Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program (MAICPP)
5 TopicsJoin us on the new February Microsoft Azure Community Call: Microsoft Partner Hero Offerings
Microsoft Partners - are you ready for the new Microsoft Azure Community Call: Microsoft Partner Hero Offerings? We invite you to an immersive digital event precisely crafted by the EMEA GPS Azure GTM team, starting February. Explore topics such as Azure Migrate and Modernize, Azure Innovate, the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program, and Specializations. Acquire strategies to maximize these offerings and seamlessly integrate them into your Go-to-Market efforts. Please use the following links to find out more and register to your session on the 22 nd February: CEMA Germany France430Views1like0CommentsMAICPP Membership payment option breaks enterprise payment policies
Dear Microsoft, dear fellow partners, A recent change in payment options for partner membership will probably cause a lot of problems in larger partner companies. As announced on https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/partner-center/announcements/2024-january#monthly-update-whats-new-for-solutions-partner-designations-specializations-and-microsoft-ai-cloud-and-partner-program-offerings-and-benefits any program purchase including annual membership fee will be billed via attached credit card. quote: Any partner program membership purchase, such as ISV Success, Partner Launch Benefits, Partner Success Core Benefits, and Partner Success Expanded Benefits, Microsoft Action Pack, Solutions Partner designation benefits or legacy gold or silver benefits will move to the new commerce system. The Global admin will be prompted to create or update their Microsoft billing account and profile in Partner Center before purchasing or renewing any AI Cloud Partner Program offer using a credit card Our Finance department is very fond of invoices. Send 'm in and we will pay. Our Finance department is not thrilled by the idea of adding company credit cards to whichever portal. The normal renewal was challenging already in the sense it required payment within 30 days after initiating renewal thus requiring an exception to pay sooner that usual terms whilst the invoice only became available after we had paid... Is this an early April fools joke or is this really how we are expected to pay going forward? Our PDM has no further information so very eager to hear: A) are other partners really adding credit cards to their partnercenter account to pay for renewal B) could Microsoft reconsider and just revert back to old process where we pay via wiretransfer? Kind regards, MartijnSolvedSolution Partner Designation Feedback
One theme that came out of our virtual summit was feedback on changes to the Microsoft AI Partner Program, particularly around solution partner designations. We want to hear feedback on the program requirements and benefits that we can take back to our MAICPP team. If you would like to share your feedback, please fill out this survey, and feel free to add comments to the thread below!