​Hi all, The relationships we created two years ago are due for renewal soon, and I’m curious how other people are approaching the creation of new relationships. With the introduction of relationships that auto renew, have you found this to be a beneficial alternative? We are a Managed Service Provider and our customers want us to turn ALL the knobs in the Microsoft portals for them. I want to have the flexibility of techs only enabling the roles they need, but there are a LOT of roles. Creating a relationship with 34 roles is a bit extreme. Plus, it looks like we need 43 built-in roles to have the same level as access as Global Admin, and some of those roles are not available via GDAP today. The role that stands out the most is “Organizational Branding Administrator.” Can another role that is available through GDAP change sign-in branding?  What would partners think if Microsoft allowed the Global Admin role to auto-renew until Microsoft adds all the built in roles to GDAP roles needed to replace Global Admin? Maybe put some sort of extra warning on the role acceptance side advising the client this is not recommended and let the client make that informed choice themselves? What do you think customers opinion of this move would be? From my conversations with different people, I am under the impression that customers didn’t want Microsoft to allow partners the option of letting the Global Admin role auto-renew. I am curious what the customers were looking to address with this approach and if there is another way.  I look forward to reading your thoughts and experiences!  Read More

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