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FastTrack for Azure

FastTrack for Azure is designed to help partners accelerate a customer opportunity. Get direct assistance from Azure engineers to onboard customers and grow your business by accelerating your customers’ cloud adoption through solution development, technical guidance and an architectural needs assessment. Work hand-in-hand with engineer-led technical resources early on and throughout client engagements to improve customer satisfaction and maximise mutual success using Azure.

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Global Black Belt Assistance

Global Black Belts (GBBs) are a technical resource available during the pre-sales engagement period to help grow Azure consumption, increase MAL penetration, and land multiple projects across the solution areas together with partners (SI, MSP, ISV, Channel) in every account. Influence Microsoft product and GTM strategy for advanced workloads by scaling your customer through our field and partner organisation.
Different GBBs specialise in different apps and infrastructures. Contact your PDM or the Azure BG for more information and to find the right expert to help you.

ECIF Customer Training

Do you have a customer opportunity that needs unblocking? ECIF funding can help. Partners who provide a SoW with projected Azure Consumeed Revenue at a 10:1 ratio can apply for ECIF funding to provide one-on-one training to enhance customer skills and/or the adoption of Azure cloud solutions.
Note: Be sure to allow adequate time in advance of the event to ensure compliance guidelines have been met.
Contact your PDM or Microsoft Field contact relevant to the account for assistance and additional details.

Azure Starter Offer

Whatever your objective, migrate or innovate with Azure Starter Offer.

Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) for Azure

The cloud presents a fundamental shift in the way the enterprises procure and use technology resources. In the past, enterprises assumed ownership and responsibility of all levels of technology from infrastructure to software. Now, the cloud offers the potential to transform the way enterprises use technology by provisioning and consuming resources as needed. While the cloud offers nearly unlimited flexibility in terms of design choices, enterprises seek proven and consistent methodology for the adoption of cloud technologies. The Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) provides the desired framework to guide decisions through adoption.

CAF for Azure

Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator

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Available for Customers or Partners to view and estimate the cost savings that can be realised by migrating workloads to Azure. Our TCO Calculator will measure your requirements and recommend a set of equivalent services in Azure that will support your applications. The analysis will break down each cost area with an estimate of your on-premises spend in comparison to what it would cost in Azure, including the costs that will decrease or be eliminated completely as you move workloads over to the cloud.

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