Windows Hardware Developer Program: 'Accept and continue' button is grayed out

Question

Microsoft Windows 하드웨어 개발자 프로그램 등록에서 하드웨어 프로그램은 기본적으로 선택되어 있습니다. 선택 후 대시보드로 이동한 후에 회사 정보 입력 후에 "Accept and continue" 버튼이 활성화 되지 않아, 다음 페이지로 넘어가질 않습니다.

Hi Team,

In the Microsoft Windows Hardware Developer Program registration, the "Hardware program" option is selected by default. After selecting it and moving to the dashboard, I filled out the company information. However, the "Accept and continue" button remains inactive (grayed out), preventing me from proceeding to the next page.

Could you please look into this issue and advise on how to resolve it?

Best regards,

Answer 1

The issue description matches other Partner Center scenarios where an expected Accept and continue button is not available or not active because the agreement is not currently open for signature.

If the Accept and continue button is grayed out or not usable after entering company information, it indicates that the corresponding agreement or program terms are not currently available for acceptance and may be in a preview or pre‑effective state. In that case, proceeding in the workflow is blocked until Microsoft enables the agreement for signature.

Recommended action:

• Sign in with the Global Administrator account for the tenant that is registering for the Windows Hardware Developer Program.
• Return to the registration/agreements area in Partner Center at a later date and check again whether the Accept and continue button becomes active once the agreement is available for signature.
• If the button remains unavailable when the agreement should be active (for example, after the effective date communicated by Microsoft), contact Partner Center support from the Help/Support entry point in the dashboard so the registration state and tenant can be checked.

After the registration is successfully completed and approved, the global administrator will receive an email confirming approvals and next steps, and the account can then proceed with hardware submissions and related tasks.

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References:

• Help indirect resellers accept the Microsoft Partner Agreement
• Register for the Microsoft Windows Hardware Developer Program
• Create a new hardware submission