| Pricing |
December NCE price list preview will erroneously show Triennial Microsoft 365 E3 & E5 and Office 365 E3 SKUs |
November 30 |
| General |
Monthly update: What's new for Solutions Partner designations, Specializations, and other Microsoft AI Cloud and Partner program offerings and benefits |
November 27 |
| General |
Monthly Update: Important actions partners need to take to secure the partner ecosystem |
November 20 |
| Customers |
New user experience for software keys and downloads |
November 17 |
| General |
Microsoft 365 and Copilot program to publish apps and plugins for Microsoft 365 is available in preview in Partner Center |
November 16 |
| General |
New commerce launch and migration details for Cloud Solution Provider, US Government Community Cloud, education, and nonprofit per-user legacy offers |
November 16 |
| Earnings |
Links to Transaction history, Revenue summary, Payment, and Export pages retired |
November 14 |
| Referrals |
Sales stage alignment to MCEM in Partner Center |
November 10 |
| Incentives |
FY24 Modern Work and Security Usage incentives updates |
November 10 |
| Pricing |
Changes to the November New Commerce price list |
November 10 |
| Help + support |
Now live: View and manage organization support requests |
November 9 |
| General |
The Microsoft Partner Agreement (MPA) is being updated, effective May 1, 2024 |
November 9 |
| General |
A look ahead at upcoming changes to the Services Provider License Agreement (SPLA) program |
November 8 |
| General |
November Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) monthly updates and community reminder |
November 7 |
| Incentives |
FY24 Business Applications incentives updates |
November 7 |
| Insights, APIs |
License and VM image version reports now available to ISVs via API download |
November 7 |
| Referrals |
Referral summary using generative AI |
November 7 |
| Customers, Pricing |
CSP offer retirement guide November update schedule |
November 6 |
| Pricing |
View the latest promotions and offers |
November 2 |
| Billing |
New NCE Billing Overview page will soon be generally available |
November 1 |
| Billing |
New NCE Report Download page will soon be generally available |
November 1 |
| Workspace |
October 2023 announcements |
Announced |
| Customers, marketplace |
New commercial marketplace customer documentation experience |
October 30 |
| General |
Monthly update: What's new for Solutions Partner designations, specializations, and other program offerings and benefits |
October 27 |
| Referrals |
Referral activity history in Partner Center |
October 25 |
| Customers, APIs |
Customer account data quality enhancements |
October 25 |
| General |
Now available: Reactivate an Azure subscription from Partner Center portal and API |
October 25 |
| General |
Update on changes to Microsoft 365 and Teams licensing in Europe |
October 20 |
| General |
New commerce launch and migration timeline for Cloud Solution Provider Government Community Cloud, education, and nonprofit legacy offers |
October 18 |
| General |
Monthly update: Important actions partners need to take to secure the partner ecosystem |
October 18 |
| General |
October Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) monthly updates and community reminder |
October 12 |
| Customers |
Azure savings plan is now available in Partner Center sandbox |
October 11 |
| General |
Now Live: Transactability of Business Central apps to AppSource |
October 10 |
| General |
New assessments-related insights for the Surface Reseller Alliance program |
October 9 |
| Earnings |
Now live: Earnings workspace in Partner Center |
October 5 |
| General |
Delayed until November 2023: Enterprise IoT protection included with Microsoft 365 E5 |
October 3 |
| Billing |
The unit price in the reconciliation data now shows the price based on the usage tiers |
October 3 |
| Pricing |
View the latest promotions and offers |
October 2 |
| General |
New annual revenue requirement for CSP indirect resellers |
October 2 |
| Referrals |
Referral Inbound routing rules page has moved |
October 2 |
| Customers |
Introducing Town Halls in Microsoft Teams and retiring Microsoft Teams Live Events |
October 1 |
| Workspace |
September 2023 announcements |
Announced |
| Incentives |
Online Services Usage – Microsoft 365 program page retirement |
September 29 |
| General |
Now Live! Partner Center Technical Corner blog series: September 2023 edition |
September 27 |
| General |
Monthly Update: What's new for Solutions Partner designations, specializations, and other program offerings and benefits |
September 26 |
| General |
Reminder of Cloud Solution Provider commercial legacy seat-based subscription migrations to new commerce and update on Public Sector offers in new commerce |
September 26 |
| Payouts |
Revenue page now available for preview |
September 22 |
| General |
Monthly Update: Important actions partners need to take to secure the partner ecosystem |
September 19 |
| Customers |
Transfer Azure savings plans between partners in Partner Center |
September 14 |
| Billing |
Tax invoice requirements for ISVs selling in Japan |
September 12 |
| Customers |
Dynamics 365 Cloud Migration Promo (CMP) offer retirement |
September 8 |
| General |
Sales deal execution playbook updates |
September 7 |
| General |
Changes to Microsoft 365 and Teams licensing in Europe |
September 5 |
| General |
September Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) monthly updates and community reminder |
September 5 |
| Pricing |
View the latest promotions and offers in the Global Promo Readiness Guide |
September 1 |
| Pricing |
Upcoming enhancements to the CSP and CSP-Hoster programs |
September 1 |
| Workspace |
August 2023 announcements |
Announced |
| Customers |
Microsoft Teams Rooms Licensing Enforcement starting October 1, 2023 |
August 31 |
| Referrals |
Enhancements to customer matching in new deal creation flow |
August 29 |
| General |
Microsoft Teams Audio Conferencing transition now available for NCE |
August 29 |
| Insights |
New report shows capability-based co-selling insights on services co-selling |
August 28 |
| Earnings |
Introducing Earnings workspace in Partner Center |
August 23 |
| Pricing |
Republish of deprecated (DEPR) products on legacy license-based price list (AUD, CAD, CHF) and price list preview (NZD) |
August 17 |
| General |
A Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) Program Guide update is coming |
August 17 |
| Account settings |
Monthly update: Reminder of actions partners need to take with GDAP to secure the partner ecosystem |
August 16 |
| Membership |
Monthly Update: What's new for Solutions Partner designations, Specializations, and other program benefits |
August 15 |
| Billing |
Manage Azure Spending for new commerce only on the Azure Spending (NCE) page |
August 14 |
| Billing |
New UI for Billing overview with improved performance coming to new commerce experience (NCE) |
August 14 |
| Billing |
Align reconciliation file column names with API JSON attributes |
August 14 |
| Customers |
The Get Custom Term End Dates API is now available for partners |
August 11 |
| Pricing |
Additional End of Sales products that were not included in the price list preview |
August 11 |
| Payouts |
Attributes added to default Transaction history template |
August 9 |
| General |
August Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) monthly updates and community reminder |
August 9 |
| Referrals |
Get customer insights for co-sell opportunities |
August 9 |
| General |
Partner Center will display in a light or dark theme based on your browser settings |
August 8 |
| Incentives |
Changes to Incentives workspace – Overview and Program pages |
August 1 |
| Pricing |
View the latest promotions and offers |
August 1 |
| Workspace |
July 2023 announcements |
Announced |
| Pricing |
NCE license-based preview price list will display false positives in countries/regions where there are no FX changes |
July 31 |
| General |
Manage, secure, and govern your SQL Server estate with Azure Arc |
July 26 |
| Customers |
Now live: New order history states and eligibility of subscription upgrades |
July 17 |
| Insights |
Monthly update: Important actions partners need to take to secure the partner ecosystem |
July 17 |
| Insights |
Microsoft's commitment to ensuring partner compliance - resending with corrections |
July 13 |
| Marketplace offers |
ISV partners can now create private offers for SaaS and VM products with customized attributes |
July 13 |
| Benefits |
New specializations for Solutions Partners in the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program |
July 12 |
| General |
July Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) monthly updates and community reminder |
July 12 |
| General |
Next steps in CSP new commerce: Commercial legacy seat-based subscription migration and introduction of public sector offers |
July 11 |
| General |
Introductory pricing for Teams Premium extended! |
July 11 |
| Pricing |
Important licensing changes to Microsoft commercial business in Australian dollars (AUD), New Zealand dollars (NZD), Canadian dollars (CAD), and Swiss francs (CHF) |
July 5 |
| Pricing |
View the latest promotions and offers in the Global Promo Readiness Guide |
July 3 |
| Insights |
Microsoft's commitment to ensuring partner compliance |
July 3 |
| Customers |
Immediate action required for Microsoft Teams Rooms licensing enforcement |
July 1 |
| Workspace |
June 2023 announcements |
Announced |
| Referrals |
Updated interface for the new deal flow |
June 27 |
| Customers |
Important update regarding Microsoft Teams Rooms licensing policy enforcement date |
June 26 |
| Pricing |
License-based legacy commercial offers to be deprecated July 2023 |
June 23 |
| Billing |
New UI to manage Azure Spending with improved performance for New Commerce Experience |
June 22 |
| General |
Now Live! Partner Center Technical Corner blog series: June 2023 edition |
June 20 |
| Pricing |
Constraint data now available in Get promotion by ID API |
June 19 |
| Referrals |
Referrals UI navigation enhancements |
June 19 |
| General |
Microsoft Publisher Agreement version 8.0 – July 2023 update |
June 16 |
| Customers |
View the revamped users and licenses page with new and improved workflows |
June 16 |
| Account settings |
Monthly update: Important actions to secure the partner ecosystem |
June 15 |
| Insights |
Programs added in the Qualified Referral Program (QRP) performance widget |
June 9 |
| Customers |
Immediate action required for Microsoft Teams Rooms licensing enforcement |
June 9 |
| General |
Partner Center .NET SDK is now archived |
June 8 |
| General |
June Cloud Solution provider (CSP) monthly updates and community reminder |
June 7 |
| Pricing |
Republish of June 2023 NCE license-based pricing for all markets |
June 2 |
| Referrals |
Global Promo Readiness Guide published |
June 2 |
| Insights |
New filters for marketplace purchase in co-sell insights |
June 1 |
| Workspace |
May 2023 announcements |
Announced |
| Marketplace offers |
Announcing new AI capabilities in Microsoft Cloud for nonprofit |
May 24 |
| Leads |
Archival policy for marketplace leads |
May 24 |
| APIs |
SDK release on .NET Standard (v3.4.0) |
May 24 |
| Marketplace offers |
Sell your Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)-based apps on Azure Marketplace |
May 18 |
| Account settings |
New timelines: Important actions to secure the partner ecosystem |
May 18 |
| APIs |
Request contract change for Update Customer Qualifications API |
May 16 |
| Customers |
View the revamped customer list with new and improved features |
May 16 |
| General |
May Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) monthly updates and community reminder |
May 10 |
| Referrals |
The Referral Leads details page is more responsive and easier to use |
May 10 |
| General |
Upcoming: Purchase Azure savings plan for compute in Partner Center |
May 8 |
| Pricing |
View the latest promotions and offers in the Global Promo Readiness Guide |
May 2 |
| General |
Join the monthly Korean CSP Operations Q&A community calls |
May 1 |
| Marketplace offers |
Deal registration and manual processing deadline reminder |
May 1 |
| Marketplace offers |
Important updates for Azure IP co-sell deals |
May 1 |
| Customers |
Reminder - Changes to license assignment - Impact on partners |
May 1 |
| Customers |
Microsoft 365 Multi-Geo capabilities add-on SKU coming to CSP |
May 1 |
| Workspace |
April 2023 announcements |
Announced |
| Billing |
Microsoft to manage end-customer taxation (GST) for enterprise agreement commercial marketplace sales in Australia |
April 28 |
| Billing |
New UI to manage Azure Spending with improved performance coming to New Commerce Experience |
April 28 |
| Pricing |
Important changes to Microsoft Cloud and on-premises pricing starting September 2023 |
April 27 |
| Referrals |
Improved co-sell experiences for Services partners |
April 26 |
| Customers |
New order history states |
April 26 |
| Referrals |
Capture your customer's marketplace purchase intent |
April 21 |
| Account settings |
Security reminder: Important actions for partners to secure the partner ecosystem |
April 19 |
| General |
Windows 365 Frontline public preview and new Forrester research |
April 14 |
| General |
April Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) monthly updates and community reminder |
April 13 |
| Pricing |
Republish of NCE license-based pricing for European markets during April 2023 |
April 12 |
| Insights |
Insights for VM image versions of Azure VM and Core VM offers are now available |
April 12 |
| Customers |
Total price now visible in order confirmation and cart checkout response |
April 12 |
| Customers |
Discontinuation notice: Nonprofit customer change to Microsoft 365 E2 grant |
April 10 |
| Customers |
New subscription date time attributes available via partner center APIs May 10, 2023 |
April 10 |
| Customers |
CSP customers to be notified of MCA acceptance |
April 5 |
| Customers |
Changes to license assignment - Impact on partners |
April 4 |
| Pricing |
View the latest promotions and offers |
April 4 |
| Workspace |
March 2023 announcements |
Announced |
| Insights |
Enhanced summary dashboard for Marketplace Insights |
March 30 |
| General |
Upcoming enhancements to CSP-Hoster program |
March 30 |
| General |
Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot — your copilot for work |
March 30 |
| 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 |