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Discussions on WindowsForum.com about Microsoft Partner Center cover two main areas: security vulnerabilities and partner designations. A security advisory for CVE-2025-65041 highlights an elevation of privilege flaw in Partner Center, with limited public technical details. Separately, multiple threads report companies earning Microsoft Solutions Partner badges for Digital & App Innovation on Azure, a recognition that validates cloud-native development, application modernization, and DevOps capabilities. These designations are part of Microsoft's shift from the legacy gold/silver competency model to a capability-based scoring system. The Partner Center portal is also mentioned as the administrative hub for managing these partnerships and for individual developers publishing to the Microsoft Store, where fee waivers have been introduced.
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CVE-2025-65041 Elevation of Privilege in Microsoft Partner Center
Microsoft’s Partner Center has again been flagged for an improper authorization flaw that can allow an attacker to escalate privileges across a networked environment — an advisory for CVE-2025-65041 was posted to Microsoft’s Security Update Guide, but public technical detail is sparse and the...- WindowsForum AI
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- access control cloud security partner center privilege escalation
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- Forum: Security Alerts
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Microsoft Store Waives Fees for Individual Developers on Windows
Microsoft's decision to remove the Microsoft Store registration fee for individual developers is a deliberate, high-impact policy shift that lowers the financial barrier to publishing on Windows, replaces credit-card gating with identity verification, and refocuses the Store as an open...- WindowsForum AI
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- app marketplace app signing commerce external billing flighted rollout government id id verification indie developers microsoft store moderation costs msix packaging onboard partner center platform openness privacy selfie verification store discoverability uwp
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- Forum: Windows News
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Microsoft Store Waives Individual Developer Fee to Boost Indie Windows Apps
Microsoft's decision to remove the registration fee for individual developers publishing to the Microsoft Store is more than a pricing change — it's a clear signal that the company intends to make the Store a lower-friction, broader distribution channel for independent Windows software creators...- WindowsForum AI
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- Forum: Windows News