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Uba
Copper Contributor
Jan 23, 2025
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New benefits availability

Just wondering if anyone knows when the new partner benefits, which were supposed to be available from January 22, 2025, will actually show up in the Partner Center? I still can't see them.
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  • MartijnElfers's avatar
    MartijnElfers
    Jan 24, 2025

    Had similar issues with our partners. They logged a ticket and Microsoft confirmed that there're some issues with the new benefits. They did manually add the missing benefit for those partners in their Partner Center.

    So if you're missing some benefits, log a ticket and they should fix it. Or indeed wait till they fix the broader issue.

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ClimeversePartnerManager1
Copper Contributor
Jan 30, 2025

We have requested a top-up. It makes sense to not have to wait a whole renewal cycle, and also to have parity with partners who:

  1. Bought < Jan 22, 2025 paying for lesser product till the end of the rewal cycle in Dec
  2. Bought >= Jan 22, 2025 receive [arguably] twice the value, for the same price, for the same program.

 

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/discussions/partnerbenefitsforum/icymi-new-partner-blog--updated-partner-benefits/4369520/replies/4372505

I hope the partner team reconsiders the decision for all partners with this scenario in mind.

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JeffMCM
Brass Contributor
Jan 31, 2025

I agree; it's a kick in the teeth to be so petty with what practically costs them nothing to provide for their partners.