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Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program

Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program

Information Technology & Services

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The Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program provides a comprehensive portfolio of investments for all partner business models, at every stage of maturity, from startups to independent software vendors, services to device partners. With program benefits that scale across the breadth of Microsoft AI Cloud solutions, including Microsoft Azure, Dynamics 365, Microsoft 365 and Security. Partners have access to product benefits, technical consultations, skilling and enablement, go-to-market investments, co-selling and incentives. In this channel we share Microsoft partner news, information, success stories, and resources empowering your business to do and achieve more.

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https://partner.microsoft.com/
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Information Technology & Services
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10,001+ employees
Headquarters
Redmond, Washington
Specialties
Windows Operating System, Business Software, Microsoft, Microsoft 365, Office 365, Developer Tools, Business Leadership, Blogs, Windows Applications & Platforms, Cloud Computing, AI, Security, Business Applications, Microsoft Azure, and Modern Work

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  • Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program reposted this

    View profile for Nina Harding
    Nina Harding

    CVP, Americas Global Partner Solutions at Microsoft | Working with partners to deliver successful customer outcomes | Accessible technology and Women in Tech advocate

    What an incredible week at #MSIgnite! There were more than 𝟳𝟬 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 igniting what’s possible for customers and partners. Take a moment to read the book of news (link found in the comments!).   A personal highlight was joining two sessions to do what I love most - showcasing how our amazing ecosystem is empowering their organizations and customers on their frontier journey and talking about the incredible investments we continue to make to help them drive even more impact.   𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 + 𝗔𝘇𝘂𝗿𝗲 = 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗱. With Zia Mansoor, Cyril Belikoff, Tom Shea (OneStream Software) and Sanjay Mehta (Accenture), we discussed how partners are driving impact on Azure. Proof points that stood out: 66% growth in Azure partner specializations and 250K partners trained. We know that customers want trusted advisors, and this momentum enables it. It was great to hear Sanjay talk about Accenture's “𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝘇𝗲𝗿𝗼” 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲𝘁 and Tom sharing OneStream’s focus on 𝗰𝗼‐𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 to deliver defined outcomes. Both partners shared how leveraging ECIF, prioritizing skilling and specializations help accelerate time to value.   𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘀 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗟𝗧- This was a fantastic conversation with my amazing team including Heather Deggans, Jim Lee, Lori Borg and moderated by Sumeet Khanna. We shared best practices for becoming frontier, including:  • Being customer zero and having an AI‑first mentality  • Meeting customers where they are, leading with outcomes, and co‑creating solutions that solve problems  • Taking advantage of GTM programs including Azure Accelerate/Modernize & Migrate and the Azure Marketplace; and  • Investing in skilling with a focus on specializations/designations   Thank you to every speaker, the many partners I met across the week, and everyone who attended and invested in their own growth. If you missed the sessions, watch for the OnDemand links. Let’s continue to partner together to turn these announcements, investments, and insights into outcomes!

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    View profile for Heather Deggans
    Heather Deggans

    Vice President, Americas Software Development Companies, Enterprise Partner Solutions at Microsoft

    This week at Ignite, I felt energized by the in-person engagement with our partner community and the tangible progress we’re making to advance Cloud and AI through the Frontier partnership. Here are a few highlights: - **Breakout sessions:** We reinforced our EPS commitment and best practices, transitioning from strategy to execution with clear plays that enable partners to activate AI responsibly, accelerate time to value, and achieve measurable outcomes. - **Partner meetings: ** We had outcome-driven conversations with our partners, where Americas SDC and SDP teams collaborated seamlessly, supporting partners from both customer and partner perspectives as a unified force focused on co-sell velocity and ACR growth. - **Partner roundtable:** We aligned on the Frontier partnership model, discussing what it means to lead in AI, how to build repeatable solution plays, and how to convert Marketplace presence into pipeline and revenue. - **Video interview:** We showcased customer success stories, practical adoption patterns, and emphasized the importance of tech intensity and business fluency, enabling partners to scale AI solutions and succeed with customers. - **AMS partner reception:** We connected with numerous partners, gathered candid feedback, celebrated wins, and spent quality time with our SDC team—the engine that drives our progress. The energy and insights from these engagements highlight the importance of in-person collaboration. Your feedback inspires us to explore more possibilities with AI, from skilling and solution design to Marketplace and co-sell motions. Together, as partners, we will excel in the AI race by becoming Frontier: pushing boundaries, creating industry-relevant solutions, and transacting swiftly. Thank you to everyone who contributed time, ideas, and honesty—and to our EPS, SDP, and SDC teams for presenting a united front. Let’s continue building together. #Ignite, #Frontier, #Cloud&AI, #OneMicrosoft, #SDC, #ISV, #MakePossible

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    View profile for Nicole Dezen
    Nicole Dezen

    At Microsoft Ignite we highlighted Frontier firm transformation with stories of Microsoft partners driving impact for customers around the world using AI, Copilot, and agents. Supply chains are some of the most complex systems in the world. For companies like The HEINEKEN Company, leaders rely on huge amounts of data spread across tools, teams, and regions — making it hard to get quick answers or take fast action. Our partner Blue Yonder saw an opportunity to change that. As the 2025 Partner of the Year for Partner Innovation – Global ISV, they built AI-powered agents using Microsoft Copilot, Azure AI Services, and the Agent SDK — and brought those agents directly into M365 Copilot. Now, instead of searching through dashboards or running custom reports, supply chain teams can ask a question in natural language and receive real-time, intelligent insights as if they’re working with a virtual teammate. By reinventing how customers engage with their supply chain, Blue Yonder is setting a new standard for operational visibility, speed, and decision-making — redefining customer engagement at the Frontier. Learn more by reading the full Ignite partner recap: https://lnkd.in/gPgxq4vy #MSIgnite

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    View profile for Judson Althoff
    Judson Althoff

    CEO, Microsoft commercial business

    I was so pleased to be joined by customers and partners around the world for Microsoft Ignite with 20,000 attendees joining in San Francisco and 200,000 online. It is an exciting time as we shift from an era of AI Transformation to Frontier Transformation: a holistic reimagining of your business, aligning AI with human ambition to achieve your organization's highest aspirations and potential. By democratizing intelligence—empowered by Copilots and agents—we will help them obsolesce the mundane, unlock creativity, and drive even greater innovation. As our customers realize success, we have identified three common themes below with new product announcements aimed at empowering the Frontier Firm: 1.     AI in the flow of human ambition. AI needs to be seamlessly accessible in the tools and solutions people use every day and tied to the key business metrics they use to determine ROI. Work IQ amplifies an individual’s IQ—it is the intelligence layer that enables Microsoft 365 Copilot and agents to know how you work, with whom you work, and the content you collaborate on. 2.     Ubiquitous innovation. There is a maker in every one of us. The person closest to the challenge is often the best to solve it. Empowering employees with the ability to create AI artifacts in the flow of work and coupling citizen development with IT and professional developers through robust collaboration enables innovate at pace. ▪️ Foundry IQ is the intelligent connection point between all structured and unstructured knowledge and models that agents need. It is the first large scale implementation of context engineering pulling from multiple sources through a single API. ▪️ Fabric IQ is the semantic layer that agents and apps use to reason with enterprise context across your entire data estate, turning unified data into unified intelligence for decisions. If you are already using Power BI, all pre-existing data modeling will act as an immediate accelerant, giving your agents the unique context that defines how your business runs. ▪️ Microsoft Agent Factory harnesses the power of Work IQ, Foundry IQ, and Fabric IQ through a single metered plan, measuring ROI for AI before you start building agents. You can leverage our forward-deployed engineers, our partners, and our skilling assets to build and deliver agents. 3.     Observability at every layer of the stack. You need to see all AI artifacts and how they are being used in real workflows. Microsoft Agent 365 enables you to observe, manage, and secure your AI agents whether they are created with Microsoft platforms, open-source frameworks, or third-party platforms. Underpinning these three traits are the fundamental Frontier building blocks of Intelligence + Trust, enabled by Microsoft’s model diverse, open, and heterogenous platforms, we can bring together your organization’s IQ and help you achieve your highest aspirations in the pursuit of Frontier Transformation. https://lnkd.in/gvUW-M8a

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