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Grow with benefits built for your business

Compare the benefits Microsoft provides to partners of all sizes, business types, and stages of growth. Partner admins can sign in to Partner Center to view the benefits available to you.
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Get product licenses
Strengthen your cloud and AI practice with in-demand software licenses that help you innovate across the Microsoft Cloud. Access Microsoft 365 Copilot products, Microsoft 365 Business Premium, Microsoft GitHub, and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint in select benefits offerings.
Score Azure credits
Explore and deploy powerful cloud solutions. Microsoft Azure credits help you accelerate innovation, optimize client offerings, and gain valuable experience with the latest Azure technologies.
Grow with partner incentives
Unlock greater profitability with the incentives portfolios available in select benefits offerings. Partner incentives reward you for Microsoft commercial marketplace performance and customer success.
Access support services
Get the guidance you need to plan, build, and implement solutions. Our benefits offerings provide technical advisory hours, technical sales prep and deal enablement, and product support.
Tap into marketing benefits
Unlock valuable sales and marketing resources that help accelerate your time to market, generate leads, and expand your business. Our easy-to-use marketing assets empower you to take your campaigns further and drive demand for your offers.

Benefits that meet you where you are

Whether you're building your practice and selling your services, developing your software solution, or differentiating your offers in the marketplace, Microsoft has benefits offerings that are purpose-built to meet your needs.
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Build your business

Kick-start your partnership and build customer-centric solutions.
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Strengthen your cloud and AI practice

Expand your offerings and deepen customer engagements.
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Stand out in the commercial marketplace

Distinguish your solutions by validating your capabilities on the Microsoft Cloud and in solution areas.

Build your business

Get started with Partner Launch Benefits and Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub.

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Partner Launch Benefits empower you to discover, use, and test Microsoft products. Designed for all new partners and available for purchase in Partner Center, this package gives you the tools you need to build high-performing solutions.

Partners who develop software can join Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub, which offers valuable resources, technical support, and collaboration opportunities to help accelerate growth and innovation in their businesses.

Build your business

Get started with Partner Launch Benefits and Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub.

Partner Launch Benefits empower you to discover, use, and test Microsoft products. Designed for all new partners and available for purchase in Partner Center, this package gives you the tools you need to build high-performing solutions.

Partners who develop software can join Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub, which offers valuable resources, technical support, and collaboration opportunities to help accelerate growth and innovation in their businesses.

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Partner Launch Benefits

Partner Launch Benefits are designed to help you build high-performing solutions and kick-start your business growth.

Benefits include:

  • Up to 5 users across 13 software products including M365 Business premium, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint P2, Power Apps Premium, and much more.
  • $7001 of Azure credits

Retail value:* $13,792

$345

Your organization's partner admin can purchase your package in Partner Center today.

Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub

Get the tools, network, and essential business guidance you can use to ideate, develop, grow, and scale the software solutions customers are searching for.

Joining Founders Hub gives you access to:

  • Cutting-edge AI tools, including no cost access to leading AI models through Azure, including OpenAI GPT-4, Llama 2 from Meta, and more
  • Up to $150,000 in Azure credits
  • Up to $2,500 in OpenAI credits
  • Unlimited 1:1 meetings with experts for technical guidance
  • 30+ additional no cost and discounted tools, tech, and services from Microsoft and our partners

Founders Hub is no cost to join for eligible applicants.

No cost

Strengthen your cloud and AI practice

Grow with Partner Success Core Benefits, Partner Success Expanded Benefits, and ISV Success.

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Expand your offerings and deepen customer engagements with Partner Success Core Benefits and Partner Success Expanded Benefits. These robust packages—which any partner can purchase in Partner Center—offer the product, support, and advisory benefits you need to scale your business and access the latest innovations across the Microsoft Cloud.

In addition to purchasing a partner benefits package, partners who develop software should join ISV Success, then activate the ISV Success Core or ISV Success Expanded packages. Ideate, build, grow, and scale well-architected software solutions with purpose-built tools, technical benefits, and essential business guidance.

Strengthen your cloud and AI practice

Grow with Partner Success Core Benefits, Partner Success Expanded Benefits, and ISV Success.

Expand your offerings and deepen customer engagements with Partner Success Core Benefits and Partner Success Expanded Benefits. These robust packages—which any partner can purchase in Partner Center—offer the product, support, and advisory benefits you need to scale your business and access the latest innovations across the Microsoft Cloud.

In addition to purchasing a partner benefits package, partners who develop software should join ISV Success, then activate the ISV Success Core or ISV Success Expanded packages. Ideate, build, grow, and scale well-architected software solutions with purpose-built tools, technical benefits, and essential business guidance.

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Partner Success Core Benefits

Partner Success Core Benefits are designed to help you create, build, and expand a strong AI and cloud practice.

Benefits include:

  • Up to 25 users across 24 software products including Microsoft Defender for Endpoint P2, Concierge, and much more.
  • $2,400 of Azure credits
  • Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program Concierge
  • Technical presales and deployment hours
  • 5 technical support and consultation hours
  • 2 partner cloud support incidents

Retail value:* $62,086+

$895

Your organization's partner admin can purchase your package in Partner Center today.

Partner Success Expanded Benefits

Partner Success Expanded Benefits are designed to help you scale your reach further and deepen your partnership with Microsoft.

Benefits include:

  • Up to 35 users across 50 software products including Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint P2, and much more.
  • $4,000 of Azure credits
  • Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program Concierge
  • Unlimited technical presales and deployment hours
  • 10 technical support and consultation hours
  • 5 partner cloud support incidents

Retail value:* $390,864+

$3,995

Your organization's partner admin can purchase your package in Partner Center today.

ISV Success Core Package

Access powerful developer tools and cloud credits to help facilitate your business growth.

With the ISV Success Core package, you can access:

  • $5,000 in Azure benefits
  • 3 hours of technical consults
  • GitHub Enterprise Cloud subscription (Retail value:* $5,040)
  • Visual Studio Enterprise subscription (Retail value:* $75,000)
  • Azure Standard Support plan (Retail value:* $1,200)
  • Dynamics 365 Sales, Field Service and Customer Service Partner Sandbox (Retail value:* $40,500)
  • Microsoft 365 E5 developer subscription

ISV Success is no cost for 12 months with no commitment to renew.

Total retail value:* $126,000 ($121,000 after the first year)

Year one: no cost
Year two onward: $1,500
ISV Success Expanded Package

Get expanded benefits, multi-year investments, AI opportunities, and a simplified journey with the ISV Success Expanded package.

The package can help you access:

  • $25,000 in Azure benefits
  • Up to 50 hours of technical consults
  • GitHub Enterprise Cloud subscription (Retail value:* $5,040)
  • Visual Studio Enterprise subscription (Retail value:* $75,000)
  • Azure Standard Support plan (Retail value:* $1,200)
  • Dynamics 365 Sales, Field Service and Customer Service Partner Sandbox (Retail value:* $40,500)
  • Microsoft 365 E5 developer subscription

ISV Success is no cost for 12 months with no commitment to renew.

Total retail value:* $146,000 ($141,000 after the first year)

Year one: no cost
Year two onward: $4,000
ISV Success Advanced Package

High-performing software development companies who have attained a Solutions Partner2 with certified software3 designation for Azure, Security, or Industry AI can qualify for financial incentives to build and deploy AI-powered solutions or migrate end customers to Microsoft Azure-based solutions.

This package includes:

Build and Publish

  • Up to 50 hours of technical consults
  • Up to $50,000 in Azure credits (up to $25,000 for partners without certified software designations)*
  • Up to $100,000 in cash incentives for building applications on Azure AI or Analytics services
  • Up to $50,000 in cash incentives for publishing AI or Analytics-enabled apps on the commercial marketplace

Grow (Marketplace Rewards)

  • Up to $50,000 in cash incentives for each end-customer migration to Azure-based applications
  • Incremental go-to-market benefits for Solutions Partners with certified software designations
    • Microsoft sales play cards
    • Nurture assets, emails, and call scripts
    • Customer-facing solution briefs

ISV Success is no cost for 12 months with no commitment to renew.

Total retail value:* $175,000

Stand out in the commercial marketplace

Showcase your capabilities to customers when you attain a Solutions Partner designation—either for a solution area or with certified software.

For solution areasWith certified software

Access purpose-built benefits and stand out in the marketplace with a Solutions Partner designation. Solutions Partner designations can help distinguish your organization's broad technical capabilities and experience delivering customer success, and you can work toward attaining one today. When you attain a Solutions Partner designation for solution areas, you'll receive a portfolio of benefits specific to your solution area, a customer-facing badge to display in your marketing assets, and resources to help promote your record of customer success. You'll also become eligible for incentives designed to drive profitability for your business.

Partners who develop software can attain Solutions Partner2 with certified software3 designations to validate the quality, reliability, and interoperability of their individual software solutions. When you attain a certified software designation, you'll receive benefits designed for developers and a badge that showcases your solution to customers.

Stand out in the commercial marketplace

Showcase your capabilities to customers when you attain a Solutions Partner designation—either for a solution area or with certified software.

Access purpose-built benefits and stand out in the marketplace with a Solutions Partner designation. Solutions Partner designations can help distinguish your organization's broad technical capabilities and experience delivering customer success, and you can work toward attaining one today. When you attain a Solutions Partner designation for solution areas, you'll receive a portfolio of benefits specific to your solution area, a customer-facing badge to display in your marketing assets, and resources to help promote your record of customer success. You'll also become eligible for incentives designed to drive profitability for your business.

Partners who develop software can attain Solutions Partner2 with certified software3 designations to validate the quality, reliability, and interoperability of their individual software solutions. When you attain a certified software designation, you'll receive benefits designed for developers and a badge that showcases your solution to customers.

For solution areasWith certified software

Solutions Partner designations

Stand out from the competition by attaining a Solutions Partner designation. Solutions Partner designations are aligned to solution areas with high market demand and offer exclusive badging to help customers identify your organization's capabilities.

With a Solutions Partner designation, you can unlock benefits4 such as:

  • Partner go-to-market toolbox
  • How to Market with Microsoft consultation
  • Profile optimization and referral management
  • Digital Marketing Content OnDemand
  • Ready-to-go marketing assets (Partner Marketing Center)
  • Geo Expansion Readiness Assessment
  • Technical presales and deployment services, including 50 advisory hours and unlimited assistance with technical prep and deal enablement
  • Unlimited partner cloud support incidents
  • 20 Microsoft Product Support (on-premises) incidents
  • Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program Concierge
  • Licenses for in-demand software products such as Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint P2, and much more.

For more details about Solutions Partner designations, please refer to the partner benefits guide. To check your progress toward attaining a Solutions Partner designation, you can review your partner capability score in Partner Center.

$4,730

Solutions Partner with certified software

Becoming a Solutions Partner with certified software signifies that your solution meets technical criteria for interoperability with the Microsoft Cloud and demonstrates a proven track record of customer success. Unlock go-to-market, sales, and marketing benefits designed to help propel your growth and fuel greater demand for your solutions.

Benefits include:

  • Dedicated engagement manager
  • Customer-facing badging
  • Microsoft solution play cards
  • Nurture assets, emails, and call scripts
  • Customer-facing solution briefs

Price varies.5

Earn a specialization

Distinguish your deep technical expertise and further validate your capability to deliver specialized services aligned to a solution area by meeting the requirements to earn a specialization.
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Join the Azure Expert Managed Services Provider offering

By earning multiple designations and joining the Azure Expert MSP offering, you can demonstrate your organization's deep knowledge in providing managed services across the end-to-end lifecycle for Azure.
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Discover the benefits of being a partner

Explore the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program benefits guide to learn more about the benefits we offer partners, how they can help you prepare for success, and how you can qualify or purchase.
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* Retail value is based on Microsoft list pricing and reflects the potential fees for access to Microsoft software and services.

1. Throughout this webpage, $ refers to US dollar (USD).

2. "Solutions Partner" refers to a company that is a member of the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program and may offer software, services, and/or solutions to customers. Reference to "Solutions Partner" in any content, materials, resources, web properties, etc. and any associated designation should be not interpreted as an offer, endorsement, guarantee, proof of effectiveness or functionality, a commitment or any other type of representation or warranty on the part of Microsoft. All decisions pertaining and related to your business needs including but not limited to strategies, solutions, partner selection, implementation, etc., rests solely with your business.

3. A certification is (1) specific to the solution's interoperability with Microsoft products and (2) based on self-attestation by the solution owner. Solutions are only certified as of the date the solution is reviewed. Solution functionality and capability are controlled by the solution owner and may be subject to change. The inclusion of a solution in marketplace and any such designations should not be interpreted as an offer, endorsement, guarantee, proof of effectiveness or functionality, a commitment or any other type of representation or warranty on the part of Microsoft. All decisions pertaining and related to your business needs including but not limited to strategies, solutions, partner selection, implementation, etc., rests solely with your business.

4. Does not include all possible updates to Solutions Partner designations for solution areas and Training Services. No changes planned for Solutions Partner with certified software designations. For a full view of which benefits align to which designations, review the Benefits Guide.

5. Fees may apply in order to process technical validations and customer evidence reviews, assessed by a third party auditor. These fees will vary according to various factors such as the type or number of designations applied for and depth of review required.