Land Your Offer - Anatomy of Revenue Generating Partner Offer - Part 2 - Copilot Envisioning
In Part 1 we dissected Copilot in 30 — a $0 trial offer for SMB customers. This time the customer is larger, the engagement is funded rather than free, and the anatomy of revenue changes with it. It also lands when Microsoft just introduced the new Copilot — Home, Code and Autopilot, running on usage-based billing and governed through FinOps for AI — which makes a structured envisioning engagement the front door to a much bigger conversation. Most organisations with 300 or more seats already believe Copilot and agents matter. What they lack is a clear picture of where AI will pay off, what it will take to get ready, and how they'll prove it before committing budget. The Frontier Accelerate for Copilot: Envisioning & POC engagement gives you a pre-sales, partner-led answer to all three — funded by Microsoft and sized from a 10-hour readiness sprint to a 280-hour enterprise programme. Package it as a Microsoft Marketplace offer and you have a repeatable front door to every Copilot, Agent 365 and Microsoft 365 E7 opportunity in your territory. Start Here: Why Publishing on Microsoft Marketplace Matters Microsoft Marketplace is Microsoft's partner-focused business platform, designed to help you reach more customers and simplify how you sell. A published offer gives your practice a permanent, discoverable storefront in the place customers and Microsoft sellers already look for Copilot expertise. More importantly, an offer turns your expertise into something repeatable. Define the engagement once — phases, activities, deliverables, sizing — and run it across every qualified customer instead of scoping from scratch. Professional service and managed service offer types are available in Partner Center, so one listing can carry the envisioning engagement, the POC and the ongoing services that follow. The Enterprise Opportunity: Interest Is High, Direction Is Missing The customers for this offer are organisations with at least 300 Office 365 / Microsoft 365 seats — mid-market through to the largest enterprises. They are the customers with the most to gain from Copilot and agents, and the most complexity to work through first: security and governance, tenant and access dependencies, adoption and change, and a credible way to measure value. That gap between ambition and a plan is where partners win. Microsoft is investing in the full Copilot journey in FY27, from envisioning and proof of concept through deployment and adoption — and the envisioning stage is where you shape the roadmap, the scope and the commercial conversation before anyone else does. Why Copilot and Agents Are the Right Place to Start Microsoft 365 Copilot puts AI inside the apps people already use every day — Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel and PowerPoint — so value arrives without a platform change. For larger organisations, that is only the first layer: Agent 365, custom agents built with Copilot Studio, and Microsoft 365 E7 extend Copilot from personal productivity into role-based and process-level automation. The new Copilot adds a third layer. Cowork takes delegated work and returns a finished result; Code lets knowledge workers build apps, dashboards and automations in natural language, hosted on Copilot Managed Runtime; and Autopilot is a persistent agent with its own identity that keeps work moving without a prompt. All three run on usage-based billing rather than the per-user subscription, which means every customer now has to decide which users and which scenarios justify consumption spend — and how to govern it with FinOps for AI. Each layer brings its own questions — which personas, which scenarios, what governance, what consumption model, which capabilities are worth paying for by the task — and each question is an envisioning conversation a partner is best placed to lead. Meet the Offer: Envisioning & POC, Sized to the Customer The Frontier Accelerate for Copilot: Envisioning & POC engagement is a pre-sales, partner-led engagement that identifies personas and use cases and builds a business case for Microsoft 365 Copilot, Agent 365, Microsoft 365 E7 and/or agents — with an optional proof of concept. The essentials: Who qualifies: Customers with a minimum of 300 Office 365 / Microsoft 365 seats; larger tiers unlock at 500, 1,000, 1,500, 3,000 / 5,000 and 10,000+ seats How it's sized: Six tiers — XXS (10 hrs), XS (20 hrs), S (40 hrs), M (100 hrs), L/XL (150 hrs) and XXL (280 hrs) — with hours scaling with the seats in scope What it covers: Five phases — Assess, Inspire, Design, POC and Executive Summary — with a working POC and measured results from the S tier upward What Microsoft provides: A delivery guide, pre-engagement planning resources and Microsoft Commercial Incentives (MCI) funding tied to proof of execution What the customer gets: Readiness findings, a business case and value plan including usage-based billing and Copilot Credits, technical requirements and a remediation plan, an adoption roadmap, a working POC and an executive readout Microsoft funds the engagement. You own the scope, the relationship and everything that follows. Your Role: From Trusted Assessor to Transformation Partner An envisioning engagement is not a workshop; it is a guided decision. Your job is to move the customer from curiosity to a signed proposal, with evidence at every step. Assess — identify high-value scenarios, choose the right assessments, define what success looks like and deliver readiness findings the customer can act on. Inspire — show what Copilot and agents can do across roles; make security, governance, adoption and reporting concrete rather than abstract concerns. Design — turn findings into a business case and value plan (including usage-based billing), a remediation plan, technical requirements, an adoption roadmap and clear POC criteria with risks, owners and dates. Prove — scope the POC users and products, prepare the environment, build the agent or solution, train the users and measure results including Copilot Credits consumed. Summarise — deliver the executive readout on seat growth and consumption, then convert: trial to paid licences, commercial proposal and signature, and a named wave 2 expansion plan. Every phase produces something the customer keeps — and every deliverable positions you as the partner who should build what comes next. Inside the Offer: Activities and Hours by Engagement Size Below is the full activity plan behind the offer, with hours for each of the six engagement sizes. Use it to size your own offer plans and statements of work. ID Phase Activity XXS XS S M L/XL XXL — Pre-req Customer eligibility (min. O365/M365 seats) 300+ 500+ 1,000+ 1,500+ 3,000+ / 5,000+ 10,000+ A1 Assess Identify high-value scenarios 0.5 1 1.75 3.75 5.5 10.5 A2 Assess Select assessment(s) 0.5 0.5 1 2.25 3.5 6.25 A3 Assess Define success 0.5 0.75 1.5 3 4.5 8.5 A4 Assess Deliver readiness assessment(s) 1 1.75 2.75 6 9 16.75 I1 Inspire Product overviews & demos across Copilot and agent capabilities 1 1.5 2 4.5 6.75 12.5 I2 Inspire Security/governance overview, incl. tenant and access dependencies 0.5 1 1.5 3 4.5 8.5 I3 Inspire Adoption/change overview 0.5 0.75 1 2.25 3.5 6.25 I4 Inspire Reporting/analytics overview 0.5 0.75 1 2.25 3.5 6.25 I5 Inspire Stories & Scenario Library 0.5 1 1.5 3 4.25 8.5 D1 Design Business case/value plan, incl. usage-based billing (UBB) 1 1.75 2.75 6.25 9.5 17.5 D2 Design Remediation plan 0.5 1 1.75 3.75 5.5 10.5 D3 Design Technical/functional requirements 0.75 1.5 2.25 5 7.5 14 D4 Design Adoption roadmap 0.5 1 1.75 3.75 5.5 10.5 D5 Design POC success criteria & environment prep 0.5 1 1.75 3.75 5.5 10.5 D6 Design Recommendations/risks/owners/dates, incl. validation and next-step owners 0.25 0.75 0.75 2.5 4 7 P1 POC Scope/users/products/features 0 0.25 1 3.5 5.25 9.75 P2 POC Confirm requirements/design 0 0.25 1 3.5 5.25 9.75 P3 POC IT access & environment prep 0 0.25 1.75 5.25 8 14.75 P4 POC Trial licenses 0 0.25 1 3.5 5.25 9.75 P5 POC Build POC agent(s)/solution(s); confirm Copilot Credits consumption 0 0.5 3.75 12.25 18.5 34.25 P6 POC Train POC users 0 0.25 1 3.5 5.25 9.75 P7 POC Measure/evaluate results, incl. usage and Copilot Credits consumed 0 0.25 1.5 3.5 5 10 E1 Exec summary Executive readout: seat growth and consumption implications 1 2 4 10 15 28 TOTAL Hours 10 20 40 100 150 280 Land Your Offer: What One Customer Is Worth The table below is the revenue anatomy of one Envisioning & POC engagement at each of the six sizes — and it shows that the funded engagement is only the first of three revenue streams. They stack on top of each other: MCI engagement incentive — Microsoft funds the envisioning and POC work itself, from $2K for a 10-hour XXS engagement to $100K for a 280-hour XXL programme, paid against proof of execution. CSP incentive on the licences that follow — earned on the Copilot revenue the business case unlocks, from the trial-to-paid conversion (T1) through the wave 2 expansion (X1), and growing as agent consumption and Copilot Credits scale. Managed services and follow-on professional services — the recurring engagement described in After the Readout, which is where the largest and most durable share of revenue lives. Item XXS XS S M L/XL XXL Minimum customer seats 300+ 500+ 1,000+ 1,500+ 3,000+ / 5,000+ 10,000+ Engagement hours 10 20 40 100 150 280 Post-delivery outcomes: Copilot rev (K) | Agent consumption (K) | Agent MAU 10 | 6 | 300 25 | 15 | 500 50 | 30 | 1,000 125 | 75 | 1,500 250/375 | 150/225 | 3,000/5,000 500 | 300 | 10,000 MCI engagement incentive (K) $2K $5K $10K $25K $50K / $75K $100K CSP incentive on Copilot revenue (K)† $1.95K $4.88K $9.75K $24.38K $48.75K / $73.13K $97.5K † CSP incentive shown at a blended 19.5% of the Copilot revenue outcome (direct bill 2.5 + 7 + 10; indirect reseller 7 + 12.5). Illustrative estimates from the offer plan — confirm current MCI payouts, CSP rates, eligibility and proof-of-execution requirements in the Microsoft Commercial Partner Incentives Guide. Now multiply. Everything above is the anatomy of a single customer. Landing the offer means running it across every qualifying customer in your territory — and you don't need to guess who they are. Partner Center's growth insights reporting, available through the AI Business Solutions & Security Insights (ASPX) dashboard, gives you account-level Copilot eligibility and seat whitespace, E7 opportunity, data security maturity, MCI eligibility and potential earnings for the customers you already manage. How the Offer Fits Together: From Sizing to Proof of Execution The offer runs left to right in three layers: Sizing & value — six engagement sizes from XXS (10 hrs) to XXL (280 hrs). Hours scale with the seats in scope, and value is tracked in the customer's own metrics. Five phases — Assess (A1–A4), Inspire (I1–I5), Design (D1–D6), POC (P1–P7) and Executive Summary (E1, T1, T2, X1). Each phase produces a concrete output the sponsor can see. Proof of execution — readiness and assessment findings; a business case and value plan including usage-based billing and Copilot Credits; technical requirements and a remediation plan; an adoption roadmap; a working POC with measured results; an executive readout covering next steps and consumption implications — and a named wave 2 expansion beyond the pilot team. The highlighted activities — security & governance (I2), adoption & change (I3), remediation plan (D2), technical requirements (D3), adoption roadmap (D4), IT access & environment (P3), build POC solution (P5), train POC users (P6), trial-to-paid conversion (T1), commercial proposal (T2) and the wave 2 expansion plan (X1) — are where the engagement stops being a project and becomes an ongoing relationship: managed services, ongoing optimisation and follow-on professional services after the engagement closes. After the Readout: Managed Services That Keep Delivering The executive readout is the start of the real engagement. Package these as standing services in your offer. Each one is sized in partner days so you can price it, and each one is tied to a result the customer's sponsor will recognise without a glossary: Managed service Partner activity — what you deliver and measure Customer business outcome — what it drives (illustrative targets, 1,500-seat customer) Deployment and remediation delivery • Effort: 5–10 days per wave • Activity: Close every item on the remediation plan and technical requirements (D2, D3) against dated owners, then licence and activate the wave's users by the roadmap date • Reported as: Items closed on time; seats activated; days from readout to go-live • Wave 1 live within 30 days of the readout, not 90 — two extra months of value on every seat • ≥95% of paid seats assigned and active; 75 idle seats would waste ≈$27K a year • Roll-out delivered within ±5% of the business-case budget Security and governance management • Effort: 2 days a month • Activity: Maintain the admin-settings baseline and data-protection controls, review agent permissions and access dependencies, approve plugins through the plugin registry and govern apps hosted on Copilot Managed Runtime, act on every Admin Settings Recommendation • Reported as: Recommended settings enabled; findings opened and closed; agents, plugins and apps with a named owner • Zero Copilot-related oversharing incidents; one enterprise data breach averages $4M+ • 100% of recommended settings on; findings closed within 30 days • Audit evidence produced in hours, not weeks — Data Security Maturity at Advanced-Healthy Adoption and change management • Effort: 3–4 days a month • Activity: Run the adoption roadmap (D4): coach champions, deliver role-based training, refresh scenarios, hold the monthly Copilot Analytics business review • Reported as: Active users as a share of assigned seats; people trained; low-activity users re-engaged • ≥80% of assigned seats active every month • 2–4 hours saved per user a week (≈3,000–6,000 hours across 1,500 seats) • ≈$0.5–1M a month of staff time released at $40/hour Agent and solution build-out • Effort: 5–15 days per agent or solution, then half a day a month to tune • Activity: Take each POC agent (P5) into production with Copilot Studio and Agent 365; release new Copilot Studio agents, Code-built apps and Autopilot agents from the scenario backlog, hosted on Copilot Managed Runtime • Reported as: Agents and apps live; active users per agent; tasks completed; Copilot Credits per completed task • 20–40% of tier-1 tickets or cases deflected per automated process • Cycle time cut 30–50% on each agent-run workflow; 200–500 hours removed a month per agent • Cost per completed task tracked and falling quarter on quarter FinOps for AI: consumption and licence management • Effort: 1-2 days a month • Activity: Track Copilot Credits and usage-based billing across Cowork, Code and Autopilot; set budgets, limits and model-family policies per user group; route credit requests through the customer's approval workflow; forecast spend and align seat additions, renewals and terms to each wave • Reported as: Reported as: Forecast versus actual variance; credits per active user; spend per business outcome; seats added; renewals completed on schedule • AI spend held within ±10% of forecast — no unplanned overage • Zero unused seats at renewal; 100% of renewals on schedule • Cost per outcome down 10–20% a year as usage matures Quarterly value reviews • Effort: 2 days a quarter • Activity: Refresh the business case (D1) with actuals, capture proof points in the customer's own words, agree and date the next named expansion wave with the executive sponsor • Reported as: Realised versus forecast value; proof points captured; next wave scheduled • ROI in dollars: ≈$125K a year of Copilot seats vs. $6M+ of time released • ≥3 quantified proof points in the sponsor's words each quarter • Each review dates the next wave: +100–300 seats or +1–2 agents a quarter Effort shown is indicative for an M-tier customer (1,500+ seats) and scales with seats and agents in scope, exactly as the engagement hours above do. Add the recurring rows together and one M-tier customer with three agents in production sustains roughly 9–10 partner days a month after the readout, before wave deployments and new agent or solution builds are counted. Every row pairs a number you can invoice against with a result the customer already cares about, which is what turns a recurring service into a renewable one and keeps you positioned as the customer's AI transformation partner as their ambitions grow. Each of these is a recurring, outcome-based service rather than a one-off project — and each keeps you positioned as the customer's AI transformation partner as their ambitions grow. Ready to Build Your Envisioning & POC Offer? Read the engagement terms in the Microsoft Commercial Partner Incentives Guide and download the delivery guide and pre-engagement planning resources. Confirm your eligibility for Microsoft Commercial Incentives engagements in Partner Center and align your delivery team on the five-phase model. Publish your offer in Partner Center as a professional service (Envisioning & POC) with a managed service follow-on (deployment, adoption and optimisation). Pick your first cohort — customers with 300+ Microsoft 365 seats and no clear Copilot or agent roadmap yet, then size each one to the right tier. Book the executive readout before Assess begins — so the conversion, proposal and wave 2 conversation is already on the calendar. The customers are already in your base. Publish the offer and open the conversation. Resources Frontier Accelerate for Copilot: Envisioning & POC | Microsoft Commercial Partner Incentives Guide Copilot Envisioning & POC — Delivery Guide Copilot Envisioning & POC — Pre-Engagement Planning The new Copilot is here: the opportunity for Microsoft partnersLaunch campaigns faster using Partner Marketing Center Pro
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Co authored by: vjirovsky Azure Native Integrations enable you to easily provision, manage, and tightly integrate Independent Software Vendors (ISV) SaaS with a unified billing on Azure. By leveraging the power of Azure, Pure Storage Cloud Service offers you the same trusted Pure Storage capabilities in the cloud, without the complexity of refactoring or rearchitecting your VMware environments. You can easily discover and sign up for this via the Azure Marketplace. Azure Native Integrations enable you to easily provision, manage, and tightly integrate Independent Software Vendors (ISV) SaaS with a unified billing on Azure. By leveraging the power of Azure, Pure Storage Cloud Service offers you the same trusted Pure Storage capabilities in the cloud, without the complexity of refactoring or rearchitecting your VMware environments. You can easily discover and sign up for this via the Azure Marketplace. “We’re excited to announce Microsoft’s strengthened partnership with Pure Storage through the Azure Native Integrations program. With the service now generally available, customers can seamlessly deploy enterprise-grade block storage on Pure directly from the Azure portal. This seamless integration with Azure VMware Solution enables elastic capacity, flexible performance, and instant resizing – all while unlocking the full power of Azure’s cloud and AI capabilities.” - Scott Hunter, Vice President Product Management, Microsoft Developer Division Key Benefits of Azure Native Pure Storage Cloud on AVS Enterprise customers migrating VMware workloads to the cloud have long faced challenges with storage scalability, cost inefficiencies, and operational overhead. 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Fig 6: Connect AVS button establishes connection between storage pool and AVS resource Also, it automatically installs the Pure Storage Cloud plugin into your VMware resource, so you can manage everything, including the storage, from a single place, vSphere Client. Fig 7: Creation of a Datastore within the vSphere Client – this maps to a Storage container on your Pure Storage Cloud resource We’re excited for you to try out our solution! If you have suggestions or questions, contact us at azurenative@purestorage.com Resources Sign up for the service via Azure marketplace here. For a detailed visual guide on the step-by-step process to create a Pure Storage resource on Azure, check out this YouTube playlist. To learn more about the service, FAQ, and how to create your resource, check out the Microsoft docs as well as the Pure docs. Learn about how to create datastores and volumes and manage your Pure Storage here. Check out Azure Storage's blog and Pure’s press release for more excitement around the Pure-Microsoft partnership.Announcing MongoDB Atlas as an Azure Native Integration (Preview)
We are thrilled to announce that MongoDB Atlas is now available as an Azure Native Integration (in preview) within the Microsoft Azure ecosystem. This integration enhances the developer experience by combining the power and flexibility of MongoDB Atlas with Azure's robust cloud infrastructure. "MongoDB’s mission is to enable organizations to unleash the power of software and data, and by integrating MongoDB Atlas with the Microsoft Intelligent Data platform as an Azure Native Integration, we’re making it easier for them to do that,” said Olivier Zieleniecki, GVP of Worldwide Partners, MongoDB. “With easier MongoDB Atlas provisioning and unified billing, teams can frictionlessly scale, unlock real-time data driven insights, and accelerate their AI journeys with MongoDB Atlas and Microsoft Azure." MongoDB Atlas MongoDB Atlas is a fully managed, flexible document database service that is optimized for scalability and performance. 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This collaboration reinforces our shared commitment to delivering scalable, developer-friendly solutions that meet the demands of today’s most complex workloads.” – Julia Liuson, President, Microsoft Developer Division Key benefits The integration brings many benefits to developers and businesses, including: Seamless Provisioning from Azure - Developers can create and manage MongoDB Atlas organizations directly within the Azure portal, without switching platforms. Unified Billing Management - Manage billing via Azure Marketplace, simplifying the financial management of your MongoDB Atlas resources. Enhanced Security and Compliance - Built-in security features to ensure data privacy and compliance with industry standards. Creating a MongoDB Atlas Organization You can find the details of how to create a MongoDB Atlas organization from Azure in the Microsoft Docs and MongoDB Atlas Docs. The below section summarizes the key steps to create an organization from Azure portal. Discover MongoDB Atlas in Azure Services Search for MongoDB Atlas in the main search bar of the Azure portal and select it under Services. Alternatively, you can visit the Azure Marketplace to start the resource creation journey. Complete the Azure resource configuration This process will help you deploy a MongoDB Atlas resource in Azure which is similar to creating any Azure resource in the portal. Fill in the basic information like Azure subscription. resource group, region and resource and Atlas organization details. Review your details in the 'Review + Create' tab Click on 'Create' Once the resource is deployed successfully, a MongoDB Atlas organization will be created automatically. Click on 'Go to Resource' to view the deployed resource. Congratulations! your Atlas organization is ready. 🙌 Configure your Atlas account You can transition to Atlas organization from your Azure resource. Click on 'Go to MongoDB Atlas' which will re-direct you to account configuration page. If you do not have an Atlas account for your Azure email address, it will prompt you to set a new password. After setting it once, you can seamlessly transition to MongoDB Atlas with a single click. Deploy a cluster Once you are in your Atlas organization, click on Build a new cluster to deploy your first cluster. Once the cluster is deployed, you can monitor its performance, manage backups, and configure security settings from the MongoDB Atlas console. Read more about creating and configuring your cluster in MongoDB Atlas on MongoDB Atlas Docs. Feedback and Support We appreciate your feedback and are eager to hear about your experience of using MongoDB Atlas as an Azure Native Integration. Please share your thoughts and any issues you encounter during the onboarding process in this feedback channel. We are excited to see how this collaboration will empower developers to build intelligent and scalable applications on Azure with ease. Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to enhance this integration and bring more capabilities. Next Steps Get started with MongoDB Atlas via the Azure portal or Azure Marketplace Learn more about MongoDB Atlas in Microsoft docs and MongoDB docs Read the launch blog by MongoDB Thank you for reading this blog. Please follow for more updates on Azure Native Integrations.Announcing the Public Preview of Azure Native Pure Storage Cloud for Azure VMware Solution
We are excited to announce the public preview of Azure Native Pure Storage Cloud for Azure VMware Solution. This Azure service offers native-like integration of Pure Storage's innovative enterprise-grade fully managed block Storage-as-a-Service (STaaS) with Azure VMWare Solution (AVS) aiding seamless VMware migrations to the cloud along with scalability, simplicity and data resiliency. Azure Native Integrations enable you to easily provision, manage, and tightly integrate independent software vendor (ISV) software and services on Azure. By leveraging the power of Azure, Pure Storage Cloud Service offers you many benefits, including scaling flexibility, native Azure experience, unified billing, and cost-effectiveness. You can easily discover and sign up for this via the Azure Marketplace. "We’re pleased to see Pure Storage’s integration with Microsoft Azure Native service. Through this collaboration, Pure and Microsoft can better serve customer needs by enabling them to provision, use and manage Pure Storage on Azure just like other Azure services. With this integrated offering, Pure and Microsoft are helping customers to quickly leverage Pure's enterprise-grade storage with Azure cloud services securely to open up a whole new set of possibilities for customers bringing enterprise-scale environments to the cloud. Together, Pure and Microsoft are helping customers save time and operational overhead while driving innovation." - Scott Hunter, Vice President Product Management, Microsoft Developer Division. Gartner report from Sept 2024 states that by 2028, consumption-based storage as a service (STaaS) will replace over 33% of enterprise storage capital expenditure (capex), up from less than 15% in 2024. Pure Storage® is a pivotal storage player among the Enterprise customers in revolutionizing the storage, management and resiliency while ensuring flexibility. From AI to archive, Pure Storage delivers a seamless cloud migration experience with one unified Storage as-a-Service (STaaS) platform across on-premises, private and public cloud, and hybrid environments. They are a 11x consequent leaders in Gartner® Magic Quadrant report for Primary Storage Platforms, with highest rating in Execution & Vision. Thus proving why, they are undoubtedly the Enterprise favorites! Some key customers for Pure Storage include Meta, ServiceNow, AC Milan, Comcast and many more! Fig 1: Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage, Sep 2024, Gartner Inc. How will Azure Native Pure Storage Cloud for AVS help me? Fully managed block-storage-as-a-service solution, providing decoupled scalability and flexibility across Compute and Storage solutions. Optimized Total Cost of Operations (TCO) up to 40% with data reduction and compression tools. Seamless data mobility and migrations of VMware workloads across on-premises, hybrid and multi-cloud solutions to the Azure cloud. Enterprise-grade Data protection and Data resilience, with solutions such as Hybrid Disaster Recovery support in the roadmap. Get started with Azure Native Pure Storage Cloud for Azure VMware Solution Setup and subscribe to your Azure Native Pure Storage Cloud, available easily in the Azure Marketplace. You can start your journey free of cost and pay as you use the service. Look for “Pure Storage Cloud" in the Azure Marketplace and sign up via Contact Me button to show your interest for the preview. Fig 2: Contact Me offering on Azure Marketplace Once you have been allowlisted for the preview, you can also look for it using the search bar on Azure Portal or visit the marketplace on Azure portal to see the offer in your list of private plans. Fig 3: Searching for Azure Native Pure Storage via Azure portal Pure Storage in Marketplace private plans via Azure portal Provisioning a Storage Pool via Azure: Follow the instructions in the QuickStart to easily spin up your Pure Storage resource. Once you have created the Pure Storage resource on Azure, follow the simple steps in the Microsoft Learn docs, or navigate directly via the Overview blade to create Storage pools. 2. Quick-and-easy Connect to AVS: You can now easily connect your Pure Storage with your Azure VMWare Solution (AVS) using the “Connect” button in Storage pool. Resources Subscribe to the “Azure Native Pure Storage Cloud for Azure VMware Solution” available as Pay as You Go via Contact me in the Azure Marketplace. Create an Azure Native Pure Resource and storage pools via the service, see QuickStart: Get started with Azure Native Pure Storage Cloud Service in Microsoft Docs. To learn more, check out the Pure blog and Pure’s Press release. Learn more about the Pure Cloud Block Store and how to use it with AVS here.New capabilities in Azure AI Foundry to build advanced agentic applications
Microsoft continues to evolve the technologies it offers to customers and partners so they can push the boundaries of innovation! Here is a summary of just a few announcements for Microsoft’s 50 th anniversary. Check out the blog for more! General availability of agent framework that you can use to simplify the orchestration of multi-agent systems for your customers. See how KPMG is using Semantic Kernel to orchestrate workflows among specialized agents, dramatically reducing development complexity. The advanced observability suite for evaluations, tracing, and A/B testing—giving developers unprecedented visibility into agent behaviors and outcomes. Use the observability suite to build more robust AI systems for your customers. AI Red Teaming Agent (public preview) helps uncover safety risks through comprehensive reports, tracking improvements over time. Mitigate risks in AI so your customers feel more comfortable in investing in AI and in your services. See what Accenture has to say about the AI Red Teaming Agent. With Azure AI Foundry extension for Visual Studio Code (public preview), developers can build, test, and deploy agent-based applications entirely within their Integrated Development Environment (IDE)—no context switching required. Improved developer experience leads to faster development times. And don’t forget to block out May 19-22 on your calendar to join us for Microsoft Build in Seattle!The latest Azure AI Foundry innovations help you differentiate your business
Discover how you can push the envelope of innovation for your customers with the latest in Azure AI Foundry. Combine Microsoft Fabric and Azure AI Foundry's capabilities to create custom AI agents with domain expertise Ensure consistent AI performance for your customers with PTU Spillover Automate workflows to reshape business processes with the Responses API and Computer-Using Agent (CUA) Improve AI project efficiency with NVIDIA NIM Microservices and AgentIQ Toolkit Explore how accessibility and inclusivity are integrated into AI development. Plus, don't miss the new MIT Technology Review Insights Report on AI customization. Check out the full blog post to dive deeper into these exciting updates and see how they can benefit your business!Keep pace with the latest in AI!
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