Legacy Benefits Questions
Some questions around Legacy versus new Solutions Partner Designations Important Update: Partner support confirmed there is a current issue where benefits are lost when you purchase the Legacy Gold Benefits. You will lose all current Azure gold consumption allocation benefits and as well as any other prior gold benefits instead of simply being added side by side like previous offers. 1. How do you find the snapshot of competencies as of 30th September 2022 through the partner portal? I just want to make sure this is accurate and there should be a way to confirm through the portal. Please do NOT discuss my specific competencies and benefits in this thread. These answers are meant to benefit the community and the guidelines/feedback are most important. 2. It mentions you cannot get incremental benefits with the new Solutions Partner Designations if you purchase the legacy benefits option. Just confirming if this is true since that would be a deterrent from achieving multiple designations. Answer: Confirmed 3. If you purchase the legacy benefits do you have to pay again when you get a Solutions Partner Designation? This was odd in the past when originally going Silver to Gold within a year as the payments stacked instead of being offset from the prior. Answer: You do not have to pay again if you obtain Solutions Partner Designations if you pay for legacy Gold benefits. Source https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/partner-center/introduction-to-pcs 4. I do see you can get a refund for purchasing the legacy benefits within 30 days if the benefits are not consumed. I want to make sure this is true in case the benefits purchased do not turn out to be the benefits wanted. Answer: These terms are in the agreement as Instruction #3 when you purchase legacy Gold benefits.☎️ June 14 US Partner Insider Call: FY24 Look Forward with Heather Deggans
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