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This Azure Migrate and Modernize & Azure Innovate partner offerings discussion board will be archived on December 12, 2025
Thank you partners for your participation in the Azure Migrate and Modernize & Azure Innovate partner offerings spaces on the Partner community. We will be archiving these spaces on Friday, December 12th, 2025. Please follow the Azure Partners discussion board to keep up to date on everything Azure partner related.😃You’ve built your app, it’s on Marketplace… now what?
Your solution is live on Microsoft Marketplace – so what’s next? How do you make the most of this opportunity? What benefits can you unlock? And what practical steps will set you up for long-term success? As a Partner Solutions Sales Manager at Microsoft, I work with partners every day who’ve just published to Marketplace and want to accelerate their impact. That’s why I’ve launched a new blog series designed to help you go beyond “listing” and start thriving. In this first edition, I share: Best practices for getting started How to move from visibility to real growth The key signal that shows your solution is well-architected …and more. Check out the full post on the Marketplace Community Blog: Your next big move: Thriving in the reimagined Microsoft Marketplace | Microsoft Community HubEpisode 002 of the new series of Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meetings starts in 3 hours
I look forward to you joining the second in our new series of Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meetings. It's starts at 12:30pm Sydney time today, Tuesday November 18. If you don't have the invitation please quickly let me know. Just an email to me, mailto:email address removed for privacy reasons, and I'll send you the registration details. As you can see the focus is Prepare for Microsoft Ignite and let me warn you ... the "Did You See?" segment is big. There's been plenty of learning and skilling since we last met and I'll do my best to summarize and offer links to records so as to save you time and focus on the most relevant to you and your team. See you online soon. Regards, PhilJoin the Fabric Partner Community for an AMA with Kim Manis
🌟 Exciting News for the Fabric Partner Community! 🌟 Join us for a special AMA (Ask Me Anything) session with the Fabric Leadership Team, featuring Kim Manis, CVP of Product Management for Microsoft Fabric Platform! This is your chance to connect directly with the leaders shaping the future of Microsoft Fabric, ask your platform-related questions, provide feedback, and gain insights into upcoming innovations. 🗓️ Date: Thursday, December 4 ⏰ Time: 8–9 am PT 🔗 Submit or upvote your questions now: https://lnkd.in/gKNBvMKq To participate, make sure you’re a member of the Fabric Partner Community Teams Channel. If you haven’t joined yet, sign up here: https://lnkd.in/g_PRdfjt Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with the Fabric Leadership Team and help shape the future of data platforms!Discover how flexible billing and multi-year terms drive bigger deals
Partners are increasingly using custom billing schedules and extended contract terms to secure larger, more strategic agreements in Microsoft Marketplace. These capabilities—available for both SaaS and VM offers—make transactions more personalized and enterprise-ready. Read the full article to learn how these features can help you close high-value deals.🎉 Congratulations, Transparity! 2025 Microsoft Nonprofit Partner of the Year!
Please join Microsoft Elevate in celebrating Transparity on being named 2025 Nonprofit Partner of the Year! This recognition highlights Transparity’s outstanding commitment to empowering charities and NGOs with Microsoft Cloud innovation—advancing secure, data‑driven operations and accelerating mission impact with AI and modern work solutions. Our nonprofit partners are on the front lines of social impact. Transparity’s work exemplifies how deep technical expertise, customer obsession, and purposeful innovation can help organizations serve more people, more effectively. Keep the celebration going! 👏 Read the Partner Blog announcement of the 2025 winners & finalists and join the conversation: partner.microsoft.com blog Add your kudos on the Community Hub post: Microsoft Community Hub Drop your congratulations for Transparity below and share nonprofit success via your PSS/PDMs you’re seeing with Microsoft Cloud and AI! 💙Accelerated Payouts for Marketplace Transactions
In case you missed it - or in case you didn't miss it but disregarded it as too good to be true - Microsoft recently launched accelerated payouts for Marketplace transactions with MCA customers. It is true, and it most definitely is good. :-) And it's even more important now than ever as more and more customers are switched from EA to MCA. We recently did a transaction with an enterprise customer on an MCA: Marketplace transaction was done on 29 September, and we received our payout on 15 October - barely more than two weeks later! This is outstanding news for everyone, from sellers who want their commissions to the finance folks who want the cashflow. Read the full announcement here: Announcing accelerated payouts to Microsoft Marketplace partners with MCA customers | Microsoft Community Hub #MarketplaceChampions #SponsoredGrow your SaaS business with Microsoft Marketplace: Proven strategies
Explore how to expand your reach and simplify transactions by publishing your SaaS solution on Microsoft Marketplace. This step-by-step guide explains how to list your offering, optimize for visibility, and leverage marketplace tools to drive growth and scale efficiently. Read the full article Boost SaaS revenue with Microsoft Marketplace: A step-by-step guide | Microsoft Community HubTime tracking woven into Microsoft 365, simple, secure, and proven
From Web to Teams, Outlook, and now M365 Copilot, Klynke time tracking is fully woven into the Microsoft 365 fabric. For partners, this isn’t just another feature. It’s a value-added service you can recommend, bundle, or build into your existing offerings. The payoff: clients stay inside the tools they already know and trust, while you strengthen your Microsoft 365 practice with a solution that’s proven, secure, and seamless. With a tried and tested approach, partners can confidently deliver integrated experiences that feel natural to end users. No extra training. No steep adoption curve. Microsoft even spotlighted this in the Tech Community interview Building Secure SaaS on Microsoft Cloud Let’s explore how integrated solutions like time tracking can open new doors for collaboration. If you’re building on Microsoft 365, we’d love to connect and share ways to create more value together.
Tech Talks presents: XIAD overview, updates, train the trainer events & Server logic in Power Pages
Join us on Thursday, November 13th at 8am PT as Nagesh Bhat, Senior Product Manager, Power Pages presents 'Server logic in Power Pages' and Alisha Dranitsaris, Partner Enablement Program Manager, Partner Success presents 'XIAD overview, recent updates, train the trainer events'. Makers can now securely execute JavaScript on the server, bringing extensibility directly into the site runtime. Since the logic runs on the server, it remains hidden from the browser and is protected by web roles and table permissions. Makers can add and manage this logic in Power Pages Studio, with authoring supported in Visual Studio Code, which provides IntelliSense and compile-time validation. The session also includes a walkthrough of Microsoft's XIAD program, recent updates to the program and a look at the Train the Trainer events. Be sure to join the session to see how you and your organization can get the most out of the program. We hope to see you there! Call to Action: Click on the link to save the calendar invite: https://aka.ms/TechTalksInvite View past recordings (sign in required): https://aka.ms/TechTalksRecordingLocalized Labs Retiring
Please see this post on the ILT Communications Blog about the upcoming retirement of localized labs (with the exception of Japanese). Localized Labs Retiring: What’s Next? | Microsoft Community Hub You'll see these changes over the next 2 months. Based on currently utilization we are expecting minimal impacts as other localization tools are available. However, if you have questions or concerns about this change, please drop a comment below.Apply now: Microsoft's agentic launchpad for AI innovators
Microsoft has officially launched the Agentic Launchpad, in collaboration with NVIDIA and WeTransact - a six-week accelerator program designed to fast-track AI innovation. Built by teams across Microsoft, NVIDIA, and WeTransact, the program offers AI software companies access to Azure resources, world class support, and go-to-market power to help scale intelligent platforms and bring them to market faster. Whether you're building autonomous agents tor generative AI solutions, this is your opportunity to join a cohort driving the next weave of AI innovation. Read more about the announcement https://lnkd.in/esPDE8Aa Applications now open https://lnkd.in/efpAyB2Y Applications close November 28, 2025AI Course Lab Disruption During Microsoft Ignite Event
Please see the following update from the ILT Communications Blog: Temporary disruption for some AI course labs during Ignite | Microsoft Community Hub This disruption is during the week of November 18 which is the Microsoft Ignite event. We'll update the Title Plan and other materials as they become available. We should see an end to the disruption by the end of the second week (Nov 28th) but are hoping to have everything aligned much sooner. Stay informed by revisiting this post as well as the ILT Communications Blog.Partner Spotlight: Orchestry’s transactable offer powers Copilot-ready governance
In our latest Marketplace blog, we spotlight Michal Pisarek and the team at Orchestry, a Microsoft 365 governance platform helping organizations streamline lifecycle management and tighten permissions to stay Copilot-ready. Built entirely on Azure and integrated with Microsoft Graph, Orchestry transforms noisy tenant signals into actionable insights—like identifying overshared sites and ownerless teams—and enables rapid remediation at scale. Learn how publishing a transactable offer on Microsoft Marketplace helped Orchestry simplify procurement, accelerate customer onboarding, and scale their governance solution to more organizations with less friction. Read the full articleAccelerate your multi-cloud strategy with Azure storage
Looking to expand your AWS-based solution into Microsoft Azure? Discover how to map your existing storage architecture to Azure’s native services and unlock new performance, scalability, and marketplace opportunities. This guide breaks down key differences between AWS and Azure storage, offers migration best practices, and helps you align with Azure Marketplace requirements for a seamless transition. Read the full blog to explore storage migration paths, service comparisons, and tips for building a resilient, Azure-native deployment. Explore the articleTech Talks presents: FTRSA & The latest release of the Copilot Studio Kit
Join us on Thursday, November 7th at 8am PT as Kellie Piber, Principal Program Manager, Partner Success presents 'FastTrack Recognized Solution Architect (FTRSA): New eligibility requirements and nomination process' and Mehdi Slaoui Andaloussi, Principal Software ENG. MGR, Power CAT presents 'Latest release of the Copilot Studio Kit'. The FastTrack Recognized Solution Architect (FTRSA) program highlights architects who go beyond basic implementation, driving customer success, fostering innovation, and advancing Microsoft’s ecosystem through outstanding technical expertise. Nominations are now open! The session covers everything from the updated requirements as well as the process to nominate yourself to become a part of the elite global community. The session also includes a walkthrough of the latest release of the Copilot Studio Kit—featuring a redesigned home for makers and admins, a dedicated governance and compliance hub, and a suite of powerful new capabilities. The Copilot Studio Kit brings together a comprehensive set of components and tools designed to accelerate agent development and drive adoption of Microsoft Copilot Studio. We hope to see you there! Call to Action: Click on the link to save the calendar invite: https://aka.ms/TechTalksInvite View past recordings (sign in required): https://aka.ms/TechTalksRecordingA note about the FY26 Build and Publish Incentive
For anyone here who is/was Top Tier in FY25: You ARE eligible for the Build and Publish incentive (up to $100k) through 31 December - even though you might have been told otherwise. I mention this here because we were initially told "No, you are not eligible because you still need to have an Azure or industry CSD." Took a wee bit of perseverance, but we broke through the denials and received confirmation yesterday that the incentive is on its way to us. Probably a niche scenario, but please do feel free to message me if you were also told no on this incentive - I'll be happy to share how we got to 'yes.' #marketplacechampions #sponsored🎉 Celebrate Excellence at the Microsoft Switzerland Partner of the Year Awards 2025!
Microsoft Switzerland is thrilled to invite you to our Partner of the Year Award Celebration 2025 – Partner Day! Join us in person as we recognize the extraordinary achievements, innovation, and impact of our Swiss partner community. This special celebration is our way of saying thank you for driving success and shaping the future with us. 📅 Date: Thursday, November 27, 2025 🕐 Time: 1:30 PM – 7:00 PM (GMT+01:00) 📍 Location: Hyatt Regency Zurich Airport The Circle The Circle Convention Center The Circle 41 8058 Zürich Airport, Switzerland 👉 Register now – limited seats available! Hosted by Catrin Hinkel, CEO of Microsoft Switzerland Andrew Reid, Commercial Partner Lead, Microsoft Switzerland 🏆 Awards Categories We’re excited to announce winners across 11 local categories that showcase innovation, excellence, and partnership impact: Switzerland Partner of the Year AI Excellence Azure Migration M365 Copilot Modern Work Security Business Applications Transformation & Innovation Marketplace Champion Social Impact Startup of the Year 👉 Register now 🗓 Event Agenda 01:30 PM – 02:00 PM | Check-in 02:00 PM – 02:30 PM | Welcome by Catrin Hinkel 02:30 PM – 04:00 PM | Winners Announcements 04:00 PM – 05:00 PM | Break & Networking 05:00 PM – 07:00 PM | Flying Dinner & Networking ℹ️ Important Details This exclusive in-person event is reserved for Microsoft partners and nominees. Registrations will be accepted on a first come, first served basis, with priority given to winners and nominees. We can’t wait to celebrate your success, share your stories, and connect over a shared vision for growth and innovation. ➡️ Register now to secure your spot Let’s celebrate partnership, innovation, and impact — together.Reimagining business with AI agents: A Partner Spotlight on KAISPE
In today’s rapidly evolving AI landscape, the shift from general-purpose models to specialized, autonomous agents is reshaping how businesses operate—and how partners innovate. Our latest blog in the Microsoft Marketplace Partner Spotlight series explores this transformation through the lens of KAISPE, a global Microsoft Partner leading the charge in intelligent automation. In this feature, KAISPE CEO Imran Mahmood shares how their team is leveraging Microsoft technologies—including Azure, Dynamics 365, and Power Platform—to build secure, scalable business applications that act more like proactive teammates than passive tools. With over 20 IPs listed on the Marketplace, KAISPE exemplifies how agentic AI can unlock new efficiencies, improve decision-making, and deliver transactable solutions that drive real business impact. Whether you're exploring AI agent architecture, building SaaS offers with Azure AI Foundry, or planning your next skilling initiative, this article offers a compelling look at the future of business agents—and how partners can lead the way. Read more about KAISPE's journey
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