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Why should ISVs transition to the cloud?

With best-in-class cloud technology, Microsoft Azure offers more than 90,000 services to help you fuel innovation and create remarkable experiences for your customers.
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Get personalized migration support

During your migration journey, connect with experts in remote, 1∶1 consultations to help you accelerate app development, deploy more effectively, and increase sales.

Browse industry-focused solutions

Discover opportunities for solutions specializing in financial services, government, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, and more.

Modernize your workload

Take advantage of exclusive features and applications when you migrate your mission-critical workloads to Azure.

Leverage the commercial marketplace

Publish your app to connect with 4 million monthly shoppers via Microsoft AppSource and the Azure Marketplace.

How can ISVs benefit from migrating to Azure?

Innovation and agility
Azure allows ISVs to respond to shifting demands quickly. Less time spent maintaining legacy infrastructure means more time for innovation, modernization, and scaling of applications.
Cost reductions and the Azure Hybrid Benefit
In addition to saving on time and infrastructure costs by using a cloud platform, the Azure Hybrid Benefit offers reduced cloud costs with existing Windows Server and SQL Server licenses.
Security and resilience
Meet today's demands with industry-leading confidential computing, Azure Sentinel's intelligent security analytics, and unified security management with Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
Seamless hybrid capabilities
Connect your on-premises and cloud environments with Microsoft Entra ID, and then smoothly extend and enable management and services with Azure Arc.

Migrate workloads to Azure as a Microsoft partner

The Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program offers the resources you need to learn, build, compete, and grow with Azure migration. Discover the benefits of membership.
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Discover the benefits Microsoft offers to ISVs

As an ISV with Microsoft, you can get to market faster while selling on your terms.


  • Keep more of your margin with reduced marketplace transaction fees and incentives for resellers through 90,000 Cloud Solution Providers.
  • Connect your solution with the 4 million monthly active users in the Microsoft commercial marketplace.

Discover the difference that a partner-focused platform can make to your business growth. Start building with Microsoft today.

Learn more about migrating to Azure

  • This learning platform offers best practices and guidance to help you along your software-as-a-service journey, from both a business and a technical perspective. Get access to on-demand recordings and attend live events through Microsoft SaaS Academy.

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