Upcoming event: Trust and Security in the AI world

Join us on April 24 for this one-hour virtual event exploring the critical role of trust and security in the age of AI. Microsoft leaders will discuss our commitment to ensuring trustworthiness in Microsoft AI technologies and practices. Let’s start building a secure and trusted AI future together!

See the event details and register today.

Partner Audience: #AllPartners
Relevant to:  #AllRoles #Event #GrowSkills #BizApps #CrossSolution

April 9: Americas Partner Insider Call
April 17: Americas Partner Insider Call—Biz Apps Edition

Register here for the next Americas Partner Insider Call, a continuation of our series focused on helping you use Microsoft 365 Copilot to accelerate growth. Featured topics include: Digital Journey Initiative on LevelUp, Going to Market with Microsoft Copilot Chat + Agents, How to Sell Pay-as-You-Go Agents, Preparing for Microsoft 365 Copilot in CSP, and Annual/Monthly Price Adjustments in CSP.

To explore other topics, see the list of previous sessions available to watch on demand.

Register here for the next Americas Partner Insider Call—Biz Apps Edition. We’ll discuss the benefits of migration to customers, followed by a roundtable discussion on best practices and Q&A.

See the full list of upcoming sessions.

Partner Audience: #AllPartners
Relevant to:  #AllRoles #News #GrowYourBiz #Azure

PowerBI SKU to Fabric SKU—a low-hanging fruit

The transition from Power BI Premium per capacity SKUs (P-SKUs) to Microsoft Fabric capacity SKUs (F-SKUs) offers significant benefits, including access to Azure-only features, smaller starting SKUs, and flexible purchase options like pay-as-you-go or reservation commitments. This migration is essential as P-SKUs will be deprecated, with renewals ending on January 31, 2025. Customers are encouraged to proactively transition to F-SKUs to take advantage of these benefits and ensure a seamless migration.

Engage with your customers to educate them about the transition from P-SKUs to F-SKUs. Learn more. Partner guidance.

New sales agents for Microsoft 365

Microsoft recently announced two new sales agents accessible in Microsoft 365 Copilot to help teams close more deals, faster: Sales Agent turns contacts into qualified leads and Sales Chat helps accelerate the sales cycle.

Learn more in this blog.

Partner Audience: #AllPartners
Relevant to:  #AllRoles #DoingBizwMSFT #LearnSolutionAreas #Azure #Security

LevelUp training for Azure and Security

Take your journey as a Microsoft partner to the next level with the self-paced flexible LevelUp learning programs.

To see the extensive offering of Azure and Security courses, including Threat Protection courses, select View all courses and filter under Solution Area in the course catalog.

Partner Audience: #CSP
Relevant to:  #DoingBizwMSFT #GrowYourBiz #Azure #ModernWork #Security

No Better Time video series: Accelerate Secure AI in CSP

As you navigate the ever-evolving landscape of technology, we’re excited to share the latest updates and opportunities that can help you accelerate your business and stay ahead of the curve. Hear from our Go-to-Market team on how to get started in this series of three short videos.

Partner Audience: #AllPartners
Relevant to: #SalesAndMktg #DoingBizwMSFT #GoToMarket #CrossSolution

Digital Marketing Content OnDemand

Digital Marketing Content OnDemand provides fresh go-to-market content for multichannel marketing campaigns at no extra cost to Microsoft partners. Unlock expertise that can help drive customer engagement and elevate your business.

Learn more and get started today!

No, no. That wasn’t a question. 

In one of my all-time favorite movies, 2006’s The Devil Wears Prada, the no-nonsense magazine editor Miranda Priestly (played by the legendary Meryl Streep) is ambushed by her publisher.

They’re trying to push her out of her job so they can hire someone younger and less expensive for the role. Then, Miranda has an ambush of her own.

(Mild spoilers for the movie ahead. If you haven’t seen it, go watch it. I’ll be here when you get back!)

During her long tenure at the fictional magazine Runway, Priestly’s built a vast network of collaborators. Writers, designers, photographers, models—these connections are compiled into what she calls ‘The List.’

When the publisher of Runway tries to get rid of Priestly, she brings out ‘The List,’ and reminds him that all these connections in the business are loyal to her, and will follow her anywhere. If they get rid of her, they’re getting rid of all of that talent, too. And, without these talented people, if Runway hires someone else, they will fail.

Recently, I was thinking about this moment in the context of my own work with Microsoft partners. Over the last five years or so, my team has been focused on establishing Partner SuperPowers, those unique talents offered by each business that make them shine and set them apart.

I like to frame it this way: Sure, you can offer the full Microsoft stack, but you can’t be an expert at everything! So, your SuperPower is your specialty. Miranda Priestly’s SuperPower is her ability to build loyalty with the best in the business and anticipate what’s next in the fashion magazine business.

But, how do you determine your SuperPower?

By looking at successful client service engagements, the ones where you were able to solve a customer’s problem in a unique way through your deep industry knowledge, training, technology specializations, or time to implementation.

Ask yourself these questions:

• Do you specialize within a certain industry or solution play?

• What are you hired to do time and time again?

• Do you have any special training or certifications with Microsoft solutions like Copilot or Power Platform?

• Why do your clients hire you?  Why do they stay with you?

Determining your SuperPower means getting specific. A more generic IT practice that claims to do a little bit of everything isn’t as appealing to potential customers as a Microsoft partner who knows what they do well, and when to collaborate with another expert.

Bolstering your expertise with a recent client case study can go a long way, too. It’s a concrete, third-party example of your ability to solve for a specific type of engagement.

In fact, according to research by Nielsen,¹ 92 percent of customers trust recommendations from other people above all other forms of advertising.

That’s an undeniable number. It means that a Microsoft partner’s biggest selling point, beyond their specific technology skills (or Miranda Priestly’s skills in running a high-end fashion magazine), is their reputation. It’s not enough that you’re an expert in cybersecurity, it’s that you’re known as the go-to organization for security projects by clients, other Microsoft partners, and Microsoft.

A key part of your SuperPower is establishing not only your specialty, but also building a network (a ‘List’ of your own, if you will) of other, different SuperPowers.

You might live and breathe cybersecurity, but one day your client might need a comprehensive data solution. If you build connections within the Microsoft partner network, you can offer a resource that gets your client precisely what they need, while maintaining your status as their first call.

It makes you the single point of contact for everything. And, like Miranda Priestly, you’re indispensable.

That’s all.

Join the conversation

Want to explore this and other topics you care about with Microsoft and other US partners? Head over to the Microsoft Americas Partner Community on LinkedIn.

¹ Newswire | Consumer Trust in Online, Social and Mobile Advertising Grows | Nielsen

Microsoft Security Threat Protection Partner Sales Guide

Leverage this sales guide* designed to support your conversations with customers about Microsoft Security, specifically Threat Protection. Use the navigation to quickly and easily find the information you’re looking for, beginning with the Microsoft Security Story before diving deeper into Threat Protection and customer offers.

*Available in English only.

Partner Audience: #AllPartners
Relevant to:  #AllRoles #Event #GrowYourBiz #BizApps

Cross-skilling bootcamp for Dynamics GP partners

Get started on the journey from Microsoft Dynamics GP to Dynamics 365 Business Central. At Directions North America we’ll be offering an exclusive training opportunity on April 7–9 designed to help you cross-skill your Dynamics GP employees into Business Central.

Learn more about the bootcamp.

Partner Audience: #AllPartners
Relevant to: #SalesAndMktg #BestPractice #AccelerateDeals #CrossSolution

Drive sales with Microsoft CloudAscent

CloudAscent is a data-driven tool that utilizes machine learning to provide Microsoft partners with valuable insights into their existing customer base. Use CloudAscent to identify which customers are ready to purchase Microsoft products—and focus on delivering the solutions they need.

Learn more about CloudAscent and check out the training videos available to partners and indirect providers.

Partner Audience: #AllPartners
Relevant to: #AllRoles #Event #GrowYourBiz #Azure #CrossSolution

Co-marketing webinar: How cloud drives innovation

Join Armanino’s Chris Moore and Microsoft’s Mike Ehrenberg for this March 20 webinar* exploring how cloud technologies and AI-driven innovations are transforming businesses. Don’t miss this chance to stay ahead in the digital landscape!

Learn more and register today.

*Delivered in English only.

Transforming business and work—the era of AI

AI is no longer a futuristic concept; it’s reshaping businesses today. According to a recent MIT Sloan Management Review, 87% of organizations believe AI will give them a competitive edge.¹ AI offers numerous transformation opportunities, such as enriching employee experiences, reinventing customer engagement, reshaping business processes, and driving innovation.

Our AI solutions, including Microsoft 365 Copilot, are designed to enhance productivity and improve the quality of work. These tools are not just about automation, they’re about empowering individuals and teams to achieve more.

As you navigate the ever-evolving landscape of technology, we’re excited to share the latest updates and opportunities that will help you accelerate your business and stay ahead of the curve.

In FY25 H2 we have a unique opportunity to empower our Americas customers with secure AI, enabling organizations to leverage the innovations in Microsoft 365 Copilot while keeping their data and network resources secure and compliant with Microsoft. There’s no better time to get started leveraging the transformative power of AI and the unprecedented and compelling portfolio of customer offers.

CSP offers to empower your customers

Several promotions are available that are designed to help your customers accelerate the adoption of AI, along with other Microsoft solutions, to drive growth and efficiency. These new CSP offers include:

Nearing expiration

• Upsell to Business Premium. Available until April 1, 2025, this promo offers a 15% discount to new Business Premium customers, up to 300 seats. Note that this promo is available in North America only. See the Getting Started Offer Guide.
• Microsoft 365 Copilot. Available until April 1, 2025, this promo offers a 15% discount to customers with more than 10 seats, up to a maximum of 300 seats. See the Copilot Promo FAQ.

New

• Microsoft 365 E5 Security Business Premium add-on. Business Premium customers are now able to purchase Microsoft 365 E5 Security as an add-on for enhanced security with: Microsoft Entra ID Plan 2, Microsoft Defender for Identity, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 2, Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 2, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps. Learn more. See the plans.

Active

• Upsell to Microsoft 365 E3. Available through June 30, 2025, this promo offers a 15% discount to new Microsoft 365 E3 customers, up to 2,400 seats. See the E3 Promo FAQ.
• Upsell to Microsoft 365 E5. Available through June 30, 2025, this promo offers a 15% discount to new Microsoft 365 E5 customers, up to 2,400 seats. See the E5 Promo FAQ.
• Microsoft 365 E5 Compliance mini bundle. Available through January 2026, this new promo offers a 50% PUPM* discount for every seat of Microsoft 365 Copilot purchased. This promo can be applied retroactively to customers who have already purchased Microsoft 365 Copilot but don’t have E5 Compliance. See the E5 Compliance Promo FAQ.

*Per User Per Month

Building an agentic world with Copilot and AI

Our vision for the future includes building a world where personal, organizational, business process, and cross-organizational agents work seamlessly together. Microsoft 365 Copilot, along with Copilot Studio, is at the forefront of this transformation, offering tools that cater to various roles, including HR, finance, marketing, legal, software development, security, customer service, sales, and data analysis.

Seize this opportunity by leveraging Copilot Chat to deliver tailored AI solutions that enhance customer engagement and generate new revenue streams. The focus on agentic AI allows partners to develop and manage agents that automate business processes, providing scalable monetization opportunities through a pay-as-you-go model.

By addressing data security and compliance challenges, you can build trust and safeguard customer data, positioning yourself as a leader in the AI transformation journey.

This approach not only drives growth but also ensures that you can offer innovative solutions that meet the evolving needs of your customers.

Additional resources

• Global Promo Readiness Guide
• CSP Security page
• Cybersecurity for small and medium business | Microsoft Security
• Partner Sales Bootcamp for Secure Productivity

Join the conversation

Want to explore this and other topics you care about with Microsoft and other US partners? Head over to the Microsoft Americas Partner Community on LinkedIn.

See also Partner Skilling Resources and the Partner Skilling Calendar.

Skilling Spotlight

Certification Week for Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program: Business Applications

Achieving certification during Business Applications Certification Week helps you stay ahead by deepening your ERP and CRM knowledge, exploring low-code tools, and driving innovation through expert-led training.

Mar 24-28, 2025
IST, GMT, PDT

Click here to Register

Spotlight

Cosell Operations Service for Skilling (AskSkilling):

The Co-sell Operations Service for Skilling is a new service where partners can submit skilling related questions to our agents. The agents will respond within 24 hours.

This service helps partners understand the skilling offers available to them in their area and ensures they have the resources they need to build skilling capacity and capability.

You’re invited to join the upcoming Office Hours to learn more about this new skilling service. During these sessions our team will review the Partner Skilling Playbook, review the H2 skilling events calendar and answer any skilling questions you may have.

Please find below the schedule for sessions based on your time zone:
March 12, 2025 | Asia 1:00 PM IST | EMEA 9:30 AM GMT | Americas 10:00 AM PDT
April 9, 2025 | Asia 1:00 PM IST | EMEA 9:30 AM BST | Americas 10:00 AM PDT

These sessions are scheduled for the 2nd Wednesday of every month.

Register here.

For any questions or support, email AskSkilling.

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Sales & pre-sales skilling

Enhance your sales and pre-sales capabilities with expert-led training to boost your skills, communicate value, and accelerate the customer journey.

Accelerating AI Solutions Partner Series
Mar 25-27 (IST, GMT, PDT)

Partner Sales Bootcamp for Secure Productivity
Mar 25 (PDT) 

Sales & pre-sales skilling

Azure Project Ready

Enhance your Azure skills to effectively architect, deploy, and implement cloud and AI solutions, ensuring you are project-ready and can drive customer success.

Microsoft Fabric Workshop: Real Time Intelligence, Data Warehousing and Data Insights with AI ​
Mar 11-13 (IST, GMT, PDT) ​

Building governance and security strategy for AI success​
Mar 18-20 (IST, GMT, PDT) 

Azure OpenAI​
Mar 24-27 (IST, GMT, PDT) ​

Proactive resiliency: Reduced risk for reliable workloads
March 25-26 (IST, GMT, PDT)

Azure Project Ready

Business Applications Project Ready

Enhance your expertise in Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform to streamline deployments, helping you become the go-to expert for client projects.

Transform frontline operations with AI in Dynamics 365 Field Service
Mar 17-19 (IST, GMT, PDT) 

Business Applications Project Ready

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Modern Work Project Ready

Accelerate your path to Modern Work certification to master Microsoft 365 tools and productivity solutions, empowering your team and boosting efficiency.

Modern Work Project Ready

Security Project Ready

Accelerate your path to Security certification to master cybersecurity and threat protection, ensuring you can effectively safeguard modern IT environments.

Defender for Endpoint, Identity & OT – Better Together Bootcamp ​
Mar 3-4 (IST, GMT, PDT) ​

Implement Microsoft Security Copilot​
Mar 18-20 (IST, GMT, PDT)

Security Project Ready

GitHub

Validate your skills with GitHub Copilot to enhance your expertise and drive success across projects.

Access the GitHub Copilot study guide, to help prepare for the exam.

GitHub Copilot Certification

Industry events

Enhance Your Industry Expertise: Leverage sales and AI training to foster innovative solutions, accelerate business growth, and deliver tailored strategies for complex challenges.

Sustainability Sales Bootcamp
Mar 5 (PST, IST)

Retail Sales Bootcamp
Apr 16 (PST, IST)

Industry skilling

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Cross-solution area Project Ready Workshops

Build and extend AI-powered agents with Copilot Studio

Mar 4-6, 2025
IST, GMT, PDT

Click here to register

Secure and govern Microsoft 365 Copilot with Microsoft Purview – Pre-sales

Mar 11, 2025
IST, GMT, PDT

Click here to register

Build governance and security strategy for AI success

Mar 18-20, 2025
IST, GMT, PDT

Click here to register

Partner meetup for Microsoft Azure

Join this community to get invited to a series of weekly webinars designed exclusively for Microsoft Partners. These sessions will provide an opportunity to connect with Microsoft Experts and learn about the latest Azure, Data, and AI Services, features, programs, and technical content.

Feb-June 2025 Weekly Thursdays
PST/PDT

Click here to register

Copilot Sales Champion

This new offering is built to advance sales knowledge and product evangelism across each Microsoft Copilot solution within our partner community. Microsoft 365 Copilot Sales Champion is an on-demand and interactive learning path available on a “first come, first served” basis while seats are available.

Registration link: Copilot Sales Champion
Access Code: XQLW-TDDJ

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LevelUp for Partners

NEW: LevelUp sponsored by Microsoft is an on-demand, self-paced LMS that provides skilling resources for Technical Project Ready with labs and Sales Ready skilling for the Microsoft Cloud Solution Areas and GTM Solution Plays.

Partner organizations have the flexibility to purchase additional seat capacity to meet their immediate skilling needs.

ACTION: For more information on this offer, including how to purchase seats, please refer to the LevelUp Playbook.

For support, please contact LevelUpHelp@technofocus.com

GPS Consumption-Led Skilling initiative

NEW: Solve critical technical skills gaps in your Delivery teams with just-in-time, live private ILT deployment skilling with access to real-world hands-on-lab experiences.

This skilling offering is available for MPL SI partners with a confirmed MSX Opportunity ID anchored GTM Solution Plays.

The initiative covers a wide range of Solution plays available in the Partner Project Ready Workshop Catalog.

ACTION: Please contact CLE_VTEAM@microsoft.com or your PDM, PTS, PSA and Account Executive to submit your training request.

Get “Deal Ready” with upcoming partner sales events 

NEW: A series of partner skilling events and webinars designed exclusively for Microsoft Partners. These sessions will provide an opportunity to connect with Microsoft Experts and gain proficiency with proposal building best practices supporting overall deal readiness.

These weekly series will provide quick sessions with interactive Q&A from our SMEs to better fit your schedule. All content and recordings will be available on-demand.

Register for the following upcoming partner series below:

• Accelerating AI Solutions Partner Series
• Partner Meetup for Microsoft Azure

These sessions will run weekly through April with multiple time zones available.

For any questions or support, email AskSkilling.

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Resources

LevelUp for Partners

Modular training

AskSkilling

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Partner Sales Bootcamp for Secure Productivity

Organizations are looking to boost productivity with AI, but face challenges protecting their data while managing multiple productivity tools and complex hybrid environments.

Microsoft 365 E3 helps customers jumpstart their generative AI transformations with AI-powered productivity. Best-in-class productivity apps provide a solid base for the best AI experience with Microsoft 365 Copilot. The recommended zero-trust security foundations help protect identities, devices, applications, and data.

This four-hour virtual bootcamp on March 25 will help you prepare to successfully pitch Microsoft 365 E3 and unlock new business growth potential. Learn more and register today.

Partner Audience: #AllPartners
Relevant to:  #AllRoles #News #GrowYourBiz #ModernWork #CrossSolution

Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat

Organizations of all sizes are looking to scale their AI transformation and realize the enterprise-wide ROI that comes with broad adoption of Microsoft 365 Copilot.

Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat adds pay-as-you-go agents to our existing free chat experience for Microsoft 365 commercial customers. Moving forward, every organization will have a mix of Copilot Chat and Microsoft 365 Copilot—our best-in-class offering—to drive AI transformation at scale.

Learn more in this blog and check out these partner resources:

• Microsoft 365 Copilot partner page

• Microsoft 365 Copilot Partner Opportunities deck

• Microsoft 365 Copilot FAQ for Partners

Partner Audience: #AllPartners
Relevant to:  #AllRoles #WinFormula #LearnSolutionAreas #Security

Security Solution Assessment

How much do you know about your cybersecurity posture?

Our data-driven self-assessment will provide answers and actionable insights into your actual Cloud Security position.

Learn more and leverage this Self-Service Security Assessment for your customer today.

Solutions Partner designations recognize partners who demonstrate deep knowledge, extensive experience, and proven success delivering Microsoft solutions. Aligned to specific solution areas, designations are designed to help you stand out from the competition and increase your customer reach.

This blog highlights need-to-know information for Microsoft partners interested in learning how to attain designations and specializations in the following solution areas:

Solutions Partner designations have replaced legacy silver/gold competencies. Note that the last day to purchase or renew silver/gold competencies was January 21, 2025. For more information, see the Legacy silver and gold benefits FAQ.

To learn more about the requirements for attaining a Solutions Partner designation, visit the training gallery, the Solutions Partner designations partner page, and this Solutions Partner designations overview.

Introducing SMB paths for Solutions Partner designation for Azure

Available now, the new SMB paths provide a way for partners serving customers in the SMB space to attain a Solutions Partner designation for Azure within the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program.

Azure partners will be assigned to either the SMB or Enterprise path—never both.

Criteria

• SMB path: Partners who are driving less than USD1 million and have 80% or more of their customers in the SMB/SMC segment will qualify on the SMB path.
• Enterprise path: Partners who are driving more than USD1 million or who are driving less than USD1 million and have more than 20% of their customers in the Enterprise segment will qualify on the Enterprise path.

You will see your aligned path in Partner Center and your progress toward attainment for that path only.

Review the Azure SMB paths walking deck for qualification and attainment details for both paths.

If you attain a Solutions Partner designation for Azure via the SMB path, you will be eligible for all relevant benefits and incentives, including any new benefits added to the Solutions Partner designation.

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Solutions Partner designation for Modern Work

There are two pathways to attaining a Solutions Partner designation for Modern Work: Enterprise and SMB. To learn more, see these campaign assets and this overview.

The latest partner benefits offerings from the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program, including Solutions Partner designation, are designed to help supercharge your business growth. Read the blog Grow your business with updated partner benefits to learn more.

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Solutions Partner with certified software designation

There two pathways to attaining a Solutions Partner with certified software designation: solution areas and Industry AI. These designations provide you with differentiation in the market, customer trust, and access to enhanced go-to-market, sales, and marketing benefits.

To achieve a pathway, partners must demonstrate readiness with a transactable offer, a technical review of software, and a demonstrated track record of customer success. Learn more in this overview and follow this learning path.

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Solutions Partner designation for Security

Geopolitics, cryptocurrency, and the cloud are reshaping security—and security is shaping the world. Your customers need end-to-end security to serve a hybrid workforce, so we’ve curated resources and sales plays to help you serve the more than 785,000 customers who trust Microsoft Security solutions.

To attain a Solutions Partner designation for Security, your partner capability score for security must meet the qualification requirements. The partner capability score is measured by partner performance, skilling, and customer success, and is informed by data that is already recorded in Partner Center.

To learn more about how to attain this designation, see the Solutions Partner for Security walking deck and the Security Partner Playbook.

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Solutions Partner designation for Business Applications

Partners who attain a Solutions Partner designation for Business Applications demonstrate a broad capability to deliver solutions with Dynamics 365 and Power Platform. To learn more, see this overview.

Biz Apps Partner Digital Summit is a series of free modules featuring Microsoft leadership discussing initiatives and programs available to partners, along with biz apps partners explaining how they have successfully put these opportunities to work.  Register here to view the Solutions Partner Designations module, or any of the other modules listed, on demand. 

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Join the conversation

Want to explore this and other topics you care about with Microsoft and other US partners? Head over to the Microsoft Americas Partner Community on LinkedIn.

No Slides Attached: Season 2 recap on security challenges

How do you build trust in a world where AI is evolving so quickly? Data is the fuel for AI, but data also needs to be protected. Season 2, Episode 10 recaps conversations with partners from across the Americas about the role security plays in their industry. Revisit these compelling discussions with partner leaders on the security challenges in an age of AI innovation.

Partner Audience: #AllPartners
Relevant to: #AllRoles #Event #GrowSkills #BizApps #CrossSolution

March 12: Americas Partner Insider Call
March 13: Americas Partner Insider Call, BizApps edition

Register here for the next Americas Partner Insider Call, the next in a series focused on helping you use Microsoft 365 Copilot to accelerate growth. Featured topics include: Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and the Agent partner opportunity, Understanding the spectrum of Agents and the consumption model, and a Copilot Studio deep dive.

To explore other topics, see the list of previous sessions available to watch on demand.

Register here for our first Americas Partner Insider Call, Biz Apps edition. In this session, we’ll provide a demo of our transform portal, followed by a discussion on Co-op best practices and on designations, specializations, and certifications.

Partner Audience: #AllPartners
Relevant to: #AllRoles #BestPractice #GrowYourBiz #Azure

AI ROI transaction models

Azure AI offers a robust return on investment (ROI) by enabling organizations to leverage advanced AI models for various use cases, such as writing assistance, code generation, and data reasoning. The transaction models include options like pay-as-you-go billing, allowing businesses to access AI capabilities without the need for extensive infrastructure. By integrating Azure AI into their operations, your customers can enhance productivity, streamline processes, and drive innovation.

Learn more about Azure AI Foundry and get your customers started with Azure today.

Find upcoming skilling opportunities you won’t want to miss.

See also the full Partner Skilling Calendar and Partner Skilling Playbook.

Quick links

Cosell Operations Service for Skilling (AskSkilling)

The Co-sell Operations Service for Skilling is a new service where partners can submit skilling related questions to our agents. The agents will respond within 24 hours.

This service helps partners understand the skilling offers available to them in their area and ensures they have the resources they need to build skilling capacity and capability.

You’re invited to join the upcoming Office Hours to learn more about this new skilling service. During these sessions our team will review the Partner Skilling Playbook, review the H2 skilling events calendar and answer any skilling questions you may have.

Please find below the schedule for sessions based on your time zone:
March 12, 2025 | Asia 1:00 PM IST | EMEA 9:30 AM GMT | Americas 10:00 AM PDT
April 9, 2025 | Asia 1:00 PM IST | EMEA 9:30 AM BST | Americas 10:00 AM PDT

These sessions are scheduled for the 2nd Wednesday of every month.

Register here.

For any questions or support, email AskSkilling.

LevelUp for Partners

NEW: LevelUp sponsored by Microsoft is an on-demand, self-paced LMS that provides skilling resources for Technical Project Ready with labs and Sales Ready skilling for the Microsoft Cloud Solution Areas and GTM Solution Plays.

Partner organizations have the flexibility to purchase additional seat capacity to meet their immediate skilling needs.

ACTION: For more information on this offer, including how to purchase seats, please refer to the LevelUp Playbook

For support, please contact LevelUpHelp@technofocus.com.

GPS Consumption Led Skilling Program

NEW: Solve critical technical skills gaps in your Delivery teams with just-in-time, live private ILT deployment skilling with access to real-world hands-on-lab experiences.

This skilling offering is available for MPL SI partners with a confirmed MSX Opportunity ID anchored GTM Solution Plays.

The program covers a wide range of Solution plays available in the Partner Project Ready Workshop Catalog.

ACTION: Please contact CLE_VTEAM@microsoft.com or your PDM, PTS, PSA and Account Executive to submit your training request.

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Upcoming events: Sales, pre-sales, and technical skilling

GitHub Copilot Certification – Generally Available

We are thrilled to announce that the GitHub Copilot certification exam is now generally available! This is an exciting opportunity for individuals looking to validate their skills with GitHub Copilot.

We believe this certification will play a vital role in helping professionals enhance their expertise and drive success in their projects.

For more information, please visit the certification landing page. You can also find the GitHub Copilot study guide, which includes links to the Microsoft Learning paths to help prepare for the exam.

Copilot Sales Champion

This new offering is built to advance sales knowledge and product evangelism across each Microsoft Copilot solution within our partner community. The Microsoft 365 Copilot Sales Champion program is an on-demand and interactive learning path available on a “first come, first served” basis while seats are available.

Registration link: Copilot Sales Champion
Access Code: XQLW-TDDJ

Partner Project Ready Workshops (Level 300+ Technical)

Build and extend AI-powered agents with Copilot Studio

Mar 4-6, 2025
PST, IST, GMT

Click here to register

Secure and govern Microsoft 365 Copilot with Microsoft Purview – Pre-sales

Mar 11, 2025
PDT, IST, GMT

Click here to register

Build governance and security strategy for AI success

Mar 18-20, 2025
PDT, IST, GMT

Click here to register

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Upcoming events: Sales and pre-sales skilling

Accelerating AI Solutions Partner Series

Mar 25-27, 2025
PDT, IST, GMT

Click here to register

GitHub Partner Bootcamp

Mar 25-26, 2025
PDT, IST, GMT

Click here to register

Partner Sales Bootcamp for Secure Productivity

Mar 25, 2025
PDT, IST, GMT

Click here to register

Microsoft 365 Copilot and Agents Sales Bootcamp

Feb 25-27, 2025
PST, IST, GMT

Click here to register

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Upcoming events: Azure

Certification Week for Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program

Microsoft Certification Week for Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program is a five-day event that helps prepare you for Microsoft advanced role-based certifications. This is one of the best ways to help your organization meet the skilling criteria needed to attain a Solutions Partner designation.

Certification Week for Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program: AI and Security
Accelerate your path to certification and mastering the intricacies of AI, cybersecurity, threat protection, incident response, and more with Security certification week events:

Korea AI & Security Certification Week
Feb 24 – 28, 2025

Click here to register

China AI & Security Certification Week
Feb 24 – 28, 2025

Click here to register

Certification Week for Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program: Azure and GitHub

Achieving certification demonstrates your commitment to staying ahead of the curve in a fast-paced world. Take the next step in your certification path with technical training in Azure Data and Al services, GitHub Copilot and Advanced Security, Infrastructure Administration, Cloud Application Development and more.

Feb 24-28, 2025
PDT, IST, GMT

Click here to register

On-demand certification prep content

Modular Training Videos

This content is derived from Microsoft Official Curriculum and presented in a modular format for each certification course.

Click here to register

Partner Project Ready Workshops (Level 300+ Technical)

Technical skilling designed to build implementation and deployment capability.

Partner meetup for Microsoft Azure

Feb-June 2025
Weekly Thursdays
PST/PDT

Click here to register

Azure OpenAI Workshop

Feb 24-27, 2025
PDT, IST, GMT

Click here to register

DevOps with GitHub and GitHub Copilot

Feb 24-27, 2025
PDT, IST, GMT

Click here to register

Microsoft Fabric Workshop: Real Time Intelligence and Data Insights with AI

Mar 11-12, 2025
PDT, IST, GMT

Click here to register

Azure OpenAI Workshop

Mar 24-27, 2025
PDT, IST, GMT

Click here to register

GitHub partner bootcamp

Mar 25-27, 2025
PDT, IST, GMT

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Azure Databricks: Migration and integration

Mar 25-27, 2025
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Upcoming events: Business Applications

Certification Week for Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program

Microsoft Certification Week for Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program is a five-day event that helps prepare you for Microsoft advanced role-based certifications. This is one of the best ways to help your organization meet the skilling criteria needed to attain a Solutions Partner designation.

Certification Week for Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program: Business Applications

Achieving certification demonstrates your commitment to staying ahead of the curve in a fast-paced world. Accelerate your path to certification and deepen your understanding of intelligent ERP and CRM business applications. During Business Applications Certification Week you’ll also explore low-code tools and explore how to drive innovation and efficiency across customer solutions. Through expert-led training, you’ll be empowered to help your customers adapt and innovate by connecting teams, processes, and data across business functions for increased efficiency, greater agility, and exceptional customer experiences.

Mar 24-28, 2025
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On-demand certification prep content

Modular Training Videos
This content is derived from Microsoft’s official curriculum and is presented in a modular format for each certification course.

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Partner Project Ready Workshops (Level 300+ Technical)

Technical skilling designed to build implementation and deployment capability.

Low code app modernization for developers

Feb 25-26, 2025
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Transform frontline operations with AI in Dynamics 365 Field Service

Mar 17-19, 2025
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Upcoming events: Modern Work

Certification Week for Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program

Microsoft Certification Week for Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program is a five-day event that helps prepare you for Microsoft advanced role-based certifications. This is one of the best ways to help your organization meet the skilling criteria needed to attain a Solutions Partner designation.

On-demand certification prep content

Modular Training Videos
This content is derived from Microsoft’s official curriculum and is presented in a modular format for each certification course.

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Partner Project Ready Workshops (Level 300+ Technical)

Technical skilling designed to build implementation and deployment capability.

Innovate with Microsoft 365 Copilot and build your own agents

Feb 18-20, 2025
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Upcoming events: Security

Certification Week for Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program

Microsoft Certification Week for Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program is a five-day event that helps prepare you for Microsoft advanced role-based certifications. This is one of the best ways to help your organization meet the skilling criteria needed to attain a Solutions Partner designation.

Certification Week for Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program: Security

Accelerate your path to certification and mastering the intricacies of cybersecurity, threat protection, incident response, and more with Security certification week events:

Korea AI & Security Certification Week
Feb 24 – 28, 2025

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China AI & Security Certification Week
Feb 24 – 28, 2025

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On-demand certification prep content

Modular Training Videos
This content is derived from Microsoft’s official curriculum and is presented in a modular format for each certification course.

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Partner Project Ready Workshops (Level 300+ Technical)

Technical skilling designed to build implementation and deployment capability.

Defender for Endpoint, Identity & OT – Better Together Bootcamp

Mar 3-4, 2025
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Implement Microsoft Security Copilot

Mar 18-20, 2025
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Upcoming events: Industry specific skilling

Microsoft AI Envisioning Webinars for Industry

Encourage your partners to join our Microsoft AI Envisioning Webinars for Industry! These sessions are perfect for ISV or SI partners who are new to AI and looking to enhance their business. The webinars will provide valuable insights into AI’s impact on various industries, showcase practical use case examples, and guide partners in identifying business problems that can be solved with AI.

Click here to register: Retail | Manufacturing | Healthcare | Sustainability | Financial Services

Industry Sales Bootcamp

The goal of the industry sales bootcamp is to address the latency that exists between customer/field and partner enablement by developing a programmatic partner sales bootcamp day. The day consists of a 4-hour, interactive session with interactive session with AM and PM sessions available to suit different time zones.

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Sustainability Sales Bootcamp

Mar 5, 2025
PST, IST

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Retail Sales Bootcamp

April 16, 2025
PDT, IST

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Industry AI Business and Capability Envisioning Event Series

We are excited to announce the continuation and expansion of our virtual Industry AI Business and Capability Envisioning event series, specially designed for ISV and SI partners. This is your chance to dive into the transformative world of AI and discover how it can revolutionize your business and benefit your clients.

AI for Sustainability

On demand
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AI for Healthcare

On demand
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Upcoming events: SMB Resellers

Azure Infrastructure SMB Sales Champion

This new offering is built to advance sales knowledge and product evangelism across each Microsoft Copilot solution within our partner community. The Copilot for Microsoft 365 Sales Champion program is an on-demand and interactive learning path available on a “first come, first served” basis while seats are available.

Registration link: Azure Infrastructure SMB Sales Champion
Access Code: MIAB-EIIH

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