August update: What's new in Azure for Partners

News and Announcements

• We just shared our FY26 partner strategy at MCAPS Start for Partners—and it’s all about what’s next with AI. Catch up on key announcements here.
• Explore the latest Cloud and AI platforms and Agentic AI partner playbooks which includes key skilling resources, investments, win formulas and more.
• GPT-5 is now in Azure AI Foundry, offering top-tier reasoning for building intelligent and safe AI apps and agents. Learn more.
• Serve customers in bandwidth-constrained environments who are building autonomous assistants or embedding AI into real-world workflows, using gpt-oss-20b on Windows AI Foundry. Learn more.
• Watch The AI Show to hear about the latest announcements, including Observability in Azure AI Foundry, App Templates, and more. This is a show by Seth Juarez for developers and tech experts. Watch now.
• Your customers can now mirror Azure Databricks Unity Catalog into Fabric. Deeper integration. No clusters. No pipelines. Just insights. Help them get started––learn more here.
• Dive into our latest blog and research to learn how Azure-native integration, autoscaling, and unified governance make Azure Databricks the best home for your data and AI workloads, and then share the information with your customers as they consider their preferred data platform. Learn more.

Incentives and offers

• We recently announced Azure Accelerate—a unified offering within the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program that brings together Azure Migrate and Modernize, Azure Innovate, and Cloud Accelerate Factory––all built upon the foundations of Azure Essentials. Nominate your project today.
• Dr Migrate is an AI-assisted platform for cloud migration planning, available within Azure Accelerate. Eligible partners can request licenses through Azure Accelerate to run customer environment assessments through Azure Accelerate.
• Invite a colleague to join the Azure Migrate and Modernize Partner Forum, your source for early access to Azure offerings, product roadmaps, and marketing updates for partners. Learn more.

Skilling and Events

• Visit our skilling hub for the latest training resources to earn designations and specializations. Explore the most recent skilling blog for key skilling-related announcements.
• If you're a consultant or part of a Microsoft partner's sales or tech pre-sales team looking to drive AI apps and agents, join our virtual 3-day skilling event, Sept 9–11. Hear from Microsoft field and product leaders on sales best practices, product demos, and how to pitch AI CoEs—a key FY26 strategy for driving org-wide AI transformation. Register here.
• Join us for FabCon25 Europe in Vienna, September 15–18, for workshops, networking with customers, and insights from Microsoft leaders. Don’t miss Partner Day on September 15 to explore Fabric growth strategies and connect with the community. Learn more and buy your ticket here.
• Heading to VMware Explore Las Vegas? Join our exclusive partner session on August 25 to explore new Azure investments like TCO tools and migration funding. Visit booth #107 to discuss VMware workloads and register early—space is limited (max 2 attendees per organization).—register here.
• Join us at the Azure Dev Summit, a Microsoft-sponsored event designed for developers, architects, and technology leaders. Explore the latest in Azure, .NET, and Microsoft AI, gain insights from inspiring speakers, and connect with peers driving innovation. Reserve your spot today.
• SAP Specialization: Partners can now meet SAP Specialization requirements with the new Run SAP on Microsoft Cloudtraining path—aligned to SAP on Azure’s latest capabilities and validated during audits. This streamlined option simplifies the journey to specialization.

Go-To-Market

• Take your marketing strategy to the next level with pre-designed campaigns, resources, and ready-to-go assets. Learn more.
• Drive success in building AI apps and agents with a comprehensive set of sales tools and marketing resources, including Microsoft pitch decks, guides, solution accelerators, demos, and more! Access them here.
• Unify your data platform to help your customers implement a data strategy that is fit for the era of AI, including customizable pitch decks and other go-to-market resources to help you succeed. Find it all here.
• Differentiate your expertise to customers with Solutions Partner designations and specializations.
• Introducing SAP Business Suite: Unlock mid-market growth by partnering with Microsoft and SAP. Lead with AI Innovation and leverage SAP Cloud ERP, GROW and RISE journeys, to deliver scalable cloud services, spark strategic cloud conversations, and access exclusive incentives, GTM resources, and tools to accelerate success. Access resources here.

Customer success

• Discover how Microsoft can transform your sales strategy. Explore real AI case studies and customer success stories showing how businesses, NGOs and individuals leverage AI to transform their business.