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New Microsoft requirements for direct bill partners.
Hassle-free business growth with ALSO
Move from CSP direct to indirect with ALSO
Being a direct (Tier 1) partner has its benefits, but with changes announced by Microsoft, you also face higher costs, e.g., 13 500 EUR annual support policy. You must meet the turnover threshold of 300 000 USD. As a CSP provider, we can help you to save costs when you become an indirect reseller with ALSO.
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We’re here to help you grow
At ALSO we help grow and scale your cloud business. Whether you need technical, development,sales, or marketing support, we’re here for you. We make your transition from direct to indirect partner easy and seamless, so you and your customers don’t even notice the change and can rather focus on what matters most – serving your customers.
Benefits of the ALSO Cloud Marketplace
ALSO Cloud Marketplace (ACMP) is our digital ecosystem bringing together vendors, resellers, and end customers. ACMP is more than a shop system. It’s a management platform for all software licenses. Our marketplace covers your needs as an IT reseller, allowing you to both host your own services but also provide a large number of products and services to your customers. Our ACMP is easy to handle. On the platform, add your own services and create individual offers and bundles. Integrate the marketplace with reseller ERP systems to automate your invoicing.
The most popular ACMP services are
Easy Billing
Quick reporting
Effortless provision
24/7 Support
Instant Offers
Business Intelligence Tools
Simple API
NCE renewal tool
White-labelling
Services on offer:
Key features:
Service Providers
Marketing-as-a-Service
Independent Software Vendors
Infrastructure-as-a-Service
Device Management
Platform-as-a-Service
Financial Services
Software-as-a-Service
Hardware & Software
ACMP offers over 100 vendors and around 1000 products and services, making the management platform a business opportunity for you as a reseller. With ACMP you can rapidly establish and expand your cloud offering, allowing for a more stable source of recurring revenue for your business.
Top 5 benefits of becoming an indirect partner and partnering with ALSO
1. A premier platform
ALSO offers a provisioning platform (ALSO Cloud Marketplace) free of charge. You no longer need to take care of the development or maintenance of your own platform, marketplace, or shop system..
2. No additional costs
You don’t need to pay 16 500 EUR per year for support services, because ALSO already has the best possible support contract with Microsoft. In case you would like to keep your direct support line with Microsoft, you have the possibility to do that.
3. Optimized billing
No more unclear invoices from Microsoft that drive you crazy, but clear insights per customer per product what has been sold
4. Automation
Decrease process costs by automating your processes. ACMP offers a user-friendly API that helps you to be more efficient / save costs
5. BI-based management information and reporting
32 reports ranging from Azure plan insights, to security reports and security scores, seat changes, and many more.
Become an indirect reseller with ALSO
1
Join Microsoft Partner Network (if you have not already done so)
If you decide to move from a direct bill business to an indirect reseller business, there are several steps you will need to take. Additional information can be found at this Microsoft page.
2
Sign in as global admin and click on “Become an indirect reseller”
3
Review your partner details and enroll
4
When your enrolment is approved, sign in, and accept the indirect reseller agreement.
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Why Partner with ALSO?
Cloud Solution Provider Guidebook
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Why and how to become an indirect Microsoft CSP partner?
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Why This Matters for Your Customers
At ALSO, we’re committed to helping our partners bring the most advanced cybersecurity solutions to their customers.
With Microsoft expanding E5 Security features — including Microsoft Defender for Office P2 and Defender for Identity — to all Microsoft 365 Business Premium customers, you now have a powerful opportunity to strengthen your security offerings.
Working with our trusted partner Chorus, you can deliver fully managed 24/7 MXDR services that make the most of these new capabilities.
Proactive Threat Hunting
Microsoft MDR & MXDR Services
Let us introduce to you the Advanced Managed Detection & Response (MDR) and Managed Extended Detection & Response (MXDR) services, delivered via a trusted ALSO partner, Chorus Cyber 24x7x365 Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) and powered by Microsoft Defender XDR and Microsoft Sentinel.
These security services leverage Microsoft technologies to help organizations detect, investigate, hunt and respond to cyber security threats. They provide flexible managed security services, allowing organizations to choose the right level of protection to meet their security requirements.
Where do you stand?
Microsoft’s current requirements for direct bill partners
Support Requirement
Direct bill partners must have a Microsoft Support Plan. Whether Advanced Support for Partners or Premier Support, you’re losing €13.500 every year.
Revenue Requirement
If you haven’t made at least 300K (USD) in the previous 12 months in the CSP program, you’re ineligible for the direct bill program. And perpetual software sales don’t count towards your calculated revenue.
Managed Service Requirement
To remain in the program, direct bill partners must provide at least one managed service, IP service or custom solution and offer a scalable marketplace.
Benefits
24x7x365 Advanced CSOC
Chorus Cyber’s 24x7 CSOC makes best use of technical innovations and cutting-edge security technologies to deliver an advanced service. Underpinned by a team of highly skilled and experienced CSOC analysts, they will protect your customers around-the-clock.
Leading technical architecture
Built on Microsoft Defender XDR and Microsoft Sentinel, Chorus Cyber’s CSOC architecture is built to best-practice benefiting from advanced automation, machine learning and AI to reduce alert noise and accelerate threat detection and response speed and accuracy.
Rapid threat detection and response
Through their skilled SecOps team and use of automation, they ensure cyber threats are quickly identified, investigated and remediated – reducing the likelihood and potential impact of successful attacks, to keep your customers ahead of evolving threats.
Maximize the value of your Microsoft licensing
With most organizations already using Microsoft 365, Chorus Cyber uses the powerful security features available to maximize the value of your customers’ licensing, removing third-party costs and consolidating technologies to reduce complexity.
Proactive and preventative protection
Chorus Cyber takes their managed security services a step further by building in pre-emptive protection through advanced threat hunting and cyber threat intelligence to proactively block emerging and unknown threats before they occur.
Cyber risk reduction
With proactive threat detection, investigation, hunting and response, your customers’ organization is better protected, and cyber risk is greatly reduced. This helps to reduce cyber insurance premiums, meet compliance regulations and benefit from peace of mind against increasingly costly attacks.
Intelligence (CTI)
Flexible Coverage
24x7x365 CSOC
Proactive Cyber Threat
Rapid Threat Response & Containment
Threat Triage & Investigation
Threat Detection
24x7 Monitoring
MDR
Advanced Managed threat detection and containment service for endpoint protection with Microsoft Defender for Endpoints.
MXDR
Extended threat detection and containment across identity, network, email, infrastructure, data and applications using Microsoft security tooling.
Discover our security offering with Chorus Cyber—24/7 MDR and MXDR services powered by Microsoft technologies to keep your customers safe and resilient!
What's included
Service Governance & Reporting
Security Reviews & Recommendations
Streamlined Service Transition
Microsoft Security Guidance
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Partner up with Chorus Cyber and leverage the opportunity, available now in the ACMP!
Enhancing Microsoft 365 Business Premium with Microsoft Defender Suite & MXDR
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Microsoft E5 Security
Enterprise-grade protection now available for SMBs
Advanced email and identity threat detection
Fully integrated into Microsoft 365 Business Premium
Includes Microsoft Defender for Office P2 and Defender for Identity
Chorus MXDR & MDR
- 24/7 monitoring by cybersecurity experts
Proactive threat hunting and rapid incident response
Continuous optimisation of Microsoft security tools
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Speaker: Marcus Beer & Oliver Harding
The Microsoft SOC Opportunity: Success Stories from MSPs
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Empower Your Customers and Strengthen Your Expertise
Invite Your SME Customers: Help Them Stay Ahead of Cyber Threats
We encourage you to invite your customers to this session, which will help them understand today’s most common cyber threats and the simple steps they can take to stay protected. By equipping them with practical knowledge, you reinforce your position as their trusted security advisor.
This webinar is valuable not only for end customers but also for ALSO partners. Partners can join to deepen their understanding of current cyber threats and explore how Microsoft Security solutions can effectively protect SME environments. By attending, you’ll gain insights that will help you better support your customers.
If you’d like your customers to participate, please share this registration link: https://cloud.also.mp/microsoft-soc-services-chorus-customer/
Language: English
Speaker: Marcus Beer & Mark Jones
How SMEs Can Protect Themselves from the Most Common Cyber Attacks
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Date: 6 May, 2026
Time: 10:00–11:00 CET
