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Microsoft 365 Developer Program Eligibility
I was excited to hear all of the buzz around the revamped M365 Dev Program and eligibility for MAICPP participants (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/developer-program/microsoft-365-developer-program) especially for the sandbox subscription benefit:
Eligible MAICPP partner levels include:
- Azure Expert Managed Service Providers (MSP)
- Solutions Partners
- Specialization Partners
- Managed Partners
- Microsoft Action Pack Subscribers
- Partner Success Core Benefits Recipients
- Partner Success Expanded Benefits Recipients
- Partner Launch Benefits Recipients
- Legacy Gold/Silver Partners
However, when I log into my dashboard (https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/profile), it says "you don't currently qualify for..." instead of the experience outlined in the help docs and announcements. Has anyone been able to provision a new M365 sandbox subscription with the new provisioning method?
I have reached out to partner support, but they referred me to the dev program alias and nobody there has replied.
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- JillArmourMicrosoft
Community Manager
I haven't been able to find an subject matter expert on this but I did find this discussion board that you may have better luck getting answers from: Microsoft 365 Developer | Microsoft Community Hub.
Try publishing your inquiry on that board and see what comes back?
If you do find an answer will you post it back in this string as well to share the knowledge? Thank you dtrent​!
Thank you for following up on this Jill! Really appreciate it!
I also tried the Visual Studio route outlined in the docs and that didn't work either 😔
I did have a developer sandbox back in the day which my phone number was tied to. My hunch is that because I deleted that profile while I was trying to get this to work, I have to wait the 60 day period described in the docs before my account is eligible again. Although, others in my org can't get it to work either and they've never had a sandbox subscription before.
I wish that because the program was just overhauled and MAICPP members are specifically called out as eligible members, there should be a less opaque way to get take advantage of this benefit. Doing dev in a prod tenant to keep up with the rapid pace of change and working on potential customer ideas doesn't give me the best feeling. I understand that people were abusing the program before the overhaul, but now I feel that we're being locked out because of the bad actors of the past.
I will post to the other board you found and I'll definitely update this thread with any developments I have. Staying optimistic that it will work soon!
Thanks again.
- JillArmourMicrosoft
I'm moving your post to our partner-led tech questions board in hopes that some of our superusers (tagged here) have some knowledge or experience to share. 🤩
Thank you, Jill! Really appreciate your reply and help with this!
Would love to know the answer to this as well - seems like to get access to the developer program you need to purchase a VS Code Professional license - want to confirm.
