| Customers |
Microsoft Teams Rooms licensing policy enforcement notice |
March 29 |
| General |
Now Live! Partner Center Technical Corner blog series: March 2023 edition |
March 27 |
| Billing |
The new commerce reconciliation file download experience is now asynchronous! |
March 25 |
| APIs |
SDK Release on .NET Standard (v3.3.0) |
March 24 |
| Payouts |
Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) check payment updates |
March 20 |
| Payouts |
Export page download compressed folder content organization changes |
March 17 |
| Pricing |
View the latest promotions and offers |
March 17 |
| Referrals |
Improved co-sell experiences for Services partners |
March 16 |
| Account settings |
Security update: Important actions to secure the partner ecosystem |
March 15 |
| Referrals |
Customize your grid view in Partner Center |
March 13 |
| Pricing |
Microsoft 365 Multi-Geo capabilities add-on price list preview |
March 10 |
| Pricing |
View the latest promotions and offers |
March 7 |
| General |
Advanced support for partners now includes application consults and developer account planning benefits for ISVs |
March 7 |
| General |
Now available: Journey maps to Microsoft's transformational changes |
March 7 |
| Help + support |
New secondary deal review upload feature |
March 1 |
| Customers |
Now live: Updated Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA) coming in March 2023 |
March 1 |
| Pricing |
Delay to NCE license-based pricing for European markets |
March 1 |
| Workspace |
February 2023 announcements |
Announced |
| Pricing |
Updates to NCE license-based preview price list |
February 27 |
| Billing |
Your Azure Spending Notifications are now available if you bought Azure Savings Plans |
February 27 |
| Grow your business |
Education Insights Premium will become Education Insights on March 1, 2023 |
February 27 |
| Marketplace offers |
New feature to deprecate VM offers and plans on Azure Marketplace |
February 27 |
| Marketplace offers |
Marketo connector restoration |
February 27 |
| Referrals |
Preview cards for co-sell opportunities are now available |
February 22 |
| Account settings |
New timelines and important actions to secure the partner ecosystem |
February 15 |
| Pricing |
Price list data update to “Unit of measure” |
February 15 |
| Pricing |
Convert new commerce trial to paid subscriptions |
February 14 |
| General |
Apply for the 2023 Partner Operational Excellence Award |
February 14 |
| Billing |
(Resolved) Partner account balance displays either zero or an incorrect amount in Partner Center |
February 9 |
| Pricing |
Microsoft Intune Suite price list preview |
February 9 |
| General |
Interested in growing your Microsoft partner business? Join our Webinar! |
February 8 |
| General |
February Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) community update and reminders |
February 8 |
| Pricing |
View the latest promotions and offers |
February 8 |
| Customers |
Partner Center reminder for New Commerce annual subscription renewals |
February 8 |
| APIs |
Request contract change for Update Customer Qualifications API |
February 6 |
| Referrals |
Partner Referrals Business Profile Creation flow |
February 6 |
| Pricing |
Software IN (India) February price list updated |
February 3 |
| Billing |
Azure spending notifications are temporarily unavailable if you bought Azure Savings Plans |
February 1 |
| General |
New Teams Premium is now available |
February 1 |
| General |
Microsoft Partner Agreement (MPA) updates are coming |
February 1 |
| Pricing |
Introducing the Microsoft 365 E3 Do More with Less (DMWL) promo for Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) customers |
February 1 |
| Workspace |
January 2023 announcements |
Announced |
| Pricing |
Promotions page to be retired from Partner Center |
January 31 |
| General |
Microsoft Archive in GitHub will soon store .NET SDK as a project |
January 30 |
| General |
February 2023 Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) Fundamentals sessions |
January 30 |
| General |
Now Live! Partner Center Technical Corner blog series: January 2023 |
January 26 |
| Pricing |
Update: SQL Server 2022 SKU updates coming February 1, 2023 |
January 26 |
| Customers |
Updated Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA) coming in March 2023 |
January 25 |
| Referrals |
Customer insights for marketplace leads |
January 19 |
| General |
Now live: Updated deal details experience in Partner Center |
January 17 |
| Account Settings |
New timelines: Important actions partners must take to secure the partner ecosystem |
January 12 |
| Insights |
Introducing Downloads hub in the Partner Center Insights workspace |
January 12 |
| General |
January Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) community update and reminders |
January 11 |
| Help + Support |
Update: Partner support can now use Teams for meeting appointments |
January 11 |
| General |
Microsoft Teams Premium preview now available |
January 10 |
| Pricing |
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Bridge to the Cloud 2 NCE promotion |
January 10 |
| General |
Holistic Business Case (HBC) assessment now available as partner-led option |
January 10 |
| Pricing |
View the latest promotions and offers |
January 6 |
| Pricing |
SQL Server 2022 CSP availability and price list changes |
January 6 |
| Membership |
Introducing the new Infra and Database Migration to Microsoft Azure specialization |
January 5 |
| Pricing |
Important licensing changes to Microsoft Commercial Business in the European Union (EU), Norway, and UK |
January 5 |
| Benefits |
Changes to CSP partner benefits for Azure reservations now implemented |
January 4 |
| Customers |
Enhancements to Partner Center new commerce migrations |
January 4 |
| Workspace |
December 2022 announcements |
Announced |
| Customers |
Now available: Cancel an Azure subscription by API |
December 16 |
| Marketplace offers |
Update: Fix for Marketo connector for Marketplace leads expected in February, 2023 |
December 16 |
| Incentives |
Removal of legacy Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) seat-based offer partner incentives on December 31 |
December 15 |
| Referrals |
Enhancements to Deal Details page in Referrals make it more powerful and easier to use |
December 14 |
| Account settings |
Important actions partners need to take to secure the partner ecosystem |
December 14 |
| Marketplace offers |
Improved customer notes in Marketplace "Contact Me" leads |
December 12 |
| Referrals |
Grid view for deal management in co-sell opportunities has reached general availability |
December 9 |
| General |
December Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) community update and reminders |
December 7 |
| Billing |
Singapore goods and services tax (GST) rate change to be implemented on January 1, 2023 |
December 7 |
| Incentives |
Important changes to CSP partner benefits for Azure reservations |
December 2 |
| Billing |
Some partners seeing a discrepancy in their daily partner earned credit (PEC) reporting (resolved) |
December 2 |
| Pricing |
Important licensing changes to the Microsoft India Commercial |
December 1 |
| Workspace |
November 2022 announcements |
Announced |
| General |
Open-source Partner Center .NET SDK coming soon |
November 28 |
| Customers |
SQL Server 2022 availability & price list changes: Information for CSP partners |
November 24 |
| Customers |
Now live for CSP partners: Customer management with tags |
November 23 |
| General |
Some partners seeing a discrepancy in their daily partner earned credit (PEC) reporting |
November 23 |
| APIs |
SDK Release on .NET Standard (v3.2.0) |
November 23 |
| Customers |
For CSP partners: Enhancements to Azure plan subscription management |
November 22 |
| Pricing |
For CSP partners: SQL Server 2022 availability and price list changes |
November 21 |
| Pricing |
Price list changes for CSP SQL Server Standard and Enterprise subscriptions |
November 21 |
| General |
Now Live! Partner Center Technical Corner blog series: November 2022 edition |
November 16 |
| General |
SQL Server 2022 launch and pricing |
November 16 |
| Benefits |
Now live: Public preview of the ISV Success program |
November 15 |
| Account settings |
Important actions partners need to take to secure the partner ecosystem |
November 15 |
| Marketplace offers |
Marketo connector for Marketplace leads isn't working—use workaround |
November 15 |
| Billing |
Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) technical training series |
November 14 |
| Pricing |
View the latest promotions and offers |
November 14 |
| General |
Discount Transparency Disclosure Form (DTDF) for Enterprise Agreement (EA) and Enterprise Agreement Subscription (EAS) |
November 14 |
| General |
Microsoft 365 SMB New Customer and Upsell, and Dynamics 365 New Customer promos expansion |
November 14 |
| APIs |
Partners can now schedule migration to new commerce |
November 11 |
| Billing |
New (beta) API for quickly and asynchronously retrieving unbilled usage data |
November 10 |
| General |
November Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) community update and reminders |
November 10 |
| Referrals |
Co-sell with Microsoft community Q&A call for Q2 of fiscal year 2023 (FY23) |
November 10 |
| Billing |
Changing the new commerce reconciliation file download method (synchronous to asynchronous) |
November 9 |
| General |
New commerce experience for CSP: Journey map now available |
November 9 |
| Pricing |
View the latest promotions and offers |
November 8 |
| Membership |
Upcoming Office Hours for the Microsoft Cloud Partner Program |
November 7 |
| Benefits |
Reminder: Changes to CSP partner benefits for Azure reservations in 2023 |
November 7 |
| Customers |
Now live: Improved subscription lists for Cloud Solutions Providers (CSPs) in Partner Center |
November 4 |
| Action Center |
Now live: Bulk operations for Azure IP co-sell deal registrations |
November 3 |
| Billing |
Office Hours: Changes to Singapore GST rate |
November 3 |
| Action Center |
Now live: Improved customer account matching for inbound referrals |
November 3 |
| Incentives |
Microsoft Commerce Incentives (MCI) communication |
November 2 |
| Billing |
Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) technical training series |
November 2 |
| Pricing |
Microsoft Korea to revise corporate licenses and services prices |
November 1 |
| Pricing |
Microsoft Japan to revise corporate licenses and services prices |
November 1 |
| Payouts |
Partners can now understand their incentives ineligibility for all engagements under Microsoft Commerce Incentives |
November 1 |
| Workspace |
October 2022 announcements |
Announced |
| APIs |
Partners can now schedule migration to new commerce in their sandbox environment |
October 27 |
| Customers |
New disabled state for new commerce license-based subscriptions |
October 26 |
| APIs |
New (beta) API for quickly and asynchronously retrieving billed usage data |
October 20 |
| Insights |
Now live: Partner cohort analysis in referrals insights |
October 20 |
| General |
Now live: Azure savings plan for compute |
October 18 |
| Billing |
Change in value-added tax (VAT) for Russian businesses billed by international organizations |
October 14 |
| Account settings |
New timelines: Securing the partner ecosystem by transitioning to GDAP |
October 13 |
| General |
October Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) community update and reminders |
October 12 |
| Pricing |
Software price list now supports multiple European currencies |
October 11 |
| General |
Partner earned credit (PEC) not appearing on Azure subscription invoices |
October 11 |
| Billing |
Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) technical training in October |
October 11 |
| Pricing |
Singapore goods and services tax (GST) rate change to be implemented on January 1, 2023 |
October 11 |
| Pricing |
View the latest promotions and offers |
October 10 |
| Incentives |
Microsoft Commerce Incentives (MCI) communication |
October 10 |
| Customers |
Introducing the Dynamics 365 and Power Platform promotion for new Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) customers |
October 6 |
| General |
Windows 365 for US Government general availability (GA) from October 1 |
October 4 |
| General |
Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit Feature Release October 2022 |
October 4 |
| General |
MPNID is now PartnerID |
October 3 |
| Pricing |
New commerce license-based services price list for October 2022 includes a commercial product SKU that's not purchasable yet |
October 3 |
| Customers |
Strengthen cybersecurity with a free subscription to Azure AD Premium Plan 2 |
October 3 |
| Customers |
Now live: Changes to Microsoft's hoster licensing and products |
October 3 |
| Billing |
Reminder: Removal of check payment instructions from NCE invoices |
October 3 |
| Workspace |
September 2022 announcements |
Announced |
| Pricing |
New commerce license-based services price list for October 2022 includes a commercial product SKU that's not purchasable yet |
September 30 |
| Customers |
Reminder: Save on Azure compute services through the CSP program |
September 28 |
| Benefits |
Changes to CSP partner benefits for Azure reservations in 2023 |
September 22 |
| Account settings |
New API requirements for partner attestation starting November 7, 2022 |
September 21 |
| Account settings |
Azure Security best practices |
September 20 |
| Customers |
Introducing the new Microsoft eCDN SKU |
September 19 |
| Pricing |
View the latest promotions and offers |
September 16 |
| Customers |
Windows 365 15 percent post-event promo |
September 15 |
| General |
Reconciliation data model changes available in sandbox on September 15 |
September 14 |
| General |
Cloud Solution Providers (CSP) Fundamentals: CSP and new commerce experience (NCE) overview |
September 13 |
| Account settings |
Extended timelines: Securing the partner ecosystem by transitioning to GDAP |
September 12 |
| Customers |
Live: customTermEndDate can now be configured for NCE migration |
September 12 |
| Referrals |
Live: New grid view in the Partner Center Referrals workspace |
September 9 |
| General |
Monthly updates to the Partner Center Referrals workspace UI |
September 7 |
| General |
September Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) community update and reminders |
September 7 |
| General |
Microsoft Publisher Agreement version 8.0 – October 2022 update |
September 7 |
| Pricing |
New Teams Rooms licensing is here |
September 7 |
| Customers |
New ways to save on Azure compute services through the Cloud Service Provider (CSP) program coming soon |
September 6 |
| Pricing |
View the latest promotions and offers |
September 6 |
| Pricing |
Microsoft 365 Nonprofit Pricing and Audio-Conferencing Licensing Updates |
September 1 |
| Customers |
Introducing the Microsoft 365 SMB and New Customer Upsell Promotion for Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) Customers |
September 1 |
| Pricing |
October 1 Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) software subscription offer and price list changes |
September 1 |
| Referrals |
Email notifications for marketplace leads in Partner Center |
September 1 |
| Billing |
Removal of check payment instructions from new commerce invoices in the US (including Puerto Rico) and Canada |
September 1 |
| Workspace |
August 2022 announcements |
Announced |
| Action Center |
Email subscription preferences are live at Action center |
August 30 |
| Pricing |
Upcoming changes to Microsoft's hosting licensing and products |
August 29 |
| Referrals |
Microsoft Kaizala retirement announcement |
August 26 |
| Benefits |
Updates to benefits for Solutions Partner designations ahead of general availability on October 3, 2022 |
August 25 |
| Marketplace offers |
Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro free trials available on September 1, 2022 |
August 23 |
| Pricing |
Correction: Microsoft Teams with Calling Plan pricing in legacy CSP |
Aug 22 |
| General |
Canceled updates to the Online Services and Software Channel Authorization Guide |
August 16 |
| Billing |
Registration required: Instruction of Transaction Tax Terms and Conditions (TTTC)—US partners only |
August 12 |
| APIs |
SDK Release on .NET Standard (v3.1.2) |
August 11 |
| Referrals |
Co-sell with Microsoft community Q&A call for Q1 of fiscal year 2023 (FY23) |
August 10 |
| General |
August Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) community update and reminders |
August 10 |
| Account settings |
Important actions partners need to take to secure the partner ecosystem |
August 8 |
| Pricing |
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Servers removal from price list |
August 3 |
| Referrals |
Contact validation now available for Marketplace leads in Partner |
August 3 |
| Marketplace offers |
Now live: Long-term pricing for marketplace SaaS offers |
August 2 |
| Workspace |
July 2022 announcements |
Announced |
| APIs |
SDK Release on .NET Standard (v3.1.1) |
July 28 |
| General |
Transition to Microsoft 365 Defender portal to be completed in July 2022 |
July 25 |
| Referrals |
New criteria for the Top Tier of Azure IP co-sell |
July 20 |
| General |
August 2022 update: Online Services and Software Channel Authorization guide |
July 20 |
| APIs |
SDK Release on .NET Standard (v3.1.0) |
July 19 |
| Account settings |
Changing term of subscriptions with promotions is now supported |
July 18 |
| Account settings |
Timeline update: Important actions partners need to take to secure the partner ecosystem |
July 18 |
| Customers |
Reminder: Change to July 11 blocking of legacy CSP renewals |
July 14 |
| General |
July Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) self-serve community update and reminders |
July 13 |
| Referrals |
Exception process for deal registrations available in Partner Center |
June 12 |
| Customers |
Change to CSP new commerce software subscriptions cancellation policy |
July 11 |
| General |
Readiness: Enabling a new secondary deal review upload feature |
July 6 |
| Pricing |
Correction regarding Viva Goals price list preview |
July 6 |
| Customers |
Introducing Windows 365 Enterprise promotion for Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) customers |
July 1 |
| General |
NCE for CSP seat-based offers operating guide retirement |
July 1 |
| Workspace |
June 2022 announcements |
Announced |
| Membership |
Upcoming training session for the Microsoft cloud partner program and Q&A |
June 30 |
| Account settings |
Important actions partners need to take to secure the partner ecosystem |
June 30 |
| Customers |
Licensing updates for Teams Phone with Calling Plan |
June 29 |
| Customers |
Change to July 11 blocking of legacy CSP renewals |
June 28 |
| General |
Introducing the new Teams Rooms SMB partner playbook |
June 27 |
| Pricing |
Enhancements to scheduled change feature now available for Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) new commerce seat-based subscriptions |
June 20 |
| APIs |
Backward compatibility of including marketplace offers on OnlineServices targetView within GetProducts API to end on July 7 |
June 20 |
| Pricing |
View the latest promotions and offers |
June 14 |
| Customers |
Reminder: Upcoming change to CSP new commerce subscription cancellation policy |
June 10 |
| Customers |
Solution Workspace no longer available from September 1, 2022 |
June 9 |
| Customers |
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint in the Microsoft 365 Defender portal |
June 9 |
| General |
June Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) community update and reminders |
June 8 |
| Referrals |
Leads for Office plugins are now available in Partner Center |
June 8 |
| Incentives |
Microsoft Commerce Incentives (MCI) communication |
June 8 |
| Referrals |
Auto-approvals for Microsoft commercial marketplace deal registrations now available in Partner Center |
June 3 |
| General |
Upcoming retirement of NCE for CSP seat-based offers operating guide |
June 3 |
| Pricing |
View this month's product launches and offers |
June 1 |
| Referrals |
IP co-sell deal registration deadline |
June 1 |
| Referrals |
Improved customer account matching process now live in Partner Center |
June 1 |
| Workspace |
May 2022 announcements |
Announced |
| Pricing |
Cloud for Sustainability price list preview exception |
May 31 |
| Pricing |
Reminder: Updates to GetProducts API coming in June 2022 |
May 27 |
| Customers |
Microsoft Defender for Business standalone upgrade to Business Premium |
May 23 |
| General |
Microsoft Cloud Partner Program: Training session and Q&A |
May 20 |
| Customers |
Change to software subscription cancellation in CSP new commerce |
May 20 |
| Pricing |
Now live: Price change feature in the commercial marketplace |
May 19 |
| APIs |
API for getting the DAP stats and customer list to help automate DAP removal |
May 18 |
| General |
Microsoft announces new benefits for cloud providers |
May 18 |
| Referrals |
Co-sell with Microsoft community call Q&A for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2022 |
May 17 |
| Membership |
Upcoming training session for Microsoft Cloud Partner program and Q&A |
May 17 |
| Referrals |
Improved customer account matching process during referral submission coming to Partner Center in May 2022 |
May 17 |
| Account Settings |
Monthly security update: securing the partner and customer ecosystem |
May 17 |
| Account Settings |
Now it's easy to find your workspaces, roles, and admins in Partner Center |
May 16 |
| Customers |
Legacy CSP subscription expiration date identifier |
May 11 |
| Pricing |
Upcoming training for new commerce experience for seat-based offers |
May 5 |
| Customers |
Put in place prevention and detection risk mitigation controls to avoid Azure fraud or misuse and reduce your exposure |
May 5 |
| Pricing |
New charity discounts introduced in CSP for Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations, Fraud Protection, and Project Operations offers |
May 5 |
| Billing |
Subscriptions canceled between May 1 and 6 (invoice generation date) will appear in the April Invoice |
May 4 |
| Pricing |
Updates to GetProducts API coming in June 2022 |
May 3 |
| Workspace |
April 2022 announcements |
Announced |
| Pricing |
New Commerce Experience (NCE) fundamentals session: Overview and seat-based offers deep dive |
April 28 |
| General |
Microsoft Publisher Agreement version 8.0 – May 2022 update |
April 27 |
| Pricing |
End-of-sale products will be in the June price list preview |
April 26 |
| Pricing |
Increased discounts to Dynamics 365 Marketing and Customer Insights charity offers in CSP |
April 26 |
| Customers |
Microsoft Defender for Business standalone availability |
April 20 |
| Customers |
Change to date for blocking of legacy Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) subscription renewals |
April 20 |
| Pricing |
New timeline: Changes to Azure offer related to the new commerce experience in CSP |
April 20 |
| Customers |
Enforcement of CSP customer onboarding requirements postponed |
April 20 |
| Customers |
Customer List enhancement: advisor relationship filter |
April 18 |
| Customers |
Transfer of Azure subscriptions and reservations between partners now live for all partners |
April 14 |
| Customers |
Windows 365 Business and Enterprise in CSP: annual term now available |
April 13 |
| Billing |
New secondary deal review upload feature |
April 11 |
| Customers |
Enforcement of CSP customer onboarding requirements starts April 12 |
April 6 |
| Customers |
Windows powers the future of hybrid work |
April 6 |
| Pricing |
View the latest promotions and offers |
April 5 |
| Pricing |
View this month's product launches and offers |
April 5 |
| Pricing |
April changes to nonprofit software grant program |
April 5 |
| Pricing |
Important updates for Microsoft partners serving customers in Belarus |
April 4 |
| Pricing |
Remote Help compliance and availability announcement |
April 4 |
| Pricing |
New commerce price list preview not available for April 2022 |
April 4 |
| Insights |
New CSP Revenue Details Report available for direct CSP Partners |
April 1 |
| Pricing |
Simple and flexible Windows Server guest licenses for Azure Stack HCI as a subscription |
April 1 |