Welcome to the Partners for Social Impact Community!
Welcome to the Partners for Social Impact Community! Step into a powerful role where your expertise sparks transformative change in the nonprofit sector. Imagine helping organizations amplify their impact—whether it’s protecting rainforests, rescuing animals, or supporting children in need in your own community. With 14 million eligible nonprofits worldwide, you can develop a meaningful revenue stream for your business. By partnering with Microsoft, you become a catalyst for nonprofits to optimize their operations, adopt innovative technologies, and maximize their resources, enabling them to achieve their missions with greater efficiency and reach. people smiling. This is more than just business; it’s an opportunity to make a profound difference in the world. Nonprofits need the same technology solutions and services of a commercial industry and rely on Microsoft and its partner ecosystem to support them in their technology adoption. The work you do today has the potential to transform lives, strengthen communities, and inspire lasting global change. By engaging in this purpose-driven sector, you unlock new opportunities to grow your business while fostering a deeper sense of fulfillment within your team. Together, we have equipped over 400,000 nonprofit organizations with modern, secure, and scalable Microsoft cloud solutions. We can build a connected ecosystem where technology meets heart, and where every innovation drives meaningful impact. Let’s make a difference—together. Resources and Links Opt-in to receive ongoing TSI nonprofit communications here. Access nonprofit specific partner resources here Visit the Tech for Social Impact Partner Desk to help get your partner questions answered Follow Microsoft for nonprofit on LinkedInAnnouncing new AI capabilities in Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7063890855887073281 May 15, 2023 Announcing new AI capabilities in Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit By Justin Spelhaug Vice President, Tech for Social Impact, Microsoft Philanthropies Today we’re excited to announce powerful new AI tools and capabilities in Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit that will help nonprofit organizations accelerate their missions. While AI could be used across many parts of a nonprofit organization, putting AI to work to amplify fundraising and marketing efforts allows nonprofit professionals to spend more time working with the communities they serve. It’s a practical place to start our AI journey together and solves issues common to almost every nonprofit on the planet. For demos and more information, click here: Microsoft Cloud For Nonprofit
Sign up for the Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit: Likelihood to Donate Model Partner Private Preview
We are currently accepting applications from partners interested in learning more about the potential of AI to optimize fundraising initiatives. Nonprofits, especially those currently using Fundraising and Engagement, are invited to the private preview opportunity. As part of this preview, select partners will work with our engineering team to install and test the new model. The goal of the preview is to provide user and model feedback, occurring during August and September. Interested? To apply for the preview, please fill out this form.Documentation on posting completed Cloud for Nonprofit projects to Partner Center?
Hi everyone! For the past few months, we've been pouring through every link, document, discussion thread, help chat, and email support we could to understand something that seems like it should be very simple: how do we post the completion of a Dynamics implementation project for a nonprofit organization? This is a prerequisite for some partner programs with Microsoft TSI, so it's critical we understand how to do this; however, as of now, we can't find anyone at Microsoft or in the community that can guide us step-by-step to do this. Any recommendations or success stories?Release of hot fix for Fundraising and Engagement solution
Hello Partners- We want to make you aware of the release of a Fundraising and Engagement update (Dynamics 365 only, version 2.5.3.1) that mitigates issues around Transaction and Payment scheduling. The published documentation can be found here: What's new in Fundraising and Engagement September 11, 2024 - Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit | Microsoft Learn Important to remember: Fundraising and Engagement is being retired. Support for Fundraising and Engagement will end at 11:59 PM Pacific Time on December 31, 2026. For more information, go to What’s new in Fundraising and Engagement. Thanks!
Fundraising and Engagement solution will be retired
Hi Have there been any partner announcements for the retirement of Fundraising and Engagement? This is from a F&E customer's post on LinkedIn (not the best way for a Partner to find out the news!): Fundraising and Engagement will be retired Microsoft remains committed to providing affordable and relevant technology and skilling to nonprofit organizations worldwide. As we continue to innovate and enhance our technology offerings, we are making strategic updates to our suite of solutions. Notably, the Fundraising and Engagement solution will be retired, with technical support concluding at 11:59 PM PT (US) on December 31, 2026. As of July 15, 2024, Microsoft will continue providing necessary security updates, but will not make additional enhancements to Fundraising and Engagement. Between July 15, 2024, and December 31, 2026, you can continue to use Fundraising and Engagement, apply security updates as they are made available from Microsoft, and receive technical support from Microsoft. After December 31, 2026, Microsoft will no longer implement security updates for Fundraising and Engagement, and there will be no further technical support for the solution. What action should your organization take? We want to ensure that all customers have a successful path forward on the Microsoft Cloud for their organizational fundraising needs. Customers currently using Fundraising and Engagement should work with their Microsoft Partner to identify the future configuration of Dynamics 365 Sales needed to meet their specific needs. If your organization does not have a Microsoft Partner, you can find a partner with knowledge of the Fundraising and Engagement solution at Microsoft.com/nonprofits. Alternatively, customers can explore Microsoft partner solutions for donor management and fundraising built on Dynamics 365 Sales that have been specifically designed for customers transitioning from Fundraising and Engagement, including solutions from Barhead, mhance, and SylogistMission CRM. More solutions will be coming soon in the Partner solutions area of Solution Center. If you have questions about these changes, please contact your Microsoft account team, your Microsoft Partner, or use this form to contact us. Sincerely, Microsoft Tech for Social Impact TeamGlobal Nonprofit Leaders Summit in one week!
Hello Partners! The Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit is happening in Bellevue, WA next week. If you aren't attending in person, you can still attend virtually! Register here with the code VIRTUAL: aka.ms/nonprofitsummit/virtual Whether you are attending in person or virtually, you're invited to join us in the Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit discussion space in the Nonprofit Community. This space was created for event attendees (in person and virtual) to connect with each other, discuss news and continue the conversation following sessions at the summit. If you've already registered, head over to the Nonprofit Community and join the conversation! We're excited to connect with everyone as the event gets closer. Be sure to also join our Partners for social impact (non-profit) discussion board to keep up to date on the latest announcements and discussions.
Architecture Documentation
I am starting to work on MC4N and wanted to ask: 1.) Is there any architecture documentation for the entire end to end solution around MC4N? I am looking to see how different areas connect to each other especially when it comes to payment processing. It would also be helpful to understand the relational database design of all custom tables 2.) Is there a separate document or MS learning path for learning portal capabilities for MC4N? I noticed all documentation around the model driven app but I am interested in seeing the functionality available on the portal to an actual volunteer or a donor? Ex: Donor wants to make a pledge or donate on the portal, is that possible?Register for new partner sales bootcamps
Discover how you can better sell and position Microsoft cloud solutions to customers. Microsoft Sales Bootcamps are a multi-day sales training led by Microsoft sales specialists. These in-depth sessions focus on providing advanced knowledge for selling the four Microsoft Cloud solution areas. Viewing this on-demand content and attending upcoming live events will help learners become proficient at starting sales conversations, solving customer challenges, pitching Microsoft cloud value, and overcoming objections by showcasing real-time customer benefits. Register now to view on-demand content and to be notified when new events become available. Sales Bootcamp (on24.com)
