convert office 365 developer preview to paid subscription using msdn benefit

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Convert it to a paid subscription using your MSDN benefit offer

Remember when you originally signed up for your Office 365 Developer Preview Subscription, and we said: !

Good news!You can now convert your Developer Subscription Preview, and keep your domain, projects, and data.Even better, you can do so using the Developer Subscription offer included in your MSDN subscription.

We’re now giving you the option to convert your Office 365 Developer Subscription Preview to a paid subscription. When you do, we’ll keep your present domain, site configuration, data, and projects intact.

To take advantage of this offer, you must convert your preview subscription by May 31st, 2013.

If you’re a Visual Studio Ultimate and Visual Studio Premium with MSDN subscriber, you receive a 1-year Office 365 Developer Subscription as a benefit.

The following presentation walks you through how to convert your Developer Subscription Preview to a paid Developer Subscription using your MSDN benefit.

Converting your subscription

There are three main steps to converting your preview subscription to a paid subscription:1. Disable your Developer Subscription

Preview2. Sign up for a Developer Subscription

using your MSDN benefit3. Transfer your license from your preview

subscription to your new subscriptionYou’ll need to complete these steps in this order.

1. Disable your Preview

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Disable your Preview Subscription

Sign into your Developer

Subscription Preview

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Disable your Preview Subscription

1 Click on licensing

2Make sure you’re on

subscriptions

Note that your subscription is

still in the Preview

environment

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Disable your Preview Subscription

Click on your

subscription

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Disable your Preview Subscription

Click on Disable

subscription

This is important: You shouldn’t disable your subscription until you’re ready to purchase an Office 365 Developer Subscription. Once you click Disable subscription, you have 10 days to purchase an Office 365 subscription, or your data will be permanently deleted. There are no exceptions and absolutely no way for us to extend this one-time, 10-day transition period.

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Disable your Preview Subscription

Click on disable

your subscriptio

nDon’t worry. This won’t actually delete your data.

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Disable your Preview Subscription

The status of your Preview Subscription is now Canceled.

Sign out of your Developer

Subscription

Disable your Preview Subscription

Sign back into your

Developer Subscription

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Disable your Preview Subscription

Your subscription now shows warnings for the Preview Subscription license.

The status of your Preview Subscription is now Canceled.

Note that your subscription has been moved to

the paid environment

2. Sign up from MSDN

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Sign up from MSDN

Sign into your MSDN

account

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Sign up from MSDN

1Click on

My Account 2 Click on

Activate

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Sign up from MSDN

2Click on

Office 365 Portal

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Sign up from MSDN

If you get this page, click sign

out

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Sign up from MSDN

Click to add your new

subscription to your existing

account

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Sign up from MSDN

Sign into your Developer

Subscription Preview

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Sign up from MSDN

Click check out

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Sign up from MSDN

Click next

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Sign up from MSDN

1Check to accept

subscription agreement

2 Enter your full name

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Sign up from MSDN

Click next

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Sign up from MSDN

1Enter

payment information

2Enter

invoice details

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Sign up from MSDN

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1Finish invoice details

2Click place order

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Sign up from MSDN

Click continue

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Sign up from MSDN

You are returned to the admin center while your services are provisioned.

3. Transfer your license

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Transfer your license

Sign into your Developer

Subscription, if you haven’t

already

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Transfer your license

1 Click licensing

2 Click licenses

Both your subscriptions are now listed.

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Transfer your license

Click Assign

now

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Transfer your license

Click your display name

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Transfer your license

1Assign the licenses to your new

subscription

2Clear any currently assigned licenses

3 Click save

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Transfer your license

The license conflict warning is no longer displayed

Your preview subscription will be deleted 10 days after you disable it.

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Congratulations!

You should now see all your app projects and data in your new Developer Subscription

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