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This program gives our most capable Azure MSPs full support to help drive revenue for themselves—and their customers.
Enhance your offerings and support your customers’ journey to the cloud in everything from consulting to operations management.
Being an Azure Expert MSP has many advantages. Here are a few benefits designed to help your business stand out and excel.
Earn an exclusive Azure Expert MSP badge, get showcased to our customers, and gain top priority in our referral engine.
Be prioritized for co-sell engagements and leads.
Get support to develop new practices.
Attend exclusive events and participate in monthly calls with Azure engineering.
Azure Expert MSPs must pass a time and cost-intensive auditing process. Review the key steps below.
To get started, you must already hold Gold Cloud Platform competency status and meet other business requirements explained below.
If you meet all the requirements listed below, you can access the application process and submit it for review.
After an initial check, we’ll connect you to a third-party auditor who will conduct an intensive two-day audit against the latest published checklist.
You’ll be re-evaluated annually to ensure you continue to meet updated technology standards.
Becoming an Azure Expert MSP involves both a pre-audit assessment and on-site audit. Depending on your business, the process can take more than 300 hours of effort, requiring expertise from across your business.
Review the list to see if you qualify. If you meet the eight basic requirements, you can start the application process.
All partners must have an active Gold Cloud Platform competency.
You must drive at least USD100,000 Azure consumed revenue per month.
You are required to have an active CSP contract in place.
Your MSP offer must be listed in AppSource or Azure Marketplace.
Your business’s Azure MSP offering must be promoted on your website.
At least 15 of your full-time employees must have completed one of three specific Microsoft Certified Professional exams.
You'll need to submit four customer references for your Azure MSP solution, including one public case study.
You must have Advanced Support for Partners or Premier Support for Partners covering Azure.
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If you don’t qualify for the Azure Expert MSP at this time, you can still build your Microsoft partnership through membership enhancements, training, and other growth opportunities.
Qualify for competencies to help your business stand out from the rest.
Take a few training courses to increase your Azure knowledge and offering.
Look through the Cloud Practice Playbooks to start transforming your business today.