Partner Launch Calendar

February 2022
Microsoft Business Operations
Navigating the calendar view (1/2)
Promo guide and product launch calendar
provide a view of new and upcoming product
The Operations Readiness resource gallery is the one place launches and offers, as well as available
where you can find the latest updates, critical announcements, promotions.
and key operational readiness resources across all Microsoft
channels and programs. It can be difficult to see all the Community collections provide you with self-
launches that you need to be aware of or to find all the serve content in advance of and for discussion
published material about those launches. in partner community Q&A calls.

This calendar view gives you a consolidated view of all recent

and active launches in a single place. Here you’ll find basic Recent launches are ones that have been
information and the timeline for each launch. It also contains launched in the last 90 days. These are listed
links to published materials for every launch to help you learn from the most recent to the oldest.
more about that launch.

Upcoming launches include all future

launches. These are listed by order of launch
Calendar contains four views. Select a section name and date, with the nearest ones at the top.
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Disclaimer: This calendar only presents launch information that’s already available in Go to the Appendix for a detailed description
the Readiness gallery and in Partner
Content Center announcements.
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The timeline includes materials covering 90 days prior to and
Partner Launch
on the latest calendar. If you want to know more about a announcement date
specific item, select the item on the timeline and you’ll be date
automatically redirected to the details page.
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Here's a quick overview of icons that represent specific events, Published Readiness
content types, or actions. communication resource

Partner Center Product calendar

announcement view
Timeline Elements
Launch summary Promo calendar
When you hover your mouse over a timeline item, view
the name of the material in the Readiness gallery or
Partner Center website will show. If a published material has FAQ document Q&A document
a faded-out icon, this means that it has been replaced by
an updated version in the last 90 days. The link will lead to Video Readiness map
the most up-to-date version of the publication.
Every published material has its own icon on the timeline.
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 Promo and Product Calendars
Calendar Partner
Abstract Periodicity November December January February
Name Type

This calendar view of active and

upcoming promotional offers provides VL
Global Promo
detailed information on the offers, CSP Monthly
Readiness Guide
including availability, products, duration, On-Prem
and eligibility.

The Product Launch Calendar provides VL

Product Launch
you with upcoming product launches CSP Monthly
Calendar
and offers. On-Prem

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 Community Collections
Community Partner
Name Abstract Type Periodicity November December January February

VL
CSP Materials for the CSP Partner Q and A
CSP Monthly
Community Community Calls.
On-Prem

Register here

VL
Enterprise Materials for the Enterprise Partner Q and
CSP Quarterly
Community A Community Calls.
On-Prem

Register here

VL
GSI and Advisory View materials for the GSI and Advisory
CSP Monthly
Partner Community Partner Community Calls
On-Prem

Register here

VL
Co-Sell View materials for the Co-Sell Partner Q
CSP Quarterly
Community and A Community Calls
On-Prem

Register here

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 Recent Launches (1/5)
Partner Launch
Launch Name Abstract Type Date November December January February

These resources contain information on the

New commerce CSP VL
move to a local billing model for new 1 Feb 1 Feb
program billing model CSP
commerce offers in the Cloud Solution 2022
update On-Prem Oct
Provider (CSP) program.
2021

We announced that there will be three

Phase 2: Changes to VL
phases of change to the previous Azure 1 Feb 5 Jan 1 Feb
Azure offer availability in CSP
offer. We’d like to remind you that phase 2 2022
new commerce in CSP On-Prem
will start on February 1, 2022.

Microsoft Cloud App Security will be

renamed Microsoft Defender for Cloud
VL
Microsoft Cloud App Apps. This change will affect existing 1 Feb 3 Jan 1 Feb
CSP
Security (MCAS) rebrand product families (PFAMs), SKUs, offers, 2022
On-Prem
and service plans, as well as licensing and
product terms.

Managing co-sell data for marketplace

Co-sell solution admin offers was updated on January 31, 2022,
VL
role and updated co-sell with a new role type called "co-sell solution 31 Jan 31 Jan
CSP
publishing experience admin." The new experience is available 2022
On-Prem
now available within the Referrals workspace under Co-
sell Solutions.

Content Partner Center Readiness Product Calendar Q&A

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 Recent Launches (2/5)
Partner Launch
Launch Name Abstract Type Date November December Januray February

The Microsoft Power Business Intelligence

(BI) template applications will be retired.
Retirement of Partner VL
From February 1, 2022, partners should use 31 Jan
Center Analytics CSP 31 Jan
the Partner Center Insights pages, 2022
applications On-Prem
which provide a richer set of data and
visualizations.

Partners can now link their support

Link your Partner Center contract—either Advanced Support for VL
18 Jan 18 Jan
account to your support Partners (ASfP) or Premier Support for CSP
2022
contract Partners (PSfP)—to their Partner Center On-Prem
account to view status and renewal dates.

From mid-January 2022, you'll be able to

Manage your
manage all commercial marketplace leads VL
organization's 17 Jan 17 Dec
originating from Microsoft AppSource, CSP
commercial marketplace 2022
Azure Marketplace, and Azure portal in On-Prem 17 Jan
leads in Partner Center
Partner Center.

This collection contains quarterly

VL
Secondary Review Desk communications and training materials 15 Jan 27 Dec 15 Jan
CSP
collection referring to the Secondary Review Desk for 2022
On-Prem
commercial programs.

Content Partner Center Readiness Product Calendar Q&A

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 Recent Launches (3/5)
Partner Launch
Launch Name Abstract Type Date November December January February

The new commerce experience in the Cloud

10 Jan
New commerce Solution Provider (CSP) program VL
10 Jan
experience for CSP seat- for Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, CSP
2022
based offers Power Platform, and Windows 365, On-Prem Jun
will be launched in October 2021. 2021

During the pandemic, Microsoft

Return to office
implemented changes, including
processing—Americas VL
conducting business remotely. Microsoft 10 Jan 15 Dec 10 Jan
and Europe, Middle East, CSP
Americas and EMEA operations returned to 2022
and Africa (EMEA) On-Prem
the office and resumed in-person physical
operations
processing on January 10, 2022.

Teams Phone with Calling Plan, an all-in- 1 Jan

VL
New SKU launch: Teams one communication solution for 1 Jan 19 Nov
CSP
Phone with Calling Plan businesses, will be available for purchase 2022
On-Prem
starting January 1, 2022.

In September 2021, Microsoft announced 1 Jan

Services Provider License VL
the availability of Windows Server 2022, the 1 Jan
Agreement (SPLA) price CSP
next release of RDS and Office to SPLA 2022
changes On-Prem Oct
partners, and licensing price increases.
2020

Content Partner Center Readiness Product Calendar Q&A

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 Recent Launches (4/5)
Partner Launch
Launch Name Abstract Type Date November December January February

Partners who have joined and onboarded

to the CSP program can now transact
CSP program evolution VL
perpetual software offers in CSP. 31 Dec
and Open License CSP
December 31, 2021 is the last day to 2021
program changes On-Prem Aug 31 Dec
transact Open License program offers for
2020
your customers.

Starting October 2021, the MCI program

Enhancements to will deliver a new commerce experience to
VL
Microsoft Commerce include core, strategic product, 1 Dec
CSP
Incentive program and and additional accelerator incentives for 2021
On-Prem Aug 1 Dec
Partner Center Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and Power
2021
Platform.

From November 15, 2021, the marketplace

Marketplace price list price list will include new columns and
VL
updates for Cloud updated headers. We’ll share more details 1 Dec 1 Dec
CSP
Solution Provider (CSP) of the changes with partners on November 2021
On-Prem Oct
partners 5, 2021, via Digital Operations Center 2021
(DOC).

Beginning mid-November 2021,

Adobe Sign process for Microsoft (MS) will use Adobe Sign for all
VL
countersignatures on VL countersignature requests on Volume 15 Nov 15 Nov
CSP
documents for EMEA Licensing (VL) documents in selected 2021
On-Prem Jun
and Asia countries in Europe, Middle East,
2021
and Africa (EMEA) and Asia.

Content Partner Center Readiness Product Calendar Q&A

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 Recent Launches (5/5)
Partner Launch
Launch Name Abstract Type Date November December January February

Microsoft will continue to align

government pricing to commercial pricing
VL
Global invoice template in Open Value (OV), Open Value 12 Nov
CSP
update Subscription (OVS), Enterprise Agreement 2021
On-Prem Oct 12 Nov
(EA), Enterprise Agreement Subscription
2021
(EAS), Select, and Select Plus.

Consolidated entry point A consolidated entry point for VL

8 Nov
for consumption and consumption and billing for Azure projects CSP
2021 8 Nov
billing for Azure projects will be launched on November 8, 2021. On-Prem

Content Partner Center Readiness Product Calendar Q&A

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 Upcoming Launches (1/4)
Partner Launch
Launch Name Abstract Type Date November December January February

From January 26, 2022, customers and

Self-service trials for individuals without global or billing admin
VL
Microsoft Project and rights can sign up for 30-day trials for both 9 Feb 13 Dec
CSP 9 Feb
Microsoft Visio Microsoft Project or Microsoft Visio. 2022
On-Prem
resources These resources contain information
on the trials.

Breaking change: dual-

New requirements for partner attestation VL
mode attestation and 23 Feb 23 Feb
and EU/EFTA indirect reseller identification CSP
additional reseller 2022
are coming soon. On-Prem Oct
declaration
2021

Software price list

VL
updates for Cloud The CSP software price lists will be updated 1 Mar 15 Dec
CSP
Solution Provider (CSP) in February 2022. 2022
On-Prem 1 Mar
partners
2022

After a periodic assessment, Microsoft is

announcing Brazil price list changes to
Commercial pricing VL
align its prices for commercial on- 1 Mar 31 Jan
update for Brazil CSP
premises software and online services 2022
partners On-Prem 1 Mar
within Brazil and the Latin America
2022
(LATAM) region.

Content Partner Center Readiness Product Calendar Q&A

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 Upcoming Launches (2/4)
Partner Launch
Launch Name Abstract Type Date November December January February

Changes to These resources support changes to

VL
PartnerSource Business PartnerSource Business Center (PSBC) 5 Mar
CSP
Center onboarding onboarding requirements in early January 2022
On-Prem Oct 5 Mar
requirements 2022.
2021 2022

The referral summary dashboard in Partner

[Co-sell] The referral Center provides referral management
VL
summary dashboard in insights to referral admins. These metrics 31 Mar 8 Nov
CSP
Partner Center is now help identify trends or areas that need 2022
On-Prem 31 Mar
live attention to start driving towards your
2022
business goal.

The GetMargins API will be updated in VL

Updates to GetMargins 1 Apr 2 Dec
February 2022 to include customer-specific CSP
API coming in early 2022 2022
margins. On-Prem 1 Apr
2022

All partners in the CSP program who

transact Azure subscriptions are
VL
encouraged to subscribe to Azure fraud 1 Apr 20 Dec
Azure fraud notifications CSP
notifications to be alerted if crypto-mining 2022
On-Prem 1 Apr
is detected and to take appropriate action
2022
to mitigate fraud.

Content Partner Center Readiness Product Calendar Q&A

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 Upcoming Launches (3/4)
Partner Launch
Launch Name Abstract Type Date November December January February

This collection provides communications

VL essential data: and details in support of new essential data
VL
Organization for Volume Licensing (VL) partners, 29 Apr
CSP
registration number and specifically the inclusion of the 2022
On-Prem Sep 29 Apr
contact middle name organization registration number and
2021 2022
contact middle name.

Microsoft is investing in securing the

customer and partner ecosystem by
introducing granular delegated admin VL
Granular delegated privileges (GDAP). GDAP will allow partners 30 Apr
to control more granular and time-bound CSP
admin privileges (GDAP) 2022
access to their customers' workloads. On-Prem Aug 30 Apr
Partners should start planning their 2021 2022
transition from DAP to GDAP.

Upcoming Microsoft is enhancing the revised CPS

VL
improvements to the process to make it easier for customers and 1 May 3 Jan
CSP
revised channel price partners by adding improvements such as 2022
On-Prem 1 May
sheet (CPS) process allowing partial adjustments.
2022

The automated co-sell deal registration

[Co-sell] Improved
validation process in Partner Center VL
process for Azure IP co- 31 May 15 Nov
eliminates the scenario where an ineligible CSP
sell deal registration 2022
deal is submitted and helps reduce the On-Prem 31 May
validation now live
time for deal registration validation. 2022

Content Partner Center Readiness Product Calendar Q&A

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 Upcoming Launches (4/4)
Partner Launch
Launch Name Abstract Type Date November December January February

Microsoft will remove APSS availability

from the CSP program. Existing APSS
Changes to Azure VL
subscriptions and reserved instances will 29 Jul
Partner Shared Services CSP 1 Feb
need to be transferred to the Customer-led 2022
(APSS) On-Prem 29 Jul
motion, with options to move to Enterprise
2022
Sales motion.

Content Partner Center Readiness Product Calendar Q&A

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Appendix: Understanding different launch views

Product launch calendar Promo calendar Community collections

The product launch calendar provides
a single monthly view of product
launches. Each product launch is listed
with its launch date, along with links for
you to learn more.
You can find current and previous product
launch calendars in the
collection in the Operations Readiness res
ource gallery
. .
The promo launch calendar provides
a single monthly view of promotions that
will be available in the coming period.
Each promo is listed with its launch date,
details, and links for you to learn more.
You can find current promo calendar in
the
collection in the Operations Readiness res
ource gallery
A community collection groups together
launch summaries, community clinic
topics, calendar views, community call
registration links, and reminders into one
useful collection. You can self-serve this
content anytime it suits you.
To search for a community collection,
go to this search page which displays
a list of community collections.

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