How to complete the Frontier Accelerate for Marketplace eligibility form in Partner Center

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Overview

Frontier Accelerate for Marketplace is a Microsoft programme for B2B software companies that build, publish and grow solutions on Microsoft Marketplace. It gives you access to resources, benefits and badging. Before you can enrol, you need to complete a short eligibility form in Partner Center, which takes about 2–3 minutes. This guide walks you through the form step by step.

Before you start

You need the Global admin role in Microsoft Partner Center.

Have the primary contact's details ready: first name, last name, email, phone, job role and country.

Steps

Step 1 – Open the Membership workspace

Step 2 – Go to FA for Marketplace

In the left-hand menu, scroll down to FA for Marketplace and select Get Started.

Note: The page may show Loading… for a few seconds before the content appears.

Step 3 – Start the eligibility form

On the Frontier Accelerate for Marketplace Get Started page, find the Eligibility Form panel and click Start form.

Step 4 – Stage selection

Under What areas do you need help with? Select all the options:

App development: help building an app for Microsoft Marketplace, or updating an app that's already published

Publishing: help publishing your app to Microsoft Marketplace

Sales and marketing: your app is already published and you want help with marketing and sales growth

Click Next.

Step 5 – Contact details

Under Primary Contact, complete the required fields: First Name, Last Name, Email, Phone, Job Role and Country. Click Next.

Step 6 – Business profile

Enter your company details:

Company Name (required)

Company Website (optional)

Organisation Size: choose from the drop-down list

How do you intend to reach and acquire customers? Select all the options

Click Next.

Step 7 – App profile and submit

Under Which Microsoft cloud platform(s) does or will this application use?, select all the options highlighted below

Note: You must select at least one platform. If you don't, the error Please select at least one platform appears and you can't submit the form.

Then answer the remaining questions:

Do you intend to publish to and sell your app(s) through the Microsoft Commercial Marketplace? If you sell through WeTransact, select Yes – Transactable offer.

Do or will your apps leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI)? Choose the option that best describes your app.

Click Submit.

Step 8 – Confirm the form was submitted

You see the message You have successfully submitted the form., and every step on the left shows a green tick. Click Close to finish.

Troubleshooting

I can't see FA for Marketplace in the menu. Check that you're in the Membership workspace and scroll down the left-hand menu. If it still isn't there, check that you have the Global admin role.

The page is stuck on "Loading…". Refresh the page or try another browser.

Need help?

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