Overview

Legacy subscriptions do not need to be moved to the new commerce experience; they will operate under all the original legacy commerce rules until they come to the end of their term. This means that licenses may continue to be added and removed from these subscriptions. However, legacy subscriptions can be moved to the new commerce experience at any time, and this is known as migration, which can be automated via MyCSP portal.

Renewing legacy subscriptions

As announced by Microsoft that it has extended indefinitely the previously announced July 11 end of autorenewals of legacy Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) subscriptions. The partner should migrate the subscription to the new commerce experience before the end of the term.

Legacy subscriptions eligible for migration

Legacy subscriptions can be migrated to the new commerce experience when there is an equivalent offer available in the new commerce experience. This means that the following legacy subscriptions CANNOT be migrated:

  • Subscriptions with a promotion that is not available in the new commerce experience

  • Government, Education, or nonprofit subscriptions

  • Subscriptions for retired or obsolete offers

In addition, trial and inactive subscriptions cannot be migrated, nor can subscriptions that were purchased (started) less than a month ago

Migrating legacy subscriptions

An eligible legacy subscription can be migrated to the new commerce experience at any time and it is an action that is performed on a single subscription and is not reversible. You can request to migrate your subscription to NCE via the MyCSP portal - simply expand the Subscription and click on Migrate to New Commerce Experience (NCE)

It’s then possible to change the subscription options, where the quantity, term, and billing frequency options may be chosen. 

An additional option available when the subscription is being migrated to the new commerce experience is the opportunity to choose to start a new term for the subscription when it is migrated. This will affect the end date of the subscription.

Billing for migrated subscriptions

When migrating to New Commerce Experience, a new subscription is created in new commerce with the options chosen by the partner. The price for the new subscription is taken from the current price list rather than taking the price from the legacy subscription. This means that if a promotion is active, that promotional price will be applied to the subscription, and will last for the duration of the term. The 168-hour cancellation policy applies to subscriptions migrated to the new commerce experience. When a legacy subscription is migrated to the new commerce experience, partners are refunded on a prorated basis for any unused days of the subscription that have already been paid for. These refunds will be included in the invoice from the legacy commerce system. Invoicing then starts in the usual way in the new commerce system

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/partner-center/migrate-subscriptions-to-new-commerce