Join the Microsoft Partner Network
The Microsoft Partner Network is a powerful community of organizations like yours that connects you to the relationships, insights, tools, resources, and programs you need to amaze your customers and drive business growth.
You must join the Microsoft Partner Network in order to set up an EDU dev tenant or publish apps to Microsoft marketplaces.
Use the following steps to join Microsoft Partner Network:
Go to Partner with Microsoft and select Become a partner.
Select one or more options to specify how you would like to partner with Microsoft, and choose Next.
Specify your company work account and choose Next.
To verify your identity, set your phone number and select Text me or Call me to get the verification code. When you receive the code, input it and choose Next.
Select Yes to specify that your email address was provided by your company.
Complete you account information, set a password, and confirm the verification code sent to your email, and then choose Next.
Sign in with your Microsoft Partner Network account.
Provide your company information and choose Accept and continue. You have created your Microsoft Partner Network account, and you can send an invitation to members of your organization.
You can now access Partner Center with your Microsoft Partner Network account.
Set up your development environment
Set up your development environment. You can create two types of EDU tenants: