| Billing |
Registration required: Instruction of Transaction Tax Terms and Conditions (TTTC)—US partners only |
August 12 |
| APIs |
SDK Release on .NET Standard (v3.1.2) |
August 11 |
| Referrals |
Co-sell with Microsoft community Q&A call for Q1 of fiscal year 2023 (FY23) |
August 10 |
| General |
August Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) community update and reminders |
August 10 |
| Account settings |
Important actions partners need to take to secure the partner ecosystem |
August 8 |
| Pricing |
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Servers removal from price list |
August 3 |
| Referrals |
Contact validation now available for Marketplace leads in Partner |
August 3 |
| Marketplace offers |
Now live: Long-term pricing for marketplace SaaS offers |
August 2 |
| Workspace |
July 2022 announcements |
Announced |
| APIs |
SDK Release on .NET Standard (v3.1.1) |
July 28 |
| General |
Transition to Microsoft 365 Defender portal to be completed in July 2022 |
July 25 |
| Referrals |
New criteria for the Top Tier of Azure IP co-sell |
July 20 |
| General |
August 2022 update: Online Services and Software Channel Authorization guide |
July 20 |
| APIs |
SDK Release on .NET Standard (v3.1.0) |
July 19 |
| Account settings |
Changing term of subscriptions with promotions is now supported |
July 18 |
| Account settings |
Timeline update: Important actions partners need to take to secure the partner ecosystem |
July 18 |
| Customers |
Reminder: Change to July 11 blocking of legacy CSP renewals |
July 14 |
| General |
July Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) self-serve community update and reminders |
July 13 |
| Referrals |
Exception process for deal registrations available in Partner Center |
June 12 |
| Customers |
Change to CSP new commerce software subscriptions cancellation policy |
July 11 |
| General |
Readiness: Enabling a new secondary deal review upload feature |
July 6 |
| Pricing |
Correction regarding Viva Goals price list preview |
July 6 |
| Customers |
Introducing Windows 365 Enterprise promotion for Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) customers |
July 1 |
| General |
NCE for CSP seat-based offers operating guide retirement |
July 1 |
| Workspace |
June 2022 announcements |
Announced |
| Membership |
Upcoming training session for the Microsoft cloud partner program and Q&A |
June 30 |
| Account settings |
Important actions partners need to take to secure the partner ecosystem |
June 30 |
| Customers |
Licensing updates for Teams Phone with Calling Plan |
June 29 |
| Customers |
Change to July 11 blocking of legacy CSP renewals |
June 28 |
| General |
Introducing the new Teams Rooms SMB partner playbook |
June 27 |
| Pricing |
Enhancements to scheduled change feature now available for Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) new commerce seat-based subscriptions |
June 20 |
| APIs |
Backward compatibility of including marketplace offers on OnlineServices targetView within GetProducts API to end on July 7 |
June 20 |
| Pricing |
View the latest promotions and offers |
June 14 |
| Customers |
Reminder: Upcoming change to CSP new commerce subscription cancellation policy |
June 10 |
| Customers |
Solution Workspace no longer available from September 1, 2022 |
June 9 |
| Customers |
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint in the Microsoft 365 Defender portal |
June 9 |
| General |
June Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) community update and reminders |
June 8 |
| Referrals |
Leads for Office plugins are now available in Partner Center |
June 8 |
| Incentives |
Microsoft Commerce Incentives (MCI) communication |
June 8 |
| Referrals |
Auto-approvals for Microsoft commercial marketplace deal registrations now available in Partner Center |
June 3 |
| General |
Upcoming retirement of NCE for CSP seat-based offers operating guide |
June 3 |
| Pricing |
View this month’s product launches and offers |
June 1 |
| Referrals |
IP co-sell deal registration deadline |
June 1 |
| Referrals |
Improved customer account matching process now live in Partner Center |
June 1 |
| Workspace |
May 2022 announcements |
Announced |
| Pricing |
Cloud for Sustainability price list preview exception |
May 31 |
| Pricing |
Reminder: Updates to GetProducts API coming in June 2022 |
May 27 |
| Customers |
Microsoft Defender for Business standalone upgrade to Business Premium |
May 23 |
| General |
Microsoft Cloud Partner Program: Training session and Q&A |
May 20 |
| Customers |
Change to software subscription cancellation in CSP new commerce |
May 20 |
| Pricing |
Now live: Price change feature in the commercial marketplace |
May 19 |
| APIs |
API for getting the DAP stats and customer list to help automate DAP removal |
May 18 |
| General |
Microsoft announces new benefits for cloud providers |
May 18 |
| Referrals |
Co-sell with Microsoft community call Q&A for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2022 |
May 17 |
| Membership |
Upcoming training session for Microsoft Cloud Partner program and Q&A |
May 17 |
| Referrals |
Improved customer account matching process during referral submission coming to Partner Center in May 2022 |
May 17 |
| Account Settings |
Monthly security update: securing the partner and customer ecosystem |
May 17 |
| Account Settings |
Now it's easy to find your workspaces, roles, and admins in Partner Center |
May 16 |
| Customers |
Legacy CSP subscription expiration date identifier |
May 11 |
| Pricing |
Upcoming training for new commerce experience for seat-based offers |
May 5 |
| Customers |
Put in place prevention and detection risk mitigation controls to avoid Azure fraud or misuse and reduce your exposure |
May 5 |
| Pricing |
New charity discounts introduced in CSP for Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations, Fraud Protection, and Project Operations offers |
May 5 |
| Billing |
Subscriptions canceled between May 1 and 6 (invoice generation date) will appear in the April Invoice |
May 4 |
| Pricing |
Updates to GetProducts API coming in June 2022 |
May 3 |
| Workspace |
April 2022 announcements |
Announced |
| Pricing |
New Commerce Experience (NCE) fundamentals session: Overview and seat-based offers deep dive |
April 28 |
| General |
Microsoft Publisher Agreement version 8.0 – May 2022 update |
April 27 |
| Pricing |
End-of-sale products will be in the June price list preview |
April 26 |
| Pricing |
Increased discounts to Dynamics 365 Marketing and Customer Insights charity offers in CSP |
April 26 |
| Customer |
Microsoft Defender for Business standalone availability |
April 20 |
| Customers |
Change to date for blocking of legacy Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) subscription renewals |
April 20 |
| Pricing |
New timeline: Changes to Azure offer related to the new commerce experience in CSP |
April 20 |
| Customers |
Enforcement of CSP customer onboarding requirements postponed |
April 20 |
| Customers |
Customer List enhancement: advisor relationship filter |
April 18 |
| Customers |
Transfer of Azure subscriptions and reservations between partners now live for all partners |
April 14 |
| Customers |
Windows 365 Business and Enterprise in CSP: annual term now available |
April 13 |
| Billing |
New secondary deal review upload feature |
April 11 |
| Customers |
Enforcement of CSP customer onboarding requirements starts April 12 |
April 6 |
| Customers |
Windows powers the future of hybrid work |
April 6 |
| Pricing |
View the latest promotions and offers |
April 5 |
| Pricing |
View this month’s product launches and offers |
April 5 |
| Pricing |
April changes to nonprofit software grant program |
April 5 |
| Pricing |
Important updates for Microsoft partners serving customers in Belarus |
April 4 |
| Pricing |
Remote Help compliance and availability announcement |
April 4 |
| Pricing |
New commerce price list preview not available for April 2022 |
April 4 |
| Insights |
New CSP Revenue Details Report available for direct CSP Partners |
April 1 |
| Pricing |
Simple and flexible Windows Server guest licenses for Azure Stack HCI as a subscription |
April 1 |
| Workspace |
March 2022 announcements |
Announced |
| Pricing |
Reminder of January new commerce annual promotional period ending soon |
March 31 |
| APIs |
SDK Release on .NET Standard (v3.0.1) |
March 31 |
| Pricing |
Help your nonprofit customers get ready for upcoming price changes |
March 29 |
| Pricing |
Reminder: Software price list updates for CSP partners |
March 28 |
| Account settings |
Now live: Launching Delegated Administrative Privileges (DAP) Removal API |
March 24 |
| General |
Reminder: Upcoming dual-mode attestation API relaunch |
March 22 |
| Customers |
Change to cancellation and seat-reduction window in CSP new commerce |
March 17 |
| Customers |
Monthly security update: securing the partner and customer ecosystem |
March 16 |
| Pricing |
Changes to Azure offer related to the new commerce experience in CSP |
March 14 |
| Pricing |
New features and key dates in CSP new commerce seat-based offers |
March 10 |
| General |
March Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) community update and reminders |
March 9 |
| Pricing |
View the latest promotions and offers |
March 9 |
| Pricing |
Changes to seat-based offers in Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) |
March 8 |
| Action Center |
Action Center now available in Partner Center |
March 8 |
| Pricing |
Microsoft is suspending all new sales of Microsoft products and services in Russia and adjusting RUB price list |
March 5 |
| Pricing |
Partner documentation released for CSP new commerce Modern Work pricing offset |
March 2 |
| Customers |
Security enhancement: Port 25 to be disabled in new Azure subscriptions in Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) |
March 2 |
| Pricing |
View the latest promotions and offers |
March 2 |
| Customers |
Transfer of Azure subscriptions and reservations between partners now available on Azure portal |
March 1 |
| Pricing |
View this month’s product launches and offers |
March 1 |
| APIs |
Readiness: Dual-mode attestation change on hold with new date |
March 1 |
| Workspace |
February 2022 announcements |
Announced |
| Pricing |
Pricing grace period for new commerce CSP Modern Work commercial products |
February 28 |
| Pricing |
Promotions update for commercial seat-based offers in traditional Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) and new commerce |
February 28 |
| Pricing |
Update to go-live date: Software price list updates for Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) partners |
February 28 |
| Pricing |
Move Azure-only Server and Cloud Enrollment (SCE) customers in extended term to new commerce |
February 24 |
| Pricing |
New features and milestones coming to CSP new commerce |
February 23 |
| General |
Readiness: Go Live for dual-mode attestation |
February 23 |
| Insights |
CPOR revenue and usage data available in Insights reports |
February 23 |
| Insights |
View anomalies in workload usage data in Azure |
February 23 |
| Pricing |
Now live: Self-service trials for Microsoft Project and Microsoft Visio |
February 22 |
| Pricing |
Software price list updates for Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) partners |
February 18 |
| General |
Transfer of Azure subscriptions and reservations between partners now available on Azure portal |
February 18 |
| Referrals |
Invite reminder: Co-sell with Microsoft community call Q & A |
February 17 |
| General |
View the latest promotions and offers |
February 16 |
| Pricing |
Now live: Updates to the GetMargins API |
February 15 |
| General |
Voice of Partner update and Partner Sentiment Survey (PSS) |
February 15 |
| Pricing |
Update: Software price list updates for Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) partners |
February 14 |
| General |
Introducing a new award for 2022: Partner Operational Excellence Award |
February 14 |
| Marketplace offers |
Now live: Independent software vendor (ISV)-to-partner private offer |
February 14 |
| Customers |
Protect customers from high-risk delegated actions |
February 11 |
| General |
Teams Phone with Calling Plan issue resolved |
February 11 |
| General |
February Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) community update and reminders |
February 11 |
| General |
Readiness: Date change for dual-mode attestation |
February 10 |
| Pricing |
Corrections to March Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) price list preview for both legacy and new commerce license-based offers |
February 7 |
| Membership |
Readiness: Upcoming change for dual-mode attestation |
February 4 |
| Customers |
Now live: Technical release of granular delegated admin privileges (GDAP) |
February 3 |
| General |
View this month's product launches and offers |
February 2 |
| Customers |
Learn about Azure retirements in 2022 and remind customers to migrate to the replacement versions |
February 2 |
| General |
Phase 2 now live: Changes to Azure offer availability related to the new commerce experience in Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) for Azure |
February 1 |
| Incentives |
Fiscal year 2022 Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) Nonprofit product accelerator update |
February 1 |
| Referrals |
Co-sell with Microsoft community call Q&A for the third quarter of fiscal year 2022 |
February 1 |
| Workspace |
January 2022 announcements |
Announced |
| Pricing |
Some product SKUs to be removed for commercial seat-based offers in the new commerce experience |
January 31 |
| Referrals |
Co-sell solution admin role and updated co-sell solution publishing experience now available |
January 31 |
| Customers |
Update: Monthly term option and new products available from February 1 for most remaining commercial seat-based offers in CSP new commerce |
January 31 |
| Insights |
Partner Center Analytics applications are being retired |
January 31 |
| General |
Update: Teams Phone with Calling Plan |
January 25 |
| General |
Update to new commerce software subscription auto-renewal capability |
January 24 |
| Benefits |
The Microsoft Open License Program (OLP) ended January 1, 2022 |
January 21 |
| Pricing |
Reminder: Updates to GetMargins API coming in early 2022 |
January 19 |
| Pricing |
Software price list updates for Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) partners |
January 19 |
| Account settings |
Link your Partner Center account to your support contract |
January 19 |
| Referrals |
Now live: Manage your organization's commercial marketplace leads in Partner Center |
January 18 |
| General |
January Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) community update and reminders |
January 14 |
| Help + support |
Improved help and support without leaving your workspace |
January 13 |
| Incentives |
Extension of legacy Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) seat-based offer incentives to December 31, 2022 |
January 13 |
| Customers |
Now available: Teams Phone with Calling Plan |
January 13 |
| Customers |
Update: Self-service trials available for Microsoft Project and Microsoft Visio |
January 12 |
| General |
New resources available: technical release of granular delegated admin privileges (GDAP) |
January 12 |
| Pricing |
Reminder: General availability and promotions start January 10, 2022 for seat-based offers in the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) new commerce |
January 10 |
| Pricing |
Corrections to January license-based services price list and February preview for Microsoft 365 Business Basic (USD) |
January 6 |
| Pricing |
Phase 2 coming soon: Changes to Azure offer availability related to the new commerce experience in Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) |
January 5 |
| Pricing |
View this month's product launches and offers |
January 4 |
| Pricing |
Perpetual software and software subscriptions price lists updated January 3 |
January 3 |
| Workspace |
December 2021 announcements |
Announced |
| Pricing |
Monthly price list update has two slight delays in January |
December 22 |
| Referrals |
Manage your organization's commercial marketplace leads in Partner Center |
December 17 |
| Pricing |
Application Governance Configuration issue: Don't order at this time |
December 17 |
| Pricing |
General availability promotions for seat-based offers in CSP new commerce start January 10 |
December 16 |
| General |
Now live: Delegated Administrative Privileges (DAP) monitoring and self-service removal |
December 15 |
| Customers |
Enforcement of CSP customer onboarding requirements starts January 10 |
December 15 |
| Pricing |
Software price list updates for Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) partners |
December 15 |
| Pricing |
Self-service trials available for Microsoft Project and Microsoft Visio |
December 13 |
| Customers |
Customer List Search Enhancement: Search by Microsoft ID |
December 13 |
| Pricing |
Offer license matrix now maps traditional offers to new commerce experience |
December 10 |
| Pricing |
Price correction: Teams Essentials Azure AD India |
December 10 |
| Billing |
Update: Download reconciliation files asynchronously |
December 10 |
| Pricing |
Update: New commerce Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) seat-based pricing discrepancy across cloud products |
December 9 |
| General |
December Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) community update and reminders |
December 9 |
| General |
Subscribe to Azure fraud notification |
December 8 |
| General |
Coming in January 2022: Technical release of granular delegated admin privileges (GDAP) |
December 8 |
| General |
Changes to the Operations Readiness gallery |
December 7 |
| General |
Readiness: Date change for dual-mode attestation |
December 7 |
| General |
Enhanced promotion API capabilities and other important dates for CSP new commerce |
December 6 |
| General |
Updates to GetMargins API coming in early 2022 |
December 2 |
| Pricing |
View this month's product launches and offers |
December 1 |
| General |
SDK Release on .NET Standard (v3.0.0) |
December 1 |
| Pricing |
Less than one month to transact offers in the Open License program |
December 1 |
| General |
January 2022 update: Online Services (OLS) and Software Channel Authorization guide |
December 1 |
| Category |
November 2021 announcements |
Announced |
| Capabilities |
The latest Global Promo Readiness guide is available |
November 22 |
| Capabilities |
Voice of Partner (VoP) updates - October 2021 |
November 22 |
| Capabilities |
Purchase issues for Windows 7 Extended Security Updates Software |
November 19 |
| Capabilities |
New commerce January promotions preview available in sandbox |
November 19 |
| Capabilities |
New SKU launch: Teams Phone with Calling Plan |
November 19 |
| Capabilities |
Invite reminder: Co-sell with Microsoft Community Call Q&A for FY22 Q2 |
November 16 |
| Capabilities |
Improved automated process for Azure IP co-sell deal registration |
November 15 |
| Capabilities |
November CSP community update and reminders |
November 15 |
| Grow Your Business |
Enhanced capabilities for migrating CSP seat-based subscriptions to new commerce |
November 15 |
| Capabilities |
Promotional discounts announced and migration period extended in CSP new commerce experience |
November 11 |
| Capabilities |
Coming in December: Get Genuine Windows Agreement offers in the CSP program |
November 10 |
| Capabilities |
Microsoft Nonprofit Grant program evolution: Providing the technology that nonprofits need to drive their mission |
November 8 |
| Capabilities |
New commerce Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) seat-based pricing discrepancy across cloud products |
November 8 |
| Capabilities |
Launching the referral summary dashboard |
November 8 |
| Capabilities |
December price list preview republished |
November 5 |
| Capabilities |
View the latest promotions and offers |
November 4 |
| Capabilities |
Reminder: Marketplace price list updates for Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) partners) |
November 2 |
| Capabilities |
(Updated) Coming in early 2022: granular delegated admin privileges (GDAP) |
November 2 |
| Capabilities |
Upcoming seat-based offers in the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) new commerce experience (NCE) training sessions |
November 2 |
| Capabilities |
November product launch calendar is available |
November 2 |
| Capabilities |
Less than 60 days to transact offers in the Open License program |
November 2 |
| Apps & Infrastructure |
Moving Azure-only Server and Cloud Enrollment (SCE) customers in extended term to new commerce |
November 2 |
| Category |
October 2021 announcements |
Announced |
| Capabilities |
Appointment scheduling of support requests |
October 28 |
| Capabilities |
Now live: Introducing API throttling to partners calling Partner Center APIs |
October 28 |
| Capabilities |
Coming in early 2022: granular delegated admin privileges (GDAP) |
October 28 |
| Capabilities |
Update: Subscription analytics page on Partner Center to display billed revenue |
October 26 |
| Business Applications |
Updates to new commerce software subscription auto-renewal and new billing plan capabilities |
October 25 |
| Capabilities |
October software subscription and perpetual software price list issues |
October 20 |
| Capabilities |
Breaking change: dual-mode attestation and additional reseller declaration |
October 19 |
| Offers/Markets |
Price corrections for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint P1 |
October 19 |
| Capabilities |
Strengthen cybersecurity with a free subscription to Azure AD Premium Plan 2 |
October 19 |
| Capabilities |
Windows Server 2022 subscriptions available |
October 19 |
| Capabilities |
Enhanced enrollment experience for the Cloud Solution Provider program |
October 18 |
| Business Applications |
Product keys for on-premises versions of AX and customer relationship management (CRM) for dual-use rights available via Microsoft 365 admin center |
October 14 |
| Business Applications |
October Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) community update and reminders |
October 13 |
| Efficiency and Scale |
New calendar of recent and upcoming updates in the Operations Readiness resource gallery |
October 13 |
| Capabilities |
Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) Partner Center update: Windows Server 2022 Perpetual Software |
October 12 |
| Capabilities |
Marketplace price list updates for Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) partners |
October 8 |
| Capabilities |
Coming soon: New commerce experience for CSP seat-based offers technical release |
October 5 |
| Capabilities |
November 2021 update: Online Services and Software Channel Authorization guide |
October 4 |
| Grow Your Business |
Final 90 days to transact offers in the Open License program |
October 4 |
| Offers/Markets |
View this month’s product launches and offers |
October 1 |
| Category |
September 2021 announcements |
Announced |
| Offers/Markets |
View the latest promotions and offers |
September 29 |
| Capabilities |
The redesigned Partner Center experience is here |
September 27 |
| Capabilities |
New commerce experience for Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) seat-based offers readiness resources |
September 27 |
| Capabilities |
Product keys available for Business Central for dual use rights |
September 23 |
| Capabilities |
Reminder: Introducing API throttling to partners calling Partner Center APIs |
September 21 |
| Capabilities |
Coming soon: Delegated administrative privileges monitoring and self-service removal |
September 14 |
| Capabilities |
September Cloud Solution Provider community update and reminders |
September 10 |
| Readiness |
September co-sell with Microsoft Q&A community call reminder |
September 9 |
| Readiness |
New validation rules for company name and email address on September 22 |
September 7 |
| Readiness |
Dual mode attestation and additional reseller declaration |
September 7 |
| Offers and Markets |
Perpetual software and software subscriptions price lists republished to fix price increases in Russia |
September 3 |
| Offers and Markets |
Corrections to September license-based services price list and October preview for Microsoft 365 Business Basic (USD) |
September 2 |
| Capabilities |
Announcing Intune per-device for Enterprise for CSP partners |
September 2 |
| Capabilities |
Key updates for the new commerce experience for Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) seat-based offers |
September 1 |
| Grow Your Business |
View this month’s product launches and offers |
September 1 |
| Grow Your Business |
Software in Microsoft China Cloud Solution Provider program (MCCL CSP) to start transactions from August 12 |
September 1 |