Forum Discussion
Do benefits of different partner programs add up?
Situation
I hope my question is located correctly in this community. If not: Please inform me so!
We are a small SMB company developing cloud-based software.
We bought the Partner Success Core Benefits which grants us 2.400 $ worth of Azure bulk credits and 15 Microsoft 365 Business Premium licenses per year.
Goal
Our company is working on the qualification for the Solutions Partner "Data & AI" (SMB) status.
We plan to buy the respective Solutions Partner designation which will buy us 6.000 $ worth of Azure bulk credits and 100 Microsoft 365 E3 licenses per year.
Question
Will the benefits of the Partner Success Core Benefits and the Solutions Partner "Data & AI" add up?
Example:
Partner program Azure bulk credits Microsoft 365 licenses
Partner Success Core Benefits 2.400 $ Azure bulk credits 15 (Business Premium)
Solutions Partner "Data & AI" 6.000 $ Azure bulk credits 100 (E3)
Total (?) 8.400 $ Azure bulk credits? 115 Microsoft 365 licenses?
When we qualify for the Solutions Partner "Data & AI" designation, we probably will still be eligible for the Partner Success Core Benefits. There will at least be an overlapping time period where the Partner Success Core Benefits has not yet ended but the Solutions partner designation already has started.
In this overlapping period:
- Do those benefits then add up?
- Can we use up ALL Azure credits?
- Or will the benefits be restricted to the higher benefits?
- Will we then get a refund for the Partner Success Core Benefits
Could please someone enlighten us on this issue (and perhaps provide us with a link)?
Best regards
JP
Teams response:
"All benefit kits are stackable, so yes, they will add up."
5 Replies
- JillArmourMicrosoft
Community Manager
Teams response:
"All benefit kits are stackable, so yes, they will add up."
The documentation is not clear on this. It states you cannot purchase more than one Benefits pack, but nothing about whether you can have the one Benefits pack and also then add-on the Solutions Partner designations benefits.
Assuming you can, then the benefits should be additive. You would get both sets of benefits.
Note that IMO the Azure bulk credits are painful to use in the real world as you can only use these on PAYG Azure subscriptions, and I don't believe you can have more than one bulk credit assigned at the same time to the same subscription.
We are a solutions partner across all six main designations, so only ever purchase the solutions partner benefits.
The MAICPP benefits guide does not explain the scenario either. https://aka.ms/solutionspartner.benefits
- JillArmourMicrosoft
Hello JP_Solvepack I have moved your inquiry to our Partner benefits board and I will try to connect with someone internally to respond, but in the meantime, I am tagging a few superusers in case they can shed some light. 🤩
Thank you for your time and effort, Jill!
BR JP- JillArmourMicrosoft
You got it! Glad I was able to confirm an answer for you.
