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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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      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 | 345 Views | Created by DFapp - Wednesday, February 13, 2019 2:59 AM | Last reply by Daisy Tian - 20 hours 42 minutes ago
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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 | 32 Views | Created by Trinh Thanh Long - Wednesday, February 20, 2019 7:17 AM | Last reply by Daisy Tian - 22 hours 15 minutes ago
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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 | 687 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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      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 | 12 Replies | 2651 Views | Created by Clutch_k1ck - Saturday, January 6, 2018 11:23 PM | Last reply by Carl45 - Wednesday, February 13, 2019 5:14 AM
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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 | 374 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 | 6960 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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      Imagine Cup Verification Issue

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      Recently I created two accounts for the imagine cup. I registered the first one and verified it with my school id. I lost my access to the previous account. I made a new one and I cant verify my the ...
      Unanswered | 3 Replies | 275 Views | Created by WhyAMihEre22 - Tuesday, January 1, 2019 2:04 PM | Last reply by Daisy Tian - Monday, January 14, 2019 6:31 AM
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      Cannot activate xbox developer mode

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      On a 3 step in dev mode activation app, link aka.ms/activatexbox does not load, and instead redirects me to the dashboard. Please help.
      Unanswered | 3 Replies | 280 Views | Created by Maks111555 - Thursday, January 10, 2019 4:57 PM | Last reply by Daisy Tian - Monday, January 14, 2019 2:12 AM
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      How to change account type from "Individual" to "Company"

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      Hello, I know that somebody already asked, but I would like to know if there any option to change individual account to company. Because some ...
      Answered | 7 Replies | 1727 Views | Created by no.where.man - Wednesday, December 2, 2015 10:28 PM | Last reply by Denis Mezhov - Thursday, December 13, 2018 10:05 AM
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      error code 2201 - submit details in Registration - Account info

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      I keep getting error code 2201 when i try to register for a personal developer account.   Please help!
      Unanswered | 9 Replies | 558 Views | Created by Profit co - Wednesday, November 14, 2018 4:32 AM | Last reply by Daisy Tian - Friday, December 7, 2018 6:23 AM
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      Account deactivated

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      Whenever I try to login with my windows developer account, it shows this message: Access restricted We're sorry, you don't have permission to ...
      Answered | 142 Replies | 6605 Views | Created by Raju Grewal - Saturday, January 20, 2018 3:00 AM | Last reply by Ran 4 - Thursday, November 1, 2018 11:21 AM
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      Change owner of my app and use the same app name in Windows Dev Center

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      I published an application with the name "F E I T O" and I would like to change the owner of the application or cancel the application of the current ...
      Unanswered | 2 Replies | 292 Views | Created by DiegoFeito - Wednesday, October 10, 2018 9:58 PM | Last reply by Daisy Tian - Tuesday, October 16, 2018 2:12 AM
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      My account removed on Jun 8. Anyone has the same problem?

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      I manage 2 accounts. One for personal myself, the other one for our company. My personal one got removed on Jun 8; and the company one removed on Jun 9. I just ...
      Discussion | 4 Replies | 610 Views | Created by SWC22 - Monday, June 11, 2018 4:47 PM | Last reply by Bittu S - Sunday, October 14, 2018 12:13 PM
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      Dev center account deactived

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      Dear team I cannot access my dev center account it says:  Access restricted We're sorry, you don't ...
      Unanswered | 3 Replies | 466 Views | Created by Nguyễn Vương Anh - Sunday, August 26, 2018 7:55 AM | Last reply by Bittu S - Sunday, October 14, 2018 12:12 PM
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       I have an existing subscription with Microsoft / MSN Premium.
      Unanswered | 1 Replies | 347 Views | Created by Norma Niblett Skipper - Sunday, September 30, 2018 5:50 AM | Last reply by Daisy Tian - Sunday, September 30, 2018 9:48 AM
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      Attention needed: Update your tax profile info

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      Hi, I've received the following mail several times: Attention needed: Update your tax profile ...
      Unanswered | 2 Replies | 730 Views | Created by rhuijgen - Tuesday, September 4, 2018 10:52 AM | Last reply by Daisy Tian - Tuesday, September 11, 2018 12:35 AM
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      Need to transfer ownership of my app

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      Hello, I have 2 apps in my Windows Developer Account. I need to transfer them to new account. One app contains in-app purchases.  I googled and found the ...
      Unanswered | 1 Replies | 417 Views | Created by Garima Bhasin - Friday, August 24, 2018 10:46 AM | Last reply by Rob Caplan [MSFT] - Friday, August 24, 2018 5:58 PM
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      I was tasked with creating a new developer account for my business. On the first page of developer account registration I entered the email for the account, the contact person (not me), and the ...
      Answered | 2 Replies | 726 Views | Created by Jeff-VitalSmarts - Friday, September 22, 2017 5:18 PM | Last reply by Garima Bhasin - Friday, August 24, 2018 10:58 AM
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      If one account is blocked, will my other accounts affected?

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      Hi,  If one of my accounts gets blocked due to any reason, will my other accounts too affected? How is it considered? Suppose I have multiple accounts, I have used same debit ...
      Answered | 2 Replies | 536 Views | Created by Bhadurudeen - Thursday, August 9, 2018 5:12 PM | Last reply by Daisy Tian - Wednesday, August 22, 2018 9:56 AM
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      Does anyone know how to renew the Annual Fee in the new AppCenter?

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      My annual fee is about to expire in a week's time and I couldn't find it in the new website. Does anyone know where is this hidden now?Peter Wong
      Answered | 3 Replies | 2527 Views | Created by peterwong - Thursday, August 16, 2012 11:31 AM | Last reply by Benj Carpena - Tuesday, July 17, 2018 2:40 PM
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    Register and Manage Account announcement

    • Link
      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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