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      Windows Phone 8.0 Device Unlocks
      Donielle S.-MSFT Thursday, May 14, 2015 5:16 PM

      Starting today, no Windows Phone 8.0 device will be able to be developer unlocked.  You have three options to continue testing Windows Phone 8.0 packages:

      -       - updating the phone to Windows Phone 8.1 and unlocking it for developer testing

      -       -  submitting the apps as beta through the Windows Dev Center and testing in Windows Phone 8.0 devices, or

      -       -  testing your Windows Phone 8.0 apps via the Windows Phone emulator.

       

      Any Windows Phone 8.0 device currently unlocked will continue to be unlocked and work as a test device until its certificate expires. 

      Note that this change has no impact on apps available in the Windows Phone Store, nor will it impact customers with Windows Phone 8.0 devices.

       

      Windows Store team

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      Unifying Developer Registration: Windows and Windows Phone
      Donielle S.-MSFT Wednesday, November 6, 2013 9:16 PM

      Over the last month, we’ve brought the Windows Store and the Windows Phone Store together into a single marketing and operations team to deliver a better experience for developers, end users and partners. Our focus remains to improve the way we help you reach new users and better monetize your apps, all while reducing friction and cost. Today we are making a set of changes that will simplify doing business with us. 

      I’m pleased to announce a unified registration experience for both Windows Store and Windows Phone developers, available at a lower cost. As a result of these changes, Windows Store developers are now also Windows Phone developers, and Windows Phone developers are also Windows Store developers. Welcome all! 

      Here’s what you can expect: 

      • Registered Windows Store developers can now submit apps to the Windows Phone Store, using the same Microsoft account.
      • Registered Windows Phone developers can now submit apps to the Windows Store at no additional cost, using the same Microsoft account.
      • New developers can register and existing developers can renew their account using the same Microsoft account. Developers will enter registration information just once and pay a single lower price of $19 for an Individual and $99 for a Company account, providing access to publish
        apps for both Windows and Windows Phone users.
      • Developers already registered with both Windows Store and Windows Phone using the same Microsoft account will receive a code via email this month, valid for a free one-year
        renewal when their existing registration is up for renewal.
      • Students continue to be supported through the DreamSpark program.

      You will continue to use the separate Windows Store and Windows Phone Dev Center Dashboards to submit and manage your apps. You can expect some differences in the steps you take to renew your account. The most notable for some of our Windows Phone developers is the addition of a credit card to validate all new account and renewals. You can read more about today’s changes on the Windows and Windows Phone Dev Centers. 

      Publish your app for both Windows Store and Windows Phone and earn prizes

      With the holiday selling season approaching, this is an ideal time to tune-up and publish your apps for both Windows and Windows Phone to help increase your downloads and revenue. Last year holiday sales of paid apps grew 40% over baseline, and we expect an even more robust Holiday 2013 due to an even larger base of Windows and Windows Phone users with more ways to pay for apps. 

      As an added incentive, we’ve partnered with Nokia via the DVLUP community to give you an easy way to learn more and complete challenges as you develop for both the Windows Store and Windows Phone. Along the way, you’ll earn points that can then be redeemed for great prizes (for example, Nokia Lumia phones and more).  DVLUP is currently open to developers in more than 20 countries. To participate, register for the DVLUP program and take advantage of the two new challenges available today: 

      Publish a new app for Windows Phone 8, or port an existing Windows Store app
      or
      Bring your Windows Phone app to Windows 8.1

      I’m hopeful that the steps we’ve taken will encourage you to publish your apps for both Windows and Windows Phone users around the world. I’ll share more in the weeks ahead, so stay tuned.

      Quoted from Todd Brix on the 'Windows Phone Developer Blog'( http://blogs.windows.com/windows_phone/b/wpdev/archive/2013/11/06/unifying-developer-registration-windows-and-windows-phone.aspx)

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      Getting Error code 2201 when registering for Partner Center

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      Error code 2201.Correlation ID c868e3ad-c0c9-4ab5-b01e-62bf436c39aa,wfyEFwMTPk2OM1XC.0.0. attempting to register for partner center to monetize my Mixer channel
      Unanswered | 1 Replies | 312 Views | Created by Starrific - Wednesday, November 27, 2019 5:47 AM | Last reply by Roy Li - Wednesday, November 27, 2019 7:17 AM
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      Why can't I create a developer account when selecting my region as New Zealand?

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      I'm re-posting Cris MacKay's question from the Microsoft Community forum back in February 2019; it received a lackluster response from the moderator. I too have the issue, which ...
      Unanswered | 2 Replies | 1117 Views | Created by chasnz - Tuesday, July 16, 2019 12:10 AM | Last reply by Bensdinner - Thursday, November 21, 2019 11:33 PM
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      Problem with registering Account: Error code 2006

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      I am triying to Register a company developer account. Every time i put in the credit card data and press "next" i get this Error ...
      Unanswered | 2 Replies | 654 Views | Created by W.SC - Monday, September 23, 2019 11:54 AM | Last reply by Daisy Tian - Tuesday, September 24, 2019 2:43 AM
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      Cannot activate xbox developer mode

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      So I have got the Developer mode activation app for my xbox one s, and it opens, gives me the code to input into the /xboxactivate page to then go onto the activation ...
      Proposed | 13 Replies | 5600 Views | Created by Clutch_k1ck - Saturday, January 6, 2018 11:23 PM | Last reply by andreg3 - Tuesday, August 20, 2019 3:25 AM
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      Tax profile status invalid. Error received when

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      After filling out the W-9 form in the Dev Center (developer.microsoft.com), I repeatedly receive the following error message: Cannot complete your request. We ...
      Unanswered | 2 Replies | 1463 Views | Created by Jonathan Acinity - Saturday, May 28, 2016 12:12 AM | Last reply by Anonymous X - Wednesday, August 14, 2019 5:44 AM
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      How can I register my company to be able to publish apps in Microsoft Store (Desktop - W10)

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      Hi,  I'm struggling for a while now, trying to register my company as a software publisher in Microsoft, to be able to deploy our apps using Microsoft Store in Windows ...
      Unanswered | 7 Replies | 979 Views | Created by Jérôme Baussé - Thursday, July 25, 2019 6:08 PM | Last reply by Daisy Tian - Wednesday, July 31, 2019 1:15 AM
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      Deleting credit card

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      I have added a new credit card to take payments but the old credit card won't delete. The message "Cannot Delete Payment Method (s): One or more of the selected payment method(s) is in use and ...
      Unanswered | 1 Replies | 640 Views | Created by Liz Court - Thursday, July 18, 2019 1:37 AM | Last reply by Daisy Tian - Thursday, July 18, 2019 5:55 AM
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      Do I need a company account to deploy apps that use the file picker to load or save files?

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      Do I need a company account to deploy apps that use the file picker to load or save files?
      Answered | 1 Replies | 686 Views | Created by JoonDong - Wednesday, May 29, 2019 9:40 AM | Last reply by Daisy Tian - Thursday, May 30, 2019 2:36 AM
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      Can I register two developer accounts?

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      Hi, Is it allowed to open two developer accounts using the same name, bank details and tax details? For example I have an individual account for publishing my games under the name ...
      Unanswered | 1 Replies | 824 Views | Created by FishInPond - Wednesday, May 8, 2019 5:43 AM | Last reply by Daisy Tian - Monday, May 13, 2019 7:50 AM
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      Change name in the Package/Identity/Name, Package Family Name (PFN) and packages.

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      Has anyone been able to change the company name in the Package/Identity/Name or PFN in the Partner Center after a Publisher name change? Right now, oldcompanyname still shows up ...
      Unanswered | 3 Replies | 1632 Views | Created by Carlo A. Mendoza - Sunday, April 14, 2019 5:31 AM | Last reply by Daisy Tian - Friday, April 19, 2019 8:56 AM
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      Is there a limitation for adding subscription or add-on feature using individual account?

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      Is there a limitation for adding subscription or add-on feature using individual account?
      Answered | 2 Replies | 1748 Views | Created by JoonDong - Thursday, April 4, 2019 1:36 PM | Last reply by Daisy Tian - Monday, April 15, 2019 9:02 AM
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      Stuck on for over a week "Employment verification We're verifying that your email address belongs to your company. This usually takes a few hours, although in some cases it may take several days."

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      We signed up to the developer portal nearly 10 days ago and the lack of  employment verification is blocking us from submitting out Outlook Add In app.  How can we solve ...
      Unanswered | 1 Replies | 978 Views | Created by Verifying Emploment Status since over 1 Week - Wednesday, April 3, 2019 10:54 AM | Last reply by Daisy Tian - Thursday, April 4, 2019 1:47 AM
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      Opening a Company Developper Account

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      I am unable to validate my Developper account: "We couldn’t verify your account because the domain of your email address doesn’t belong to your ...
      Unanswered | 3 Replies | 1129 Views | Created by Vivien Podowell - Tuesday, March 12, 2019 11:25 AM | Last reply by Daisy Tian - Friday, March 15, 2019 6:26 AM
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      Changing Publisher Display Name and updating package.appxmanifest

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      When I first created my account at the Partner Center, I used a publisher display name like "abc software". I created a new app at the center with that account. The app's publisher display ...
      Answered | 2 Replies | 993 Views | Created by Chuck Bohling - Monday, March 11, 2019 11:05 PM | Last reply by Chuck Bohling - Tuesday, March 12, 2019 5:27 PM
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      How to get a Windows Store Developer account as a student?

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      Hi, I'm a student but I cannot access http://www.dreamspark.com/ or http://imagine.microsoft.com to get a Windows Store Developer. What happened?
      Answered | 1 Replies | 1108 Views | Created by Mephobia - Tuesday, March 12, 2019 3:17 AM | Last reply by Daisy Tian - Tuesday, March 12, 2019 8:57 AM
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      App Developer account verification process - waiting several weeks for Microsoft to complete

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      Hello ... we are a new Windows app developer looking to publish to the MSFT Store for the first time.  Our account verification process is "stuck" following the developer email ...
      Unanswered | 8 Replies | 1333 Views | Created by DFapp - Wednesday, February 13, 2019 2:59 AM | Last reply by Daisy Tian - Thursday, February 21, 2019 8:26 AM
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      Re-issue the Microsoft Partner Network Account password.

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      Dear Microsoft Support Team and Community   I have registered a Microsoft Partner Account but it not yet completed 5 steps ...
      Unanswered | 1 Replies | 1105 Views | Created by Trinh Thanh Long - Wednesday, February 20, 2019 7:17 AM | Last reply by Daisy Tian - Thursday, February 21, 2019 6:53 AM
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      Employment verification Failed

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      Our Company has a company developer account.We register it a years ago and have an app uploaded to store success.But recently we came across a verification error: We ...
      Answered | 3 Replies | 2099 Views | Created by Shine Li - Thursday, April 12, 2018 7:19 AM | Last reply by lvonaloan - Sunday, February 17, 2019 2:20 PM
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      No any reason to close the account?

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      As a Windows developer for a long time, my account was suddenly closed this week without any warning. I tried to contact ...
      Unanswered | 5 Replies | 1246 Views | Created by SKYFamily - Saturday, January 19, 2019 8:09 AM | Last reply by Daisy Tian - Wednesday, January 23, 2019 6:52 AM
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      Windows Phone 8.1 unlock for Development

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      Hello How can I unlock my Windows Phone 8.1 (Lumia 630) device for development? Year ago I used "Windows Phone Developer Registration 8.1" app. But now ...
      Proposed | 58 Replies | 9199 Views | Created by Alexander Zhabotinskiy - Wednesday, March 7, 2018 8:26 PM | Last reply by FurryLlama - Monday, January 14, 2019 8:39 PM
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    Register and Manage Account announcement

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      Windows Phone 8.0 Device Unlocks
      Donielle S.-MSFT Thursday, May 14, 2015 5:16 PM

      Starting today, no Windows Phone 8.0 device will be able to be developer unlocked.  You have three options to continue testing Windows Phone 8.0 packages:

      -       - updating the phone to Windows Phone 8.1 and unlocking it for developer testing

      -       -  submitting the apps as beta through the Windows Dev Center and testing in Windows Phone 8.0 devices, or

      -       -  testing your Windows Phone 8.0 apps via the Windows Phone emulator.

       

      Any Windows Phone 8.0 device currently unlocked will continue to be unlocked and work as a test device until its certificate expires. 

      Note that this change has no impact on apps available in the Windows Phone Store, nor will it impact customers with Windows Phone 8.0 devices.

       

      Windows Store team

    • Link
      Unifying Developer Registration: Windows and Windows Phone
      Donielle S.-MSFT Wednesday, November 6, 2013 9:16 PM

      Over the last month, we’ve brought the Windows Store and the Windows Phone Store together into a single marketing and operations team to deliver a better experience for developers, end users and partners. Our focus remains to improve the way we help you reach new users and better monetize your apps, all while reducing friction and cost. Today we are making a set of changes that will simplify doing business with us. 

      I’m pleased to announce a unified registration experience for both Windows Store and Windows Phone developers, available at a lower cost. As a result of these changes, Windows Store developers are now also Windows Phone developers, and Windows Phone developers are also Windows Store developers. Welcome all! 

      Here’s what you can expect: 

      • Registered Windows Store developers can now submit apps to the Windows Phone Store, using the same Microsoft account.
      • Registered Windows Phone developers can now submit apps to the Windows Store at no additional cost, using the same Microsoft account.
      • New developers can register and existing developers can renew their account using the same Microsoft account. Developers will enter registration information just once and pay a single lower price of $19 for an Individual and $99 for a Company account, providing access to publish
        apps for both Windows and Windows Phone users.
      • Developers already registered with both Windows Store and Windows Phone using the same Microsoft account will receive a code via email this month, valid for a free one-year
        renewal when their existing registration is up for renewal.
      • Students continue to be supported through the DreamSpark program.

      You will continue to use the separate Windows Store and Windows Phone Dev Center Dashboards to submit and manage your apps. You can expect some differences in the steps you take to renew your account. The most notable for some of our Windows Phone developers is the addition of a credit card to validate all new account and renewals. You can read more about today’s changes on the Windows and Windows Phone Dev Centers. 

      Publish your app for both Windows Store and Windows Phone and earn prizes

      With the holiday selling season approaching, this is an ideal time to tune-up and publish your apps for both Windows and Windows Phone to help increase your downloads and revenue. Last year holiday sales of paid apps grew 40% over baseline, and we expect an even more robust Holiday 2013 due to an even larger base of Windows and Windows Phone users with more ways to pay for apps. 

      As an added incentive, we’ve partnered with Nokia via the DVLUP community to give you an easy way to learn more and complete challenges as you develop for both the Windows Store and Windows Phone. Along the way, you’ll earn points that can then be redeemed for great prizes (for example, Nokia Lumia phones and more).  DVLUP is currently open to developers in more than 20 countries. To participate, register for the DVLUP program and take advantage of the two new challenges available today: 

      Publish a new app for Windows Phone 8, or port an existing Windows Store app
      or
      Bring your Windows Phone app to Windows 8.1

      I’m hopeful that the steps we’ve taken will encourage you to publish your apps for both Windows and Windows Phone users around the world. I’ll share more in the weeks ahead, so stay tuned.

      Quoted from Todd Brix on the 'Windows Phone Developer Blog'( http://blogs.windows.com/windows_phone/b/wpdev/archive/2013/11/06/unifying-developer-registration-windows-and-windows-phone.aspx)

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