{"id":43955,"date":"2026-07-14T15:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T12:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/?p=43955"},"modified":"2026-07-14T15:34:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T12:34:00","slug":"microsoft-ads-credits-how-new-users-claim-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/microsoft-ads-credits-how-new-users-claim-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Ads Credits: How New Advertisers Claim Free Credit"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"43955\" class=\"elementor elementor-43955\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6980b93 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6980b93\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-34c1b03a\" data-id=\"34c1b03a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fee6ba3 MicroFont elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6fee6ba3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 24-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">Most new advertisers assume Microsoft ads credits work like a coupon code at checkout: enter it, get a discount, done. They don&#8217;t. It&#8217;s matched spend with a 90-day expiration clock that starts the moment the credit is awarded, not when you notice it.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">Here&#8217;s the number worth anchoring on: Bing users spend meaningfully more per online purchase than average search traffic, and Microsoft&#8217;s search advertising revenue has climbed past $13 billion annually. The audience and the intent are both real. What trips up new advertisers isn&#8217;t the platform, it&#8217;s a quiet default setting most people never touch.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">This is the default effect in action. Behavioral research consistently shows people rarely override a pre-set default, even when a five-second change would clearly benefit them. Microsoft Advertising accounts default to a billing configuration that most new advertisers never check, and getting that one setting wrong is the single most common reason a valid credit claim fails silently.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">Here&#8217;s exactly what a <strong>Microsoft ads credits<\/strong> offer includes, what &#8220;new account&#8221; actually means, and how to claim it without losing it to a setting you never looked at.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3427535 elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"3427535\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46c46c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\">What Counts as Microsoft Ads Credits<\/h3><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><strong>Microsoft ads credits<\/strong> are matched promotional advertising funds added directly to a Microsoft Advertising account. You spend a qualifying amount on real campaigns first, Microsoft applies the credit automatically, and it offsets future ad charges dollar-for-dollar until exhausted or expired.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">Per Microsoft&#8217;s own offer terms, once a customer completes new customer account setup and spends at least the qualifying amount on advertising charges excluding taxes, the promotional credit is automatically applied toward additional advertising spend thereafter, until credit is exhausted or the offer expires. <span class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"><a class=\"group\/tag relative h-[18px] rounded-full inline-flex items-center overflow-hidden -translate-y-px cursor-pointer\" href=\"https:\/\/about.ads.microsoft.com\/en\/h\/a\/homepage-hero-marketing-landing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative transition-colors h-full max-w-[180px] overflow-hidden px-1.5 inline-flex items-center font-small rounded-full border-0.5 border-border-300 bg-bg-200 group-hover\/tag:bg-accent-900 group-hover\/tag:border-accent-100\/60\"><span class=\"text-nowrap text-text-300 break-all truncate font-normal group-hover\/tag:text-text-200\">Microsoft Advertising<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">Two things distinguish this from a simple discount:<\/p><ul class=\"[li_&amp;]:mb-0 [li_&amp;]:mt-1 [li_&amp;]:gap-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\"><li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><strong>It&#8217;s not applied at checkout.<\/strong> There&#8217;s no code you enter to get money off a purchase. The credit sits in your account balance and offsets charges as campaigns run.<\/li><li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><strong>It has its own expiration, separate from the earning period.<\/strong> Per Microsoft&#8217;s terms, any portion of the credit not used within ninety days of credit award will expire and cannot be carried over or restored, even if you switch payment methods. <span class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"><a class=\"group\/tag relative h-[18px] rounded-full inline-flex items-center overflow-hidden -translate-y-px cursor-pointer\" href=\"https:\/\/about.ads.microsoft.com\/en\/h\/a\/homepage-hero-marketing-landing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative transition-colors h-full max-w-[180px] overflow-hidden px-1.5 inline-flex items-center font-small rounded-full border-0.5 border-border-300 bg-bg-200 group-hover\/tag:bg-accent-900 group-hover\/tag:border-accent-100\/60\"><span class=\"text-nowrap text-text-300 break-all truncate font-normal group-hover\/tag:text-text-200\">Microsoft Advertising<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3448104 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3448104\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 24-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Gemini_Generated_Image_rzjnyhrzjnyhrzjn-1024x572.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-44035\" alt=\"Microsoft Ads\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Gemini_Generated_Image_rzjnyhrzjnyhrzjn-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Gemini_Generated_Image_rzjnyhrzjnyhrzjn-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Gemini_Generated_Image_rzjnyhrzjnyhrzjn-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Gemini_Generated_Image_rzjnyhrzjnyhrzjn-1536x857.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Gemini_Generated_Image_rzjnyhrzjnyhrzjn-2048x1143.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9557f98 MicroFont elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9557f98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\">The Official 2026 Offer and Its 90-Day Catch<\/h3><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">Microsoft&#8217;s standard 2026 new-customer offer runs on a straightforward match: spend at least $250 on advertising charges, and Microsoft applies a $500 promotional credit automatically toward additional advertising spend. That&#8217;s a 2:1 match, not a 1:1 dollar match like some competing platforms, meaning $250 of real spend turns into $750 in total working budget. <span class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"><a class=\"group\/tag relative h-[18px] rounded-full inline-flex items-center overflow-hidden -translate-y-px cursor-pointer\" href=\"https:\/\/about.ads.microsoft.com\/en\/h\/a\/homepage-hero-marketing-landing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative transition-colors h-full max-w-[180px] overflow-hidden px-1.5 inline-flex items-center font-small rounded-full border-0.5 border-border-300 bg-bg-200 group-hover\/tag:bg-accent-900 group-hover\/tag:border-accent-100\/60\"><span class=\"text-nowrap text-text-300 break-all truncate font-normal group-hover\/tag:text-text-200\">Microsoft Advertising<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">Three terms determine whether that credit actually gets used:<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><strong>The 90-day usage clock starts at credit award, not at qualifying spend.<\/strong> If it takes you three weeks to ramp campaigns after the credit lands, that&#8217;s three weeks gone from a 90-day window you can&#8217;t extend.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><strong>Billing configuration changes how the qualifying spend is processed.<\/strong> Per Microsoft&#8217;s terms, prepay accounts have the qualifying spend deducted directly from prepay funds, while postpay threshold accounts have the primary payment method charged once the account threshold is met. Confirming which billing type your account uses before you start spending avoids confusion about whether your spend is actually counting. <span class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"><a class=\"group\/tag relative h-[18px] rounded-full inline-flex items-center overflow-hidden -translate-y-px cursor-pointer\" href=\"https:\/\/about.ads.microsoft.com\/en\/h\/a\/homepage-hero-marketing-landing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative transition-colors h-full max-w-[180px] overflow-hidden px-1.5 inline-flex items-center font-small rounded-full border-0.5 border-border-300 bg-bg-200 group-hover\/tag:bg-accent-900 group-hover\/tag:border-accent-100\/60\"><span class=\"text-nowrap text-text-300 break-all truncate font-normal group-hover\/tag:text-text-200\">Microsoft Advertising<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><strong>The offer can be revoked for non-eligibility at any point.<\/strong> Per the terms, if the customer does not meet eligibility requirements, Microsoft Advertising will revoke the offer. <span class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"><a class=\"group\/tag relative h-[18px] rounded-full inline-flex items-center overflow-hidden -translate-y-px cursor-pointer\" href=\"https:\/\/about.ads.microsoft.com\/en\/h\/a\/homepage-hero-marketing-landing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative transition-colors h-full max-w-[180px] overflow-hidden px-1.5 inline-flex items-center font-small rounded-full border-0.5 border-border-300 bg-bg-200 group-hover\/tag:bg-accent-900 group-hover\/tag:border-accent-100\/60\"><span class=\"text-nowrap text-text-300 break-all truncate font-normal group-hover\/tag:text-text-200\">Microsoft Advertising<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">For the full eligibility framework behind this offer, Adcore&#8217;s <a class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/microsoft-ads-coupons-qna\/\">Microsoft Ads 2026 Q&amp;A<\/a> answers over 100 of the most common questions new advertisers ask before claiming.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5848745 MicroFont elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5848745\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\">What &#8220;New Account&#8221; Actually Means<\/h3><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">Eligibility hinges on one definition, and it&#8217;s stricter than most advertisers assume. Per Microsoft&#8217;s terms, a new Microsoft Advertising customer is one that has not had an active Microsoft Advertising account before, and the offer is valid only for first party recipients of the offer, limited to one promotional offer per new customer. <span class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"><a class=\"group\/tag relative h-[18px] rounded-full inline-flex items-center overflow-hidden -translate-y-px cursor-pointer\" href=\"https:\/\/about.ads.microsoft.com\/en\/h\/a\/homepage-hero-marketing-landing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative transition-colors h-full max-w-[180px] overflow-hidden px-1.5 inline-flex items-center font-small rounded-full border-0.5 border-border-300 bg-bg-200 group-hover\/tag:bg-accent-900 group-hover\/tag:border-accent-100\/60\"><span class=\"text-nowrap text-text-300 break-all truncate font-normal group-hover\/tag:text-text-200\">Microsoft Advertising<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"><a class=\"group\/tag relative h-[18px] rounded-full inline-flex items-center overflow-hidden -translate-y-px cursor-pointer\" href=\"https:\/\/about.ads.microsoft.com\/en\/h\/a\/homepage-hero-marketing-landing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative transition-colors h-full max-w-[180px] overflow-hidden px-1.5 inline-flex items-center font-small rounded-full border-0.5 border-border-300 bg-bg-200 group-hover\/tag:bg-accent-900 group-hover\/tag:border-accent-100\/60\"><span class=\"text-nowrap text-text-300 break-all truncate font-normal group-hover\/tag:text-text-200\">Microsoft Advertising<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">A few practical consequences of that definition:<\/p><ul class=\"[li_&amp;]:mb-0 [li_&amp;]:mt-1 [li_&amp;]:gap-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\"><li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><strong>A dormant old account still disqualifies you.<\/strong> &#8220;New&#8221; means never active, not &#8220;inactive for a while.&#8221; Reactivating an old account doesn&#8217;t reset eligibility.<\/li><li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><strong>The offer isn&#8217;t stackable.<\/strong> Per Microsoft&#8217;s terms, it may not be combined with any other offer, promotional code, coupon, or discount. <span class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"><a class=\"group\/tag relative h-[18px] rounded-full inline-flex items-center overflow-hidden -translate-y-px cursor-pointer\" href=\"https:\/\/about.ads.microsoft.com\/en\/h\/a\/homepage-hero-marketing-landing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative transition-colors h-full max-w-[180px] overflow-hidden px-1.5 inline-flex items-center font-small rounded-full border-0.5 border-border-300 bg-bg-200 group-hover\/tag:bg-accent-900 group-hover\/tag:border-accent-100\/60\"><span class=\"text-nowrap text-text-300 break-all truncate font-normal group-hover\/tag:text-text-200\">Microsoft Advertising<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><strong>Spend on other platforms doesn&#8217;t count.<\/strong> Per the terms, the offer may not cover spend accrued on campaigns run on Google Ads and Facebook Ads, even if that spend happens to sync into the same reporting dashboard. <span class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"><a class=\"group\/tag relative h-[18px] rounded-full inline-flex items-center overflow-hidden -translate-y-px cursor-pointer\" href=\"https:\/\/about.ads.microsoft.com\/en\/h\/a\/homepage-hero-marketing-landing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative transition-colors h-full max-w-[180px] overflow-hidden px-1.5 inline-flex items-center font-small rounded-full border-0.5 border-border-300 bg-bg-200 group-hover\/tag:bg-accent-900 group-hover\/tag:border-accent-100\/60\"><span class=\"text-nowrap text-text-300 break-all truncate font-normal group-hover\/tag:text-text-200\">Microsoft Advertising<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">If any of these disqualify your current setup, that&#8217;s worth knowing before you spend a dollar chasing a credit that was never going to apply.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f61f00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4f61f00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Gemini_Generated_Image_xf8vguxf8vguxf8v-1024x572.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-44037\" alt=\"Microsoft Ads\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Gemini_Generated_Image_xf8vguxf8vguxf8v-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Gemini_Generated_Image_xf8vguxf8vguxf8v-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Gemini_Generated_Image_xf8vguxf8vguxf8v-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Gemini_Generated_Image_xf8vguxf8vguxf8v-1536x857.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Gemini_Generated_Image_xf8vguxf8vguxf8v-2048x1143.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c2124c MicroFont elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c2124c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\">How to Claim It Without Losing It to Billing Setup<\/h3><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">Claiming the credit itself is simple. Losing it to an overlooked setting is the actual risk.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><strong>Step 1: Add a payment method before doing anything else.<\/strong> A primary payment method must be on file to redeem the offer at all.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><strong>Step 2: Confirm your billing type.<\/strong> Check whether your account is set to prepay or postpay under Billing &amp; Payments, since this determines how your qualifying spend gets processed, not whether the offer applies.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><strong>Step 3: Spend the qualifying amount on real Microsoft Ads campaigns.<\/strong> Not Google Ads, not Facebook Ads, spend has to happen on the Microsoft Advertising platform itself to count.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><strong>Step 4: Track the credit and its expiration under Billing &amp; Payments \u2192 Promotion codes.<\/strong> Once applied, the 90-day clock is running whether you&#8217;re actively spending or not.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">This is where the default effect costs people the most. Nobody actively decides to ignore their billing type, they just never open the menu that shows it. A five-minute check before spending avoids the entire problem.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d67f664 MicroFont elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d67f664\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\">The Higher-Value Path: Partner Credit Up to $1,000<\/h3><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">Microsoft&#8217;s public $500 offer isn&#8217;t the only ceiling available. Advertisers registering through an Elite Microsoft Advertising Partner can access a higher-value promotional code, up to $1,000 in credit, tied to the same matched-spend mechanic but at a more favorable ratio.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">Adcore has held Elite Microsoft Partner status since 2017, which carries access to promotional codes not distributed through the standard public offer. 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