Annual/monthly price increase per 1st of April 2025
Hi Microsoft, Besides the discussion on the price increase itself: November 2024 announcements - Partner Center announcements | Microsoft Learn I'm wondering how this "standardizing the billing structure" works for triannual subscriptions. The post only states that Annual subscriptions with Monthly payment term will undergo a +5% price increase. But how will this affect multi-year subscriptions? Eg. Triannual subscription with annual payment term. Cheers, MartijnNew FY26 incentive guidelines
Hope someone can share some insights on this, as Microsoft is publishing conflicting messages. Starting October, Microsoft will change the incentive requirements for partners. In the announcement it is stated that partners will earn incentives if they have 25 points in EACH solution area. Source: May 2025 announcements - Partner Center announcements | Microsoft Learn In other presentations published, it stated 25 points in a SPECIFIC solutions area. Source: Microsoft Commerce Incentive Resources Conflicting messages from Microsoft, so which is it? The nuance is a big difference for partners. I'd assume the latter is correct. Also note that the incentives will be split further between solution areas. And note the increased thresholds for Direct Bill partners. Cheers, Martijn
GDAP: Roles required for conditional access?
Hi I've been evaluating the minimal roles required for GDAP relationships so we can help customers with issues regarding to locked tenants. Based on this FAQ the role privileged authentication administrator is required to unlock accounts, however if a customer has messed up conditional access at the tenant level, this role isn't sufficient. A tenant-internal account needs at least the role conditional access administrator to gain access to that part and have the possibility of fixing or disabling erroneously configured rules (I've tested that). However the same privileges are given to a partner technician, they can't access that part of Entra Admin, nor the AAD Admin UI. I've tested this a couple of times with different users from the CSP / partner side, however no luck yet. Any Ideas where I could poke further? (I'd like to avoid simply requesting global admin to all our customers, that's the main point) Looking forward to some inputs or ideasCan a Windows Server perpetual license be hosted in a Public Cloud?
Dear team, We are an Indirect Provider in CSP and we need to make a decisions for a significant amount of licenses we have. To help you on the reply, we are having our own Datacenter structure on VMs (IaaS), however the licenses discussed in this scenario are not part of our Datacenter structure. More specifically, we would like to evaluate if "Windows Server 2022 Remote Desktop Services - 1 User CAL (Commercial)" perpetual licenses can successfully hosted and utilized under a Public Cloud infrastructure. Does Flexible Virtualization Benefit help us at this point? Should we follow any guide to become an Authorized Outsourcer? Does the pricing of the "Windows Server 2022 Remote Desktop Services - 1 User CAL (Commercial)" perpetual licenses stays the same? Much appreciated in advance! Nick
NEW! Microsoft 365 Customer Self-Serve Template for CSP partners
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We’re excited to invite you to the Microsoft Partner FY25 GTM Launch Event! Join us next Monday, July 22 to hear about the go-to-market (GTM) priorities and initiatives Microsoft Modern Work and Business Applications have planned for FY25. If you’re unable to attend the live event, registering will ensure you’re notified as soon as session content is available to view on demand. As the modern workplace continues to evolve, partners play a critical role – as trusted advisors and service and solution providers – in delivering the right AI-powered tools and technologies to empower every organization to boost productivity, transform work, and open a new world of possibilities. Learn more about how Microsoft Modern Work and Business Applications solutions are leveraging AI to enrich employee experiences by helping everyone do their best work, reinvent customer relationships with deeper insight into every engagement, and reshape customers’ organizations by modernizing processes. Register today to reserve your spot for the live event – and to get notified when session content is available on demand. Choose your track: When you register, you’ll have the opportunity to choose the track that best aligns to your business: Build New Value with Business Applications Practices is for partners that provide Business Applications services and solutions to Enterprise and Corporate customers focused on Dynamics 365 and Power Platform. CSP Partner-Led GTM will show our Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) partners how to use the power of AI to build their Modern Work and Business Applications Copilot practices. Co-Sell with Microsoft to Managed Customers is for partners that work alongside our Microsoft sales teams to sell Microsoft 365-related licenses, services, and solutions to Enterprise and SMC-Corporate customers. Next steps Register now to attend the Microsoft Partner FY25 GTM Launch Event on Monday, July 22. If you’re unable to attend the live event, registering will ensure you’re notified as soon as session content is available to view on demand.NEW Level Up CSP | M365 & Copilot Sales and Technical Bootcamps!
We are excited to invite you to the upcoming http://aka.ms/LevelUpCSPBootcamp. These special edition bootcamps will help drive CSP success during the January – March renew and upsell moment. We will discuss Premium SKUs, M365 Copilot and Copilot agents, as well as key partner tools, programs, and promos to leverage. Learn more below to register. Level Up CSP Sales Bootcamp Renewal and Upsell 1-day sales Bootcamp Americas/EMEA region: December 10 | 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Pacific Time APAC region: December 10 | 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM, Pacific Time Who should attend: Sellers and sales managers Level Up CSP Technical Renewal and Upsell Bootcamp 2-days technical Bootcamp Day 1: Americas/EMEA region: December 11 | 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Pacific Time Day 1: APAC region: December 11 | 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM, Pacific Time Day 2: Americas/EMEA region: December 12 | 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Pacific Time Day 2: APAC region: December 12 | 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM, Pacific Time Who should attend: Pre and post sales, IT admins and technical staff Register at http://aka.ms/LevelUpCSPBootcamp We will be offering voiceover and subtitles for ten languages to support our global CSP partners.
