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Introducing Cloud Accelerate Factory: Unlock zero cost deployment assistance for Azure

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May 01, 2025

As AI reshapes how businesses operate and deliver value, many organizations are seeking ways to modernize their infrastructure — quickly, securely, and at scale. With the right tools and support, cloud adoption becomes an empowering step toward innovation and growth.

Azure Innovate & Azure Migrate and Modernize were designed to support your entire cloud journey, providing expert guidance, funding, and comprehensive resources all in one place to help you maximize the value of Azure to boost business growth.

We’re continuously evolving these offerings to deliver even more value at scale. That’s why we created Cloud Accelerate Factory, a new benefit of Azure Innovate & Azure Migrate and Modernize, built on the patterns and insights from thousands of customer deployments.

The Factory provides zero-cost deployment assistance for over 30 Azure services, with hands-on Microsoft support grounded in proven best practices — available for projects of any size, globally*.

Whether you're rehosting, refactoring, or migrating workloads, you can take advantage of Factory assistance in coordination with your team and Azure partner – at no additional cost.

From migration to AI implementation, Cloud Accelerate Factory can help.

Key benefits include:

  • Zero cost** assistance from Microsoft: Get Microsoft assistance to deploy 30+ Azure services via joint delivery with an Azure partner no matter the project size
  • Accelerate with industry best practices: Complete deployments in weeks leveraging proven strategies developed over thousands of customer engagements.
  • Maximize your investments: Prioritize your funding and skilled resources for the more advanced components or projects to boost business impact.

Built for You, Delivered Together

Cloud Accelerate Factory is built on a joint delivery model between your Azure partner and Microsoft to enhance your delivery experience.  Factory experts handle the predictable, repeatable delivery tasks, so your partner can focus on what they do best: solving complex challenges, delivering custom solutions, and guiding your long-term cloud strategy.

What's next? 

If you're exploring or accelerating your move to Azure, talk to your Microsoft account team or Azure partner about Cloud Accelerate Factory – available now through Azure Innovate and Azure Migrate and Modernize.

It’s time to scale your cloud ambitions with the confidence, speed, and support you need – at no cost to you. Your journey. Our expertise. Let’s accelerate it – together.

Azure partners, navigate here to explore more details about Cloud Accelerate Factory.

 

*Cloud Accelerate Factory aims to support projects across all geographies; however, delivery may be subject to regional availability and language support limitations. 

**Deployment assistance is offered at no additional cost to customers; however, eligibility is subject to meeting specific conditions including project scope, timing, and alignment with Factory-supported workloads. Availability may vary by region and engagement type.

Updated May 02, 2025
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  • Great initiative to augment clients ability to move faster and more predictably. Looking forward to learn about resulting achievements.