Every year, Microsoft Partner Network members are required to renew their membership. This year, there have been some changes to the process as partners migrate to Partner Center—an enhanced experience that acts as the singular place for partners to manage their partnership with Microsoft.
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To make the renewal process easier, we’ve created a checklist for you. Follow these steps to renew on time and ensure continued access to your Microsoft Partner Network resources and offers.
Check your membership expiration date and set a reminder Be prepared for your membership renewal. Find your membership anniversary date (aka the date your membership expires) in Partner Center. To access Partner Center, visit, select “Dashboard,” and log in using your Azure Active Directory account credentials. To check when your anniversary date is, select “Membership Offers” in Partner Center.
On the “Purchased” tab, you can see your expiration date as well as the status of your membership, auto-renewal options, and payment options. Note that in Partner Center, partners are able to renew starting the day after their renewal date and have 30 days to renew. So, if your renewal date is November 15, you can start the process on November 16 and have until December 14 to complete it. You will not lose access to resources during this window, but if you don’t renew during that window, you will lose your benefits and your competencies.
Select “Learn More” (shown above) to find out more about this policy. Make sure your contact information is correct Microsoft will email you notifications to remind you to renew your membership. Check that your primary contact information is up to date by following these steps in Partner Center:. Go to the Settings icon and select “ Partner Settings.”.
Review your Partner profile and Organizational profile. If you need to change the details of your legal address, your company may be contacted for verification. When you make changes to your legal details, it may affect your tax information. Make sure your tax information remains accurate.
With questions. Also, these messages may end up in your spam folder, so be sure to check your spam regularly. Review your membership requirements and where you stand As membership requirements can be subject to change, if you have a competency or plan to attain one, check the requirements in the Membership section of.
You can see your missing requirements by logging into Dashboard on the Microsoft partner site and navigating to the “Competencies” tab. Here’s an example of how to see what requirements you still need to complete to renew your competency: In this example, the partner has requirements to fulfill to attain or retain the Application Development competency.
By selecting the competency, they can see the requirements they are missing. To learn more about how to view the requirements you need to complete, read these. Create an Azure Active Directory (AAD) account if you don’t already have one When it’s time for you to migrate to Partner Center, you’ll log into the new experience using an AAD account. If you don’t have one, create one now to save yourself time during the migration process. Make sure it’s set up properly and tied to your organization, rather than individuals within your organization. Time to renew? Log into the Dashboard on to get started The Dashboard is your gateway to renewing and managing your account.
Microsoft is dedicated to providing the best experiences to its partners and we hope that this checklist is helpful. For more in-depth guidance on Partner Center, visit the. If you’d like assistance, contact our dedicated support team by using the chat agent on or call 1-800-MPN-SOLV. Stay engaged with the Microsoft Partner Network.