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Visual Studio Lite benefits - without Azure Credits and Keys
New benefits have been released as of February 13, 2026. Partner Blog | Expanded partner benefits are now available: What’s new in February 2026 | Microsoft Community Hub
The team also mentioned:
Refresh went live Feb 13, so any benefits packages that are available to purchase now will reflect that. Note that the changes are retroactive, except for changes to Microsoft Visual Studio.
Some other announcement links in case you find them helpful:
Explore your Visual Studio and GitHub benefits - Partner Center | Microsoft Learn
Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program: Key updates to developer benefits and Visual Studio access
Manage Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program benefits - Partner Center | Microsoft Learn
Thank you for your feedback as well!
Microsoft is punishing the MS community for it's bad company results.
There are more benefits on individual credits than a collective one. On the upcoming crisis more Azure Engineers will become unemployed and this could be the lifeboat for them to keep up to date with Azure know how. Now, they will have additionally to bleed their savings.
What's next on this 'Vmware strategy' ? Paying for Visual Studio Code ?
Bill Gates: come back please!