I have a question about upcoming FY26 on the Distributor side minimum of 30 million USD TTM billed.
I am in Tie Distribution, distributing in Thailand. i see New Update What does this mean, please elaborate. I want to know how the revenue is calculated and is the minimum really 30 million USD? How can I check how much the current amount is? How is the TTM billed CSP revenue measured, and where can we view our historical data?
Securing Global Administrator accounts
Hello all, According to this article: Use admin accounts only for Microsoft 365 administration. Admins should have a separate user account for their regular use of Microsoft 365 Apps, and only use their administrative account when necessary to manage accounts and devices, and while working on other admin functions. It's also a good idea to remove the Microsoft 365 license from your admin accounts so you don't have to pay for extra licenses. I should have a separate unlicensed admin account. How do I follow the above recommendation and continue to receive emails from the partner center? We have also been encouraged to use Privileged Identity Management, and use one account but only activate the admin role when needed. Does Microsoft recommend using PIM, or do they recommend using separate admin accounts? When using PIM, I only receive email sent to global administrators, when the PIM role is active. I am having trouble understanding how to follow this guidance when the admin portals do not appear to support emailing the "regular user account" of an administrator. When I asked Partner Center frontline support for clarification on this guidance I was asked to post my question here. Thanks!
Questions Regarding New CSP Authorization Enforcement Policies
I have the following questions about the scenario in which a direct bill partner does not meet the new requirements at the CSP tenant anniversary date: Restricted Status vs. Suspension/Revocation: Until recently, official documents indicated that at T+0, a direct bill partner would move to "Restricted" status, allowing them to continue billing and renewing existing customers, but not create new customers or subscriptions, for an indefinite period. This also allowed a reasonable timeframe for transition to indirect CSP. Now, the new enforcement policies state that at T+30, the tenant is placed in "Suspended" status, and at T+60, it is "Revoked," with no further possibility to operate on active customers and their subscriptions—even in cases where subscriptions have already been paid for annual or annual/monthly contracts. Could you clarify the reason for this change and the rationale behind the new, stricter enforcement timeline? Customer Transition Feasibility: How does Microsoft expect all customers to be transferred to an indirect provider within just 30–60 days after T+0? Is there any support or guidance for partners to manage such a rapid transition? Because in my opinion is not feasible and could be a potential risk to loose customers business. Prepaid Subscriptions: Even if it were possible to transfer all customers within the required timeframe, has Microsoft considered that many of these subscriptions have already been prepaid for an entire year or are in the middle of an annuality with monthly payments by the direct bill partner to Microsoft? We appreciate your attention to these concerns and look forward to your guidance on how to best manage compliance and customer impact under the new policies. My personal opinion is that is immediately necessary to restore the process as before with the Restricted Status if Direct Bill are not satisfied and give time (one year) to the partner to move to indirect provider all the customers/subscriptions. Thank you in advance for your support.i have a Question FY26 Indirect reseller security score Can't access it.
I must say that I am a Distributor and my Partners do not have access to the Security page and I want to make sure that they can access it. From what I have found, it only says that it is enforced for direct bill partners, distributors (formerly indirect provider), and indirect resellers. Can you please update this because the FY26 document requires that you Complete the mandatory requirements of the Partner Center security score. Please provide clarity on compliance with the Security requirements. FY26 When I click on the link Adn i see in Security Role i Not see Indirect reseller access On Partner Center Indirect reseller Can't access Even if they are Global Admins, they cannot access it.
Pending Oct 1 Direct Bill requirement changes.
Has anyone figured out a way to move Azure Plan subscriptions from Direct CSP to Indirect CSP without incurring customer downtime? Microsofts stance on this is absurd. Move and rebuild resources in a new Azure Plan subscription because technically Microsoft cannot reassign billing and they cornered all their new as of last year direct bill partners into tripling their revenue in 5 months with their May 2025 announcement. (300k to 1M) My clients have resources deployed that are supported but discontinued for new deployments and have global resources that cannot be subscription moved. None of this work was planned in their development budgets. I'm supposed to give them an extended, unplanned downtime so that their subscriptions are not locked due to these new Direct bill requirements. Every part of this move requires downtime in operations that was not requested by my customers. They will not look at the business continuity outage Microsoft is causing them favorably. Has anyone made any headway towards a reasonable solution to the problem. Thanks Derek Licciardi
Deployments calculation for Modern Work
Deployments score is calculated by dividing the Active usage values by the Qualified usage values and multiplying by 100 - this result must be greater than or equal to 40 percent, in order for achieving points required for membership qualification, If the results are less than 40 percent, then the customer in question will not meet the basic requirements, and no points are given. As of now, the Active usage value is the number of licenses available on a tenant, and not the actual amount of active users with a valid license assigned. Customers often have licenses with yearly commitment and also have an overage of MS 365 licenses, due to employee hirings and layoffs. This means that the calculated usage percentage if mostly lower than the real life percentages and can never reach 100%. If a customer has a negative development in employee count during the year, it can result in a declining usage score, negatively affecting the points required for the Partners membership eligibility. This even if the actual usage percentage in the customer's end is increasing. We think that the calculation for Deployment score should be changed to reflect the number of acutal active and licensed users (like the Active usage value) , and not be based on the number of licenses available on the tenant.Partner Enablement Calls for CSP Partners!
Microsoft invites you to our CSP Partner Enablement Series, where we’ve combined the CSP Community call and the CSP Technical Training call and into a single, streamlined call. This new format brings together high priority partner updates, technical/adoption enablement, and best practices into one cohesive experience, making it easier for partners to stay informed and prepare for change. You are welcome to access old calls or join future ones! CSP Partner Enablement series
NEW! Microsoft 365 Customer Self-Serve Template for CSP partners
We’re excited to share the Microsoft 365 Customer Self-Serve Template to support your self-serve capabilities and insights for optimizing the commerce experience. Today, online buying is the norm, and customers are increasingly looking for one-stop shopping with a self-serve experience that’s fast, convenient, and on demand. The Customer Self-Serve Template gives you the tools to offer a seamless self-serve experience, streamlining the customer journey. Whether you leverage the content for new customer acquisition or for customer expansion, this quick-start guide will help you optimize the customer purchasing and provisioning process. With your self-serve capabilities in place, customers can easily choose, pay for, and auto-provision users on Microsoft 365 without manual partner interaction. Download the Customer Self-Serve Template to get started
