Solutions partner for Digital &

App Innovation (Azure)

We are introducing the solutions partner designation,

anchored on the Microsoft Cloud in six solution areas
aligned to how Microsoft goes to market. By attaining
solution area designations, you can demonstrate your
organization’s capabilities in delivering customer success
in the solution areas. This new model provides two
qualifying levels: solutions partner and specialist/expert. Benefits for solutions partners
As a Solutions partner for Digital & App Innovation We’re investing more in you.
(Azure), you demonstrate your broad capability to help We want to help you grow your
customers build & modernize cloud-native apps, and business and reward you for the
transform how they code, collaborate, and ship software. success and growth you achieve
and your continued
Becoming a Solutions partner for Digital & commitment to our partnership.
App Innovation (Azure) gives customers a way to identify
We are making these
you as a partner that has both the commitment to
investments to help you, our
training, accreditation, and has delivered solutions that
partner, with:
lead to customer success.
• Encouraging business
If these activities describe the work that you do, development
consider Solutions partner for Digital & App Innovation • Increasing customer reach
(Azure): • Expanding skilling, training,
• Migrating and deploying production web application and enablement
workloads, applying DevOps, and managing app services
in Azure.
• Managing production workloads in the cloud using To learn more about benefits
containers and managing hosted Kubernetes
aka.ms/Solutionspartner.Benefits
environments in Azure.
• Implementing secure DevOps practices and driving
DevOps adoption while using Azure and GitHub.

Important dates

September 30, 2022* October 3, 2022*

Last day to renew legacy Solutions partner designations are available for attainment. Legacy competencies are
competencies. no longer valid, but partners can retain their legacy benefits based on the
*Dates subject to change. competency held on September 30, 2022.

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Requirements for Solutions partner for Digital & App
Innovation (Azure)

How to attain a solutions partner designation Performance = 30 points

This category measures net customer adds.
As a Solutions partner for Digital & App Innovation
(Azure), you demonstrate your broad capability to deliver
solutions with Dynamics 365 and Power Platform. Skilling = 40 points
These categories make up the framework of the solutions This category verifies and demonstrates your
dedication to skilling and training.
partner designation: performance, skilling, and customer
success. To attain a solutions partner designation, you will
need to earn a minimum of 70 points (with greater than Customer success = 30 points
zero points in each sub-category) out of the possible 100 This category measures usage growth and
points that are available. deployments.

How existing competencies will map to the Solutions partner for Digital & App Innovation (Azure)

LEGACY COMPETENCIES SOLUTIONS PARTNER NEW CUSTOMER-FACING

BADGE

• Application Development Solutions partner

• App Integration for Digital & App
• DevOps Innovation (Azure)

Specializations

By earning a specialization (currently advanced specialization) aligned to the Digital & App Innovations (Azure)
solution area, you also gain access to additional tools, resources, and programs. These additional benefits will
continue to be available.
• Participate in Microsoft-led Azure Immersion Workshops (AIW) and become a Solution Assessment provider to reach
new customers, support their strategic objectives, and grow your business.
• Accelerate existing customer opportunities while supporting your Azure practice with the Azure Migration and
Modernization Program (AMMP).
• Maximize your revenue opportunity with targeted financial incentives.
Once you attain solutions partner designation and maintain your earned specialization starting in October 2022 you
will also have access to:
• Incremental product benefits to further accelerate your business, including greater access to Azure credits, additional
product licenses to build, test, demo, pilot, and create proof of concepts to showcase and sell your solutions to
customers and cloud service subscriptions that are most relevant in market today. Note: only provided if you select
the optional new Solutions Partner benefit package.

Get started
• Sign into Partner Center to track your progress towards the solutions partner designations and review the guidance
to see what actions you can take to build your score.
• Go to Microsoft docs to learn about the requirements needed to attain a solutions partner designation.
• For more information view the Solutions Partner training gallery and Microsoft Partner blog.

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