By Justin Slade, Senior Director, Strategy, Microsoft Global Partner Skilling
Customers are moving from AI interest to implementation. They want to understand where AI can create meaningful business value, which solutions fit the opportunity, and how to deploy, secure, govern, and scale those solutions with confidence.
For partners, readiness now must extend across the customer journey. Sales teams need the skills to identify and position the right opportunity. Technical teams need the depth to design it. Delivery teams need practical experience to turn a promising AI conversation into a successful customer project.
Building that capability takes time and investment, and you do not have to fund it alone. One of the best ways to get skilling is through partner benefits packages: bundled, discounted offerings of licenses, credits, and support that help your teams skill, build, and grow faster. Pair the learning journeys below with the benefits your organization is eligible for, and training turns into customer-ready delivery in the same quarter.
This month’s skilling opportunities connect those capabilities. Whether you are building a Microsoft Copilot practice, expanding into agents, serving small and medium-sized business (SMB) customers, or developing deeper Frontier Transformation engineering expertise, the goal is the same: build skills you can apply in your next customer engagement.
Build Copilot and Cowork skills around the customer opportunity
Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork creates new opportunities to connect AI with the work customers need to get done. For partners, the starting point is the customer scenario: where could delegated, AI-powered work create value, and what skills does your team need to take that opportunity from conversation to implementation?
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