Forum Discussion
Benefit expiration tied to membership end date
The benefit end date is now aligned with the membership end date. (Source) That means, if my Partner Core Benefits expire on day X, the Microsoft 365 internal use benefits also expire on day X.
On the surface, this makes perfect sense, but, in practice, this makes renewal extremely inconvenient:
- Partner programs cannot be renewed before they expire, so I can only renew them on day X or later.
- Microsoft 365 subscriptions must be renewed before they expire, so I must renew them no later than day X.
That means that the person responsible for renewing these things must work on day X - no matter if it's a week-end, a national holiday or a long-planned vacation. Getting sick or having a power outage on that day is out of the question as well, or all the Microsoft 365 mail accounts will stop working.
Can Microsoft do something to make this a little less stressful for us poor sysadmins? Either add a few grace days to the expiry of Microsoft 365, or allow us to voluntarily renew our partner subscriptions earlier - I don't mind losing a few days of benefits, if it help ensure that everything can be done well ahead of time.