I recently tried to sign up for the Microsoft Partner Network and the entire experience was grueling and excruciating from start to finish. I wasted two days on it and never managed to sign up.
When I contact Support I tell them the whole problem at the start. Then eventually an agent comes on and asks me a dumb question. If I don't respond quickly enough they close the chat and the whole process restarts.
It's literally easier to just set up a fully functional active directory network in your basement.