Partner Blog | Drive AI transformation by capturing the SAP migration opportunity
Microsoft partners have a pivotal opportunity to drive innovation by helping more SAP customers migrate to the cloud and unlock the full potential of generative AI. SAP customers currently using on-premises data centers will need to migrate their enterprise resource planning (ERP) and SAP S/4HANA workloads to the cloud by 2027 to keep their access to support and get the most platform innovation. No matter where you are in your partner journey, we're here to support you with the resources and skilling opportunities you need to differentiate your organization and deliver the cloud migration services SAP customers will be searching for. Head to our latest blog post to learn more about this critical opportunity and how you can get started. Read blog post herePartner Blog | Accelerating growth through partners in the era of AI
The magnitude of innovation in this era of AI is transforming organizations of all sizes, from law firms to retail shops, government offices to large global companies, and creating new opportunities for our partner ecosystem. Our customers across the globe are relying on partners to help them become more connected to the cloud, integrate AI responsibly and securely into their businesses, and keep them protected from cyber threats. Partners are key to driving exceptional outcomes across the customer journey, not just through a transaction, but with their value-added services and solutions that make those purchases come to life and create real business impact. Microsoft is committed to being a company that prioritizes customer choice, now and in the future. And customer choice is at the heart of our new commerce evolution. Cloud Solution Providers (CSP) are a vital pillar in meeting customer needs. CSP is our hero motion for driving end-to-end success for small and midsize customers (SMC). Microsoft estimates based on IDC data, October 2024, that the total addressable market (TAM) for SMC in FY25 is $661 billion ($467 billion of that in cloud solutions) and growing fast with a compound annual growth rate of 15% (20% for cloud) over the next 4 years for companies with fewer than 3,000 employees. Partners are the trusted advisors who unlock business outcomes for these important customers. Equipped with solution designations, partners serve these customers with efficiency and scalability to address their evolving needs, driven by rapid market innovation. In addition, we are aligning partner incentives across the entire customer life cycle to assist partners in delivering value and developing sustainable, profitable businesses to serve these SMC customers. In FY25, we boosted our incentives to 70% of our total partner investment spend for partners serving SMC customers. This spans across our portfolio of six commercial solution areas, enabling our partners to deliver customer value across our entire platform. Continue reading hereAmerica's Partner Blog | Partners Make More Possible: Education
AI is transforming the education industry,changing howadministrators, educators,and studentsoperate. Now, more than ever,it’simportant for EVERYONE to stayinformed aboutthe opportunities and challengespresented bythis innovativetechnology. To explore the industry landscape, I hada great conversationwith educational consultant and strategist, Carl Hooker.Build more innovative solutions and services for your customers with updates to Azure OpenAI Service
We are thrilled to announce the public preview of GPT-4o-Realtime-Preview for audio and speech, a major enhancement to theMicrosoft Azure OpenAI Servicethat adds advanced voice capabilities and expands GPT-4o’s multimodal offerings.
