2024 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards!
Nominations are now open for the 2024 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award! These awards honour Microsoft partners from over 100 countries/regions who have shown excellence in #innovation and delivering customer solutions using the Microsoft platform. We are proud of our 400,000 plus #MSPartner community and want to celebrate your achievements. Please submit your nomination by April 3rd, 6:00 pm, PT. You may submit multiple nominations across different categories, including the Country Partner of the Year Awards. Start your nomination now .
How to activate your Signature Cloud support
Good morning, partners, As we moved from the Gold and Silver MPN program to the new Solution Partner Designation program, you may not have activated your Signature Cloud support option and are not leveraging this benefit. Microsoft technical support is offered to all customers and partners, but customers receive dedicated support once they leverage their Unified Support options. Similarly, partners with Solution Partner Designation or Advanced Support for Partner have access to Signature Cloud support - but need to activate this service and ensure you log tickets using this enhanced service using the "Service Hub". Kindly review Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program Benefits - Technical Support for on-premises or Cloud products - Partner Center | Microsoft Learn for detail to activate the service, and the process on logging tickets with the correct entitlement on the "Service Hub" portal. MPN Administrators - kindly ensure that your support teams have access to your "Access ID" and "Contract ID". Kind regards, James AvenantAI Transformation Partner Playbook
The AI Transformation Partner Playbook is designed to empower you to build and grow your AI transformation practice. The “Overview” section introduces the Microsoft AI strategic pillars. “Innovate Together” guides you through AI skilling through blueprints to monetize your IP and monetize your services. Use the “Market Together” section to learn more about demand generation materials, Marketplace, and Azure OpenAI Service case studies to drive your customers’ imaginations. Finally, leverage the “Sell Together” section to move the needle on customer opportunities with the latest sales assets, information on Azure Innovate, and sales guidance to help you capitalize on the excitement around generative AI. No matter where you are in your AI transformation journey, the AI Transformation Partner Playbook will empower you to accelerate innovation and grow your AI practice. aka.ms/aipartnerplaybookNew Partner Center documentation - Insights
Good morning, partners, An updated report description for Partner Center Insights is now available at Partner insights reports and data definitions - Partner Center | Microsoft Learn. The Insights module provides access to performance data to manage your Microsoft partner business. Customer lifecycle data underpins your MCPP and incentives - review the "PartnerAssociationType" field from these reports. Courses and Certifications can be monitored via the MS Learn and related reports. Note the data refresh cycles Insights data refresh frequency - Partner Center | Microsoft Learn and review the full "Insights" chapter for more detail. Partners with multiple PGA accounts should review their separate entities, or consider merging into a single PGA. Two levels of partner accounts - Partner Center | Microsoft Learn Warm regards, James AvenantWelcome to the new South Africa Partner Community page!
Good morning, partners, Going forward, bookmark this page as the new home for South Africa partner news. The data on the old community, South Africa Partner Zone - Microsoft Partner Community and previous Yammer (233) Yammer : Microsoft ZA Partner Hub : Home will still be available for a while but are no longer maintained. Warm regards, James Avenant, GPS South Africa
