Updates to the Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards! 🏆
The Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards acknowledge outstanding successes and innovations by partners in over 100 countries and in a wide variety of categories and industries, including cloud to edge technologies, entrepreneurial spirit and social impact. In 2025 we’re shifting the awards timeline to later in the calendar year to give our partners more time to showcase their innovations and achievements. Watch this space for more updates on nomination details coming later this spring and mark your calendars to celebrate the winners and finalists during Microsoft Ignite. Thanks to all the partners who submitted nominations for this year's awards! Explore the winners and finalists now. Meet the 2024 Partner of the Year Award winnersEpisode 163 of Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting starting soon
Just one hour until our next episode in the Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting series. Focus for this month will be "Deliver business impact through sustainability with AI". As usual we'll start with a look at recent news around Commerce and Operations then move to the focus topic. After that we'll look at updates to some recent meetings, News and Events coming in the near future, and summary of webinars in the last month that you may have missed in the segment called "Did You See". See you online soon and please find here the approved slides for the meeting. Regards, PhilExplore revenue opportunities by tapping into SAP cloud migration
With the small and medium-sized business market rapidly expanding, now is the perfect time for you to help your SAP customers migrate their on-premises enterprise resource planning systems to the cloud using RISE with SAP on the Microsoft Cloud. AI is changing the way many companies manage, house, and protect their data. More and more organizations are transitioning to cloud-based solutions and want a cloud provider they can trust to securely handle complex workloads. This presents an opportunity to drive growth by prioritizing timely renewals and strategic upsells—maximizing revenue potential for you and your customers. To support the adoption journey, we’ve put together a collection of comprehensive resources that can help you address customer needs—from secure migrations to cutting-edge AI innovation—and explore new revenue streams. Check out our blog post to learn how to tap into this exciting opportunity. Get started now!Introducing Azure AI Foundry Labs: A hub for the latest AI research and experiments at Microsoft
Microsoft has launched Azure AI Foundry Labs, a hub for developers, startups, and enterprises to explore groundbreaking innovations from research at Microsoft. Foundry Labs unites cutting-edge research with real-world applications, to enable developers and creators across industries to discover new possibilities, solve complex problems, and share insights to shape the future of AI.  Find out more!DeepSeek R1 is now available on Azure AI Foundry and GitHub
DeepSeek R1 is now available in the model catalog on Azure AI Foundry and GitHub, joining a diverse portfolio of over 1,800 models, including frontier, open-source, industry-specific, and task-based AI models. As part of Azure AI Foundry, DeepSeek R1 is accessible on a trusted, scalable, and enterprise-ready platform, enabling businesses to seamlessly integrate advanced AI while meeting SLAs, security, and responsible AI commitments—all backed by Microsoft’s reliability and innovation. Read more here!🌟 Attention Microsoft partners! 🌟
Take advantage of Microsoft's limited-time Linux reservations offer to bring unparalleled value to your customers! With up to 56% savings on virtual machines running Linux in Azure, this promotion is perfect for organizations looking to optimize their cloud costs while boosting efficiency. ✅ What’s in it for you? Help customers save more with Azure's commitment-based discounts. Offer tailored solutions with flexibility across Linux distributions. Showcase your expertise by guiding businesses toward cost-efficient innovation in the cloud. 🔗 Learn more and act fast—this offer is available for a limited time: Discover the offer 💡 Let’s partner to unlock cloud value and power growth together! Don’t wait—share this opportunity with your customers today! 🚀Microsoft + Partners Make More Possible: Retail
If in the retail space and heading to #NRF2025 this month, get a sneak peek at how @Microsoft is harnessing the power of data to personalize retail experiences and transform how we shop in the latest blog from Nina Harding, Corporate Vice President of Americas Global Partner Solutions. Don’t miss out on her conversation about industry changes with retail expert and President of IHL Services, Greg Buzek in the companion video! https://aka.ms/AAtnvbkEpisode 159 Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting - Azure AI Agents, News, Did You See
I look forward to seeing you online in five hours for our 159th episode of the Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting. Feature topic for today is "Azure AI Agents" to be presented in a panel format. Panelists will be our GPS "Agents of AI" - Abby, Daniel and Dean. We'll also cover recent Commerce and Operations Updates; News and Webinars; Did you see - a summary of some events you may have missed and Skilling. I'll also offer a glimpse of some news to be public on November 12 USA time. Slides for the session are here so you can follow along. If you haven't registered it's not too late. Just click HERE. See you online soon. Regards, Phil
