Microsoft 365 Developer Program Eligibility

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.