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Announcing the new Power Pages Partner Growth Plan!
We are excited to announce the new Power Pages Partner Growth Plan is now available to our partners! This plan is designed to nurture an ecosystem of partners to build and grow their Power Pages capabilities, showcase their expertise, solve customer challenges and grow product use and adoption. The plan comprises of three tiers which builds on your Power Pages understandings and expertise. As each tier's requirements are completed, you will unlock a subset of benefits that help you gain exposure to customers and further your Power Pages skillset. Learn more about the plan and how to get started by viewing the attached overview. Questions? Don't hesitate to contact us at email address removed for privacy reasons If you believe you have met all requirements, beginning with the Base tier, and would like to nominate your organization for consideration, please complete the following survey at: https://aka.ms/PowerPagesPartner
Microsoft In a Day (XIAD) Partner Events Program - Train the Trainer Events
We invite you to attend an upcoming Train the Trainer session for Microsoft Partners to learn more about the Microsoft In a Day (XIAD) Partner Events Program and how to lead workshops that empower customers to use and adopt Microsoft products. Our Train the Trainer events are designed to provide you with the knowledge and tools necessary to deliver successful Microsoft In a Day (XIAD) sessions. ✨ Why Attend? Hands-On Experience: Participate in labs and demos just like customers will. Expert Guidance: Learn from experienced trainers and get your questions answered. Comprehensive Resources: Access all the content and support you need to succeed. 📅 Upcoming Events: Agent in a Day Discover the basics of building agents with Microsoft Copilot Studio, including generative AI orchestration and integrating external data sources. Friday October 24, 2025 09:00-17:00 (GMT+2) Central European Time Zone Register Friday November 7, 2025 09:00-17:00 (GMT-6) Central Time Zone Register App in a Day Explore the fundamentals of building apps with Microsoft Power Apps, including creating custom business applications without writing code. More dates coming soon! Currently available on-demand. Inquire at xiadevents@microsoft.com Automation in a Day Explore automation solutions with Power Automate, including creating workflows and automating business processes. Friday November 21, 2025 09:00-17:00 (GMT-6) Central Time Zone Register Once registered, look for your registration confirmation email from notification@msftevents.microsoft.com that contains your unique Teams meeting link to join the virtual event. Be sure to check spam and junk folders, and mark as a safe sender. If you are unable to locate your registration confirmation, email pappspartnerevents@microsoft.com. We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming event! Partner with us! Are you a Microsoft Partner interested in the opportunity to join the program and deliver Microsoft In a Day (XIAD) events? 🔍 Learn more about the program and review partner eligibility criteria: https://aka.ms/xiadpartneropportunity. 📧 Contact the XIAD Program team: xiadevents@microsoft.com 🚀 Get started today: https://aka.ms/XIADGetStarted 📤 Submit requests to deliver events: https://aka.ms/xIAD/PartnerEventsMicrosoft Copilot Partner Bootcamp | Sept. 19-21 2023
The Copilot Bootcamp is a multi-day partner event addressing the new era of AI across the Microsoft Cloud. Join this bootcamp, open to all role types, to learn more about our AI capabilities from both business and technical aspects, with an overview of each Microsoft Copilot solution. You will learn about: What Azure OpenAI and Copilot are and their capabilities Understanding the AI and Copilot narrative and customer conversation Customer technical requirements to adopt the various Copilots How Copilot is licensed Leveraging Copilot to accelerate Dynamics, M365, and Power Platform sales Privacy, security, and compliance Who is this event for? The Copilot bootcamp is ideal for anyone looking to better understand how to approach Microsoft's AI and Copilot conversations form a sales and technical perspective. This virtual bootcamp is open to: All role types from Executives to Sellers to Architects Anyone looking to understand Microsoft AI capabilities across all areas and incorporate it into their customer conversations and projects Anyone experienced in role, but new to Microsoft + AI Register here: Sales Bootcamp (on24.com)
Announcing the Microsoft Copilot Studio Partner Growth Plan!
Microsoft Copilot Studio was just announced this week at Microsoft Ignite and is built upon the foundations of Power Virtual Agents. We have updated the Power Virtual Agents Partner Growth Plan, making the guidance more relevant to Copilot Studio and specific steps Microsoft Partners can take when building capability in the platform by driving customer conversations. Those Partners already on the existing plan will transition over to it during this year. The future is conversational, and Microsoft Partners are key to supporting our customers interest and success when building custom copilots or existing ones. Ensure your teams understand the basics and the application features that are key to your customer's success for both winning opportunities and delivering value. As each tier's requirements are completed, you will unlock benefits that help you gain exposure to customers and further your Microsoft Copilot Studio and Conversational AI skillsets that will be useful across multiple practices within your organization. Learn more about the plan and how to get started by taking a look at the time below. Links for each stage will be posted in the comments. If you believe you have met all requirements, beginning with the Base tier, and would like to nominate your organization for consideration, please complete the following survey at: https://aka.ms/copilotstudio/partnergrowthplan For more information about the announcements at Microsoft Ignite and Microsoft Copilot Studio, be sure to check out the blog here.Partner Training | Build and extend AI-powered copilots with Microsoft Copilot Studio
Microsoft Copilot Studio lets you create powerful AI-powered copilots for a range of requests—from providing simple answers to common questions to resolving issues requiring complex conversations. Learn how you can build and extend these copilots, boot their capabilities with AI and extend them to perform actions, and provide answers for your copilot users. This three-day virtual training experience includes two-to-four hours a day of structured instructor-led training theory, hands-on labs to help develop specialized skills, and live Q&A with technical experts. Enroll today at: https://aka.ms/CopilotStudioPartnerTraining Note: Either register or sign into the Depth Training page, and then click on the Copilot Studio card to enroll, selecting the session appropriate to your time zone.FY24 FastTrack Recognized Solution Architect nominations now open!
Hello Partners, The Microsoft Business Applications & Platform engineering team confers the designation FastTrack Recognized Solution Architect to practicing enterprise solution architects who consistently exhibit deep architecture expertise and create high-quality solutions for customers. They typically work for systems integrator partners, who may nominate solution architects to recognize their expertise. Systems integrator partners may nominate their solution architects who meet the below requirements. A panel of solution architects from Power CAT will then assess the candidate based on the architecture related artifacts and solution quality of the candidate’s projects. Nomination Link: http://aka.ms/FTRSANomination Why Nominate Recognized architects’ profiles, and the partners they work for, are listed on the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Architects and Power Platform websites. Partners may indicate the number of recognized architects they have in their promotional materials and may direct prospective customers to the recognized architect profile page. Recognized architects get an e-badge to share on LinkedIn and other social media platforms. * Partners and architects may opt out of this public listing. Requirements For an architect to be eligible for the FTRSA distinction, he/she must meet the following requirements: For Power Apps: Have a minimum of two years’ experience with Power Apps and a minimum of five years’ experience with Microsoft products. Have a minimum of three years’ experience as a solution architect. Be a Microsoft Certified Power Platform Solution Architect Expert (PL-600). Be the lead architect on at least one customer implementation with at least five apps in production or at least 1,000 users within the customer’s organization. Be responsible for the architecture and design of at least two customer implementation projects. Be employed at a Microsoft Partner organization that has at least one Gold competency and has achieved at least 3 out of 4 requirements for the Low Code Application Development specialization Have built solutions using Microsoft Dataverse, Power Platform products, integration with multiple systems, other Power Platform services, Azure services, custom connectors, and/or Power Apps component framework and can provide evidence of the depth and breadth of experience around these technologies. Have a good understanding of the administration, governance and ALM capabilities of the platform and have provided insights and custom tooling to customer organization admins as needed. For Power Automate: Have a minimum of two years’ experience with Power Automate and a minimum of five years’ experience with Microsoft products or robotic process automation. Have a minimum of three years’ experience as a solution architect. Be a Microsoft Certified Power Platform Solution Architect Expert (PL-600) or Microsoft Power Automate RPA Developer Be the lead architect on at least one Power Automate customer implementation, with at least one mission-critical cloud-and-desktop flow in production within the customer’s organization. Be responsible for the architecture and design of at least two customer implementation projects. Be employed at a Microsoft Partner organization that has at least one Gold competency and is in the process of achieving the Intelligent Automation specialization. Have built solutions using Microsoft Dataverse, Microsoft Power Automate (both Cloud Flows and Desktop Flows), integration with multiple systems, other Microsoft Power Platform services (AI Builder, Document handling, Process Insights etc.), Azure services, and custom connectors and can provide evidence of the depth and breadth of experience around these technologies.Grow your Conversational AI skills with the Power Virtual Agents Partner Growth Plan
** Note: Power Virtual Agents is now Microsoft Copilot Studio. The Partner Growth Plan has been updated reflecting this change. Check out the Microsoft Copilot Studio Plan here: Announcing the Microsoft Copilot Studio Partner Growth Plan! - Microsoft Community Hub** ----- The importance of growing your skills for your teams in Conversational AI has never been more important. Ensure your teams understand the basics and the application features that are key to your customer's success. This is why we have created the Power Virtual Agent Partner Growth Plan which is now available to active Microsoft Partners. Base: Onboard and start learning the fundamentals for Power Virtual Agents to be successful Build: Build collaboration with Microsoft in the area of Conversational AI, provide feedback on the product and be involved in the Partner community Expand and Specialize: Now you have built your knowledge, you should focus it in a particular area based on what your company focuses in. If you only have time for ONE thing, then take away this - every partner should be in some way, working to these goals in Conversational AI so you can support with customer conversations that is grounded in the knowledge and the product awareness that it requires - this growth plan makes it easy for you to do that, whether you are starting from a place of little nothing or expert. As each tier's requirements are completed, you will unlock benefits that help you gain exposure to customers and further your Power Virtual Agents and Conversational AI skillsets that will be useful across multiple practices within your organization. Learn more about the plan and how to get started by taking a look at the time below. If you believe you have met all requirements, beginning with the Base tier, and would like to nominate your organization for consideration, please complete the following survey at: https://aka.ms/pvapartnergrowthplan
Power Platform / Dynamics 365 Licensing
Hi, We're developing a model driven app containing both core and custom tables, however, we're struggling to understand the licensing that our customers need. The confusion we have is over whether we can license our customers with a Power Apps Premium license or whether they need a Dynamics Sales Enterprise license. Our model driven app consists of approximately 120 custom tables, and 19 core tables with some customizations. From the Sales Hub we include Campaign, Campaign Response, Lead & Marketing list. From the document we have read it appears to us that we need a single Dynamics Sales license to perform the install, and then each customer can have a Power Apps Premium license, as this provides CRUD access to the custom tables and the core tables included in our App. Is this understanding correct? From the sales license document it appears that a sales license is only required on the qualify lead operation which we do not make use of. Is this correct? We have had numerous conversations where some people have said all customers need a Dynamics Sales license because we've got Lead in our model driven app, and then others have said that the Power Apps Premium license will cover leads. We need to make sure that the licensing guidance we give to our customers is correct, without them finding out under a Microsoft audit that the initial guidance was wrong. Any clarification would be much appreciated. Regards, S. Tooley Technical Architect Time for Advice Ltd.
