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The Adoption and Change Management specialization retired on June 25, 2026.
Rather than maintain a standalone specialization, adoption and change management capabilities are now measured within AI ...
Jul 14, 202650Views
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Microsoft is updating the Microsoft 365 Copilot specialization to better align with market demand beginning July 2026, including requiring an audit.
Jul 09, 2026194Views
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Internal agentic adoption is being added to the Agentic DevOps with Microsoft Azure and GitHub specialization audit checklist to ensure that partners have internally adopted the technology. Certifica...
Jun 23, 2026138Views
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New workloads expand how partners can qualify for or renew the Identity and Access Management specialization—making it easier to prove expertise and stand out in security led deals.
Jun 09, 2026240Views
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Gain differentiated recognition for your deep knowledge, extensive experience, and proven success delivering Meetings and Meeting Rooms services and solutions for Microsoft Teams.
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Jun 03, 2026217Views
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Differentiate your capabilities and stand out in market with the Calling for Microsoft Teams specialization. To align this specialization to real-world customer needs, we updated the skilling require...
Jun 03, 2026180Views
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As part of our regular review of skilling and certification requirements, we have retired the Microsoft 365 Fundamentals certification, effective March 31, 2026. This change reflects our ongoing alig...
Mar 31, 2026900Views
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Microsoft is updating performance criteria for the Small and Midsize Business (SMB) Management specialization to better align with how partners go to market. Starting March 27, 2026, we're reducing t...
Mar 27, 2026637Views
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To ensure our program offerings align with customer and market demand, we regularly review our applied skilling and certification requirements for Solutions Partner designations and retire certain ce...
Mar 02, 20261.4KViews
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To expand the specialization opportunity to more partners, Microsoft has removed the Azure VMware Solution (AVS) technical assessment requirement from the Microsoft AVS specialization. This change ma...
Feb 18, 2026295Views
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