Partner Center announcements

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Category December 2021 announcements Announced
Capabilities Subscribe to Azure fraud notification December 8
Capabilities Coming in January 2022: Technical release of granular delegated admin privileges (GDAP) December 8
Capabilities Changes to the Operations Readiness gallery December 7
Capabilities Readiness: Date change for dual-mode attestation December 7
Capabilities Enhanced promotion API capabilities and other important dates for CSP new commerce December 6
Capabilities Updates to GetMargins API coming in early 2022 December 2
Capabilities View this month's product launches and offers December 1
Capabilities SDK Release on .NET Standard (v3.0.0) December 1
Capabilities Less than one month to transact offers in the Open License program December 1
Capabilities 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
Category August 2021 announcements Announced
Capabilities Privacy Management for Microsoft 365 launch is delayed August 31
Capabilities Announcing Windows Server 2022 general availability in October August 26
Capabilities Seat-based offers for integrated sandbox testing in the new commerce experience August 25
Grow Your Business Invoice structure update for the US, Puerto Rico, and Canada August 24
Capabilities Now live: New commerce experience in CSP for Azure expanding to Government Community Cloud (GCC) August 24
Capabilities Phase 2 now live: EU/EFTA and UK change of partner billing currency for new commerce offers August 23
Capabilities New commerce experience for Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Windows 365 seat-based for breadth motion August 19
Capabilities Update to our commercial pricing for Microsoft 365 August 19
Capabilities August Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) community update and reminders August 16
Grow Your Business Get Genuine Windows Agreement (GGWA) offers in the Cloud Solution Provider program temporarily unavailable August 16
Offers/Markets View the latest promotions and offers August 10
Capabilities Compliance monitoring through the Partner Accountability Management (PAM) team August 9
Offers/Markets Windows 365 now available for purchase: Hybrid Windows for a hybrid world August 9
Offers/Markets Upcoming changes to Azure plan price lists for new commerce experience August 4
Capabilities CSP for Azure new commerce experience expands to the Vatican August 3
Capabilities Programmatic access to Partner Insights analytics data August 3
Offers/Markets Offer attestation required for some Windows 365 offers August 1
Capabilities View this month’s product launches and offers August 1
Category July 2021 announcements Announced
Capabilities New commerce experience in CSP for Azure expanding to Government Community Cloud (GCC) July 26
Capabilities Enhancement of tool for transfer of Azure subscriptions between partners in the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program July 21
Capabilities Changes to Azure offer availability related to the new commerce experience in CSP for Azure July 21
Modern Workplace Introducing Windows 365: Hybrid Windows for a hybrid world July 20
Capabilities Introducing API throttling to partners calling Partner Center APIs July 19
Capabilities New software offers available in the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program and changes to Open License program July 19
Offers/Markets Corrections to August license-based services price list preview for Enterprise Mobility & Security (EMS) E3 July 16
Capabilities Software in Microsoft China Corporation Limited (MCCL) Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) and Open License change July 13
Readiness Changes to the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) customer address validation API to go live on July 13, 2021 July 12
Capabilities July Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) community update and reminders July 12
Capabilities Keep your Microsoft certifications active with help from Partner Center July 9
Capabilities SDK Release on .NET Standard (v2.0.1) July 7
Capabilities Announcement of Customer Discount Transparency July 7
Capabilities Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESU) Year 2 (2021) product key issue resolved July 2
Capabilities View this month’s product launches and offers July 1
Capabilities Dynamics 365 Cloud Migration promotion and retirement of discounted offers July 1
Category June 2021 announcements Announced
Capabilities Phase 2 update: EU/EFTA and UK change of partner billing currency for new commerce offers June 24
Capabilities View the latest promotions and offers June 22
Capabilities Phase 1: Changes to Azure offer availability in the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) related to the new commerce experience coming soon June 21
Grow Your Business June Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) community update and reminders June 11
Offers and Markets Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) promo extensions for Microsoft 365 Audio Conferencing and Microsoft 365 Business Voice June 11
Capabilities Perpetual software price list corrected and republished June 4
Capabilities Corrections to July license-based services price list preview June 4
Capabilities Additional columns for richer information in Azure usage reports June 2
Capabilities View this month’s product launches and offers June 1
Category May 2021 announcements Announced
Capabilities Sandbox support for indirect model to enable end-to-end API testing May 25
Capabilities, Enhances Security & Compliance June updates to Online Services (OLS) and Software Channel Authorization guide May 25
Capabilities Updates on transacting perpetual software in CSP and changes to the Open License program May 17
Capabilities Phase 2 coming soon: EU/EFTA and UK change of partner billing currency for new commerce offers May 17
Capabilities Deprecation of Microsoft 365 Business Voice Getting Started Wizard (GSW) May 14
Capabilities May Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) community update and reminders May 13
Capabilities Analytics for partner-led co-sell deals May 10
Capabilities Hosting and SPLA Reseller Incentive programs extended through September 30, 2021 May 7
Capabilities Default bank profile functionality is available in Partner Center for incentive enrollment May 7
Capabilities Update: Scheduler product launch has been delayed May 5
Capabilities CSP Perpetual software coming soon to China May 5
Capabilities Final reminder: Deprecation of GET qualification on May 6, 2021 May 4
Offers/Markets Corrections to May 1, 2021 License-based services price list May 4
Capabilities Announcement of State Owned Entity qualification May 4
Offers/Business Applications View this month’s product launches and offers May 3, updated May 7
Category April 2021 announcements Announced
Readiness Updated CSP customer address validation API going live in June; testing capability now available April 30
Capabilities New location for Partner Center API Swagger documentation April 26
Capabilities Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) software return period policy and download link expiry notice April 21
Grow Your Business Open Licensing program: Transitioning resellers to the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program April 19
Capabilities Now live: Global promo readiness guide April 16
Community: Invites and reminders April Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) community update and reminders April 16
Capabilities Reminder: Deprecation of GET qualification on May 4, 2021 April 9
Capabilities New format for the new commerce PDF invoice in CSP April 5
Capabilities Changes to the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) customer onboarding requirements April 2
Capabilities View this month’s product launches and offers April 1
Category March 2021 announcements Announced
Capabilities Updated CSP customer address validation API now available for testing March 31
Offers/Modern Workplace New Exchange admin center (EAC) experience March 29
Offers/Modern Workplace Microsoft Operations: Introducing the product launch calendar March 25
Capabilities Changes to CSP customer onboarding requirements March 25
Offers/Markets Corrections made to March 1, 2021 perpetual software price list March 23
Capabilities SDK Release on .NET Standard (v1.17.0) March 23
Capabilities CSP commercial marketplace offer and FY21 CSP incentives for eligible offers March 18
Capabilities Power BI Premium offer naming and prerequisite update March 18
Offers/Markets March price updates for Microsoft 365 F3 March 16
Drive Efficiency & Scale Update a legal company name through Partner Center March 16
Capabilities Update to Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program evolution and Open License program changes March 15
Grow Your Business Update to a previous announcement: Premium Assessments, an add-on to Compliance Manager March 15
Capabilities Migrate your solutions from One Commercial Partner (OCP) go-to market (GTM) to the Microsoft commercial marketplace March 12
Capabilities Expanding the new commerce experience in the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program for Azure to Russia March 10
Capabilities Partner Center software license key and download fulfillment March 5
Capabilities Migrate your deals from Partner Sales Connect (PSC) to Partner Center March 5
Capabilities New Microsoft Dynamics 365 products and offers available on April 1, 2021 March 4
Capabilities Microsoft Universal Print now available in some suites March 3
Category February 2021 announcements Announced
Capabilities PUT Qualification APIs are retired, GET to retire in May February 25
Capabilities Share co-sell deals at scale using the Partner Center bulk operations capability February 25
Capabilities Migrate your deals from Partner Sales Connect (PSC) using the new deal migration feature February 25
Capabilities Increased flexibility with partner-led co-sell deals February 25
Capabilities Changes to the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) customer onboarding February 25
Capabilities Now Live: DocuSign migration to Adobe Sign for partners under Microsoft Partner Agreements (MPAs) February 16
Grow Your Business Reminder: Introducing API throttling to partners calling Partner Center APIs February 16
Capabilities Introducing Microsoft Viva Topics February 12
Offers/Markets Microsoft 365 E3 price changes coming for March 2021 February 11
Offers/Markets License-based preview price list updated for Norwegian krone February 10
Capabilities Premium assessments, an add-on to Compliance Manager, is coming on March 1, 2021 February 5
Capabilities Responding to COVID-19: Microsoft Partner Network update February 4
Capabilities New updates to the Referrals module in Partner Center February 4
Modern Workplace Deprecation and retirement of PUT Qualification APIs for the Education customer validation process by February 25th, 2021 and GET qualification by May 4th, 2021 February 4
Category January 2021 announcements Announced
Modern Workplace Phase 1 Now Live: EU/EFTA & UK Change of Partner Billing Currency for new commerce offers January 28
Modern Workplace Changes to the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) customer onboarding requirements January 28
Capabilities Microsoft Partner Agreement (MPA) – indirect reseller update & new FAQs January 27
Capabilities Partner Center Audit log changes to include two new Operation Types for DAP January 25
Capabilities Changes to Azure offer availability in CSP related to the new commerce experience in CSP for Azure January 21
Grow your Business Perpetual software now generally available for the Cloud Solution Provider program January 19
Grow your Business Reminder: Introducing API throttling to partners calling Partner Center APIs January 19
Offers/Markets Security, Compliance, and Identity (SCI) launches coming on February 1, 2021 January 15
Capabilities DocuSign migration to Adobe Sign for partners under Microsoft Partner Agreements (MPA) January 15
Offers/Markets Commercial pricing update for Norwegian krone January 14
Offers/Markets Commercial pricing update for the Indian rupee January 8
Offers/Markets Calling Plan and Phone System updates for February 1, 2021 January 8
Offers/Markets License-base price list updates for January 2021 January 8
Capabilities Deprecation and retirement of existing GET and PUT Qualification APIs for the Education customer validation process by the end of February 2021 January 5
Offers/Markets Dynamics 365 offers for February 2021 January 4