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August update: What’s new in Security for partners

JillArmourMicrosoft — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:00:00 GMT

This month’s Security partner update highlights new Microsoft Security offers, partner incentives, skilling opportunities, product lifecycle changes, and go-to-market resources designed to support customer security transformation. Explore the latest updates across Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Purview, and CSP offers to identify new customer conversations, accelerate migrations, and strengthen security outcomes.

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News and Announcements, Incentives and Offers, Skilling and Events, Go-To-Market, Customer Success

News and Announcements

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps DLP is being consolidated into Microsoft Purview: Effective December 31, 2026, Microsoft will deprecate Data Loss Prevention (DLP) capabilities from Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps (MDA). MDA DLP will be consolidated into Microsoft Purview, which will serve as the hub for unified data security across Microsoft 365. Stay tuned for a Microsoft-issued migration strategy, a phased rollout schedule, and assets to support the customer migration process. Review the detailed partner FAQ on the impacted capabilities, timeline for deprecation, and migration path.

Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence (MDTI) converges with Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Sentinel: MDTI as a standalone product was retired on August 1, 2026. Its capabilities have converged into Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Sentinel for a unified threat intelligence experience. MDTI capabilities will require an active Defender or Sentinel license—so now is the time to guide customers through transition planning. customers plan their transition.

Stay in the loop on Microsoft Security updates: In the Loop is Microsoft Security's news series delivering timely updates on what's new across the portfolio and what it means for your security strategy. The July edition spotlights the latest product drops across Microsoft Defender, Entra, and Purview, with new innovations to secure AI, strengthen identity resilience, and extend protection across multicloud environments.

Never miss another program update: Stay aligned, maximize your benefits, and uncover new ways to scale your impact and revenue by getting the latest news and updates on the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program delivered right to your inbox each month.

Follow the latest Security partner news: Catch up on important announcements from previous Security newsletters at the Microsoft Community Hub. Read the July newsletter to learn about product updates and other opportunities you may have missed.

New Microsoft Security Partner Community on LinkedIn: Join the group to connect with peers, exchange best practices, and stay informed on Microsoft Security programs, events, and opportunities.

Incentives and Offers

Updated CSP security add-ons available now: Updated security add-ons are available now via Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) offerings, with consistent pricing across Enterprise Agreement (EA) and CSP—including Microsoft Entra ID P2, the Defender for Endpoint P2 add-on for Microsoft 365 E3, and the Defender for Office 365 P2 add-on. Explore the CSP security offers to get started.

Accelerate with the extended Microsoft 365 E5 promotion: Microsoft 365 E5 is the flagship security and productivity SKU. With tiered discounts, you can match your offer to each customer's commitment appetite—15% off a one-year term or 10% off a three-year term—and drive new Microsoft 365 E5 acquisition through CSP before the September 30, 2026, deadline. Review the Partner Center announcement and how to sell through CSP.

Extended 10% promotion on Microsoft 365 E3 and Microsoft 365 E5, Defender Suite, and Purview Suite: Drive customer migrations and offer upgrades from Office 365 to Microsoft 365 E3 and Microsoft 365 E5—plus Defender and Purview attach—by promoting a 10% discount that rewards a three-year CSP commitment. Secure longer, more predictable relationships while raising customers' security and compliance posture. Sell through CSP to take advantage of this promotion before it ends.

Extended offer: 50% off Microsoft Purview Suite for Business Premium: Customers who have licensed Business Premium together with Microsoft 365 Copilot Business or Microsoft 365 Copilot qualify for 50% off enhanced data protection with Purview Suite for Business Premium. Position Purview in customer conversations as the safeguard designed to make Copilot deployments defensible and compliant, and lead data protection and compliance conversations with this limited-time offer, now extended through December 31, 2026. Sell through CSP to get started.

Earn recognition for your secure AI expertise—attain the Agentic Security specialization: Planned for later in FY27, the Agentic Security specialization is intended to showcase your ability to securely design, deploy, govern, and operate AI solutions at scale. Designed to recognize partners who demonstrate AI-powered capabilities across Microsoft security solutions, this specialization provides a trusted way to validate expertise in secure AI deployment, operational resilience, and responsible AI governance as customers scale AI across their organizations.

Skilling and Events

Earn the Sales Ready Titan badge as a part of the Agent 365 and Microsoft 365 E7 Learning Journey: Learn how to land, sell, implement, secure, and govern AI agents using Microsoft 365. Position Agent 365 and Microsoft 365 E7 with confidence, lead customer conversations around AI transformation, and effectively communicate business value and ROI. Designed for partners in sales and presales roles, this new badge provides a great opportunity to validate your expertise.

Specialize in Microsoft Agent 365 and Microsoft 365 E7 customer conversations: Enroll now to understand the Agent 365 and Microsoft 365 E7 solution stack, lead discussions on security, governance and deployment, and connect technical capabilities to business outcomes.

Implement Agent 365 to observe, govern, and secure AI apps, Copilot & Agents: Implement an Agent 365 control plane to govern agents, enforce policies, monitor activity, mitigate risk, and learn how to accelerate secure AI adoption and deployment.

Elevate security and compliance for small and medium sized businesses: Discover how Microsoft’s end-to-end security and compliance solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), powered by Defender Suite for Business Premium and Purview Suite for Business Premium, help protect customers, simplify IT, and unlock new revenue streams as customers prepare for AI. Access SKU strategy, use cases, and go-to-market guidance for CSP partners.

Take your place at the AI frontier—register for Microsoft Ignite: Join Microsoft leaders, customers, and fellow partners at Microsoft Ignite from November 17–20. Don’t miss your chance to get hands-on with the latest AI innovations, learn from the experts to build your skills, and strengthen your network with meaningful new connections. Register now.

Help your customers run their business securely at IT Nation Connect ANZ 2026: You already empower SMB customers to adopt AI, Copilot, and modern productivity solutions—but many customers lack the foundation to do so securely. Join us in Sydney from August 26 to 28 at IT Nation Connect ANZ 2026 for Microsoft breakouts and learn how to lead outcome-based discussions around AI readiness, security, compliance, and productivity using Microsoft 365 Business Premium, Defender, and Purview. Also, because Microsoft Security is sponsoring the event, you have the opportunity to connect with our team on the ground. Register to join us.

Go-To-Market

Run a campaign with Microsoft Agent 365 campaign in a box assets:  Lead customer conversations with a clear, Microsoft-backed approach to AI governance and security using the Microsoft Agent 365 campaign in a box. Partners with Partner Marketing Center Pro access (via a Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program benefits package, Solutions Partner designation, or ISV Success enrollment) can explore and run a campaign end to end, while those using Partner Marketing Center can download a limited set of assets to support execution.

New Omdia research shows how high-growth partners are winning today’s buyers: Omdia reports that today's buyers increasingly research independently and rely on AI and trusted partners before engaging sales—so how you invest in, execute, and measure marketing matters more than ever. Updated FY27 cooperative (co-op) guidance and resources give you a clearer path to invest in the demand generation activities that drive stronger returns. And with Partner Marketing Center Pro, your team can execute these activities at scale by simplifying campaign management, improving collaboration across teams, and bringing AI-powered campaigns to market faster. Read our latest blog post to learn more about how the buying journey has evolved—and how you can capture more demand with these investments.

Customer Success

Veeam accelerates data recovery by 50% for North Devon District Council: With ransomware threats rising and budgets tight, North Devon District Council needed to strengthen the data resilience behind services that more than 94,000 residents rely on every day. Working with Microsoft partner Veeam and Phoenix Software, the council deployed a cloud-native backup strategy spanning its on-premises estate and Microsoft 365. Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 now secures roughly 2 TB of Microsoft collaboration data, and recovery is 50% faster and backup times are down roughly 20%, with frequency doubled to twice daily. Read the full story to learn more.

Share your partner and customer success stories:  Showcase your impact, highlight your expertise, and demonstrate the measurable success you’re delivering to customers. Go to the Partner Success story submission form to get started.

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SAP Benefits for Partner with Specialization

angela11 — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:39:45 GMT

SAP on Azure helps customers modernize their SAP landscape with a secure, scalable cloud platform while unlocking AI, analytics, and productivity capabilities from Microsoft. It creates opportunities for partners to deliver migration, modernization, data, and AI services that drive business value for customers.

Business Benefits

Faster SAP migrations to the cloud using Azure's infrastructure and SAP-certified services.
Reduced infrastructure costs through scalable cloud resources and pay-as-you-go consumption.
Access to Microsoft and SAP joint go-to-market opportunities, which can help partners expand customer reach.
Ability to build solutions that combine SAP business data with Microsoft AI, analytics, and productivity tools.

AI & Innovation Benefits

Extend SAP environments with Microsoft Copilot and Azure AI capabilities.
Use Azure services for advanced analytics, machine learning, and data integration.
Connect SAP data with Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, and Microsoft 365 to generate business insights.

Reliability & Security

Enterprise-grade security, compliance, and identity management through Microsoft Azure.
High availability and disaster recovery options for mission-critical SAP workloads.
Global Azure regions supporting multinational customers.

Partner Benefits

New consulting, migration, managed services, and AI transformation opportunities.
Ability to create differentiated offerings around:
- RISE with SAP on Azure
- SAP S/4HANA migrations
- SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP)
- Data & AI solutions leveraging SAP and Microsoft technologies
Access to Microsoft partner programs, co-sell motions, and marketplace opportunities (where applicable).

We invite you to share any comments, feedback, or suggestions regarding additional partner benefits you would like to see included.

SAP Connect 2026 | October 5-7, Las Vegas

angela11 — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:31:44 GMT

Join us for a three-day, in-person experience designed to help you maximize the value of your SAP solutions across every line of business. Connect with industry experts, discover new innovations, gain practical insights, and expand your professional network by engaging with peers and partners from around the world.

Can't attend in person? Participate in our free virtual event and experience key highlights from SAP Connect Las Vegas, including inspiring keynote sessions, insightful breakouts, and exclusive on-demand content available after the event.

What to Expect

Expert-led keynote presentations
Informative breakout sessions
SAP solution best practices and innovation updates
Networking opportunities with peers and partners
On-demand access to selected event content
Virtual access to key SAP Connect Las Vegas highlights

Whether you join us in person or online, this event offers valuable opportunities to learn, connect, and accelerate your SAP journey.

Learn about Standss's email compliance partner solution in Microsoft Marketplace

Nikhil_Viswanathan — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:39:30 GMT

Microsoft partners like Standss deliver transact-capable offers, which allow you to purchase directly from Microsoft Marketplace. Learn about this offer below:

SendGuard for Outlook (Microsoft 365): Give your team the necessary tools to prevent sensitive information from reaching the wrong person. Standss's SendGuard add-in for Outlook on Microsoft 365 delivers custom rules and visual cues while detecting and alerting users to potential risks before emails are sent. SendGuard reviews attachments, helps encrypt sensitive emails, and furthers security and compliance.

Accelerate your AI go-to-market strategy with Microsoft Marketplace

Lindaj — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 23:00:54 GMT

AI innovation is moving faster than ever but building a successful AI solution requires more than choosing the right model. From development and deployment to discovery, customer adoption, and monetization, every decision plays a role in bringing AI-powered solutions to market.

In this insightful article, Microsoft Marketplace experts explore how software companies can accelerate AI development by leveraging the Microsoft ecosystem, including Azure AI Foundry, Microsoft Copilot, and Microsoft Marketplace. Learn how to evaluate models, choose the right Marketplace offer type, improve solution discoverability through Intelligent Discovery, and build customer trust through secure-by-design practices.

Whether you're enhancing an existing application with AI or developing a new AI-native solution, this article provides practical guidance for connecting innovation with commercial success helping you learn how Microsoft Marketplace can help transform your AI innovation into scalable business growth.

Read the full article An overview of accelerating AI development with Microsoft Marketplace

An overview of accelerating AI development with Microsoft Marketplace

Felipe_Ospina — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:04:05 GMT

“The best Marketplace listings explain what the solution does, who it serves, and the outcomes it helps customers achieve.” - Felipe Ospina

The new reality of AI development

The pace of AI innovation continues to accelerate. New models, frameworks, and development tools are arriving at an extraordinary rate, creating new opportunities for software companies to bring intelligent products to market.

But delivering an AI-powered solution requires more than selecting a model and writing code. Developers must decide how to package their solution, how customers will consume it, how it will be discovered, and how to create a path from innovation to revenue.

Microsoft Marketplace is increasingly becoming part of that journey. By bringing together cloud and AI solutions, developer tools, distribution channels, and commercialization capabilities, Marketplace helps software companies move from experimentation to customer adoption through a connected Microsoft Cloud experience.

Building an AI solution starts with the right foundation

Many development teams work across multiple services and providers as they create AI apps and agents. Models may come from one vendor, observability tools from another, databases from a third, and cloud infrastructure from yet another source.

As AI projects grow, teams often spend as much time managing supporting services as they do building differentiated customer experiences.

Microsoft Marketplace offers an alternative approach by helping developers source cloud and AI solutions directly within the Microsoft ecosystem. Models, developer tools, databases, analytics platforms, and observability solutions can be provisioned into Azure environments while remaining connected to existing development workflows.

This creates an experience where developers can focus more of their energy on creating value for customers and less on stitching together disconnected processes.

The importance of model selection

One of the most important choices in any AI project is model selection.

The model that delivers the best outcome is not always the largest model or the most recognizable name. Performance, cost, specialization, and intended use case all play a role in determining whether a model supports long-term product success.

Through Azure AI Foundry, developers can compare models against specific scenarios and evaluate performance characteristics alongside cost considerations. This provides a data-driven approach to selecting the right model rather than relying on assumptions alone.

The ability to evaluate, provision, and iterate on models creates flexibility for software companies. A solution can begin with one model, evolve toward a different provider, or expand into industry-specific variants while maintaining a consistent development experience.

For teams building products in healthcare, financial services, legal services, and other specialized domains, that flexibility can play an important role in creating differentiated solutions.

Not every AI journey starts from scratch

There is a common assumption that success in AI requires building an entirely new product.

In reality, many software companies already have established applications, existing customer relationships, proven workflows, and trusted user experiences. For these organizations, adding AI capabilities to an existing product may create a faster path to growth.

Others may choose to build entirely new AI-native agents and applications designed around emerging user experiences.

Both approaches can be successful. The key is aligning the strategy to business goals, product differentiation, and desired time to market.

What matters most is making intentional architectural and commercialization decisions early in the process.

Choosing the right Marketplace offer type

One of the most practical lessons for developers is that commercialization planning should begin while the product is being designed, not after development is complete.

Microsoft Marketplace provides multiple offer types; each designed for different deployment and customer scenarios:

SaaS offers are often a strong fit for applications hosted and operated by the software company.
Container offers can support customers that require solutions to run within their own environments.
Managed applications provide a model where customers control their Azure environment while the publisher operates the solution.
Apps, agents, and connectors for Microsoft Copilot help publishers bring experiences directly into Microsoft 365 and Copilot workflows.

These decisions influence architecture, deployment patterns, customer onboarding, billing approaches, support models, and go-to-market strategies. Determining the right path early helps create alignment across the entire product lifecycle.

Publishing is about more than listing a product

A successful AI solution needs visibility.

Publishing through Marketplace is not simply about adding a product to a catalog. It is about connecting a solution to customers already working across Azure, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Copilot, Azure AI Foundry, and Microsoft partner channels.

This approach allows software companies to publish once while creating opportunities for discovery across multiple Microsoft experiences.

For developers and technical founders, this changes how go-to-market planning can be approached. Instead of building entirely separate distribution channels, organizations can focus on strengthening the product while benefiting from distribution pathways already connected to Microsoft Marketplace.

The opportunity is not just Marketplace itself. The opportunity is reaching more customers, scaling product-led growth, and extending innovation through Microsoft's commercial ecosystem.

Why intelligent discovery matters

As the number of cloud and AI solutions continues to grow, discoverability becomes increasingly important.

Intelligent Discovery, currently in preview, is designed to help customers describe business needs using natural language and receive relevant solution recommendations. Instead of relying only on traditional keyword searches, customers can search based on intent.

For publishers, this creates an important responsibility.

Product descriptions, use cases, categories, industries, and solution details become critical signals that help customers find the right offering. Clear, accurate descriptions are no longer just product marketing assets. They are part of the discovery experience itself.

The more clearly a solution explains the problem it solves, the audience it serves, and the outcomes it supports, the better positioned it is to surface in relevant customer searches.

Trust is built into the product

AI adoption depends on trust.

Customers are evaluating more than model quality. They are also evaluating security, privacy, governance, documentation, support readiness, and operational maturity.

That is why secure-by-design principles should be considered from the beginning. Identity management, tenant isolation, least-privilege access controls, encryption, secure integrations, secrets management, and responsible AI practices all contribute to building customer confidence.

The same principle applies to Marketplace readiness. Complete solution information, accurate support resources, strong documentation, and thoughtful onboarding experiences help customers evaluate and adopt solutions more effectively.

Final thoughts

AI development is no longer just about choosing a model or deploying infrastructure. Success increasingly depends on how effectively software companies connect development, publishing, discovery, customer adoption, and monetization.

Microsoft Marketplace brings those elements together through a platform that helps software companies source cloud and AI solutions, publish offers, reach customers across Microsoft experiences, and grow through Microsoft's commercial ecosystem.

We recently hosted a Marketplace community event that dove deeper into accelerating AI development and how Marketplace can support your next stage of AI development, publishing and growth. The complete office hour session offers additional guidance, examples, and recommendations for turning innovative ideas into scalable business opportunities.

Watch and learn From AI evaluation to deployment with Microsoft Marketplace

Partner Case Study | Aiforia

JillArmourMicrosoft — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:00:00 GMT

For years, the promise of AI has been to empower people to work more efficiently, make better decisions, and focus attention where it matters most. In healthcare, that promise carries particular weight. As diagnostic workloads rise and specialist shortages continue to strain healthcare systems worldwide, organizations are increasingly exploring how AI can support clinicians without replacing the expertise at the center of patient care.

Founded in 2013 in Helsinki, Finland, Aiforia is a digital pathology software company focused on bringing AI into clinical diagnostics and medical research. A long-standing Microsoft partner, Aiforia uses Microsoft Azure to help pathology teams analyze digitized tissue samples more efficiently and consistently, transforming historically manual workflows into scalable, AI-assisted processes. With 5,000 users across 50 countries, Aiforia has analyzed more than 1 million images and developed thousands of AI models.

Aiforia’s work spans clinical diagnostics and research applications, including CE-IVD-certified diagnostic support tools and custom AI model development for pathology labs. The CE-IVD designation signifies that a solution meets European In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR) requirements for clinical diagnostic use, placing security, governance, and reliability at the center of how these systems are developed and deployed. Using Microsoft technology, Aiforia is helping healthcare organizations securely manage and analyze massive pathology image datasets—and supporting increasingly advanced AI models within highly regulated clinical environments.

That opportunity is now taking shape within the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS), where Aiforia is working with University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust to explore how AI-assisted pathology could help clinicians manage growing diagnostic demands, specifically related to lung cancer, with greater speed, accuracy, and consistency.

Modernizing pathology workflows for growing healthcare demands

Southampton serves a large and complex patient population within the NHS, where pathology teams face growing pressure to deliver accurate diagnoses quickly and consistently. Like many healthcare organizations worldwide, Southampton is navigating rising diagnostic workloads alongside a shortage of trained specialists, creating an urgent need for tools that can support clinicians without disrupting the expertise and oversight at the center of patient care.

That challenge is particularly acute in pathology, where specialists analyze high-resolution digitized tissue samples that guide critical treatment decisions, including cancer care. Despite advances in healthcare technology, many pathology workflows still rely heavily on manual interpretation. Pathologists are manually reviewing and interpreting massive and highly complex histology landscapes while attempting to maintain precision, consistency, and governance across increasingly demanding caseloads.

Maintaining that pace and consistency can be difficult even among experienced clinicians. Small differences in interpretation can create inter-observer and intra-observer variability, particularly in complex diagnostic areas like quantification of PD-L1 biomarkers in lung cancer diagnostics. For healthcare organizations already under operational strain, improving standardization while reducing manual workload has become a priority.

Within the NHS, healthcare leaders have been exploring how digital pathology and AI-assisted analysis could help address those pressures without removing clinicians from the decision-making process. Through the PathLAKE Plus procurement framework, Aiforia was selected as an approved AI vendor supporting more than 25 NHS trusts. University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust became the first NHS trust in the UK to deploy Aiforia’s technology, establishing an early implementation process for broader NHS adoption.

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Stop searching for training. Start building skills faster.

JillArmourMicrosoft — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:51:24 GMT

Your next learning opportunity could be one question away.

The Microsoft Partner Skilling Hub AI Agent is now available in the Microsoft Partner Skilling Hub. Designed to make skilling more personalized and efficient, the agent provides tailored recommendations, answers skilling-related questions, and creates technical skilling plans aligned to your role and goals.

Instead of navigating multiple learning destinations, tell the agent what you want to achieve. It can surface relevant content from the Partner Skilling Hub, LevelUp, and Microsoft Learn and build a learning path tailored to your needs. To access the agent, open the Microsoft Partner Skilling Hub and select the AI Agent icon in the lower-right corner of the homepage. No separate installation or application is required. Check out the demo video for more information.

Already tried it? Share how you're using the AI Agent and which recommendations have been most valuable for your team's skilling journey.

Build your plan now in the Skilling Hub.

New in Microsoft Marketplace: Offers published July 8-9, 2026

Nikhil_Viswanathan — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Learn about 203 new offers that went live in Microsoft Marketplace, a single destination to find, try, and buy cloud solutions, AI apps, and agents to meet your business needs.

Get it now in our marketplace
	Altia CLIO (UK): Altia CLIO is a cloud-native critical incident management solution trusted by UK police and global agencies. It enables real-time collaboration, reduces errors, ensures accountability with audit trails, and supports multi-agency coordination. Powered by Microsoft Azure, Altia CLIO offers scalability, security, and seamless integration with other Altia modules for comprehensive incident response.
	Claude Opus 5: Claude Opus 5 from Anthropic enhances long-running agent performance with advanced capabilities. It offers significant improvements in coding efficiency and professional tasks, making it ideal for complex workflows and productivity.
	CSG Xponent Journey Orchestration: CSG Xponent is an AI-powered customer engagement platform built on Microsoft Azure to enable real-time, personalized interactions across digital, voice, print, and in-person channels. CSG Xponent integrates data, orchestrates journeys, and delivers communications to improve billing, security, care, and retention.
	Doc-Salvage: Doc-Salvage is an AI-powered document management system integrated with Microsoft 365 and Azure. It automates workflows, enables natural language search, and organizes documents efficiently. Ideal for businesses, it streamlines document handling, boosts productivity, simplifies tasks, and helps foster a collaborative work environment.
	Dockli AI File Manager for Microsoft 365: Dockli integrates Microsoft 365 files into Windows File Explorer, unifying OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams access. It offers full file management, unified search, multi-account support, and an optional AI assistant for tasks like summarizing and editing. Ideal for IT admins and business teams seeking efficiency.
	Dragonfly Cloud: Dragonfly Cloud is a fully managed, high-performance in-memory data store available on Microsoft Azure. Compatible with Redis and Memcached, Dragonfly Cloud offers increased Redis throughput on a single node, supports terabyte-scale datasets, and simplifies operations by handling provisioning, scaling, and backups, reducing costs and complexity for engineering teams.
	EBT Enterprise Data Management: EBT Enterprise Data Management for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central centralizes master data maintenance, enabling selective, multi-company synchronization at table and field levels. It ensures consistent, accurate data across linked companies, reduces manual effort, supports bulk updates, configurable mappings, and logging, enhancing data governance and scalability for enterprises with multiple entities.
	Financial Investigation Toolkit (UK): The Financial Investigation Toolkit by Altia Intel is an AI-powered platform used by UK law enforcement and global organizations to streamline financial crime investigations. It automates data analysis, detects anomalies, generates legal reports, ensures compliance, and offers secure, scalable deployment options.
	Fintropy: Fintropy is a FinOps platform available for Microsoft Azure and other clouds to help teams control cloud costs, recover SLA credits, and gain spend visibility. It offers cost scanning, SLA monitoring, anomaly detection, budget tracking, and remediation with no installation, enabling efficient, provider-agnostic cloud cost management.
	Forge: The Forge platform quickly deploys Microsoft Azure infrastructure environments for growing companies and financial institutions. Forge offers one-click compliant landing zones, continuous security, Microsoft 365 license optimization, Microsoft Teams integration, and regulatory compliance, ensuring full governance and speed.
	Gantt Chart: Insightlytics's Gantt Chart for Microsoft Power BI offers multi-project views, dynamic phases, dependencies, milestones, and status lines. It supports interactive filtering, drill-through, and high contrast. Designed for enterprises, it ensures security and formatting standards.
	GEMS Employee Self-Service Portal for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Human Resources: GEMS ESS is a secure, user-friendly HR self-service app built on Microsoft Dynamics 365. It enables employees to manage personal data, qualifications, leave, pay slips, and performance. Managers can oversee teams and approvals. Features include workflow approvals and Microsoft Azure-based deployment for reliability and scalability.
	Infrawise: Infrawise is an AI-driven cloud optimization platform that identifies cost-saving opportunities with ranked, quantified recommendations. It offers quick wins, strategic modernization, and risk-scored insights via read-only Microsoft Azure Lighthouse access, enabling engineering and FinOps teams to reduce waste, prioritize actions, and maintain full governance and auditability for their Microsoft Azure environments.
	Koncilia Basic: Available only in Spanish, Koncilia Basic that simplifies and automates financial reconciliation, handling large volumes of data in seconds. It centralizes records from sources including Microsoft Excel, PDF, and text files. Koncilia Basic reduces repetitive tasks and facilitates reports accessible to multiple users at no extra cost, making it ideal for accounting, finance, auditing, and process control.
	MailBroom For Business: MailBroom for Business enables employees to manage mailbox cleanup of their Microsoft Exchange Online mailboxes, offering bulk deletion, unsubscribing, and reorganization. The app securely connects via Microsoft Entra ID login and simplifies email management without administrator involvement.
	MercuriDash: AI Product Decision Intelligence for Retail & Consumer Goods: MercuriDash is an AI-driven workspace for retail teams to generate, evaluate, and decide on product concepts before production. It aligns merchandising, product, and commercial teams, improving decision quality, reducing waste, and accelerating time to market by scoring ideas on brand fit, demand, margin, and feasibility.
	Migravion: Data Migration Accelerator: Migravion is a low-code data migration accelerator for enterprises, enabling seamless loading of data from across Microsoft data environments into SAP S/4HANA. Migravion offers reusable templates, AI-assisted mapping, validation, transformation, and workflow orchestration. It ensures data quality, controlled execution, and efficient SAP migration project management.
	Planner Avanzado: Available in Spanish, Planner Avanzado enhances Microsoft Planner by providing advanced project and resource management features such as timesheets, baselines, heat maps, and AI agents. Built on Microsoft Planner and Dataverse, Planner Avanzado integrates seamlessly without altering the original product, ensuring easy adoption, maintenance, and evolution within Microsoft 365 for enterprise use.
	Proxi by Helios: Helios is an AI-driven platform for teams tracking government policy, regulations, and procurement. It offers real-time intelligence, AI-assisted research, drafting, and stakeholder analysis. Designed for public sector-focused organizations, it centralizes knowledge, monitors developments, and helps users quickly turn government data into actionable insights and opportunities.
	Rox Enterprise Revenue AI Agents: Rox is an enterprise AI agent swarm that enhances account executives by unifying customer data, enabling personalized email and LinkedIn engagement, and providing daily insights like territory digests, pre-meeting briefs, and CRM updates. It streamlines planning, prioritizing, research, and engagement for better sales performance.
	Transcribe (UK): Transcribe from Alita offers fast, accurate conversion of audio and video with a complete audit trail and security built on Microsoft Azure. It tracks all changes via a change log, preserving original evidence. User-friendly dashboards simplify uploading, managing, and reviewing recordings, ensuring efficient and reliable evidence handling.
	Ulysta DevOps Document Generator: Ulysta DevOps Document Generator automates project documentation by extracting live data from Microsoft Azure DevOps. It ensures accurate, up-to-date reports, saving time and reducing errors. Ideal for project managers and DevOps teams, it enhances collaboration, transparency, and accountability.
Easily deploy virtual machine images
	AlmaLinux 9 VM for PyTorch Workloads with NVIDIA CUDA GPU Support AlmaLinux 10 VM for PyTorch Workloads with NVIDIA CUDA GPU Support Linux Stream 10 VM for PyTorch Workloads with NVIDIA CUDA GPU Support
	Ackee Web Analytics on Ubuntu 24.04 Adminer on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Apache Hop on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Apache OFBiz on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Apache Unomi on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Authentik on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Bludit Flat-File CMS on Ubuntu 24.04 FreshRSS on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS HAPI FHIR Server on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with Support Mailpit Email & SMTP Testing on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with Support Mattermost Team Edition on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS MiroTalk SFU on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Mirth Connect HL7 FHIR Engine on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with Support Nginx Proxy Manager on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS NocoDB on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Openfire XMPP Server on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with Support Percona Server for MySQL on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS phpMyAdmin on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Plausible Community Edition on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prometheus Alertmanager on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Redash on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Rocket.Chat Community on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS SearXNG Privacy Metasearch on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with Support Stirling PDF on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with Support TileServer GL on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Webmin System Administration Panel on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Wiki.js on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Zipkin Distributed Tracing on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with Support
	AdGuard Home on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Authelia on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Caddy Web Server on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS etcd on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Gotify on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS KeyDB on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS NGINX on Rocky Linux 9 Ollama on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Qdrant Vector Database on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS step-ca Private Certificate Authority on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Syncthing on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Traefik on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Uptime Kuma on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Vaultwarden on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS VictoriaMetrics on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS WordPress on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
	Fedora 44 Fedora 44 (ARM64) Rocky Linux 10 (ARM64) Rocky Linux 10.2 Rocky Linux 10.2 (ARM64) Ubuntu Server 26.04 LTS Minimal (ARM64)
	Apache Maven Apache Spark Apache Tomcat Atlantis CMS Cassandra on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS KeePass NodeBB Rsyslog SOS Report Thunderbird XFCE Zeppelin on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Go further with workshops, proofs of concept, and implementations
	Accelerated Zero Trust Deployment Playbook: Quadra offers unified endpoint security for manufacturing and multi-entity enterprises, replacing fragmented tools with a unified architecture built on Microsoft Defender XDR. The phased deployment includes estate discovery, advanced threat hunting, phased cutover, and legacy tool decommissioning, delivering a fully operational, consolidated security environment with mapped attack surface reduction rules.
	AI Agent Creation Workshop: Available in German, Skaylink's workshop delivers a functional prototype using Microsoft 365 Copilot and Power Platform while ensuring clear requirements, data governance, and security. Skaylink provides teams with reusable use-case backlogs, architecture guidance, and compliance measures. The workshop is designed for business owners, IT, security, and development leads for rapid, governed AI integration.
	AI Platform Implementation on Azure Databricks: 8– to 16-Week Engagement: Frame Data AI offers an implementation of Microsoft Azure Databricks for energy and manufacturing firms, delivering scalable Lakehouse architecture, automated ML/LLM lifecycle, generative AI pipelines, robust security, CI/CD orchestration, and observability dashboards. Get production-ready AI workloads with governance, cost optimization, and operational support.
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	KINETIQ Launch - Microsoft Fabric: 60– to 90-Day Implementation: FP&Automation's KINETIQ Launch rapidly implements a Microsoft Fabric solution, integrating ERP, finance, and operational data for improved inventory, demand planning, and performance management. It delivers data pipelines, analytics, dashboards, and KPIs, enabling measurable business outcomes and a scalable foundation for future AI and operational intelligence expansion.
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ICYMI: Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork - Partner Launch Kit🚀

Latrice_Barnett — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 23:10:43 GMT

Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork is now generally available, helping organizations move from AI experimentation to real-world impact. It can plan and complete complex, multi-step work across Microsoft 365, helping teams spend less time on administrative tasks and more time advancing their mission.

For nonprofit partners, this is an opportunity to help your customers identify high-value use cases, support responsible AI adoption, and accelerate value with Copilot-powered experiences.

📘 Download the Partner Launch Kit to learn more and access deployment resources.

Have you started discussing Copilot Cowork with your nonprofit customers? We'd love to hear what use cases you're seeing. 🚀

Partner - Hardware Program Enrollment Issue

JillArmourMicrosoft — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:55:43 GMT

I have seen many posts about partners struggling with Enrollment to the Hardware program. Partner BahadirAlp posted a work around that worked for them this week. I thought it was worth reposting in case it helps someone else.

"I found the root cause and worked around it. In the Hardware enrollment

form, using the company lookup auto-fills and locks several fields.

For our entity the State/province field came back empty from that lookup

but is marked required and is also locked, so it can never be filled and

"Accept and continue" stays permanently disabled. Choosing "enter company

details manually" instead keeps the fields editable and the enrollment

completes normally. I have seen at least one other report with the same

symptom."

That being said, I am not part of support and cannot verify this work around works correctly, but if someone has success with it post a comment below! Good luck all.🤩 You can read full post here: Business Verification past the review window — no result, no new document requested | Microsoft Community Hub

Thank you BahadirAlp for sharing your thoughts! - jill

Developer Employment Verification stuck at Rejected / Pending Partner Action

tnordgard — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:12:30 GMT

Hello moderators,

Our Developer program verification has been stuck at Employment Verification since well before the estimated completion date of 27 June 2026, showing "Rejected / Pending Partner Action". The Partner track on the same legal profile is fully Authorized, so this appears specific to the Developer vetting flow. We are a registered Norwegian company with matching public registry records, and our primary contact email is on the same domain as our Entra tenant.

Public WHOIS for lingtechapps.com lists Registrant Organization: LINGTECHAPPS AS and Registrant Country: NO, matching our legal business profile. However, the registrant email and postal address are replaced by our registrar's privacy-protection service. If the automated check compares our primary contact email against the registrant contact, it would fail on that redacted field even though the organisation name matches correctly. We can supply a registrar-issued ownership certificate from Domeneshop AS showing the full registrant details, and a Brønnøysund Register Centre company certificate, on request.

We cannot resolve this ourselves. Three separate routes are blocked:

1. Clicking Resolve on the Verification Summary page opens a panel containing only the "Document submitted successfully" banner and a greyed-out Submit button. No document type selector or upload field is rendered. The Action Center notification for our Seller ID instructs us to upload the required document in the Account Verification pane — which is precisely the control that does not render.

2. Creating a support request in Partner Center fails: after selecting Account verification > Employment verification and signing in, /dashboard/v2/support/servicerequests/create redirects to the Service health page instead of a request form.

3. The Microsoft 365 admin center Support Assistant loops without producing a ticket, returning unrelated articles instead of a contact option.

We have also received no email requesting further information at our primary contact address, junk folder included.

Could a Community Manager please escalate this to the Partner Vetting team? Specifically, we would like to know which document type and which data mismatch the Employment step is waiting on, and either to have the Resolve panel repaired for our Seller ID or to submit documentation through another channel.

Happy to share Seller ID, tenant ID and screenshots by DM rather than posting them publicly.

Thank you.

Build the right skills faster with the AI Agent

JillArmourMicrosoft — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:00:00 GMT

Finding the right training shouldn’t slow down your growth. The Microsoft Partner Skilling Hub AI Agent helps you spend less time searching and more time building the skills that move your business forward. Available directly within the Microsoft Partner Skilling Hub, the AI-powered assistant delivers tailored training recommendations, answers skilling-related questions, and generates personalized technical skilling plans based on your role and learning goals.

The agent surfaces relevant content from the Partner Skilling Hub, LevelUp, and Microsoft Learn, making it easier to find the training that matters most to your business. Whether you're developing technical expertise, preparing for certifications, or building new AI capabilities, you can receive a customized path in seconds.

Getting started is simple. Open the Microsoft Partner Skilling Hub and select the AI Agent icon in the lower-right corner of the homepage. No separate installation or application is required. View the demo video for more information.

Build your plan now in the Skilling Hub.

Be sure to follow our Partner Skilling Discussion board to connect with subject matter experts with your questions and comments!

Customer review: Teamflect optimizes performance management with Microsoft Teams

Nikhil_Viswanathan — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Teamflect is a Microsoft 365 performance management app, published to Microsoft Marketplace. It streamlines performance management inside Microsoft Teams and Outlook, covering performance reviews, goals and OKRs, one-on-one meetings, feedback, recognition, and engagement surveys.

Microsoft Marketplace interviewed Jason Saly, IT & Cloud Services Director of National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) in Philadelphia, to learn what he had to say about the product.

What do you like best about Teamflect?

I appreciate its functionality, cost efficiency, intuitive user interface, and seamless integration with Teams.

How has the product helped your organization?

Our system has optimized IT workflows and HR protocols for annual reviews and personal development plan (PDP) progress monitoring, consolidating these tasks within a single platform. The integrated AI enhances user experience by efficiently notifying individuals and reminding them of pending assignments.

How are customer service and support for Teamflect?

Our experience with service and support has been entirely satisfactory, and all feedback received has been positive.

Any recommendations to other users considering Teamflect?

This product is an efficient performance management system that seamlessly integrates with Teams. It offers straightforward setup procedures and user-friendly interfaces designed for optimal usability.

What is your overall rating for Teamflect for Microsoft Teams?

5 out of 5 stars.

Cloud marketplaces are transforming the way businesses find, try, and deploy applications to help their digital transformation. Learn more about Microsoft Marketplace and find ways to discover the right application for your business needs.

Requesting escalation to Vetting team — MAICPP Legal Info/Identifiers blank, no MPN ID

prmptree — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 15:47:34 GMT

Hi,

I'm requesting an escalation to the Partner Trust & Safety / Vetting team for a Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program (MAICPP) enrollment that appears stuck in an unreachable state. Purpose: obtaining a Partner ID (MPN ID) to complete publisher verification for an Entra app registration.

What's happening: I signed up for MAICPP as an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) and received confirmation the account was ready. Since then, Account settings, Legal Info page is completely blank, with no fields, no status, no Fix Now button, and no Get support link. Account settings, Identifiers page is also completely blank, with no Partner ID shown anywhere. Account settings, Agreements shows nothing accepted. I also cannot open a support ticket through the normal Contact Support flow, since the Workspace field returns "No results found" and won't accept typed input, tested in both a normal browser session and a fresh incognito window.

What I've already ruled out: I verified a custom domain on our Entra tenant and confirmed it shows "Verified." I confirmed the admin user has the Global Administrator role. I confirmed Usage location, First name, Last name, and Display name are all filled in on the Entra user. I also confirmed there is no general Azure or Partner Center outage, since Service health shows all services as "Good."

Since there is no visible verification or vetting status anywhere in my account, and the self-service support ticket path is non-functional, I have no way to know whether this is a rejected vetting status, a stuck enrollment, or something else, and no way to self-resolve it.

Could a Community Manager please escalate this for manual review? Happy to provide any additional details, tenant ID, or screenshots via DM.

Thank you for your time.

Title Plan Update - August 7, 2026

anbordianu — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 23:16:20 GMT

📁August 7, 2026 - Title Plan Now Available

Access the latest Instructor-Led Training (ILT) updates anytime at http://aka.ms/Courseware_Title_Plan to ensure you're always working from the most current version.

📌 Reminder: To help you stay informed more quickly and consistently, we’ve moved to a weekly publishing cadence for the title plan. This means each update may include fewer changes but ensures you’re always up to date.

Accelerate your sales with Deal Ready Demo Accelerators

JillArmourMicrosoft — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 17:00:00 GMT

Accelerate customer conversations with Deal Ready Demo Accelerators—prebuilt, reusable solution scenarios you can use to move faster from discovery to close. These ready-to-run demos combine Microsoft reference architectures, guided sales narratives, and cost transparency into a seamless experience that requires no engineering effort or live tenant setup.

Whether you're a Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) distributor, indirect reseller, direct bill partner, scale solution provider (SSP), software development company, global systems integrator (GSI), or systems integrator (SI), you can use Deal Ready Demo Accelerators to deliver consistent, architecture-backed demos across Azure AI, Microsoft 365 Copilot and agents, Security, Business Applications, and Microsoft Fabric and data. Reduce technical complexity, build customer confidence, and shorten sales cycles with ready-to-run demos that can be deployed in minutes.

Start exploring the Deal Ready Demo Accelerators now.

These accelerators are available on demand for eligible Microsoft partner types. Please refer to the official terms and conditions for usage guidelines.

Guidance on licensing requirements for using managed environments

rbrotherwood — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 11:14:55 GMT

Is it sufficient to have a per-app premium licence assigned when using a managed environment or is a per-user premium licence required?

I have read this guidance from https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/managed-environment-licensing

"Every user running an app in a managed environment must have one of the following licenses: a Power Apps Premium, a Power Automate Premium license, or a Dynamics 365 Enterprise license that gives premium Power Apps usage rights *. If you use capacity-based licenses, a managed environment must have Power Apps per app plans such as app passes allocated to it. Use of Power Apps capabilities included with Dynamics 365 Pro licenses must be only within the context of the licensed Dynamics 365 application."

Does the line that I have highlighted in red mean that you can in fact use per-app licences? or is this referring to something else?

Thanks

Rosie

FY27 TSP Community Call Thread

DanDonohue — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 23:06:12 GMT

We'll use this thread to post updates for TSP Community Calls, including calendar invites to upcoming calls and links to post-call decks and recordings.

Please note: decks and recordings of previous calls are kept on the Learning Resources site for 12 months in our Community Call collection. Files from the most recent Community Call take 1-2 weeks to land in the collection.

New this fiscal: to be better prepared to present the information you want to hear, we've created a question intake form that we'll use to help plan the calls. Drop a question or some feedback and we'll take the information into account. https://aka.ms/TSPCallQuestions

See how Copilot in 30 helps partners turn AI interest into adoption

Lindaj — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 19:03:06 GMT

Microsoft is making it easier than ever for CSP partners to accelerate SMB AI adoption. The new Copilot in 30 program combines a 25-user, 30-day Microsoft 365 Copilot Business trial with partner-ready resources, adoption guidance, and conversion support to help customers move from AI curiosity to measurable business value.

Backed by significant FY27 investments, updated SMB offers, incentives, skilling, and go-to-market resources, this initiative provides a repeatable framework for driving Microsoft Copilot adoption and long-term customer success. Learn how to identify high-potential opportunities, guide customer evaluations, and convert trials into lasting deployments.

👉 Read the full article: https://partner.microsoft.com/en-US/blog/article/Copilot-activation-for-Fy27