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jamesyenke
Mar 12, 2024Copper Contributor
Can't register for Microsoft Hardware Developer Program
When trying to sign in to register for the windows Hardware developer program, It throws an error saying that my account isn't a Microsoft account but it very much is. In fact, it's an Entra ID Globa...
- May 01, 2024Just to inform everyone here waiting for a solution to this problem: now the registration to Hardware Developer Program seems to be working again. I've been able to register and to submit our Secure Boot SHIM to be signed.
JillArmourMicrosoft
Community Manager
Mar 15, 2024MartijnElfers, Nick_Beacroft, ClaudioStallone or blakecheek are any of you tech guru's in the partner center and have advice for this fellow partner?
jamesyenke I would also submit a support ticket for this!
- ClaudioStalloneMar 18, 2024Steel Contributor
Hi JillArmourMicrosoft, Hi jamesyenke
Unfortunately I have no experience with registering the "Microsoft Windows Hardware Developer Program", but what I found is the following:
have you met these requirements?
Prerequisites
If you have an existing organization Dev Center account that you want to use for the Hardware program, sign in with it before you begin registration.
You must have an Extended Validation (EV) code signing certificate. Check whether your organization already has a code signing certificate. If your company already has a certificate, have the certificate available. If your organization doesn't have a certificate, you'll need to purchase an EV certificate. You only need the certificate to register for the Hardware Developer Program. You don't need to sign your driver with it.
You'll need to sign in with your organization’s Microsoft Entra ID Global administrator account. If you don’t know whether your organization has an Microsoft Entra ID directory, contact your IT department. If your organization doesn’t have an Microsoft Entra ID directory, you'll be able to create one for free during the registration process.
You must have the authority to sign legal agreements on behalf of your organization.
- SimonSaterMar 22, 2024Copper Contributor
Hello, We are experiencing the same exact problem no matter what we do we cannot get that registration page to load.
Prerequisites response:
- We do not
- We do from DigiCert
- We did and we made sure it was Global Admin
- We do and the CEO is even envolved at this point
From the partner protal we went to
https://partner.microsoft.com/dashboard/v2/account-settings/settings/programs
from there we clicked on "Get Started" for the hardware program that redirectes to
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=831171
then we get the page that says
"Sign in with your Microsoft account to continue
We support only Microsoft accounts (Outlook/Live) for registering into the Windows Desktop Applications program."
I find it quite interesting that it says "Windows Desktop Applications program" even though we clicked on "hardware"? It has a different link to the Desktop Applications one too.On the Global Admin account it says "Windows & Xbox" like it clearly seems wrong / broken.
We are quite puzzled and we would hope for a fix or a workaround as soon as possible please.
Kind Regards,
Simon- jamesyenkeMar 22, 2024Copper Contributor
I opened a case with Microsoft and they just informed me that the portal is down indefinitely...
"I also wanted to point out to add to my last email that currently Hardware Registration is down for all users. We are aware that the hardware registration page is currently unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Our team is actively working to remediate the issue and restore the page as soon as possible. However, at this time we do not have an estimated time of resolution."
- JillArmourMicrosoftMar 19, 2024
Community Manager
ClaudioStallone thank you for your help here!! Much appreciated. 🙂