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Welcome to the Microsoft 365 Developer Program
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2025年10月07日
The Microsoft 365 Developer Program includes a Microsoft 365 E5 developer subscription that you can use to create your own sandbox and develop solutions independent of your production environment. You can build Microsoft Teams apps, Office Add-ins for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Outlook, or SharePoint Add-ins, using Microsoft Graph, the SharePoint Framework, Power Apps, and more. You also get access to Microsoft Intune.
Do you have a Visual Studio Pro or Enterprise subscription? If so, you can take advantage of additional benefits when you join the program; for details, see Join with Visual Studio.
Microsoft 365 Developer Program eligibility overview
Use the following quick reference to see if you are eligible.
| Category | Qualification | How to join | See also |
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| Visual Studio Subscribers | Visual Studio Professional or Enterprise subscription holders automatically qualify. | Sign up via Visual Studio portal. | Join now |
| ISV Success Program Members | Companies enrolled in ISV Success Program or eligible MAICPP tiers can request a Microsoft 365 E5 developer subscription. | Once you sign up for the developer program with your corporate email, you'll see an option to request a M365 E5 Developer subscription. | - Learn more about the ISV Success Program - Learn more about the MAICPP |
| Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program Participants | Eligible MAICPP partner levels include:
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Sign in with your corporate email and the eligibility option will appear. | Learn more about partner types |
| Premier or Unified Support Plan Members | Companies with a Premier or Unified Support contract are eligible. | To request a subscription, after registering for the developer program, reach out to your Microsoft partner contact to request a Microsoft 365 E5 Developer subscription using the same email address you signed up with.
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N/A |
| Government clouds | The Microsoft 365 Developer Program is not offered in Microsoft's government clouds such as Microsoft 365 Government (GCC, GCC High, or DoD). | Government cloud environments are designed to meet specific regulatory and compliance requirements, and some programs or features available in the commercial cloud are not supported there. | N/A |
Join the Microsoft 365 Developer Program
Important
If you're a paid Visual Studio subscriber, we recommend that you join the program by activating the benefit through the Visual Studio membership portal. For details, see Join with Visual Studio.
Go to the Join the Microsoft 365 Developer Program page.
In the upper-right corner, choose Sign in to sign in with your Microsoft account or Microsoft Entra-enabled email.
Note
The following sign-in options are not supported:
- Phone numbers.
- Email accounts with the *.onmicrosoft.com domain.
If you're signed in with one of these options, you'll get an error message and will need to sign in with a supported email account. For more information, see What account can I use to sign up for the Developer Program?
Remember the email account that you sign in with. You'll sign in to the Developer Program dashboard with this account. This account is different than the admin ID that you'll use for your Microsoft 365 developer subscription.
After signing in, choose Join now.
On the Microsoft 365 Developer Program Signup page, complete the following fields in the online form:
- Contact Email
- Country/Region
- Company
Review the terms and conditions. You'll need to select the check box before you can join.
Optionally, select the I would like to hear from the Microsoft 365 Developer Program check box if you want to hear from Microsoft about new capabilities and other updates.
Choose Next.
On the Microsoft 365 Developer Program Preferences page, let us know your preferences so we can personalize your experience, including:
- The industry that you work in.
- The type of applications or solutions that you're interested in developing.
- Products, technologies, and programming languages that you're interested in.
When you're finished, choose Join. Your preferences appear on the next page in the top right, and you will see a Welcome message and will receive a welcome email.
Related content
- For frequently asked questions about the Microsoft 365 Developer Program, see the FAQ.
- Extend Teams apps across Microsoft 365.