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articles/marketplace/partner-center-portal/support.md

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title: Get support for the Commercial Marketplace portal in Partner Center
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description: Learn about your support options in Partner Center, including how to file a support request.
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author: ChJenk
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author: qianw211
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manager: evansma
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ms.author: jamwall
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ms.service: marketplace
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ms.subservice: partnercenter-marketplace-publisher
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ms.topic: conceptual
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ms.date: 05/17/2019
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ms.date: 03/07/2020
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# Support for the Commercial Marketplace program in Partner Center
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1. In the upper menu on the right side of the page, select the **Support** icon.
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![Support icon](./media/commercial-marketplace-support.png)
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1. The **Help and support** pane will appear from the right-hand side of the page. There will be a dropdown for each program in Partner Center that your account is registered for. Select the **Commercial Marketplace** dropdown menu.
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1. The **Help and support** pane will appear from the right-hand side of the page.
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![Support drop-down menu](./media/commercial-marketplace-support-pane.png)
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Or go to the **Home page** pane and select **Help and support**.
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![Help and support from Home page](./media/homepage-help-support.png)
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1. Select **[Documentation](../index.md)** to review comprehensive answers to questions and resources.
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1. Select **[Marketplace Partner community forum](https://www.microsoftpartnercommunity.com/t5/Azure-Marketplace-and-AppSource/bd-p/2222)** to answer your questions by leveraging the knowledge of other Microsoft publishers.
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1. Select **[Additional help](https://support.microsoft.com/supportforbusiness/productselection?sapId=48734891-ee9a-5d77-bf29-82bf8d8111ff)** to open a **New support request** ticket.
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1. Select **[Additional help](https://aka.ms/marketplacepublishersupport)** to open a **New support request** ticket.
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## How to open a support ticket
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Selecting **Additional help** from the Commercial Marketplace support menu in Partner Center will direct you to the Microsoft Support for business page. You will see several dropdown menus. The first few dropdown menus are automatically filled out for you. For Marketplace support, identify the product family as **Cloud and Online Services**, the product as **Marketplace Publisher**, and the product version as **Marketplace Publishing**. Do not change these pre-populated dropdown menu selections.
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- **Select a category that best describes the issue**: Choose the category that best aligns with your question or problem. Selecting a category will cause an additional dropdown menu to appear, asking you to select the problem that best describes your issue.
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Now you're ready to open a support ticket on the **Help and Support** screen.
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- **Select a problem that best describes the issue**: Choose the problem from the listed options that best aligns with your issue. Depending on your problem, a new section may appear saying "Here's some information that might help" with links relevant to your issue. Review these links before selecting the **Next** button to see whether your question or problem is addressed.
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![Help and support](./media/help-and-support.png)
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By selecting the **Next** button, you will be directed to the **Issue Details** page.
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>[!Note]
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>If you are logged in Partner Center, you will receive better experience with support.
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#### Tell us more about your issue
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**Option 1:** Enter keywords such as: Marketplace, Azure app, SaaS offer, account management, lead management, deployment issue, payout, etc.
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In the **Issue Details** section, explain what you need help with.
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**Option 2:** Browse topics -> select **Category** = commercial marketplace -> select the appropriate **Topic** then **Subtopic**.
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- Select your country.
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- Select the language in which you'd like to receive support.
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- Enter a title for your issue (from 3 to 200 characters).
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- Enter a brief description of your issue (max 2000 characters).
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- Select **Next**.
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Once you have found the topic of your choice, select **Review Solutions**.
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#### Select a support plan
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![Next step](./media/next-step.png)
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No information is required in the **Support Plan** section. Select **Next**.
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The following options will become available:
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#### Select the severity of your issue
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* To select a different topic, select a different topic link under **selected issue**.
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* Review the description for this issue, if available. It is the text shown above the **recommended steps**.
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* Review **recommended steps**, if available.
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* Review **recommended documents**, if available.
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No information is required in the **Severity** section. Select **Next**.
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![Recommended solutions](./media/recommended-solutions.png)
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#### Who should we contact
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In case you cannot find your answer in **recommended solutions**, click on **provide issue details**. Fill in the form and all required fields to help speed up the resolution process. Then click **submit**.
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In the **Contact Information** section, ensure that your primary contact's name, phone number, and email is correct.
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- Update this information if you see anything that is incorrect
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- You may add other contacts from your company to this support request if desired
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- Select **Next**
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#### Review and submit your support request
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Review your support request information on the **Review** section.
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- If all the information is correct, select **Submit**.
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- If any information needs to be updated, select the **Change** button next to the section in need of updates.
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>If you have not logged in Partner Center and the topic requires authentication, you will be requested to log in before you can proceed. For public topics, authentication is not required.
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## Track your existing support requests
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To track your support request, visit the [Commercial Marketplace support page](https://support.microsoft.com/supportforbusiness/productselection?sapId=48734891-ee9a-5d77-bf29-82bf8d8111ff).
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On the top blue menu bar, next to "Support for business", select the **Support requests** link.
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Review all of your open and closed support requests in the **Microsoft Professional Support** section.
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To review all of your open and closed tickets, go to **Commercial Marketplace** on the left navigation bar, and then select **support**.
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## Next steps
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