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Earn a specialization

Aligned to the Microsoft Cloud, specializations display your technical expertise. Go to Partner Center to learn how close you are to meeting the requirements—or apply now.
Microsoft Low Code Application Development
Showcase your ability to help customers streamline their businesses with custom and flexible line-of-business low-code solutions.
Small and Midsize Business Management
Showcase your experience and proven success in implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central for small and midsize businesses.
AI and Machine Learning in Microsoft Azure
Showcase your validated capabilities enabling customer adoption of AI and implementing Azure solutions for AI-powered apps and machine learning lifecycles.
Analytics on Microsoft Azure
Validate your capability to plan and deliver tailored Microsoft analytics solutions using Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Databricks.
Data Warehouse Migration to Microsoft Azure
Validate your expertise in analyzing workloads, generating schema models, and performing ETL operations to migrate data to Azure.
Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure with Microsoft Azure Stack HCI
Validate your organization's ability to help customers take advantage of the benefits of a hyperconverged infrastructure on Azure.
Hybrid Operations and Management with Microsoft Azure Arc
Validate your technical capabilities enabling hybrid and multicloud scenarios.
Kubernetes on Microsoft Azure
Validate your expertise in deploying production workloads to the cloud using containers and managing hosted Kubernetes environments in Azure.
Linux and Open Source Databases Migration to Microsoft Azure
Validate your expertise in migrating and optimizing production workloads running on Linux servers and/or MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Cassandra, and MongoDB databases to Azure.
Modernization of Web Applications to Microsoft Azure
Validate your expertise in migrating and deploying production web application workloads, applying DevOps practices, and managing application services in Azure.
Windows Server and SQL Server Migration to Microsoft Azure
Validate your expertise in migrating and optimizing Windows Server and SQL Server production workloads to Azure.
AI and Machine Learning in Microsoft Azure
Showcase your validated capabilities enabling customer adoption of AI and implementing Azure solutions for AI-powered apps and machine learning lifecycles.
DevOps with GitHub on Microsoft Azure
Validate your organization’s capabilities implementing secure software development practices using DevOps principles.
Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure with Microsoft Azure Stack HCI
Validate your organization’s ability to help customers take advantage of the benefits of a hyperconverged infrastructure on Azure.
Hybrid Operations and Management with Microsoft Azure Arc
Validate your technical capabilities enabling hybrid and multicloud scenarios.
Kubernetes on Microsoft Azure
Validate your expertise in deploying production workloads to the cloud using containers and managing hosted Kubernetes environments in Azure.
Microsoft Low Code Application Development
Showcase your capabilities helping customers streamline their businesses with custom and flexible line-of-business low-code solutions.
Modernization of Web Applications to Microsoft Azure
Validate your expertise in migrating and deploying production web application workloads, applying DevOps practices, and managing application services in Azure.
Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure with Microsoft Azure Stack HCI
Validate your organization’s ability to help customers take advantage of the benefits of a hyperconverged infrastructure on Azure.
Hybrid Operations and Management with Microsoft Azure Arc
Validate your technical capabilities enabling hybrid and multicloud scenarios.
Linux and Open Source Databases Migration to Microsoft Azure
Validate your expertise in migrating and optimizing production workloads running on Linux servers and/or MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Cassandra, and MongoDB databases to Azure.
Microsoft Azure VMware Solution
Validate your capabilities with Azure VMware Solution to migrate on-premises workloads to run natively on Azure.
Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop
Validate your technical capability in deploying, optimizing, and securing virtual desktop infrastructure on Azure with Windows Virtual Desktop.
Networking Services in Microsoft Azure
Showcase your validated capabilities designing, implementing, operating, and optimizing customers' network architecture, cost, and security.
SAP on Microsoft Azure
Validate your expertise in deploying SAP solutions on Azure.
Windows Server and SQL Server Migration to Microsoft Azure
Validate your expertise in migrating and optimizing Windows Server and SQL Server production workloads to Azure.
Adoption and Change Management
Showcase your extensive experience and proven success in providing adoption and change management services while driving Microsoft 365 usage and organizational change.
Calling for Microsoft Teams
Prove your expertise in deploying and managing Microsoft 365 Phone System to drive customer business value.
Custom Solutions for Microsoft Teams
Validate your Teams capabilities, open more opportunities, and close more deals.
Meetings and Meeting Rooms for Microsoft Teams
Unlock a designation for your experience and proven success delivering Meetings and Meeting Rooms services and solutions for Microsoft Teams.
Modernize Endpoints
Highlight your expertise in delivering secure, holistic management solutions designed for the hybrid workplace.
Teamwork Deployment
Earn recognition for your experience and proven success deploying Microsoft 365 Teamwork workloads.
Cloud Security
Validate your organization's capability to implement comprehensive security solutions across your customers' Microsoft Azure, hybrid, and multicloud environments.
Identity and Access Management
Differentiate your technical capabilities to partner with customers to evaluate and deliver Microsoft Identity workloads with Azure Active Directory.
Information Protection and Governance
Validate your organization's capability to deploy Microsoft Information Protection workloads and provide proactive information protection for your customers.
Threat Protection
Show customers you can help them protect against threats by validating your capability to deploy Microsoft Threat Protection, Microsoft Cloud App Security, or Azure Sentinel workloads.

Microsoft Certifications

Certifications are a requirement for earning specializations; they demonstrate you're keeping pace with today's roles and requirements.

Solutions partner designations

This designation identifies your broad technical capabilities and experience in high-demand solution areas and is a prerequisite to earn a specialization.

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