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alfred45
Copper Contributor
Feb 05, 2024

Domain matching despite business verification rejection

Hello,

 

I have been working with support in good faith after submitting a ticket request; they had asked me to submit proof of business name document and a domain registration document to verify that the domain I have on my profile matches the domain on the registration:

 

"

Dear Partner, 

   

Thank you for your inquiry about your Microsoft Partner Network account in Partner Center. We need more information from you to verify your Microsoft Partner Network account. To proceed with your request, and review your organization's status, please help us by emailing us the following documents.  

 

Please ensure that they are issued within the previous 12 months: 

 

  • Domain registration / Domain invoice at registration or renewal that lists Entity/Username and domain as it is stated on your account.  
  •  
  • Official business document, such as a business registration form, business charter, or articles of incorporation that lists Entity name and address as it is stated on your account.  
  •  
  • If not possible to provide additional documentation, please update your account information to match with documents already provided.  
  •  

 

List of supported file types and max. file size:  

screenshots (only from a source such as government)  

.pdf format  

Attachments larger than 8MB cannot be received by our system. Please advise if you are unable to provide smaller attachments.  

 

Thank you and best regards,  

Microsoft Operations "

 

  When I submitted initially, they said that there were unable to open the PDF documents that were attached (first time this has ever happened to me):

 

"Dear Partner,  

 

We were unable to open any of the documents you have provided. Would you kindly send the documents again in the right format. 

Here is the list of the file types and max.file size that we require.  

 

  • screenshots (only from a source such as government)  
  • .pdf format  
  • Attachments larger than 8MB cannot be received by our system.  

 

Please advise if you are unable to provide smaller attachments.  

 

Thank you and best regards,  

Microsoft Operations"

 

So I resubmitted the second time with screenshots showing that I have the PDF attached on my side and reattached the same PDFs as the last email.  It appears that support then accepted the documents but sent this response:

 

"Dear Partner,  

  

I am afraid that the provided document does not list the domain that appears on your Profile. If additional documentation containing this info is not available, please update your Profile to match the documents already provided.  

  

Thank you and best regards,  

Microsoft Operations"

 

I am confident that the domain name on my profile exactly matched what is provided on the document, since it appears support accepted the domain registration document that I provided. Please see what should be attached as a screenshot below, showing the domain match:

 

Domain registration document:

 


 

Profile:

 

 

 

Again, I have and am continuing to work with them to resolve this, so how can I get this moving forward? If further requested, I can provide the ticket number as well.

 

    • alfred45's avatar
      alfred45
      Copper Contributor

      JillArmourMicrosoft 

       

      Hello, I submitted and when I looked at my account after a couple days, the status still said rejected.  In addition, the same support person sent the same email like the first time:

       

      "Dear Partner, 

         

      Thank you for your inquiry about your Microsoft Partner Network account in Partner Center. We need more information from you to verify your Microsoft Partner Network account. To proceed with your request, and review your organization's status, please help us by emailing us the following documents.  

       

      Please ensure that they are issued within the previous 12 months: 

       

      • Domain registration / Domain invoice at registration or renewal that lists Entity/Username and domain as it is stated on your account.  
      • Official business document, such as a business registration form, business charter, or articles of incorporation that lists Entity name and address as it is stated on your account.  
      • If not possible to provide additional documentation, please update your account information to match with documents already provided.  

       

      List of supported file types and max. file size:  

      screenshots (only from a source such as government)  

      .pdf format  

      Attachments larger than 8MB cannot be received by our system. Please advise if you are unable to provide smaller attachments.  

       

      Thank you and best regards,  

      Microsoft Operations "

       

      Do I send the same documents again? Because I updated my profile in my account it should match the documents already submitted? Also, because now the name is "Soupee.net" on my profile, my business document (domain registration document should match given your previous input) will no longer match exactly because the document will have either "Soupee" or "Soupee LLC."

       

      It seems I am stuck in a loop but am trying my best to ensure this is moving forward.

       

       

      • alfred45's avatar
        alfred45
        Copper Contributor

        So, finally it appears that the domain name I had matches, but now they say the address does not match the profile:

         

        "

        Dear Partner,  

         

        Thank you for your email. I am afraid that the document you have provided does not contain the address that is displayed on your profile account.  

        Can you send us a recent document that contains the address and company name as they appear on your account? 

        If unable to provide additional documentation, please update your Profile to match the documents you have already provided.  

         

         

        Please ensure that they are issued within the previous 12 months: 

        • Domain registration / Domain invoice at registration or renewal that lists Entity/Username and domain as it is stated on your account.  
        • Official business document, such as a business registration form, business charter, or articles of incorporation that lists Entity name and address as it is stated on your account.  
        • If not possible to provide additional documentation, please update your account information to match with documents already provided.  
        • If you are operating as a Sole Proprietor, please update your company name to be your legal name.  

         

        Thank you and best regards,  

        Microsoft Operations "

         

        I doubled checked to see that the address should match. Maybe I should highlight in a screenshot showing the address; it would be helpful if they specifically highlighted the issue, such as the "Rd." is used in this document, but "Road" is on your profile?  If I can instantly communicate with the person, maybe this could be resolved in the matter of minutes.

    • aetherbind's avatar
      aetherbind
      Copper Contributor

      JillArmourMicrosoft  :xd::facepalm: please make it make sense. This is absolutely ridiculous. the last update from @alfred45 was march 6th. Do you think he ever managed to get them to approve. I'm about 6 weeks in now too. 

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