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Hi everyone,

I’m currently trying to certify a custom connector so it can be published to all Power Automate users globally (outside my organization), and I’m finding the process a bit confusing and fragmented across multiple guides.

Could someone from the team or the community please help clarify the following points?

1️⃣ Submission Steps

To publish a connector publicly, do I need to:

Submit a PR to the PowerPlatformConnectors GitHub repo,
Also create a managed solution package (with connector, example flow, etc.) and submit it via Partner Center,
Or do I have to do both?

Some docs imply the GitHub PR alone is enough, while others reference Partner Center submission as a required step.

2️⃣ Independent Publisher vs. Verified Publisher

If my main goal is to get this process completed faster and with fewer back-and-forth revisions, is it better to proceed as:

An Independent Publisher
Or as a Verified Publisher?
Is there a difference in review timelines or requirements? Does both paths require submitting via Partner Center process?

3️⃣ Complexity of the Process

I’ve spent several days working through this and it feels like a huge number of manual steps, including:

Creating the connector in Power Automate,
Packaging it into a solution,
Creating an example flow,
Exporting the solution,
Preparing a package with intro.md,
Creating users and resources in Azure,
Uploading the ZIP to a blob,
Signing up in Partner Center,
Creating a publisher profile,
Applying to the right program,
Creating a new offer,
And finally learning (after all that) that I also have to “open-source” the connector definition in GitHub.