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This page provides the announcements for Microsoft Partner Center for May 2026.
Boost Marketplace discoverability with AI-powered feedback
Enhance listings with personalized guidance delivered in seconds via App Advisor.
- Date: May 15, 2026
- Workspace: General
- Impacted audience: All partners with an active listing on Microsoft Marketplace.
Get personalized, AI-powered recommendations on your Microsoft Marketplace listings. With agentic capabilities trained on Microsoft best practices, App Advisor can scan and review your listings to provide objective feedback and actionable recommendations designed to boost discoverability and enhance customer engagement.
Use App Advisor to:
- Evaluate your listings across six categories and receive clear guidance on optimizations you can make to each one.
- Increase visibility, engagement, and conversion with near-instantaneous, AI-powered feedback.
- Prepare for go-to-market motions by optimizing new listings or refreshing underperforming content—and revisit your metrics over time.
Simply sign in, select your Marketplace listing, and receive personalized recommendations in seconds. Anyone at your organization can access these recommendations in App Advisor, there are no special permissions required.
Next steps
- Try App Advisor today.
- Learn more in our blog.
Monthly Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program update
This month’s updates continue to enhance partner differentiation and readiness across high-demand solution areas. Key changes include specialization updates that integrate AI capabilities, revised skilling and performance requirements, and streamlined qualification frameworks to support partner growth and agility.
- Date: May 13, 2026
- Workspace: Membership
- Impacted audience: Partners enrolled in the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program
Partner University Retirement Reminder
Partner University will be retired effective 15 June 2026, impacting partners aspiring to enroll in the Modern Work Solutions Partner designation and two Modern Work specializations,
Here’s what partners need to know:
- Existing Partner University user linkings continue to be honored. Partners receive credit and skilling score for these linkings until June 2027.
- After June 2027, all Partner University assessments will be fully retired and will no longer be used for reporting, skilling score calculation, or as a program requirement.
- No new user linkings to Partner University will be allowed after 15 June 2026.
- The current Partner University user experience available through the Learn profile page in Membership are retired as part of this change.
- In the coming months, Partner University assessments are complemented by a new set of skilling requirements. These new requirements are added as an OR condition alongside the existing Partner University assessments during the transition period.
Changes to Specializations and Solutions Partner Designations
The following skilling options are added to the below specializations and designations in April 2026:
- The Calling for Microsoft Teams specialization added the Microsoft 365 Certified: Collaboration Communications Systems Engineer Associate certification as a skilling option to address the retiring of the Teams Calling Technical Assessment.
- The Meetings and Meeting Rooms for Microsoft Teams specialization added the Microsoft 365 Certified: Collaboration Communications Systems Engineer Associate certification as a skilling option to address the retiring of the Teams Meetings and Meeting Rooms Technical Assessment.
- The Modern Work Solutions Partner designation added the Microsoft 365 Certified: Collaboration Communications Systems Engineer Associate certification as an Advanced skilling option to address the retiring of the Teams Meetings and Meeting Rooms Technical Assessment. This change applies to both the Enterprise and SMB tracks.
- The Modern Work Solutions Partner designation added the Microsoft 365 Certified: Copilot and Agent Administration Fundamentals certification as an Intermediate skilling option to address the retirement of the Microsoft 365 Fundamentals certification. This change applies to both the Enterprise and SMB tracks.
- The Digital & App Innovation Solutions Partner designation added the GitHub Actions, GitHub Administration, GitHub Advanced Security, and GitHub Copilot certifications as Advanced skilling options. This change applies to both the Enterprise and SMB tracks.
Certifications and Applied Skills are regularly updated throughout their lifecycle, which can impact specializations and Solutions Partner designations. In the case of a retiring certification or applied skill impacting a specialization or Solutions Partner designation, the following are true:
- Skilling achieved prior to its retirement remains valid for one year.
- New skilling will be added, if the replacement skilling is applicable to those specializations and designations.
- We detail the new requirements in Partner Center as they go into effect.
The Teamwork Deployment specialization is updated to the Secure AI Productivity specialization on April 29, 2026.
- With the shift towards AI, the Teamwork Deployment spec is updated to help partners prepare their customers for AI by centering on foundational workloads from Microsoft 365 E3.
- The name of the specialization is updated to the Secure AI Productivity specialization.
- Partners now need to hit their 2,500 monthly active usage (MAU) growth on at least three of eight separate Microsoft 365 workload services:
- Products:
- Exchange Online
- SharePoint Online
- Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft 365 Apps
- Entra ID P1
- Intune
- Defender for Endpoint
- Microsoft Information Protection
- At least one of the workloads meeting required growth must come from the productivity workloads: Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365 App.
- At least one of the workloads meeting required growth must come from the identity, security and management workloads: Entra ID P1, Intune, Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Information Protection.
- Products:
- The 20% growth requirement is removed.
- The number of new customer tenants required has been lowered from 12 to 5.
The eligible workloads for the Identity and Access Management specialization performance requirement have been updated as of May 11, 2026.
Entra ID P2 is added as an eligible workload to the Identity and Access Management specialization performance requirement, The new requirement is: "Your company must achieve a minimum of 2,000 Monthly Active Usage (MAU) growth of Entra ID P1 and/or P2 in a trailing twelve-month period."
Coming soon
The Adoption and Change Management specialization will be retired in the coming months.
The Adoption Change Management specialization is being retired, Rather than have a standalone specialization, adoption & change management capabilities are embedded within product-aligned specializations, ensuring change management is evaluated in the context of specific solutions while we retire this more general-purpose specialization.
Three new specializations are created by merging existing specializations in the coming months, Stay tuned for more information on these exciting new offerings!
- The Analytics on Microsoft Azure, Data Warehouse Migration to Microsoft Azure, and Business Intelligence specializations are merging into a new Analytics on Microsoft Azure specialization.
- The Low Code Application Development and Intelligent Automation specializations are merging into a new Agentic Business Solutions specialization.
- The Kubernetes on Microsoft Azure and Migrate Enterprise Applications to Microsoft Azure specializations are merging into a new App Modernization on Microsoft Azure specialization.
Audit Checklists for All Four Security Specializations
In the coming months, we're moving to an audit-based model for all four Microsoft Security Specializations (Cloud Security, Data Security, Identity & Access Management, and Threat Protection). The new audit validates whether partners can deliver Microsoft Security solutions in real customer environments.
This audit will be conducted by an independent, third-party auditor. The duration of the audit depends on scheduling between the auditor and the partner, The audit will be funded by the partner and conducted every two years.
When the change goes live, partners are given an extension to their anniversary date to allow time to prepare for the audit.
Partners receive a Pass or No Pass result upon completion of the audit process, including if they withdraw from the audit.
How you can prepare your partners today:
- Get familiar with the four Security Specializations.
- More details on what will be included in the audit will be released in the coming months. In the meantime, identify SMEs within your partners’ organizations who can support sourcing the required artifacts.
New three-year Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) purchasing option for Microsoft 365 Copilot now available
New 3-year purchasing option for Microsoft 365 Copilot now available in CSP, which brings Microsoft 365 Copilot in line with existing Microsoft 365 E3 and E5 3-year SKUs.
- Date: May 13, 2026
- Workspace: General
- Impacted audience: CSP authorized partners
On May 1, 2026, Microsoft introduced a new three-year purchasing option for Microsoft 365 Copilot in CSP. This new option brings Microsoft 365 Copilot in line with existing Microsoft 365 E3 and E5 three-year SKUs, helping partners support customers pursuing long-term AI transformation. It also creates a more consistent multi-year purchasing motion across the Microsoft 365 portfolio, which can help create more partner services opportunities.
Why it matters
For partners: The new three-year purchasing option supports larger, longer-term Copilot commitments and can enable partners to attach high-value services across readiness, deployment, adoption, change management, governance, and optimization services.
For customers: The new term can provide greater pricing predictability and supports longer-term Copilot planning. Aligned with existing Microsoft 365 E3 and E5 three-year SKUs, it gives customers a purchasing option that supports broader Microsoft 365 investment decisions and larger-scale deployment with greater confidence in budget and rollout planning.
Next steps
- Review your active Microsoft 365 Copilot pipeline and identify customers with long-term AI priorities, budget clarity, and deployment readiness.
- Confirm Partner Center term details to understand term availability, promotional details, and pricing before quoting new business or multi-year renewals.
- Match the purchasing term to the customer’s adoption stage and lead with a services-led engagement plan that supports readiness, deployment, adoption, change management, governance, and optimization:
- Position the one-year term for customers starting their AI journey through pilots and initial rollout scenarios.
- Position the three-year term for customers with defined deployment plans, stronger adoption maturity, and long-term Copilot investment objectives.
- For more positioning guidance and operational details, review the Microsoft 365 Copilot partner FAQ and Microsoft 365 Copilot pitch deck for more information.
Security Store expands to Microsoft Entra, Purview
Microsoft Security Store is now embedded in Microsoft Entra and Purview, and the AI-guided Security Store Advisor is now generally available.
- Date: May 8, 2026
- Workspace: General
- Impacted audience: GSI/SI and SDC partners building solutions that integrate with Microsoft Entra, Purview, Defender, Sentinel, or Security Copilot.
Microsoft Security Store expanded beyond its standalone experience—it’s now embedded directly within Microsoft Entra and Microsoft Purview. Identity, data protection, and compliance teams can now discover, evaluate, and deploy partner solutions without leaving their existing workflows.
The AI-guided Security Store Advisor is now generally available, facilitating natural-language solution discovery and side-by-side comparisons. Partners who have optimized their listings appear at the exact moment customers are making security decisions.
These expansions represent a significant opportunity for partners. Solutions that are properly listed, categorized, and certified gain visibility directly inside the products security teams rely on every day.
Next steps
- Publish new SaaS solutions, agents, or services to Microsoft Security Store.
- Update existing listings with Security Store‑specific metadata (integrations, prerequisites, certifications).
- Align solutions to supported Microsoft Security integrations (Entra, Purview, Defender, Sentinel, Security Copilot).
- Validate certification and eligibility requirements to support in-product discoverability.
- Review the Tech Community blog.
Windows 365 Business – End of Sale for Windows Hybrid Benefit (WHB)
Windows 365 Windows Hybrid Benefit (WHB) SKUs are being retired from sale to simplify the portfolio. Existing customers can continue to renew and use their current subscriptions without interruption, but no automatic migration to new SKUs occur. Partners play a key role in helping customers evaluate and plan any future transitions.
- Date: May 7, 2026
- Workspace: General
- Impacted audience: Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) partners
Windows 365 Business WHB SKUs are being retired from sale to simplify the portfolio. Beginning May 1, 2026, new customers will no longer be able to purchase these SKUs. This update aligns with broader Windows 365 Business pricing changes, including a 20% list price decrease for Windows 365 Business designed to improve affordability and competitiveness for SMB customers. For more information, see the official announcement.
This change doesn't impact existing customers. Those with active WHB subscriptions can continue to use and renew their current plans without interruption, as this is an end-of-sale action only—not an end of support.
There will be no automatic migration to non-WHB SKUs. Existing subscriptions remain on their current WHB SKU at renewal unless the customer chooses to make a change. For customers who do want to transition to a non-WHB SKU, the process requires a manual migration. In-place technical migration isn't supported, so partners play a critical role in helping customers evaluate options and plan any future transitions accordingly.
Next Steps
- Communicate this update to your customers that existing environments and subscriptions remain unchanged under WHB renewals.
- Be prepared to guide customers through SKU selection and transition planning if they choose to move to non-WHB options.
- Reinforce that this update is part of broader efforts to simplify the Windows 365 Business SKU lineup.
Business Applications designation update
Attaining or renewing your designation just got easier—Dynamics 365 Contact Center and Copilot Studio are now eligible workloads.
- Date: May 6, 2026
- Workspace: General
- Impacted audience: Partners who currently have or are in the process of attaining a Solutions Partner designation for Business Applications.
You now have more ways to qualify for—and maintain—your Solutions Partner designation for Business Applications. Dynamics 365 Contact Center and Microsoft Copilot Studio are added as eligible workloads, giving you greater flexibility to meet requirements and showcase the solutions you deliver.
Your partner capability score is made up of three categories: performance, skilling, and customer success. Dynamics 365 Contact Center is added across the performance and customer success categories, and Copilot Studio is added to the performance category.
By expanding the eligible workloads, this update empowers you to move faster toward attaining the designation or staying on track for renewal. It recognizes a broader set of capabilities across Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform, so you can better showcase your capabilities, strengthen your market position, and build customer confidence.
If you don’t yet hold a Business Applications designation, now is a great time to pursue it and unlock new opportunities to differentiate your business. If you’re approaching renewal, review your progress today and start preparing to stay in good standing and keep your momentum.
Next steps
Visit the Business Applications dashboard in Partner Center to check how this update impacts your progress, and take the next action toward attaining or renewing your designation.
Oracle‑to‑PostgreSQL AI‑assisted migration tooling expands partner opportunity on Azure
Migrate customers off legacy Oracle databases with new capabilities designed for efficiency.
- Date: May 6, 2026
- Workspace: General
- Impacted audience: GSIs, SIs, SDCs
Unlock new scalable service opportunities to reduce manual work in Azure database for PostgreSQL. The Oracle-to-PostgreSQL AI-assisted migration tool, available in the PostgreSQL extension for Visual Studio Code, is designed to simplify and accelerate database migrations from Oracle to PostgreSQL on Azure.
With AI‑assisted migration, making the move to enterprise-grade performance and security on a fully managed PostgreSQL platform is streamlined. The new capabilities are designed to facilitate migrations, reduce manual effort, and deliver more opportunity to lead with high‑value services.
The new capabilities are designed to:
- Accelerate migration: Support Oracle-to-PostgreSQL migrations with AI-powered tools for app and schema migration that can reduce manual effort.
- Boost performance and scalability: Run mission-critical workloads on next-generation storage and compute options for faster, more reliable operations.
- Enhance security and compliance: Protect your data with built-in enterprise-grade security features and continuous threat monitoring.
These create an opportunity for you to own the modernization motion: assessment, conversion, remediation, cutover, and post-migration optimization in a delivery model customers can repeat across portfolios.
Next steps
To accelerate your Azure Database for PostgreSQL migration practice:
- Review the latest Oracle-to-PostgreSQL migration tooling.
- Refresh your skills by taking the Build AI Apps with Azure Database for PostgreSQL AI training path on Microsoft Learn.
- Build or refine your Oracle-to-PostgreSQL migration Microsoft Marketplace offer.
- Attain the Infra and Database Migration to Microsoft Azure specialization.
- Nominate migration projects to Azure Accelerate.
Keep skilling on track as AZ‑500 transitions to SC‑500
AZ‑500 is retiring. SC‑500 offers a flexible transition.
- Date: May 6, 2026
- Workspace: General
- Impacted audience: Partners pursuing or maintaining a Solutions Partner designation for Security or Security specializations.
The Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ‑500) certification is retiring on August 31, 2026. To ensure a smooth transition, Microsoft is introducing the Cloud and AI Security Engineer Associate (SC‑500) certification.
During the transition period, partners may use either AZ‑500 or SC‑500 to meet Security Solutions Partner designation and specialization skilling requirements. Existing AZ‑500 certifications remain valid until retirement, and no immediate action is required.
SC‑500 expands the security engineer role to include cloud and AI model protection, validating the ability to design and implement secure environments using modern security patterns and controls for enterprise deployments. The SC-500 beta is available in May 2026, with the training and exam expected July 2026.
Next steps
- Continue using AZ‑500 for current skilling needs until retirement.
- Start planning future skilling with SC‑500 as it becomes available.
- Learn more about evolving security and AI skilling opportunities.
Important updates to the Teamwork Deployment specialization
The Teamwork Deployment specialization is evolving so partners can better prepare customers for secure, AI‑ready environments.
- Date: May 5, 2026
- Workspace: General
- Impacted audience: All partners with a Teamwork Deployment specialization, a Modern Work designation, or a Security designation.
Beginning April 29, 2026, Microsoft is renaming the Teamwork Deployment specialization as the Secure AI Productivity specialization to reflect an increased focus on the secure foundations required for successful AI adoption. Additionally, the performance, skilling, and Solutions Partner designation requirements will be updated to better align with foundational workloads from Microsoft 365 E3 and the realities of modern AI adoption.
These updates expand the workloads included in the specialization and refresh requirements to reflect the skills partners need to deploy, secure, and scale AI‑powered collaboration. Further, partners will now be required to hold both a Solutions Partner designation for Modern Work and a Solutions Partner designation for Security to earn the Secure AI Productivity specialization.
Partners currently enrolled in the specialization will need to meet these updated requirements at their next renewal if it occurs after April 29, 2026.
Next steps
Review the specialization requirements or sign in to Partner Center for more details.
Microsoft Marketplace Terms of Use is being updated, effective May 27, 2026
The Microsoft Publisher Agreement is updated and is now available for your review.
- Date: May 5, 2026
- Workspace: General
- Impacted audience: All audiences
The Microsoft Marketplace Terms of Use is updated and is now available for your review. Changes become effective automatically on May 27, 2026, without further action by any party.
As part of its standard business operations, Microsoft periodically reviews and updates the Microsoft Marketplace Terms of Use to ensure alignment with current practices and regulatory requirements. Beginning on May 27, 2026, the updated terms will take effect automatically, and no action, signature, or acknowledgment is required from partners.
Next steps
To review the updates, access the updated Microsoft Marketplace Terms of Use.
Save the date: MCAPS Start for Partners
Prepare for FY27 with early insights into Microsoft priorities and go-to-market direction at MCAPS Start for Partners.
- Date: May 4, 2026
- Workspace: General
- Impacted audience: All Microsoft partners planning FY27 priorities, investments, and go-to-market strategies.
On July 22, 2026, MCAPS Start for Partners brings together Microsoft leaders to share FY27 priorities, investment focus, and go-to-market direction as the fiscal year gets underway.
Grounded in Frontier Transformation, sessions highlight the shift from experimentation to secure, scalable, operational solutions, showing how customer demand is changing and where Microsoft invests in FY27.
MCAPS Start for Partners serves as an early planning moment, setting context for partners as FY27 priorities take shape.
Next steps
Stay tuned for details on how to register and join us on July 22, 2026.
Switzerland Microsoft 365 E3 (three-year term) pricing alignment
Effective June 1, 2026, Microsoft will update the Switzerland (CHF) price for the Microsoft 365 E3 prepaid three-year commitment SKU to better align with the equivalent one-year commitment pricing over a three-year period.
- Date: May 4, 2026
- Workspace: General
- Impacted audience: Partners that transact in CHF (Swiss Franc).
Pricing details (Switzerland – CHF)
- One-year commitment reference (no change): Microsoft 365 E3 Prepaid with a one-Year Commitment (CFQ7TTC0LFLX:0001) is CHF 312.96 per year (CHF 938.88 over three years).
- Three-year commitment (price update June 1, 2026): Microsoft 365 E3 Prepaid with a three-Year Commitment (CFQ7TTC0LFLX:002Q) is currently CHF 979.20 and will be adjusted to align with the one-year commitment equivalent over three years.
Effective dates
- June 1, 2026: Switzerland (CHF) price update for Microsoft 365 E3 Prepaid with a three-Year Commitment (CFQ7TTC0LFLX:002Q)
- July 1, 2026: The previously planned Microsoft 365 E3 price change will still apply to both the one-year and three-year commitment SKUs
Impact
This change affects new purchases and renewals of the three-year term Microsoft 365 E3 prepaid SKU in Switzerland transacted in CHF through Partner Center. Pricing shown in Partner Center at time of purchase applies. Taxes, fees, and foreign exchange considerations (if applicable) are determined at transaction time.
Next steps
- Review the updated three-year term pricing in Partner Center on or after June 1, 2026.
- Update any customer quotes, proposals, and internal price lists that reference the Switzerland (CHF) three-year term SKU.
- If you have customers planning purchases or renewals around June 1 or July 1, communicate effective dates accordingly.
Questions
Microsoft may update pricing and offer terms from time to time. This announcement is for informational purposes only and doesn’t modify any agreement between Microsoft and its partners or customers. Actual prices and availability are as displayed in Partner Center at the time of transaction.
Changes to Azure Reserved VM Instances
Azure Reserved Virtual Machine (VM) Instances for select VM series will no longer be available for purchase or renewal starting July 1, 2026.
- Date: May 4, 2026
- Workspace: General
- Impacted audience: GSI/SIs, SDCs (formerly ISVs), distributors (formerly indirect providers), indirect resellers, direct bill partners, SSP/LSPs.
Understand which Reserved VM Instances are changing and what stays protected
Beginning July 1, 2026, Microsoft Azure will discontinue new purchases and renewals of Reserved Virtual Machine Instances (RIs) for select VM series.
- One-year RIs ending: Av2, Amv2, Bv1, D, Ds, Dv2, Dsv2, F, Fs, Fsv2, G, Gs, Ls, Lsv2
- One-year and three-year RIs ending: Dv3, Dsv3, Ev3, Esv3
This change doesn’t currently apply to customers in China.
There's no change to existing reserved instances. RIs already purchased continue to receive their reservation discounts for the remainder of their term, providing cost predictability and continuity for customers.
Protect customer savings by helping them plan
Proactively review current RI orders for impacted VM series, confirm expiration dates, and act before July 1, 2026, to prevent a lapse in savings for your customers.
If no action is taken before July 1, 2026, impacted VM workloads will be billed at pay-as-you-go rates once their corresponding RIs expires, even if auto-review is enabled.
Refer to our documentation for information on how to plan for and mitigate the cost impact of these RIs becoming unavailable, such as considering Azure savings plan for compute or migrating to newer-generation VM series.
Next steps
Mandatory multifactor authentication (MFA) for Partner Center APIs
Microsoft is enforcing MFA across all Partner Center app+user APIs. Inventory, validate, and test your integrations now.
- Date: May 4, 2026
- Workspace: General
- Impacted audience: All partners who use Partner Center app+user APIs for automation.
Microsoft is enforcing multifactor authentication (MFA) across all Partner Center app+user APIs. After full enforcement, any app+user API calls made without a valid MFA claim will be blocked and return a 401 response with error code 900421.
If your business relies on automation for provisioning, billing, customer management, or support operations, treat this as a top-tier reliability requirement, not a background security item.
MFA enforcement reduces identity-based risk, and it can also prevent unexpected failures in core automations as enforcement phases roll through partner scope.
Next steps
What to do now:
- Inventory app+user API integrations across your tools and partner-facing experiences.
- Validate token acquisition flows and confirm that a valid MFA claim is included end-to-end.
- Test in sandbox and production-aligned environments where applicable, then monitor 401 and 900421 patterns to catch gaps early.
- Review the Partner Center security requirements.
Extended service terms enforcement for CSP in effect
Extended service terms enforcement for CSPs are in effect.
- Date: May 4, 2026
- Workspace: General
- Impacted audience: All CSP partners (distributors, indirect resellers, direct bill)
Customers and partners now have clear choices at expiration: renew to a new term, cancel at end of term, or temporarily extend service through a paid extended service term (EST).
As a reminder:
- Subscriptions that meet all three of the following criteria will automatically transition to EST at expiration:
- Purchased or renewed on or after April 1, 2025
- Expires on or after May 4, 2026, and
- Auto-renew is set to off
- If EST isn’t a desired end-of-term option, partners can select 'cancel' or 'renew' before the subscription’s end date
- Selecting 'cancel' as an end-of-term option means the subscription ends on its expiration date, and the customer will lose access to the service
Partners should prioritize renewal discussions with customers in advance of a subscription's end date and discuss the best option for their business needs before the end of their service to avoid unexpected billing.
Learn more about EST, available resources, and how to export a list of EST subscriptions.
Next steps
- Review the FAQ with your customers and discuss the best option for their business needs before the end of their service term to avoid unexpected billing.
- Prepare for technical implementation. Coordinate with your technical teams to schedule and test the necessary updates.
New commerce license-based May price lists are updated
Minor updates were made to the May 2026 price lists and are now available.
- Date: May 2, 2026
- Workspace: Pricing
- Impacted audience: All Cloud Solution Providers (distributors, indirect resellers, direct bill)
Reason for republishing the price lists
The new commerce license-based price lists made available on May 1, 2026 included incorrect effective end date values of 5/4/2026. We've corrected these incorrect values and new price lists are available. The May 1, 2026 extended service term (EST) price lists were missing some SKU line items. The new EST price lists are updated to fill these gaps.
- These updates correct the effective end date values and include previously missing EST line items.
- The published updates don't include any actual price changes.
- The corrected values impact all markets.
- Corrections are made to the main price list files, the end of sale price lists, and the extended service term price lists.
Partners will notice the last updated date reflecting 5/2/2026 in the main license-based price lists. This date value helps the partner ensure they have the latest price list data. The Partner Center team understands the inconvenience of republishing price lists and will continue to make every effort to avoid future occurrences.
Questions
- Learn more about pricing and offers.
- Learn more about extended service terms.
Next steps
- Partners that need the latest price lists should go to the pricing workspace to ensure they have the latest data.
Microsoft 365 E7 and Agent 365 are now generally available
Guide customers through Frontier Transformation with Microsoft 365 E7, which includes Agent 365, Microsoft Entra Suite, and more for productivity and security.
- Date: May 1, 2026
- Workspace: General
- Impacted audience: CSP partners
We're excited to announce the general availability of Microsoft 365 E7 and Agent 365.
Introducing Microsoft 365 E7: The Frontier Suite
Microsoft 365 E7 is the Frontier Suite powered by Work IQ, bundling Microsoft 365 E5, Copilot, and Agent 365 into a single solution integrated with the apps and security stack customers already rely on. Designed for organizations to move from AI experimentation to scale, it includes Microsoft Entra Suite and advanced Defender, Intune, and Purview capabilities, delivering comprehensive security across agents and employees.
Built on intelligence and trust, Microsoft 365 E7 empowers teams to turn human intent into AI action. To accomplish this, Microsoft 365 E7 includes access to Agent 365 to bring agentic work front and center. Agent 365 is the control plane for customers to observe, govern, and secure both Microsoft and third-party AI agents, grounded in shared intelligence and built with trust to protect the organization.
This marks a clear path for customers to upgrade to Microsoft 365 E7, unlocking access to Agent 365 for a setup built for secure agentic operations.
Scale secure AI for your customers
This is the right option for customers ready to scale AI with strong governance and security—and it’s available on the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) price list now, along with seller readiness and partner enablement materials to support customer conversations.
Equip your customers to make the most of the agentic AI opportunity and unlock new monetization streams with the premium Microsoft 365 E7 plan.
Next steps
Read the blog article for more details on what Microsoft 365 E7 includes and how you can reimagine your agentic operations with Agent 365.