Windows 10: Isa TechDirt Deals/StackCommerce a Microsoft Partner?

The site deals dot techdirt dot com claims to be a Microsoft partner yet they're offering Windows 11 Pro for $17.97 and Visual Studio 2022 Pro for $27.97.The following image is shown on the VS2022 listing:Are they a Microsoft partner or is it a scam that will leave one with a revoked key, or even piracy fines if used in business?

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What's the deal with these Microsoft Windows 10 OEM Packages?

Hi qask0

Try this page below, for the steps to become a Microsoft Partner, if that does not provide the information you need, call Microsoft Support in your area and ask them for more information on obtaining genuine OEM licences . . .

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/us-partner-blog...

 

How can a "Microsoft Authorized Partner" status be verified?

I have spent more than an hour attempting to verify the Authorized Microsoft Partner status for PCDestination.com before purchasing a software license.

I have visited multiple sites including partnercenter.microsoft.com and chatted with a Microsoft partner representative who told me that he could not verify the partner without the "Partner ID". He also told me that "we do not release information about
our partners".

He referred me back to the partnercenter website, however the Find a Partner menu item is useless.

This is a serious problem. An Authorized Microsoft Partner, Gold Partner, or whatever is of very limited value if it can not be verified. I still do not know if the software license would be valid or if they simply put an icon on the page knowing that
no one can check it.

There should be a list of partners, a database, or someway to verify the status of a legitimate Microsoft Partner.

Please let me know if there is such a list. If so, it is not easily discoverable even with multiple searches and asking direction from Microsoft.

Come on, Microsoft. Help us out here a bit

 

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