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If you are a past or present Adxstudio partner, you might have received the email from adxquest@microsoft.com (quest, er?) with the subject Legacy Adxstudio Portals v7 Partner Announcement. The email is all about the changes coming for legacy Adxstudio Portals v7. I don’t believe there is any new information but it’s really nice to have a clear and concise summary of the options available to partners and customers. Here is the abridged version:
Transition options
- Migrate to Microsoft Dynamics 365 – Portals – a new service that is part of the Microsoft Dynamics 365 online offering
- Use Microsoft Dynamics 365 – Portals source code v8.3 – a one-time Portals source code release that is customizable, but limits future migration opportunities and does not include support
- Continue using legacy Adxstudio Portals v7 – if your customers acquired legacy Adxstudio Portals v7 via a perpetual license, they may continue to use their current legacy Adxstudio Portals v7 product. If they use legacy Adxstudio Portals v7 under a subscription license, they should contact Billing & Subscription support when their license is up for renewal
Support options
- If customers choose to migrate to Microsoft Dynamics 365 – Portals, Microsoft will provide documentation to assist them in migrating their organization, and they can obtain migration support from experienced Microsoft partners like yourself. In our direct communication to our customers, we noted that fees may apply should they require partner services for migration support. Ongoing product support for Microsoft Dynamics 365 – Portals will also be available from Microsoft Customer Service & Support.
- If customers choose to download the Microsoft Dynamics 365 – Portals source code v8.3, there will be no Microsoft support available for critical bug fixes or security issues.
- If customer choose to continue using legacy Adxstudio Portals v7, Microsoft will provide support to fix critical bugs and security issues until August 1, 2018.
Best part of the email to follow:
Detailed information about transition options
| Options | Migrate to Microsoft Dynamics 365 – Portals | Use Microsoft Dynamics 365 – Portals source code release v8.3 | Continue to use legacy Adxstudio Portals v7 as-is |
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| What to expect | Migrating involves moving to Dynamics 365 online environment, removing any previous customizations from your customer’s existing portal, upgrade portal solutions, reconfiguring their new portal to meet their requirements, then deploying their new online portal service.
Upgrade documentation is being developed and will be available soon. |
The source code is available for free through the Microsoft download center. The code is licensed under a standard industry open source MIT license agreement.
If your customer chooses this option, the only supported path to a future migration to Microsoft Dynamics 365 – Portals is to revert back to a non-customized version of source code, then switch to the online service. |
If your customers acquired legacy Adxstudio Portals v7 via a perpetual license, they may continue to use their current legacy Adxstudio Portals v7 product beyond August 1, 2018.
If they use legacy Adxstudio Portals v7 under a subscription license, they should contact Billing & Subscription support when their license is up for extension. |
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| Potential challenges | The following features from legacy Adxstudio Portals v7 will not be included in the current version of Microsoft Dynamics 365 – Portals:
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Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?’
‘That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,’ said the Cat.
‘I don’t much care where -‘ said Alice.
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― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland