Registration is open for MCAPS Start for Partners
Join Microsoft leaders on July 22 to align early to FY27 priorities and prepare for execution.
Customers are rapidly moving toward Frontier Transformation—the shift to AI and agents embedded as a repeatable, governed operating capability—and they are seeking your expertise to make it real. Customers need Microsoft partners who can turn AI experimentation into scalable ways of working. Partners best positioned for success in FY27 are those with a differentiated capability to operationalize AI with trust and intelligence as the foundation.
In April, we shared an early look at the plan for MCAPS Start for Partners, our annual kickoff to our fiscal year, enabling all of us to have a strong start to the year. I am pleased to share that registration for the event is now open.
Secure your spot now and register for MCAPS Start for Partners. This is your opportunity to get a fast start to FY27, with the new tools, resources, and investments to support successful growth in the year ahead.
MCAPS Start for Partners is designed to create clarity on Microsoft’s priorities, innovation, and investments for FY27, so you can convert this into practice growth, co-sell, and customer wins. It’s the annual moment to align early with Microsoft investments and go-to-market motions so your teams can focus, prioritize, and execute against what will shape customer conversations throughout the year.
Join us virtually on Wednesday, July 22, 2026. Bring the leaders who will turn priorities into outcomes across your sales, presales, delivery, and marketing teams.
The shift customers are making right now
Across industries, customers are seeking business outcomes that generate success. Microsoft Copilot and agents are central to AI transformation for customers across industries, segments, and geographies. Customers want solutions that can be operationalized, governed, and scaled across business units, and they are increasingly seeking partners that have demonstrated capability to guide their entire AI transformation journey. This is where Microsoft partners have a unique advantage.
What you will get from the experience
MCAPS Start for Partners is a no-cost, digital-only event intended as a jumpstart to the fiscal year. You can expect:
- Keynotes and sessions that define FY27 priorities, innovation, and investment focus.
- Clear signals on new capabilities and what to prioritize now.
- Sessions aligned to priorities across Frontier Transformation, Cloud & AI Platforms, AI Business Solutions, Security, co-sell, Microsoft Marketplace, investments, and incentives.
- Practical direction across the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program, with actionable next steps.
Featured sessions and speakers
This year, MCAPS Start for Partners features sessions led by Microsoft leaders that will connect FY27 priorities to clear demand signal from customers, combined with Microsoft innovation and investments.
Judson Althoff, CEO of Microsoft’s commercial business, Nicole Dezen, Chief Partner Officer and Corporate Vice President, Global Channel Partner Sales, and Stephen Boyle, Corporate Vice President, Enterprise Partner Solutions, will share how Frontier Transformation is shaping partner growth opportunity, clear signals of customer demand, and the record level of investments from Microsoft to empower partner success.
How to take action now
- Register and invite the right cross-functional team: Bring your AI and cloud practice leaders, sales leadership, solution leaders, delivery owners, Marketplace owners, and technical skilling leads. The value increases when you align as a group and leave with shared actions.
- Review the featured sessions and plan your agenda: Come ready to map Microsoft priorities to your solution plays, identify where seller attention will be strongest, and align your teams to a shared operating rhythm.
- Leave with day-one execution plans: Define what you will standardize across solution areas, serving each customer segment. Decide what you will package as repeatable offerings and what you will measure in the first 30 to 60 days of FY27.
FY27 success will be achieved through the combination of deeply understanding our priorities and investments and then converting them into your differentiated offerings for repeatable execution. MCAPS Start for Partners is designed to give you the clarity and the practical next steps to begin the year with an accelerated path to growth.
Don’t wait. Register today.