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waldo: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Publisher program
Источник: https://dynamicsuser.net/nav/b/waldo...lisher-program
============== The last couple of months, there has been quite some questions from ISVs (and especially the “old” ISV’s) on how to register their apps in their specific situations. Just to name a few:
Well, you might have seen the announcement from Microsoft ( http://aka.ms/bcpublisherprogram) – Microsoft comes with a new program which replaces the “Registered Solution Program (RSP)” and the “Certified for Microsoft Dynamics (CfMD)” program. And not only that .. there is more to consider. Much more… Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Publisher program What the name indicates for me is that there is clearly an “AppSource first” strategy. Why? Well, the word “publisher” is typically used for anyone that puts apps in the cloud on a marketplace. Well, sometimes also the word “author” is used – but anyway .. let me make my point here . Cloud first strategy Now .. It shouldn’t be necessary to explain how many advantages there are in the cloud version of BC. I mean – first of all: all baseapp features will work in the “cloud first” (get it? ) and OnPrem “if you’re lucky”. And .. on top of that, you get the ability of all those extra services that come with the cloud. The Power-“fluff” (I should be calling it different, I know – but that area is still too grey for me ;-)), the azure stuff, … and so.much.more. The BaseApp will have a cloud first mentality: and so should you.. . So, for Microsoft, it basically comes down to convince/force/… the ISV mindset to be cloud first. It’s as simple as that. In short:
Are we being “punished” for selling OnPrem only? Well .. If you will only do Onprem business, and you don’t register your apps on AppSource: yes, you’re going to have to pay a fee. Is that being “punished”? I don’t look at it that way. I look at it the way that Microsoft tries to motivate you for doing the “right” thing, for following their strategy. To sail in the winds they are blowing … . Do know .. Microsoft absolutely does not want to let you pay for doing your business. Not at all. The best day for them would be that they don’t have to invoice anyone for this at all .. because that would be the day that all partners finally have embraced the cloud-first-strategy. Because, let’s be honest, not all partners have really been listening and acting on Microsoft’s “cloud-first” approach, have they? It’s not like it hasn’t been obvious though:
In other words, anyone who has already invested so much for moving to AL (apps), for moving to a “cloud-ready” architecture, for moving to AppSource – they are good! No extra investment needed. And they are – to use Microsoft words – “rewarded by freeing them from program fees or additional test efforts, outside of what is required for publishing to AppSource“. Who would have to pay? To not mis phrase anything, let me quote Microsoft on what you can expect: This program will introduce fees that will gradually increase from September 2022 onward for publishers whose resellers have sold on-premises solutions to new customers without an equivalent cloud-based solution. The fees will only be applied to sales in countries where the Dynamics 365 Business Central online service is available. Solutions registered to existing customer licenses before the program cut-off date will not be impacted by program fees. However, adding new non-AppSource solutions after the cut-off date will be impacted.For me, that means: Any ISV, who implements (by partners or by itself) products (apps) that do not exist on AppSource, will have to pay fees to do so. In Practice Let us look at this practically.
If it wasn’t clear yet, let me make it clear in my own words:
If you need help – there are people that can help you. If you think I can help you, just contact me – if I have time, I will – but there are also dev centers that are specialized for helping/coaching partners to make this move to the cloud. More info you can find here: Find a Development Center (microsoft.com) Questions? I’m sure you’ll have a ton of questions, depending in what situation you are. I don’t know if I answered any – but some of the questions I had a few weeks back, are sure answered for my own personal situation. But still – IF there are questions, you can reach out to Microsoft! Thoughts Looking back at the focus, the sessions, the blogposts, … that I did that past years, it seems that the recommendations that I have been doing were not that far from the truth. Like:
I hope this was useful! Источник: https://dynamicsuser.net/nav/b/waldo...lisher-program
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