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To help manage your Microsoft Edge extensions, you can add more users to an existing Partner Center account. To manage Microsoft Edge extensions, the Primary Owner of the Partner Center account must be a Microsoft account (MSA).

A Microsoft account (MSA) is an Outlook.com, Live.com, or Hotmail.com account. For a summary of the types of accounts used to publish extensions, see Types of accounts related to publishing Microsoft Edge extensions.

Making sure you have a Partner Center account with a Microsoft account (MSA) as the Primary Owner

To create a Partner Center account that can publish Microsoft Edge extensions, you must have a Microsoft account (MSA), either by creating one directly or by using your personal GitHub account credentials.

After your Partner Center account is able to publish Microsoft Edge extensions, you can link the Partner Center account to an Microsoft Entra tenant. A linked Microsoft Entra tenant enables the added users to sign in to your Partner Center developer account by using their work accounts.

Different programs on Partner Center require different types of accounts:

  • The Microsoft Edge program (like the Windows developer program) requires a Partner Center developer account. A Partner Center developer account has a Primary Owner that's a Microsoft account (MSA).

  • In contrast, Azure marketplace requires a Partner Center commercial account. (To enroll, the user has to log in with their work account.)

Also see these articles in the Partner Center documentation:

Step 1: Enroll in the Microsoft Edge program on Partner Center

First, determine whether you have a Partner Center account. If you have a Partner Center account, determine whether the Primary Owner is a Microsoft Account (MSA), which is required for joining the Microsoft Edge program, to manage Microsoft Edge extensions. Then follow the steps in the section that applies to your type of Partner Center account.

If you don't have a Partner Center account

  1. Use a Microsoft account (MSA) to register with the Microsoft Edge program, by following the steps in the article Register as a Microsoft Edge extension developer. As mentioned in that article, you can use your GitHub account to create a Microsoft account (MSA).

Next, do Step 2: Associate Microsoft Entra ID with your Microsoft Edge Program account below.

If the Primary Owner of your Partner Center account isn't a Microsoft account (MSA)

For a Partner Center account to manage Microsoft Edge extensions, the Primary Owner of the Partner Center account must be a Microsoft account (MSA).

To determine whether the Primary Owner of your Partner Center account is a Microsoft account (MSA):

  1. Use the Microsoft account (MSA) which corresponds with your Partner Center commercial account to sign in to your Partner Center commercial account.

  2. Navigate to Account settings > User management at Partner Center.

  3. Check whether the Primary Owner of the Partner Center account is a Microsoft account (MSA). If the Primary Owner isn't a Microsoft account (MSA), that means that this is a Partner Center commercial account rather than a Partner Center developer account.

  4. Use a personal Microsoft account (MSA) (not a work Microsoft account (MSA) or a school Microsoft account (MSA)) to register with the Microsoft Edge program, by following the steps in Register as a Microsoft Edge extension developer.

    Next, go to Step 2: Associate Microsoft Entra ID with your Microsoft Edge Program account below.

If the Primary Owner of your Partner Center account is a Microsoft account (MSA)

  1. If you're already signed in to Partner Center using your work Microsoft account (MSA), sign out. The Microsoft Edge program on Partner Center doesn't support enrolling by using a work Microsoft account (MSA) or a school Microsoft account (MSA).

  2. Use the Microsoft account (MSA) that corresponds with your Partner Center developer account to sign in to your Partner Center developer account.

  3. Go to Account settings > User management at Partner Center.

  4. Find out who is the Primary Owner of the Partner Center developer account.

  5. Verify that the Primary Owner of the Partner Center developer account is a Microsoft account (MSA) user. The Primary Owner must not be a work Microsoft account (MSA) or a school Microsoft account (MSA).

  6. Have the Primary Owner of the Partner Center developer account register for the Microsoft Edge program by following the steps in Register as a Microsoft Edge extension developer.

    Next, go to Step 2: Associate Microsoft Entra ID with your Microsoft Edge Program account.

Step 2: Associate Microsoft Entra ID with your Microsoft Edge Program account

To enable managing Microsoft Edge extensions, you'll link your Microsoft Entra tenants to your Microsoft Edge Program account. You can use Microsoft Entra ID to add users to your Microsoft Edge Program account and manage those users in that account. You can add individual users, groups of users, or Microsoft Entra ID applications.

To be able to add users to your Microsoft Edge Program account, and to manage the users in that account, you must first associate your Microsoft Edge Program account with your organization's Microsoft Entra tenant. If your organization already uses Office 365 or other business services from Microsoft, you already have a Microsoft Entra tenant. Otherwise, you can create a new Microsoft Entra tenant for free.

To create an AD tenant, see Create a new Microsoft Entra tenant to associate with your Partner Center account.

Also see Associate an existing Microsoft Entra tenant with your Partner Center account, in the Windows UWP documentation. Associating a Microsoft Entra tenant with a Microsoft Edge Program account at Partner Center works the same way as associating a tenant with the Windows apps developer program.

Important

If you added users after associating your Microsoft Entra tenant with your Microsoft account on Partner Center, note that changing user roles or permissions isn't currently supported. However, you can continue to add as many users as you require and use the filter option of the user management section to locate admins of specific roles.

Step 3: Add users, groups, and Microsoft Entra ID applications to your account

After you've set up the Microsoft Entra ID association, you can add users at Account settings > User management on the Partner Center. Each user has full access the extensions available in the program. You can also add groups of users, or add Microsoft Entra ID applications, to grant them access to your Partner Center account.

For more information about adding users, see Users, groups, and applications in Microsoft Entra ID in the Windows UWP documentation.

Contact us

If you need help or assistance with associating your Microsoft Entra ID account or other related queries, Contact Microsoft Edge extensions support.

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