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- Microsoft Silver Partner Requirements
- Microsoft Partner Network Competency Be…
- Microsoft Silver Partnership Benefits Center
- Microsoft Silver Partnership Benefits Online
Benefits of being a Microsoft Partner – Registered, Certified and Certified Gold. Build credibility with existing or new customers with a direct connection to Microsoft. Develop your skills with online technical and sales training. Provide promotions, product offers, and financing to your customers. Microsoft Partner Network Technical benefits need to be activated before they can be used for Azure. or On-premises products.Partners participating in the Cloud Solution Provider program (CSP) use the “Cloud Solution Provider” support plan when creating Azure requests on behalf of their customers. FAQ about how Microsoft partners with independent software vendors and app-builders. Pursue Microsoft competencies. Microsoft Silver Certified Partners and Microsoft Gold Certified Partners have the credibility, knowledge and skills to deliver top-tier technology solutions in a cloud-first, mobile-first marketplace.
Applies to
- Partner Center
Important
This article explains how to start using your Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) membership benefits in the Partner Center - this site. If you haven't received an invitation to move your company information from Partner Membership Center (PMC) to the Partner Center, you should continue to manage your MPN membership benefits in PMC. Sign in to PMC now.
When you join the Microsoft Partner Network (MPN), you gain access to membership benefits that can help you build and grow your business. If you're not already a member of MPN, you can join on the MPN site.
Manage your membership benefits in the Partner Center
Microsoft Silver Partner Requirements
After you purchase a membership benefit package, you'll need to get software keys and assign licenses, subscriptions, and other benefits to employees to start using them.
Important
While you don't have to be a global admin in your organization to purchase benefits, you do need to be the global admin to assign benefits to employees. If you want, you can become a global admin by following the instructions on your Benefits page (sign in required). Also, your organization may already have a global admin so be sure to check with your team.
Microsoft Partner Network Competency Be…
Benefit packages include allocations of internal-use rights software, cloud services, Visual Studio subscriptions, and support. You can get Action Pack subscription details on the Microsoft Partner Network site.
To view and manage your membership benefits, go to your Benefits page (sign in required).
Manage software benefits
- Select Software to see your list of software benefits.
- Find the product you want to start using, and then select the down arrow at the far right of the row to expand the product's details.
- For each software product you want to start using:a. Select Get keys to reveal the product license keys. Be sure to follow any special instructions listed.b. Select the language you want the product to be displayed in.c. Select the operating system (OS) type of the computers you plan to install the software on.d. Follow the links to download and install the software installation packages.
Manage cloud services benefits
- Select Cloud to see your list of subscriptions to cloud-based services.
- Find the subscription or product you want to start using, and then select the down arrow at the far right of the row to expand the subscription's or product's details.
- To activate Microsoft Azure usage-based subscriptions, assign yourself as a user. Go the Microsoft Azure portal to manage the subscription.To activate license-based subscriptions, select Get keys to copy the product license key(s), and then follow any special instructions to activate the subscription.
Manage Visual Studio subscriptions
Microsoft Silver Partnership Benefits Center
- Select Visual Studio subscriptions to see your list of Visual Studio subscriptions.
- Find the subscription you want to start using, and then select the down arrow at the far right of the row to expand the subscription's details.
- To activate a Visual Studio subscription, select a user from the list and then select Assign user.
Important
Microsoft Silver Partnership Benefits Online
If the user you want to assign is not in the list, you can add new users in Account settings.
- Repeat this process for each subscription you want to assign. Users can manage their subscriptions in the Visual Studio portal.You can reassign subscriptions any time by removing an assigned user and then assigning a different user.
Manage technical benefits
- Select Technical benefits to see your list of Microsoft technical benefits.Technical benefits may include Microsoft product support incidents, partner advisory hours, and technical presales and deployment services.
- Find the support benefit you want to start using, and then select the down arrow at the far right of the row to expand the benefit's details.
- To activate your support benefit, assign a user to it.a. Select a user from the list. If the user you want to assign is not in the list, you can add new users in Account settings.b. Provide an email address for the user that's different from the email address associated with your company's Partner Center account.As a safeguard, we'll email instructions for accessing Microsoft Product Support to this email address in addition to the user's Partner Center account email. Note that it can take several days to activate this benefit and email instructions to the assigned user.c. After you finish entering the alternative email address, select Assign user.
- You can use your technical presales assistance or advisory hours benefit to request technical assistance during the presales, design, deployment, and app development phases of your cloud and hybrid solutions. To request assistance, fill in the request form and then select Submit request.
Cancel a membership benefit
In order to cancel a benefit and receive a refund, you must make the request within 30 days of purchase and not have activated the software benefits. Request the cancellation through a service request.