Developer Verification 1. Sept - 28. Nov 2024 (solved)

First of all today it seems like we got verified as developer - yet it doesn't feel like time to party for us. Because next we need to test if the hardware program works at all or if it's as flawed as the rest of the Partner Portal.

We started the process in September 2024, it was a very rough ride with Microsoft.

The Microsoft Partner Portal is full with bugs and when opening tickets Microsoft doesn't really fix them.

Don't try to fix problems by yourself you will just run into more problem (eg. removing the certificate or even removing the hardware program from an account - don't remove anything from an account by yourself because it doesn't work properly it will leave traces in the database which will lock out the particular features).

The entire process is useless from my point of view, Microsoft does a more extensive company review than the Certification Authority - so why require the EV Certificate at all? The only answer Microsoft can give is we don't want to interrupt the money flow to the Certification Authority.

The Microsoft support is ridiculous - max one email per day / max 5 days a week and not much useful.