February 2023 announcements

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This page provides the announcements for Microsoft Partner Center for February 2023.

Updates to NCE license-based preview price list

Date: February 27, 2023

Summary

Starting in March 2023, the NCE license-based preview (April 2023) price list will include more types of product changes.

Workspace

Pricing

Impacted audience

Cloud Solution Provider partners--indirect providers and direct bill—in all markets/countries

Details

Previously, the NCE license-based price preview price list captured changes for products at an overall product-sku level. However, not all NCE products are configured in the same manner, and this led to inconsistency in when or if products would appear in a preview.

Going forward, the NCE license-based preview price list will include a broader and more holistic set of data changes. Each time a product experiences a change to its data—whether it’s a price, description, or other change—the product will appear in a preview price list. *

The look and feel of the preview price list, its data schema, remains the same. Partners should continue to use the NCE license-based preview price list to discover:

  • new products with a preview period (please note some products bypass preview and go directly to general availability)
  • products reaching an End-of-Sales date and lifecycle state
  • price changes

Note

* It’s important to note that with month-over-month comparison, many product data changes will be evident. However, it is possible for product preview data to appear unchanged from month to month. When data appears identical month-over-month, this is because the product is experiencing some data change, though the change is not to data attributes present in the pricing data set.

Next steps

  • Attend — or catch the recording — of a March 8, 2023, CSP Technical Training to learn more about changes to the NCE license-based preview price list.

  • If there is an impact to your organization, please share this information with the appropriate contacts in your company.

  • Reference the latest pricing guidance on Pricing and offers.

  • Looking for more about local currency pricing updates related to the preview price list? Check out our partner resources.

Your Azure Spending Notifications are now available if you bought Azure Savings Plans

Date: February 27, 2023

Summary

We’re happy to announce that the notification system for Azure spending is now back up and running and is available to all customers who have purchased Azure savings plans. This notification sends out an alert to you whenever a customer’s Azure budget for the month reaches or surpasses 80%.

Even though you can ignore the last announcement, we still recommend that you take the extra precautions that were mentioned in that announcement to stay informed and protect yourself from fraud. It’s important to keep track of how much you use and spend on Azure regularly to make sure your account is secure, so you can stay on top of your budget and avoid any unexpected costs.

Workspace

Billing

Impacted audience

Partners who have customers with Azure resources

Details

Azure budgets are an easy and effective way to monitor your customers’ spending and stay on top of their monthly budgets. Follow the link below to learn how to set Azure budgets and receive notifications when your customers’ spending reaches or exceeds 80%.

This system will keep track of how much money your customers are spending and give you information on where they may be over budget. Azure budgets also come with detailed visuals that make it easy to look at customer data and find potential areas of risk.

Next steps

Share this information with the appropriate stakeholders in your organization.

Education Insights Premium will become Education Insights on March 1, 2023

Date: February 27, 2023

Summary

Customers can continue to use the Education Insights Premium experience without impact to data collection or retention with no action required by customers. Partner action noted below.

Workspace

Grow your business

Impacted audience

CSP Partners

Details

We're pleased to announce that the Education Insights Premium add-on, offer ID 5019942f-380e-403d-ab50-c80c5e7b6f99, will be extended to all Microsoft 365 and Office 365 A-suites subscriptions as a part of the existing Education Insights service beginning March 1, 2023.

In accordance with this change, the add-on SKU will be retired and removed from the price list on March 1 without any change in service for existing Education Insights Premium customers. Customers can continue to use the Education Insights Premium experience without impact to data collection or retention.

Important

Action required for Partners to suspend subscriptions and request prorated refund, as applicable.

On behalf of customers, Partners can suspend (cancel) the add-on. See more at Suspend a subscription.

Partners can also request a prorated refund for their customers. Contact support using this link Partner Center (microsoft.com)(requires Partner Center sign-in).

Next steps

Share this information with the appropriate stakeholders in your organization.

New feature to deprecate VM offers and plans on Azure Marketplace

Date: February 27, 2023

Summary

Independent Software Vendor (ISV) partners can use a new feature to deprecate virtual machine (VM) offers, plans, or images from Azure Marketplace.

Workspace

Marketplace offers

Impacted audience

Marketplace and ISV partners

Details

Starting February 27, 2023, ISV partners can use a new feature that will allow you to deprecate your VM offers, plans, or images from Azure Marketplace.

This feature complies with the Azure 90-day wind-down period and ensures customers are given adequate notification. In addition, deprecated offers, plans, or images can still be restored. This new experience is replacing the stop-sell feature.

Key benefits of this new feature include the following:

  • Unlike the stop-sell experience, deprecation is scheduled at least 90 days in advance.
  • Customers with active deployments will be notified of the upcoming deprecation.
  • You’ll have the flexibility either to cancel an upcoming deprecation or restore one.

Next steps

Share this information with all appropriate contacts in your organization, especially those who are responsible and accountable for managing tax status and details.

Learn more about deprecation and restoration of VM offers.

Questions?

If you have questions or concerns, contact us.

Marketo connector restoration

Date: February 27, 2023

Summary

Marketo connector for Marketplace leads has been restored.

Workspace

Marketplace Offers

Impacted audience

All partners who have configured Marketo as a Lead destination for their Marketplace offers.

Details

We've now restored the Marketo connector for Marketplace offers. Partners can talk to their Marketo admins to obtain their ClientID and Client secret and update the configurations in the Marketplace offers tab.

Make sure that the field mappings are set up correctly in the Marketo form. The required fields are First Name, Last Name, Email Address, Phone number, Job Title, Company Name, Country, and Lead Source. Also, after updating configurations in the Marketplace offer tab, select the Validate button and make sure a test lead is sent to your Marketo instance.

Next steps

Follow the steps listed in this document, including obtaining a Client ID and a Client secret from your Marketo admin and updating the configuration in Partner Center.

Preview cards for co-sell opportunities are now available

Date: February 22, 2023

Summary

Preview cards for co-sell opportunities are now available.

Workspace

Referrals

Impacted audience

Referral admins

Details

We’ve heard your feedback and have launched a quick way to preview co-sell opportunities from the grid view in Partner Center.

No more waiting around for an entire page to load, just hover and see important details such as IP co-sell eligibility, whether the Microsoft seller has accepted the deal and when the deal expires. Additionally, you can open a deal in a new tab with a handy shortcut right in the preview card. Try it out today.

Next steps

Sign-in to Partner Center and visit the Referrals workspace in the co-sell opportunities grid view to see the preview cards in action. Learn more at the Referrals user guide.

New timelines and important actions to secure the partner ecosystem

Date: February 15, 2023

Summary

Microsoft is extending previously announced timelines for actions partners should take to secure their customers.

Workspace

Account settings

Impacted audience

Direct bill partners, indirect providers, and indirect resellers transacting through the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program and with advisors

Details

Partners should continue securing their access by transitioning existing delegated admin privileges (DAP) relationships to granular delegated admin privileges (GDAP) by reviewing the DAP monitoring report and removing DAP relationships that aren't needed.

New GDAP milestone dates

  1. Transition active and inactive DAPs: Starting May 22, 2023

    • Microsoft will begin transitioning active and inactive DAP relationships to GDAP with limited Azure Active Directory (AD) roles. We will provide clarity on the roles by March 15, 2023.
    • For relationships that have been transitioned from DAP to GDAP, we will proceed to remove the corresponding DAP relationships 30 days later.
    • We will pause the transition for the month of June to support the fiscal year closure.

    Note

    If a partner has a GDAP relationship with a specific customer, Microsoft will not transition that customers DAP to GDAP. Microsoft will disable that customer’s DAP by the end of July.

  2. The dates for the following milestones will be communicated on March 15, 2023:

    • Stop new DAPs—DAP is currently granted when a new customer tenant is created. Microsoft will no longer grant DAP for new customer creation.
    • Grant GDAP default roles for new customers—GDAP with certain default roles will be granted when a new customer tenant is created.
    • Retire the bulk migration tool—The bulk migration tool will be retired.

Available now

  1. Bulk migration tool: New DAP removal feature
    • Starting February 15, 2023, the tool will have a new feature that allows partners to remove DAP relationships in bulk.
    • The tool will also be able to carry out bulk editing, deletion of access assignments, and deletion of GDAP relationships. For more details, go to GDAP bulk migration tool.
  2. The GDAP v1 APIs are now available. We recommend moving from beta to v1.0 as soon as possible.
  3. It was required that every privileged access group (formerly called PIM for Groups feature) had to be a role-assignable group. This restriction has now been removed. It’s now possible to enable more than 500 groups per tenant in PIM; however only up to 500 groups can be role assignable. For more information, refer to Privileged Identity Management (PIM) for Groups (preview) - Azure Active Directory.
  4. You should add a security contact now to receive Azure fraud notification emails. These emails are currently being sent to the admin agents, but if an admit agent is just-in-time (JIT) enabled and the JIT expires, the email won’t be delivered. Hence, having a security contact will help detect and protect Azure fraud events. Learn more about handling Azure fraud notifications. We recommend investigating and updating the fraud event status.

Exchange Online Automation to be deprecated on March 31, 2023

Any code that incorporates either the Legacy Exchange Online public client ID (app ID a0c73c16-a7e3-4564-9a95-2bdf47383716) or the Partner Center PowerShell module will cease to function on March 31, 2023. We recommend that you immediately review code or automation to locate any use of this legacy public client ID. You can find more details on steps that you need to take in the January security announcement.

Security Through the Lens of Zero Trust

Sign up for a two-day seminar to learn the security features and capabilities available within Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 that can help your customers easily protect their identity, network, and infrastructure workloads hosted in hybrid and cloud environment. This training is also available as on-demand learning.

Resolved: Access issues with Azure Services using Azure GDAP

Some partners might have been experiencing access issues when partner technicians administer Azure services for their customers on Azure portal using admin on behalf of (AOBO). This was due to double-byte character sets (DBCS) entered in the Partner Organization Name field. We can confirm that this issue has now been resolved and encourage you to continue your transition to GDAP.

Next steps

  1. Strengthen your security posture and navigate the evolving threat landscape with Microsoft cybersecurity tools and resources.
  2. Review the Partner Center security requirements and the CSP security best practices.
  3. Sign up for dedicated CSP Security Q&A sessions to have your queries answered by subject matter experts.
  4. Review the new journey map to navigate the transformational journey for partners to Zero Trust. It provides milestones, resources, and actions to take as we continue through this transformation.
  5. Find guidance and resources in securing the partner and customer ecosystems partner readiness gallery.

Price list data update to “Unit of measure”

Date: February 15, 2023

Summary

Partner Center’s pricing service will update its logic for Unit of Measure.

Workspace

Pricing

Impacted audience

Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) direct-bill partners and indirect providers who use modern Azure or marketplace pricing

Details

Beginning in March 2023, Partner Center’s pricing service will update its logic for Unit of Measure, which is a concept common to usage-based services. Previously this field had many possible measurement values, and after the change is made, the field will have a smaller set of values with more consistency across the products and the services to which it applies. See the below table for a summary of which price lists contain this field, and the impact to these price lists due to this update.

Price list impact summary Price list impact summary
Category Unit of measure values changing?
License-based services (New commerce) No impact, values are always blank.
Software No impact, values are always blank.
Azure plan consumption Yes, there is impact. See example data.
Azure plan reservations Yes, there is impact. See example data.
Marketplace Yes, there is impact. See example data.
Sample data* for Unit of measure Sample data* for Unit of measure
BEFORE change AFTER change
1 Compute Hour
# of assets
Per 1000 units		 1 hour
1/year

*These are possible values and are not representative of all values.

Next steps

  • Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) direct-bill partners and indirect providers who use modern Azure or marketplace pricing will need to review if or how they use the “Unit of measure” attribute and determine if any change to their pricing processes is required. This is believed to be a no- to low-impact change for most organizations.
  • If there is an impact to your organization, please share this information with the appropriate contacts in your company.
  • Reference the latest pricing data schema and example data on Microsoft Docs | Pricing and offers.

Convert new commerce trial to paid subscriptions

Date: February 14, 2023

Summary

Additional information is available on converting new commerce trials to paid subscriptions.

Workspace

Pricing

Impacted audience

All partners

Details

At the end of the 30-day trial period (during scheduled conversion), 25 seats will automatically be converted to the new paid subscription, with a commitment term of one year and monthly billing.

  • Trials, when automatically converted to full commercial subscriptions, have the standard 7-day cancellation period.

  • Within the first 7-days, partners can cancel the licenses. Partners will be refunded the full amount minus the prorated amount for the days the subscriptions were used. See more on NCE cancellation.

  • Within the first 7-days, partners can decrease the number of licenses. Partners will be refunded the full amount minus the prorated amount for the days the subscriptions were used. See more on NCE Qty.

  • If more than 7-days have elapsed since the conversion, partners cannot cancel or decrease the quantities until the next cancellation window at renewal. ​​​​​​​

Next steps

Review the information on this topic and share with the appropriate stakeholders in your organization.

Apply for the 2023 Partner Operational Excellence Award

Date: February 14, 2023

Summary

We’re excited to invite partners to submit self-nominations for the Partner Operational Excellence Award by April 5, 2023.

Workspace

General

Impacted audience

All eligible partners (Download the award guidelines and rules and regulations PDFs.)

Details

The Partner Operational Excellence Award recognizes a partner who has excelled in driving superior execution excellence which has resulted in demonstrated digital and business transformation that meets or exceeds customer satisfaction. Partners applying for this award should demonstrate how their focus on compliant operational excellence has enabled agility and scale and helped to improve customer transactional experience, making it easier for customers to do business with Microsoft.

To get full eligibility details, download the awards guidelines.

How to apply

Microsoft Partner of the Year awards are based on a self-nominating process by partners through the nomination tool.

When to apply

All nominations must be submitted by April 5, 2023, 6:00 PM Pacific Time (UTC+8).

Next steps

Submit your nomination for the Partner Operational Excellence award. All nominations must be submitted by April 5, 2023, 6:00 PM Pacific Time (UTC+8).

For award guidelines and criteria, download the Award Guidelines document. (Go to page 70 for Operational Excellence.) Rules and regulations apply, which you can download as a PDF file.

Questions?

Contact Partner Support if you have questions or need more information.

[RESOLVED: Feb 14] Partner account balance displays either zero or an incorrect amount in Partner Center

Date: February 9, 2023

Summary

This issue has been resolved. Partner Center is displaying accurate account balances via the UI or API as of February 14, 2023.

Please disregard the message below

Due to an unforeseen change, the partner account balance in the Partner Center currently shows either zero or the wrong amount. Our team is working to fix the problem so that you can see the correct account balance as soon as possible. Please ignore the account balance and check each invoice to see if anything is due. We’re sorry for the trouble and appreciate your patience while we fix it.

Workspace

Billing

Impacted audience

All partners

Details

A technical glitch is currently causing the partner account balance to display as zero or incorrectly in the Partner Center. Our team is working to resolve the issue and display the correct account balance as soon as possible. This incorrect representation of the account balance does not impact the ability to view individual invoice due amounts, paid amounts, or make payments for any outstanding dues. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience while we work to resolve the issue.

We have an important update regarding your account balance in the Partner Center. Due to a temporary internal technical glitch, your account balance may appear to be zero or incorrect. However, we are making every effort to fix this and quickly display the correct balance.

We know that this may be upsetting for you, but please know that the fact that your account balance is wrong doesn’t affect your ability to see individual invoice due amounts, paid amounts, or make payments for any outstanding dues.

Rest assured that we are committed to providing you with the most accurate and up-to-date information about your account. We’re sorry if this has caused you trouble, and we appreciate your patience while we fix the problem. Stay tuned for further updates.

You can see your account balance with these options:

  • Use the API to see your invoice summary. This link has more information on how to do this.

  • Go to the “Billing” workspace in the Partner Center and look for the amount under the “Account balance as of last invoice date” section.

Next steps

Thank you for your understanding. To ensure a smooth resolution of this technical glitch, we kindly ask that you take the following steps:

  1. You can still see how much is due on each invoice and how much has been paid and make payments for any bills that are still due as usual.

    You can see your account balance with these options:

    • Use the API to see your invoice summary. This link has more information on how to do this.

    • Go to the Partner Center’s “Billing” workspace and then the “Billing history” section. In this section, your invoices are listed for each year and month.

    • If you need to make payments, you can find payment instructions in your PDF invoice.

  2. If you still need to know your account balance, please open a support ticket.

  3. Check for updates from us regarding the estimated time of resolution.

Our team is working hard to fix this problem so that you can see your correct account balance in the Partner Center. In the meantime, if you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our support team.

We appreciate your continued partnership and apologize for any inconvenience.

Microsoft Intune Suite price list preview

Date: February 9, 2023

Summary

Microsoft Intune Suite will be generally available from March 1, 2023. The suite provides a set of advanced endpoint management capabilities built on Intune.

Workspace

Pricing

Impacted audience

Modern Work and Security partners

Details

Microsoft Intune Suite

The Microsoft Intune Suite will be generally available from March 1, 2023. The suite provides a set of advanced endpoint management capabilities, built on Intune, that will help customers simplify endpoint management, protect their hybrid workforces, and deliver better user experiences across their organizations.

Microsoft Intune Suite includes the following advanced endpoint management solutions in one suite: 

  • Remote Help
  • Endpoint Privilege Management
  • Tunnel for Mobile App Management
  • Management of specialty devices
  • Initial set of advanced endpoint analytics capabilities

 Additional capabilities will be added to the Microsoft Intune Suite in the future:

  • Third-party app catalog and automated app patching
  • Cloud certificate management
  • Multiple managed accounts on a single device
  • Future advanced capabilities

Microsoft Intune Plan 2

Microsoft Intune Plan 2 will be generally available from March 1, 2023. Microsoft Intune Plan 2 includes a subset of capabilities from the Microsoft Intune Suite:

  • Tunnel for Mobile App Management (MAM Tunnel)
  • Management of specialty devices
  • Future advanced capabilities

Microsoft Intune Plan 1 includes management capabilities currently available in EMS E3, Microsoft 365 E3/E5/F1/F3, and Business Pro.

Standalone offers

The advanced endpoint management solutions included in Microsoft Intune Suite can also be purchased as add-ons to Intune or Microsoft 365 plans that include Intune: 

  • Remote Help is generally available now.
  • Endpoint Privilege Management
  • Other standalone add-ons can be purchased when the capabilities become generally available.

Licensing prerequisite

Microsoft Intune Plan 1, or a plan that includes Microsoft Intune Plan 1, is a licensing prerequisite for both Microsoft Intune Suite and Microsoft Intune P2, as well as for standalone offers.

Next steps

Read the "Reduce your overall TCO with a new Microsoft Intune plan" post on the Tech Community blog.

Questions?

Contact Microsoft Partner Center if you have questions or need more information.

Interested in growing your Microsoft partner business? Join our Webinar!

Date: February 8, 2023

Summary

Join the webinar on 2/28 to learn about the partner opportunity with nonprofit customers.

Workspace

General

Impacted audience

All Partners

Details

Are you looking for your next big opportunity to grow your business in the nonprofit sector? Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit, our premier solution, aligns the capabilities of Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Dynamics 365, Azure, and LinkedIn to address common nonprofit scenarios. Join us February 28th to learn about the partner opportunity with nonprofit customers, product information, demos, key customer scenarios, and resources to get started.

Next steps

Register for the Webinar here!

February Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) community update and reminders

Date: February 8, 2023

Summary

The CSP monthly update newsletter is now available, along with additional CSP community resources that provide you with essential program updates.

Workspace

General

Impacted audience

CSP direct bill partners and indirect providers

Details

CSP Community Q&A reminder

The monthly CSP community Q&A session provides you with an opportunity to learn more and ask questions about changes affecting the program.

Register here to join upcoming calls.

Always available—Launch content on demand

Within the CSP community collection, you can find:

For a consolidated view of all recent and active launches in a single place, visit the partner launch calendar. You'll find a timeline for each launch and links to published materials to help you learn more about that launch.

Need licensing readiness? The monthly CSP spotlight webinars cover the latest CSP licensing information available for all partners.

Next steps

Review the community resources and register for the Community Call Q&A.

Questions?

The monthly CSP community Q&A call is the best place to bring questions about operational change in the CSP program. You may submit a question up to 48 hours before the call.

Questions on any other CSP topic? Visit the Partner Center support page.

View the latest promotions and offers

Date: February 8, 2023

Summary

The latest Global Promo Readiness Guide has now been published.

Workspace

Pricing

Impacted audience

Partners transacting through the Cloud Solution Provider program

Details

The latest Global Promo Readiness Guide, a consolidated view of all current and upcoming promotions, is now available on the Operations Readiness resource gallery. See active and upcoming promotions and offers at the Global Promo Readiness Guide collection.

Next steps

Review the latest monthly Promo Guide in the Operations Readiness resource gallery. Share this information with the appropriate contacts in your organization, and let us know if the guide is helpful by responding to the “Was this page helpful?” question at the bottom of the page.

Questions?

If you have questions, please create a case using VL Central in the “My Cases and Support” workspace.

Partner Center reminder for new commerce annual subscription renewals

Date: February 8, 2023

Summary

Many Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) partners acquired annual term new commerce license-based subscriptions last year. These annual terms will renew soon and partners can use this opportunity to review and apply changes to their next term.

Workspace

Customers

Impacted audience

CSP direct-bill and indirect providers in the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program

Details

Many partners took advantage of the new commerce license-based promotions made available starting March 2022. These annual subscriptions purchased last March are approaching anniversary for renewal. Partners who purchased annual subscriptions should be sure to review their renewal dates and options for these renewing annual term subscriptions, paying special attention to:

  • Verify renewals that are approaching: Annual subscriptions will renew if their auto-renewal property is set to True. Partners can view the subscription properties by going to the Partner Center and selecting a customer’s Subscriptions to view the renews on date. Partners using the APIs can view the commitmentEndDate on the Subscriptions API.

  • Annual subscriptions purchased last year will be renewed to the regular annual pricing posted in the new commerce license-based price lists for the month of renewal. The new commerce annual promotions available from March 2022 through June 2022 are now past their availability dates. Consult the promo guide for a list of promotions currently available.

  • Make any seat adjustments or other subscription changes before the seven-day window closes for subscriptions that renew. Seven days after the renewal, seat reductions and cancelations can't be made until the next end of term opportunity.

Next steps

Review your up-coming annual new commerce subscriptions renewals that are coming soon:

  • Partners can go to their customer’s subscriptions list in the Partner Center portal.

  • API users can review the commitmentEndDate in the GetSubscriptions API

Review the following resources to help better understand subscriptions management capabilities for new commerce license-based subscriptions:

Request contract change for Update Customer Qualifications API

Date: February 6, 2023

Summary

The Update Customer Qualifications API has recently been updated to adopt a new request contract that allows greater flexibility when working with Customer Qualifications. This new contract will be mandatory and enforced starting May 8th, 2023.

Workspace

APIs

Impacted audience

CSP direct-bill and indirect providers in the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program

Details

The updated request contract has three new additional fields: EducationSegment, Website, and ValidationCode. Partners can start the migration to the new contract immediately.

Partners who only consume the Partner Center SDK v3.2.0 and above aren't affected by this change.

The API will continue to accept the old contract until May 8th, 2023.

More details on the API contract can be found at Update a customer's qualifications.

Next steps

Review the information on this topic and share with the appropriate stakeholders in your organization.

Partner Referrals Business Profile Creation flow

Date: February 6, 2023

Summary

Introducing a new step-by-step process to create Partner business profile in Partner Center Referrals workspace. Changes will take effect on February 28th, 2023.

Workspace

Referrals

Impacted audience

Partners who create or edit business profiles.

Details

Partner Center Referrals space is changing the business profile creation and edit experience. This effort is meant to standardize the look and feel of all flows in the Referrals workspace.

Currently, partners see a single page to fill in the required sections when creating a business profile.

Current Business Profile view

The above shown experience will be retired on February 28th, 2023. Partners will be able to create business profiles using a one page one step methodology.

Software IN (India) February price list updated

Date: February 3, 2023

Summary

Some products in the IN (India) market did not reflect the latest price based on FX rate increase.

Workspace

Pricing

Impacted audience

IN market Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) partners: indirect providers and direct bill

Details

Microsoft will release a new software price list for India on February 3, 2023, with the following products showing new prices:

Title (SKU) Product ID SKU ID
Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 Upgrade DG7GMGF0D19L 1
Windows 10 Enterprise N LTSC 2021 Upgrade DG7GMGF0D19M 1
Windows GGWA - Windows 11 Pro N - Legalization Get Genuine DG7GMGF0L4TL 1
Windows GGWA - Windows 11 Pro - Legalization Get Genuine DG7GMGF0L4TL 3
Windows GGWA - Windows 11 Home (Edu) - Legalization Get Genuine DG7GMGF0L4TL 4
Windows Server 2022 Remote Desktop Services External Connector DG7GMGF0D609 2
Rights Management Services (RMS) 2022 CAL-1 Device DG7GMGF0D5SL 7
Windows Server 2022 External Connector DG7GMGF0D515 1
Windows Server 2022 Rights Management External Connector DG7GMGF0D513 1
Windows 11 Pro Upgrade DG7GMGF0D8H4 4
Windows 11 Pro DG7GMGF0D8H4 3
Windows 11 Pro N DG7GMGF0D8H3 3
Windows 11 Pro N Upgrade DG7GMGF0D8H3 4
Windows Server 2022 - 1 User CAL DG7GMGF0D5VX 7
Windows Server 2022 Datacenter - 2 Core DG7GMGF0D65N 3
Windows Server 2022 Standard - 16 Core License Pack DG7GMGF0D5RK 5

These products will show duplicate records, so use EffectiveStartDate to identify the latest price for these duplicated products, where EffectiveStartDate = 2023-02-01T....

Next steps

Get the latest price list for Software – IN market.

Azure spending notifications are temporarily unavailable if you bought Azure Savings Plans

Date: February 1, 2023

Summary

If you bought Azure Savings Plans for your customers, even though you set budgets for their customers, you temporarily can't get Azure spending notifications.

That means you won’t know how much your customers spend on Azure in real time. Instead, you'll have to keep track of how and how much your customers use Azure resources.

We're working hard to fix this problem and restore spending alerts soon as possible.

We expect notifications to be restored by middle of March 2023.

Workspace

Billing

Impacted audience

All partners

Details

Due to a technical problem with our internal processing system, if you bought Azure Savings Plans for your customers, even if you set budgets, you temporarily won't get Azure spending notifications.

Not getting those notifications could make it difficult for you to manage Azure resources for your customers because you won’t be able to see how much is being spent in real time.

We're working hard to fix this problem and get spending alerts back as soon as possible. In the meantime, we encourage you to think of other ways to keep track of your customers’ usage on Azure. For example, you could regularly review unbilled usage data for cost spikes.

To get more information about your Azure Savings Plans:

  • Use the API to get a list of your unbilled line items. For more information about how to do so, see Get invoice's unbilled reconciliation line items.

  • Go to the Billing workspace in Partner Center and select Billing history. Then, download the Reconciliation-recent activity report in the Estimates section.

  • Check the Azure portal for the Azure Savings Plans you've purchased. For more information, see Manage Azure savings plans.

We apologize for any trouble this technical problem causes you, and we appreciate your patience while we work to fix it. If you have any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to reach out to our support team for assistance.

Next steps

Because Azure spending notifications are temporarily unavailable, you can take the following steps to lessen the impact:

  • Manually monitor Azure usage and costs: Check unbilled daily rated usage data regularly to ensure that you know how much your customers are spending on Azure resources. If you see abnormal usage, you should address it immediately. You can access the data using APIs either synchronously or asynchronously, but we recommend that you use the asynchronous method for the fastest response. 

    You can also download the file at your own pace at Partner Center. For information about how to download the file, see Download reconciliation files asynchronously.

  • Use the Azure portal to set up budgets: You can set up a customer budget in the Azure portal just like you can in Partner Center. For more information, see Tutorial - Create and manage Azure budgets.

    If that means more work for you, use the data on unbilled usage until we restore notification back in Partner Center.

  • Communicate with customers: Proactively communicate with your customers about the temporary unavailability of spending notifications and suggest alternative methods for monitoring Azure usage and costs.

We're committed to fixing this problem as soon as possible so that the spending notifications can be restored. In the meantime, follow the preceding steps to make it easier to manage Azure resources for your customers.

We expect notifications to be restored by the middle of March 2023.

New Teams Premium is now available

Date: February 1, 2023

Summary

Teams Premium is now available to help customers do more with less and increase productivity with new AI-powered meeting capabilities, including Large Language Models powered by OpenAI’s GPT-3.5.

Workspace

General

Impacted audience

All partners

Details

Teams Premium is now available to help customers do more with less and increase productivity with new AI-powered meeting capabilities, including Large Language Models powered by OpenAI’s GPT-3.5.

Why Teams Premium?

  • Do more with less Today, despite uncertain economic times, many of our customers not only pay for meeting solutions, but also purchase expensive add-on products for webinars, virtual appointments, meeting intelligence products, and more. With Teams Premium, customers can get those advanced meetings capabilities—including the latest AI-powered meetings—for just USD7.00 per user per month (30% off the standard price).

  • Improve productivity and focus on what matters most with AI-powered meetings, including Large Language Models powered by OpenAI's GPT-3.5. As time spent in meetings has increased 252% over the past two years, we need a new way to work. Teams Premium enables you to start managing meeting overload and discover meeting highlights that matter most to you.

What is Teams Premium?

Teams Premium, which is built on the familiar, all-in-one collaborative experience of Microsoft Teams, unlocks new experiences for customers looking to make meetings more intelligent, personalized, and protected—whether it’s one-on-one, large meetings, virtual appointments, or webinars.

Teams Premium is the better way to meet. It makes meetings more:

  • Intelligent - Focus on what matters with AI-powered meetings, including Large Language Models powered by OpenAI’s GPT-3.5.

  • Personalized - Customers can easily create meetings that fit their customized needs and embody their brand.

  • Protected - Help keep confidential meetings confidential with advanced meeting protection.

And Teams Premium enables organizations to use one, integrated meeting solution to also:

  • Host high-quality webinars using advanced functionality to drive deeper engagement and generate new leads.

  • Facilitate personalized Virtual Appointments with advanced capabilities to track business performance, manage queues, and help reduce no-shows.

Teams Premium trial subscriptions

You can enroll your customer's tenant in a trial at Microsoft 365 admin center by searching for Teams Premium in the catalog. After they enroll and activate a trial subscription, tenant admins receive a limited number of 30-day trial licenses that they can assign to users in their organization. 

What is the introductory pricing?

  • On February 1, 2023, Teams Premium will be available for an introductory USD7.00 ERP per user per month. The introductory price will be available through June 30, 2023.

  • This offer is available worldwide to commercial (including WW Commercial Public Sector), nonprofit (standard discounting applies), and GCC (GCC launching March 1, 2023) in the following channels:

    • Enterprise Agreement (EA) / Enterprise Subscription (EAS)
    • CSP
    • Online (web-direct)

  • Teams Premium is available as an add-on, per-user, per-month offering to commercial Microsoft 365 and Office 365 licensing.

SKUs

Tenant administrators will be able to assign Teams Premium licenses to applicable end-users just as they’ve assigned existing Microsoft 365 or add-on licenses.

EA/EAS
Product Family Description SKU
Teams Premium Teams Premium Introductory Pricing Sub Per User WFI-00005
CSP
Offer name Product ID
Teams Premium Introductory Pricing CFQ7TTC0RM8K

Resources

Next steps

  • Use the resources in the previous section to become familiar with Teams Premium.
  • Encourage your customers to sign up for the trial at Microsoft 365 admin center, which showcases how they can do more with less and improve productivity. 

Microsoft Partner Agreement (MPA) updates are coming

Date: February 1, 2023

Summary

The Microsoft Partner Agreement is being updated. Changes will take effect on August 1, 2023.

Workspace

General

Impacted audience

Partners who have accepted the MPA

Details

The MPA incorporates terms that support our commitment to privacy, security, compliance, and transparency. The MPA protects customers, partners, and Microsoft by establishing clear requirements for transparency, compliance, and lawful business practices, fostering long-term growth and business continuity.

Partners will receive a separate email communication providing more details on the MPA update.

On August 1, 2023, the updated terms will go into effect automatically. Partners won’t need to accept or sign the MPA again.

Introducing the Microsoft 365 E3 Do More with Less (DMWL) promo for Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) customers

Date: February 1, 2023

Summary

The Microsoft 365 E3 DMWL Promotion for CSP customers is now available, from February 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023, with a 15 percent discount on the net partner price for new customers.

Workspace

Pricing

Impacted audience

CSP indirect providers and indirect resellers and direct-bill partners

Details

To enable partners to drive their Microsoft 365 E3 practices, Microsoft is excited to announce a new promotional offer for Microsoft 365 E3 under the Do More with Less campaign.

Whether accelerating customer migrations from on-premises software to the Microsoft 365 Cloud or upselling customers from eligible Office 365 solutions, now is the moment for partners to go big with this Microsoft 365 E3 offer. For customers who choose to commit to an annual subscription on Microsoft 365 E3, promotional pricing will apply through the full subscription term—providing another compelling reason for customers to evaluate and move to Microsoft 365 E3.

A 15 percent discount on the net partner price is available for customers new to Microsoft 365 E3, that is, customers who haven’t previously purchased Microsoft 365 E3 on any platform (legacy or new commerce) or channel (direct, CSP, or Enterprise Agreement). Customers are subject to the first purchase constraint. For more information about customer eligibility criteria, see New commerce promotions.

This offer is valid from February 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023. Upon the annual subscription’s renewal date, standard pricing will apply.

Next steps

To understand and effectively drive adoption of seat-based offers in the new commerce experience, partners should review the available resources and share with appropriate organizational stakeholders.

Questions?

For more information about the Microsoft 365 E3 DMWL Promotion in CSP, download the Microsoft 365 E3 DMWL Offer in CSP FAQ.