September update: What’s new for partners in Azure

News and Announcements

• Available now: Frontier Accelerate for Marketplace: Frontier Accelerate for Marketplace is available now. Access trusted expertise to bring AI-powered apps and agents to market faster, acquire savings and investments designed to drive customer acquisition and Marketplace revenue growth, and support teams with Marketplace-focused skilling. Go a step further and faster with Frontier Accelerate for Marketplace Premium. With additional benefits, like $30,000 USD in Azure sponsorship and immediate access to Partner Marketing Center Pro, partners can build and publish their solutions faster with closer guidance from Microsoft.

• Coming soon: Azure promotions for Cloud Solution Provider partners: Azure is introducing percentage-off promotional discounts on consumption-based services in the Cloud Solution Provider offering—covering pay-as-you-go usage, Reserved Instances, and pre-purchase plans. Promotions are applied after partner-earned credit and add to the incentives you already earn, giving you a new, limited-time lever to win Azure workloads. Review the readiness guide, explore the sandbox, and prepare your billing team before the first promotions go live in October. 

Skilling and Events

• Build repeatable agent solutions with the Microsoft Partner Skilling Hub : Whether you're a Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) expanding beyond provisioning and support or a systems integrator (SI) looking to standardize agent delivery across teams, building agent capability starts with the right skills. Strengthen your team's technical readiness with practical learning, role-based training, and proven delivery patterns that help turn customer scenarios into secure, production-ready agents. Build the foundation for repeatable solutions, validated expertise, and scalable agent-delivery practices. 

• Turn co-sell into a scalable growth engine: Co-sell can drive stronger collaboration, faster deal progression, and stronger sales outcomes, but success requires more than occasional engagement. The new Co-Sell Execution Engine video series on the Microsoft Partner Skilling Hub shows you how to build a repeatable co-sell motion that delivers long-term results. In five on-demand sessions, Microsoft co-sell leaders and experienced partners share practical frameworks and proven strategies to improve collaboration with Microsoft, increase deal velocity, and help your business win more opportunities. 

• Earn the badge. Prove your Frontier AI expertise: Customers are looking for partners who can deliver Frontier AI transformation with confidence. The Frontier Transformation Engineer badge helps your team demonstrate validated skills, build customer trust, and differentiate your practice in a rapidly evolving AI market. The structured journey combines certifications, project readiness, and Frontier engineering training to help your team build the capabilities needed to design, implement, and deliver Microsoft Frontier AI solutions. Earn the badge and show customers your team is ready for what’s next. 

• Register for Partnering for Success Together to get the latest partner updates : Join us on October 14 for our Partnering for Success Together series, a monthly partner skilling session hosted on the Microsoft Partner Skilling Hub. Designed so you can stay informed and prepare to act, you'll hear the latest updates across Microsoft commercial solution areas, explore investments designed to strengthen partner enablement, and gain practical guidance to support your go-to-market success. Whether you're looking to strengthen your go-to-market readiness, align with the latest priorities, or uncover new opportunities for growth, make sure to register for this session to stay ahead. 

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