Overview: Main billing and tax articles in Partner Center
Applies to
- Partner Center
- Partner Center for Microsoft Cloud for US Government
Appropriate roles
- Admin agent
- Billing admin
- Global admin
- Sales agent
| Topic | Description |
|---|---|
| Billing basics | Basics of Partner Center billing (including payments, invoices, and reconciliation files). |
| Types of billing | Explanation of different types of billing in Partner Center. |
| Monthly and annual billing differences | Explanation of differences between monthly and annual billing frequencies. |
| Understand your bill | How to read and understand your Partner Center bill. |
| Free trials | How to offer free trials to your customers and how these trials are billed. |
| Reconciliation file | How to read and use your reconciliation file for line items. |
| Common billing scenarios | How to understand common Partner Center billing scenarios (for monthly and annual billing, as well as billing for one-time and recurring purchases). |
| Tax responsibilities and exemptions | Explanation of your tax responsibilities and tax exemptions for Partner Center sales. |
| Azure spending budget | How to set an Azure spending budget for your customers. |
| Non-payment, fraud or misuse | How to manage non-payment, fraud or misuse by your customers in Partner Center. |
| Request an SLA credit for outages | How to request an SLA credit from Microsoft for your customers when there is a service outage. |
If you're looking for Partner Center API billing information and resources, see the developer billing documentation.