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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 t...
HeinziAT I have heard back from the team and this is their response:
The partner program team is aware of this and is working on changes that will be announced in the near future which should address this potential issue.
So that is good news! - jill
While your notion is correct, it's missing additional changes to the renewal process of Benefits. As with this change, the renewal window for Benefits was also adjusted to 30-days prior to Membership end date. I guess, specifically to avoid scenario's like you described ;)
Thus you can (and should) renew your Benefits prior to the Membership end date.
Source: July 2026 announcements - Partner Center announcements | Microsoft Learn
Yes, I missed that. That's helpful, thanks!