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Earlier this month, Microsoft announced that they were adding of over 20 in-demand product licenses to their existing benefits packages, announced last January (Partner Launch benefits, Partner Success Core Benefits and Partner Success Expanded Benefits).
These new in-demand product licenses include Microsoft Copilot products, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, and Microsoft GitHub.
What does this mean for you as a Microsoft partner?
Partners that have an eligible benefits package (listed above) will be able to access these new product licenses to use themselves, train teams, and, or, simply improve familiarity with product SKUs to enable themselves to provide a better service for their end-user customers.
The product licenses being introduced from January 2025 include:
| Partner Launch Benefits | ||
| Product name | Quantity | Type |
| M365 Business Premium (No Teams) | 5 | Users |
| Teams Enterprise | 5 | Users |
| Entra ID P2** | 5 | Users |
| Power Apps Premium | 1 | Users |
| Power Automate Premium | 1 | Users |
| Partner Success Core Benefits | ||
| Product name | Quantity | Type |
| M365 Business Premium (No Teams) | 15 | Users |
| Teams Enterprise | 15 | Users |
| Entra ID P2 | 15 | Users |
| Defender for Endpoint P2** | 15 | Users |
| Power Apps Premium | 8 | Users |
| Power Automate Premium | 8 | Users |
| Winder Server CALS (2025) | 16 | Licenses |
| Windows Server Stander - Per Core (2025) | 16 | Licenses |
| Winder Server Datacenter - Per Core (2025) | 16 | Licenses |
| Winder Server RDS CALS (2025) | 16 | Licenses |
| Partner Success Expanded Benefits | ||
| Product name | Quantity | Type |
| Copilot for Microsoft 365** | 2 | Users |
| Copilot for Sales** | 2 | Users |
| Copilot for Finance** | 2 | Users |
| Copilot for Service** | 2 | Users |
| M365 Business Premium (No Teams) | 35 | Users |
| Teams Enterprise | 35 | Users |
| Teams Premium | 5 | Users |
| Teams Rooms Pro | 2 | Users |
| Microsoft Syntax/SharePoiunt Premium | $500 | Per year |
| Entra ID P2 | 35 | Users |
| Defender for Endpoint P2** | 35 | Users |
| Power Apps Premium | 15 | Users |
| Power Automate Premium | 15 | Users |
| Power Automate Process | 2 | Bots |
| Dynamics 365 Finance Premium | 35 | Users |
| Dynamics 365 Team Members | 35 | Users |
| Winder Server CALS (2025) | 35 | Licenses |
| Windows Server Standard - Per Core (2025) | 32 | Licenses |
| Winder Server Datacenter - Per Core (2025) | 32 | Licenses |
| Winder Server RDS CALS (2025) | 35 | Licenses |
** These specific benefits will be added into active instances of this benefit offer as a one-time occurrence.
For a full list of the benefits available to partners, check out the latest partner benefits guide👇
If you do not have an eligible benefits package, you can purchase one at partner-friendly prices here. If you currently have a Microsoft Action Pack or Learning Action Pack, you'll need to upgrade to one of the partner benefits packages (listed above) before January, when these will be brought to end-of-life.
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