Legacy
12 TopicsIs there any member benefit more closely aligned to Action Pack?
None of the new partner member offers benefits really align with what we do here. In the past we've ONLY used Windows 11 Pro, Office Pro, and 5 x M365 licenses, together with Azure credits where we test VMs. All the other licenses we never even touched. Is there any chance of getting something like that back in any affordable combination? We're only a small business but sell Microsoft products and services continuously. Would really like our internal licensing to reflect that?Solved48Views0likes1CommentThere are no benefits to being a MS Partner
The absolute absurdity of being a Microsoft Partner is beyond insanity. Some of us have built businesses around the Microsoft Ecosystem (STUPIDLY I MUST ADD). And for what? For Microsoft to block us from our accounts and give zero explanation of the issue? As I am sure others have seen since there are posts everywhere of other people having the same issues, its mind blowing that Microsoft does nothing to assist its partners who are the ones generating them the revenue. Supporting their crappy products over and over and over again being the ones on the front lines getting beat up by their customers because of constant outages, constant issues. Back in September my account was blocked. Not one bit of an explanation. Not one email telling me why. The only thing I got was a notice saying my visual studio enterprise license was removed. Upon checking I couldn't find anything. I open a support ticket. And so far, the only thing I have been told is my account has been blocked. Yet not one person can apparently tell me why? Not one person can tell me what I need to do to fix it? Not one person can even get on the phone to assist on this. Before I lost numerous customers because of this. I was selling 30k a month in licenses. And now because my account was blocked, I have lost access to a crap ton of my development, I have lost access to any and all of the benefits. I have lost access to basically everything even though when you look at my partner center account. Every single thing still shows active / approved. Etc. My suggestion, if you are considering becoming a Microsoft Partner. DONT. SIMPLE AS THAT. The fact they can block you from doing business, block access to products and services you have paid for. And give you zero ability to fix it so you lose numerous customers and don't even tell you what happened or what needs to be done to rectify the issue. Partnering with Microsoft is the single biggest mistake I have made as a business owner. The second biggest would be that I built my development side of the business fully integrated into the MS ecosystem. Which made it so they cost me countless amounts of money and ability to even do business with my customers.140Views2likes0CommentsURGENT: Modern Work SMB Designation Questions
Dear Community, As we are planning our following the end of Legacy Silver & Gold Benefits, we would like your significant help to reply the below questions: 1. Will we be able to have both the Modern Work SMB Designation that we are eligible for & also buy the Partner Success Core pack? 2. Does Microsoft 365 E5 that is included in the Solutions Partner Designation Modern Work SMB include Teams? 3. Does Viva Suite that is included in the Solutions Partner Designation Modern Work SMB include Viva Goals? 4. Could you please confirm that we are able to combine the new partner benefits packages, meaning that we are able to buy one unit of each package (e.g., 1x Partner Launch & 1x Partner Success Core). Thank you in advance for your prompt actions to help us conclude with our FY25 budget! Warm regards, NickSolved86Views0likes2CommentsURGENT - Renewing Legacy Silver/Gold Benefits
Dear community, Following August's announcement regarding the end of Legacy benefits, we would like to find out if there is any possibility to renew a legacy silver/gold benefit before our renewal window opens. As mentioned in the announcement, a partner can renew their legacy benefit until Jan. 21,2024. However, our renewal window starts on April. Therefore, as we are not capable to renew our legacy benefits, could you please advise if there is any way to renew it outside our renewal window? Probably this will be a hot questions also for other partners to know. Thank you in advance for your significant support! :) Warm regards, Nick62Views0likes1CommentGold legacy benefits renewal cost - 3x price increase
We have been a gold partner for a few years, this would be our second legacy benefits renewal on gold, but the price increased by almost three-fold, we always paid 1700$ and the cost is now $4,729. Our currency in South Africa is R18.61 against the dollar at the moment, and the cost impact on our region is severe. The cost in our currency used to be R32,000 vs now R88,017. So far as we can see it is because Microsoft aligned the pricing for Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program (MAICPP) offers to US dollar (USD) levels across regions and the banner in PN stating "Starting December 2023, we will reconcile membership offer prices to current foreign exchange rates for USD. This reconciliation may result in different pricing for your market”. Can Microsoft consider the impact this has on certain regions?3.3KViews0likes6CommentsConfused about legacy renewal / Solutions Partner benefits
Hi. According to Partner Center, our Legacy Silver Membership ran from 8/9/22 to 8/9/23. Our Solutions Partner designation is running from 8/21/23 to 8/20/24. On the Legacy Silver/Gold page, it says "Not Entrolled" and "No benefits assigned yet since you do not have active Legacy Silver or Gold Program membership yet." However - I am being told by partner support (who relies wayyyyy too heavily on AI to write their emails, btw) that as we have active legacy silver benefits, we cannot get our Solutions Partner benefits until this fall. On the Solutions Partner Designation Membership Offers, it says my renewal window is August 20 2024 - September 18 2024. Any ideas? This is extremely frustrating and support doesn't seem to understand what is going on - they have been doing webtrace / app troubleshooting. TIA.1.4KViews0likes1CommentLegacy gold partners - using attained Solution Designations badge
Hi Team, We are eligible for both Gold legacy and Solution Designation Partnership to renew our Partnership with Microsoft. I wanted to understand if we go-ahead renewing as legacy Gold Partner, will we be allowed to still use the attained solution partner designation badges - (not benefits of the Solution designation Program). Please let us know, thank you706Views0likes4CommentsLegacy competencies when Silver Partner
Dear team, If a partner currently has Silver Partner Status and wants to renew his Silver for another year, how is he able to choose between the different legacy competencies like Cloud Business Applications, Cloud Platform, Cloud Productivity, Data Analytics, Data Platform, Enterprise Mobility Management, Enterprise Resource Planning, Small and Midmarket Cloud Solutions, Windows and Devices. The reseller is unable to see this. Where can he find it in MS Partner Center? Br, NisSolved2KViews0likes5CommentsPartner Benefits - Additional BC Environment
Dear all, we would like to know if CSP partners are eligible to receive Dynamics 365 Business Central Additional Environment Addon as Internal Use License (IUL)? As far as we know it is not included in any Solution Partner Benefits. Thank you in advance!955Views0likes6CommentsSilver Partner Incentives after September 30th?
Dear team, One of our partners wants to renew his Silver Partner membership for one more year before September 30th. If he renews before this date, will he still receive incentives (rebate and coop) for another 12 months, or do the incentives stop after September 30th when Solutions Partner Designations will take over? I hope someone can clarify. Thanks in advance.Solved1.6KViews1like6Comments