Virtual Event | Becoming Frontier: Pitch and land the AI transformation story
Join us for a hands-on training designed to sharpen your AI transformation pitch. Over three days, you will dive into Microsoft’s latest executive, platform, business services, and security conversations, learn how to bring the Copilot and agentic story to life, and practice landing it with impact. With expert-led sessions, practical pitch decks, and live Q&A, you will leave with the confidence to guide customers through their AI journey and earn a shareable digital badge along the way. Americas | Tuesday, October 14, 9:00 AM - Thursday, October 16, 12:00 PM PDT Asia | Wednesday, October 15, 9:00 AM - Friday, October 17, 12:00 PM IST EMEA | Wednesday, October 15, 9:00 AM - Friday, October 17, 12:00 PM BST Register today!Join the Movement at Azure Dev Summit!
Azure Dev Summit is a chance for you to join a community of developers, architects, and tech leaders building with Azure, .NET, and Microsoft AI. This isn’t just another conference. It is a Microsoft-sponsored celebration of innovation, learning, and connection — and we’re bringing some of the most inspiring voices in tech to the stage. Find out more about the speakers at Azure Dev Summit and make sure to register! https://azuredevsummit.com/Partner Blog | Build in-demand capabilities with Microsoft Titan Skilling Academy
Continuous learning is essential for organizations using cloud and AI technologies to maintain a competitive edge. To help Microsoft partners stay at the forefront of their industries, we are pleased to share the latest updates to our partner skilling initiatives. These changes are part of an ongoing effort to simplify and enhance the skilling process, ensuring that partners like you continue to deliver the innovative solutions customers need. Microsoft Titan Skilling Academy went worldwide June 1 As announced in March, Microsoft Titan Skilling Academy is a new, centralized skilling portal designed to help sales professionals in partner organizations boost their skills and position themselves as industry leaders. We built Microsoft Titan Skilling Academy as a unified hub that delivers a learning framework for partner skilling—simplifying the experience and providing clear, structured guidance across sales, pre-sales, and customer deployment cycles to help you close deals and drive revenue. Microsoft Titan Skilling Academy launched globally on June 1, 2025, with a learning journey for Security called "Microsoft Sales Titan: Threat Protection." Designed to promote Microsoft Threat Protection SKUs, this offering provides sales teams with on-demand training sessions focused on understanding and articulating the value of Microsoft 365 E5 Security licenses. With Sales Titan: Threat Protection, members of your sales team can improve their ability to close deals and earn Microsoft accredited badges—which demonstrate their learnings to both clients and Microsoft. You can also gain access to supporting resources that help drive confident, informed customer conversations. This self-serve learning journey is now available to partners globally. Sales Titan, the first module in the Microsoft Titan Skilling Academy, will eventually integrate into our new skilling platform, launching this July. This unified environment consolidates each of our skilling platforms into a single, easy-to-access location. Continue reading hereGPT-5 in Azure AI Foundry: The future of AI apps and agents starts here
OpenAI’s GPT-5 is available today in Azure AI Foundry. GPT-5 adds advanced capabilities to support agentic workflows, complex code synthesis, and safer, more flexible integrations. Ideal for: Unified reasoning + chat for end-to-end problem solving Agentic task mastery with multi-step tool use and auditable decisions, Frontier coding with minimal prompting Developer controls for depth, speed, verbosity Free-form function calling (no rigid JSON schemas) Safer completions for sensitive prompts Learn more here!Partner Blog | Driving business impact through skilling
Partners, this is your moment. AI is reshaping how we work at breakneck speed, and those who skill up will lead this transformation. As Nicole Dezen emphasized in her MCAPS Start for Partners 2025 recap, success in this era is rooted in clarity, consistency, and capability—and you. Skilling isn’t just a Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program priority—it’s your competitive edge, empowering you to close readiness gaps and deliver customer outcomes in an AI-first world. This month, we’re spotlighting what’s new in partner skilling, how AI-powered enablement is driving measurable impact, and what steps you can take next to stay ahead. Partner Skilling Hub: What’s new and how to drive impact Whether you're onboarding new hires, deepening technical expertise, or preparing for the next wave of AI opportunity, the new Microsoft Partner Skilling Hub is your comprehensive resource for activating technical readiness and aligning learning with business outcomes. Since its launch, the Skilling Hub has evolved rapidly to meet the needs of partners on their readiness journeys. The latest updates include: Simplified navigation for faster discovery of content by solution area. AI-curated learning collections focused on Copilot, Security, and Industry Cloud priorities. New role-based pathways tailored for business decision-makers and pre-sales professionals, not just technical sellers. If you haven’t explored the Skilling Hub recently, now is the time to discover new features, enhanced filters, and guided journeys that connect training directly to pipeline outcomes. It’s more than a platform—it’s your partner for growth. Continue reading herePartner Blog | Limitless learning, one location: The Microsoft Partner Skilling Hub is here
This month, we kicked off our new fiscal year. On July 15, Microsoft hosted MCAPS Start for Partners, during which we unveiled our strategic priorities, key investments, enhancements to the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program, and new opportunities to scale your business. One of these opportunities, our new Microsoft Partner Skilling Hub, is available now in preview. The Skilling Hub is a unified platform that brings together all GPS partner skilling resources—Microsoft Titan Skilling Academy, LevelUp, GPS Skilling Hub, SureStep, AI Partner Training Days, and regional events—into one seamless experience. First announced in our June blog post, this streamlined platform is your new home base for training, certification prep, and continuous growth. One of the most exciting opportunities in the Skilling Hub is Microsoft Titan Skilling Academy. This centralized, global learning portal is designed to help partner sales professionals boost their skills and close more deals through structured, role-based training. Launched on June 1, 2025, its first module, “Sales Titan: Threat Protection,” focuses on Microsoft 365 E5 Security and offers on-demand training, certifications, and resources to support confident customer conversations. Built for you, shaped by your feedback The Skilling Hub isn’t just a new portal—it’s a partner-driven experience. As a partner-centered organization, we listened carefully to your feedback and shaped the platform around the capabilities and features that matter most to you. You gave us valuable insights about what would be most useful, including: A single access point for role-based learning. Easy-to-follow guidance that supports specialization and certification acquisition. A simplified interface for purposeful learning journeys. We plan to deliver all this and more. Continue reading herePartner Blog | Skilling for impact: A new era of learning for Microsoft Partners
As we begin a new fiscal year, the energy across the Microsoft partner ecosystem is palpable. With MCAPS Start for Partners just a week away on July 15, we’re entering a season of strategic alignment, innovation, and investment. This digital-first experience will deliver essential readiness content, celebrate our global community, and preview what’s ahead across co-sell, marketplace, incentives—and skilling. Learn more and register. Skilling as a strategic growth lever In today’s AI-powered economy, skilling is no longer a support function—it’s a growth engine. The ability to rapidly build expertise, adapt to new technologies, and deliver customer value is what sets high-performing partners apart. That’s why Microsoft is doubling down on skilling as a core investment area for FY26. We’re simplifying and streamlining how you access learning, build capabilities, and drive results. In the coming months, we’ll be launching a unified skilling platform—a single destination that brings together the full spectrum of Microsoft partner skilling into one seamless, purpose-built experience. Skilling across the partner journey Our skilling strategy is designed to meet partners where they are and elevate them across every stage of the customer lifecycle. We are enabling partners to become Certification Ready with foundational solution area knowledge that supports designation and specialization growth through Microsoft Learn, certifications, and Applied Skills. Microsoft Partner Skilling Hub Continue reading herePreparing for Your Organization’s AI Workloads – Student Learning Pathways
This structured plan helps students: Plans | Microsoft Learn Build foundational knowledge of AI in the cloud. Learn how enterprise-level infrastructure supports responsible, scalable AI deployments. Explore governance and monitoring strategies to ensure security and compliance. And the best part? It’s built using Microsoft’s existing training resources plus some brand-new modules to give you an edge. Your AI Readiness Journey on Azure 🎯 Milestone 1: Getting Started with AI on Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/introduction-to-ai-on-azure/ Begin with the basics—from machine learning concepts to practical uses of Azure AI services. 🛡️ Milestone 2: Infrastructure Essentials https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/manage-iam-for-ai-workloads-on-azure/ https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/manage-network-access-ai-workloads/ Learn how enterprises secure access and manage identities—critical for real-world applications. 📊 Milestone 3: Monitoring AI Services https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/monitor-ai-workloads-on-azure/ Discover how businesses ensure their models perform safely and consistently at scale. 🏛️ Milestone 4: Advanced Management & Governance https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/ai-workloads-governance/ Master how organizations prevent data leaks and enforce responsible AI usage. 🆕 New Training Content Just for You To make this roadmap even more student-friendly, Microsoft has introduced updated and brand-new modules, including: Azure ML Authentication & Authorization Secure Azure AI Services Restrict Workspace Network Traffic Monitor Azure ML Prevent Data Exfiltration Govern AI Services with Azure Policy 🔗 Ready to Dive In? Whether you're exploring a career in AI or just getting started with Azure, these learning paths will level up your skills while helping you understand how real-world teams manage complex AI workloads. Start your journey on Microsoft Learn and become the architect of tomorrow’s intelligent systems. 💡 Would you like a version formatted for your internal newsletter or maybe something more conversational for social media? I can easily tailor it to fit the tone or medium you're aiming for.Curious About Model Context Protocol? Dive into MCP with Us!
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