct (direct or distributor) CSP Azure Plan transfer to Indirect CSP Azure Plan is what is in question.
I'm not talking about Commercial Direct, EA or any of the legacy Azure subscriptions.