Developing for Partner Center for Microsoft National Clouds

Applies to: Partner Center operated by 21Vianet | Partner Center for Microsoft Cloud for US Government

Partner Center operated by 21Vianet

The differences for partners between Partner Center and Partner Center operated by 21Vianet are:

  • You can't programmatically reset a password for a customer user or full partner user.

  • Subscriptions to Azure aren't available.

  • You can't manage the licenses for your customer's user. Instead, your customers must use the Microsoft 365 admin center to manage their licenses.

  • All support requests are managed through Partner Center operated by 21Vianet. Service requests and service updates don't apply.

Partner Center for Microsoft Cloud for US Government

The differences for partners between Partner Center and Partner Center for Microsoft Cloud for US Government are:

  • Office 365 subscriptions aren't currently available for Partner Center for Microsoft Cloud for US Government.

  • Existing partners supporting Microsoft Cloud for US Government must create new accounts in Partner Center for Microsoft Cloud for US Government.

  • Microsoft Cloud for US Government customers must transact with a single partner.

    • Multichannel and multipartner and request relationship with an existing customer within Microsoft Cloud for US Government scenarios don't apply. This limitation is because Office 365 isn't currently available.
  • Partners can't create users for their customer's organization or assign roles.

  • You can't programmatically reset a password for a customer user or full partner user. Use the Azure portal to do so: see Reset the password for a user in Microsoft Entra ID. For step 1, you must sign-in to Microsoft Azure portal for Microsoft Cloud for US Government.

  • REST endpoints for Partner Center for Microsoft Cloud for US Government are the same as for Partner Center.

  • Developers must register their app ID manually to integrate Partner Center API functionality in their app for Partner Center for Microsoft Cloud for US Government. For more information, see Register app details for Partner Center for Microsoft National Cloud.