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Technical Presales and Deployment Services

Get the help you need to build your practice or solution. Access personalized assistance from Microsoft partner technical consultants.

Find the help you need—when you need it most

Use Technical Presales & Deployment Services (TPD) for personalized, one-to-one consultations to plan, build, and publish your Microsoft AI & cloud services or applications and accelerate the closure of sales opportunities.

Benefits overview

Technical Presales and Deployment Services

Offer type* Partner Launch Benefits Success Core Benefits Success Expanded Benefits Solutions Partner Specialization/Expert
Advisory hours to help you plan, build, and implement your service or application - 5 10 50 50
Assistance with technical sales preparation and deal enablement - Deducts advisory hours Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited

Benefits overview

Technical Presales and Deployment Services

Partner Launch Benefits
Advisory hours to help you plan, build, and implement your service or application -
Assistance with technical sales preparation and deal enablement -
Success Core Benefits
Advisory hours to help you plan, build, and implement your service or application 5
Assistance with technical sales preparation and deal enablement Deducts advisory hours
Success Expanded Benefits
Advisory hours to help you plan, build, and implement your service or application 10
Assistance with technical sales preparation and deal enablement Unlimited
Solutions Partner
Advisory hours to help you plan, build, and implement your service or application 50
Assistance with technical sales preparation and deal enablement Unlimited
Specialization/Expert
Advisory hours to help you plan, build, and implement your service or application 50
Assistance with technical sales preparation and deal enablement Unlimited
1/5
*Benefits overview: Specialization and Expert MSP designation and TPD benefits shown are the same as, and not incremental to, Solutions Partner designation benefits.

Services and supported products

Our services

Plan your business with Microsoft

Get help assessing your organization’s technical capabilities to uncover key opportunities that can help you grow your business.

  • Evaluate current skills within your organization.
  • Create a plan to develop or grow your services, applications and AI solutions.
  • Assist in planning CSP Enrollment, including technical architecture and requirements.

Build a service or application

From envisioning to publishing, our consultants will advise and support you. This includes:

  • Overview and value proposition of available products and scenarios.
  • Architecture design guidance and reviews.
  • Best practices & patterns.
  • Adapting solutions to industry scenarios.
  • Help listing in the appropriate marketplace.
  • Guidance for submission to co-sell.
  • Help make efficient use of Partner Center workspaces including customer and order management in the Cloud Solution Provider program.

Technical assistance for sellers

Help to create demos and proofs of concepts and remove sales blockers to help close more sales opportunities. This includes assistance with:

  • Demo and proof of concept resources and guidance.
  • Technical licensing Q&A.
  • Customer objection management.
  • Help assist in the pricing and billing workspaces in Partner Center, specific to the Cloud Solution Provider program.

Grow and support your business

Consultants are here to support you, even after you’ve built and sold your service or application. This includes support with:

  • Implementation guidance.
  • Design review and modification.
  • Incorporation of changes into base build.
  • Broadening your footprint with existing customers.
  • Improve Security Posture of the Partner organization and support CSP customers in Partner Center using security best practices.
  • Assist in developing application and automation using Partner Center SDK & API.
Areas of service

Azure Infrastructure

Learn how to migrate an existing application, accelerate the development of a new one, or get to market faster.

Stretch the boundaries of your technical solutions with innovative approaches to AI and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies.

Dive into our server migration, data migration, SAP on Azure, application innovation, AI, analytics, and IoT options.


Business Applications

Boost your customer’s engagement capabilities by using intelligent solutions like Microsoft Dynamics 365, Power Platform and Microsoft Sales Copilot, which can empower businesses to make better-informed, more customer-driven decisions.


CSP

Learn the necessary skills you need as a direct bill CSP, to effectively design and manage your customer interactions, resources, and security requirements.

Get assistance with best practices and technical references for CSP tenant architecture and enrollment, security, and customer management using Partner Center.

Work with our consultants to receive guidance on building automation using Partner Center API and SDK, manage orders and renewals and build your technical proficiency to manage security and access, using GDAP.


Data and AI

Address the real-world scenarios you encounter when closing deals and implementing Microsoft Data and AI solutions.

Get assistance for closing sales, improving sales pitches, and creating technical capabilities in the scenarios of Data Platform Modernization, Advanced Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence.

Work with our consultants to eliminate technical blockers and address the main challenges when deploying Microsoft Data and AI solutions.


ISV and Developer

Get prepared to address the main challenges when building a cloud application on Azure.

Get assistance to speed up envisioning and developing your cloud application and successfully publish it to the Microsoft commercial marketplace.

Work with our consultants to receive technical guidance and best practices to build well-architected and high-quality applications on Azure.


Modern Workplace and Security

Get prepared to address the real-world scenarios you encounter when closing deals and implementing Microsoft Modern Workplace solutions.

Get assistance closing sales for Microsoft 365 for Cloud Productivity, Device Management, and Security solutions.

Work with our consultants to boost your organization’s productivity with AI and enhance capabilities for provisioning, configuring, managing, and securing Microsoft 365.

Supported products

In-scope products

All cloud or cloud-hybrid solutions are supported.

Learn more.


Products in private or public preview

Help is provided on a best-effort basis, for nonproduction environments and with no guarantee on information availability or response time.