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ShayD
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Feb 05, 2026
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URGENT: CSP Direct-Bill Termination. Mistakenly. Support Exhausted, Customers at Risk. MSFT, Help

We are a longstanding Microsoft partner (AOS-G and CSP Direct Bill) and urgently need escalation. Our support channels, including GetHelp escalation, have been unable to resolve or explain an unexplained and unwarranted termination notice, and the 30-day clock is running. This directly impacts our mutual customers and if not resolved ASAP.

 

What Happened

  • January 29, 2026: We received a 30-day termination notice stating we have not met CSP direct bill eligibility requirements. We are indeed compliant and believe this is an error. We provided evidence of compliance to Support and GetHelp several times, but no one has been able to identify what requirement we allegedly fail to meet or propose a solution. They continually say they are working on the issue and will get back to us in a couple days.

    • Notably, we did not receive a 90-day or 60-day advance notice as required by Microsoft's documented process for at risk Direct Sell partners. We confirmed via Exchange message trace that no related emails were received in the prior 90 days.
  • January 20: Nine days before the notice, we began receiving Error 715-123220 preventing us from adding new customers in Partner Center, suggesting our capabilities were already restricted before we were even notified.

 

Tickets Needing Escalation

 

#1 — GetHelp #11414107 / Support Request #2602030010000038 CSP Direct Bill termination notice. No substantive response beyond "we are working on it."

 

#2 — GetHelp #11412447 / Support Request #2601200010001797 Error 715-123220 preventing new customer additions since January 20. Same status.

 

Microsoft, please help:

 

We request these tickets be escalated to the appropriate CSP or Legal team for immediate review and to stop the termination process ASAP.

Any Microsoft staff who can assist — we would be deeply grateful!

 

 

Thank you, sincerely.

Shay

 

  • Good news!  We received a formal letter from Microsoft that the CSP Direct Bill Termination notice was sent in error and there is no issue.

     

    As such, our concerns do not need any attention here.  I appreciate the time anyone has taken reading this and I hope that this information may be useful to other partners if they have been in the same situation.

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    ShayD
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    Good news!  We received a formal letter from Microsoft that the CSP Direct Bill Termination notice was sent in error and there is no issue.

     

    As such, our concerns do not need any attention here.  I appreciate the time anyone has taken reading this and I hope that this information may be useful to other partners if they have been in the same situation.

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