Planning Services are being fully retired from Software Assurance benefits, but customers can continue working with partners to use Planning Services days for engagements while the vouchers are valid. These are the significant dates leading up to program retirement:
- February 1, 2020: Planning Services cloud engagements were retired.
- February 1, 2020: Training vouchers can no longer be converted to Planning Services days.
- February 1, 2021: Customers no longer accrue Planning Services benefits.
- June 30, 2021: Last day for customers to create/assign Planning Services vouchers. All remaining Planning Services days will be removed July 1, 2021.
- January 1, 2022: Last day for partners to redeem Planning Services vouchers. Partner will have 60 days after redemption to complete the payment request process.
See the following to understand how to use your Planning Services benefit:
- Software Assurance Planning Services retirement
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/partner-center/software-assurance-dps - DOWNLOAD: Software Assurance Planning Services workflow (Partner perspective)
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