As 2025 draws to a close, we are seeing the impact of focus and follow-through across the partner ecosystem. This year, partners made skilling a deliberate priority. Across solution areas, teams deepened technical capability, strengthened sales readiness, and brought innovation into real customer engagements. That intent is translating into more confident delivery, faster time to value, and practices built to operate in an AI-driven market.
Our November skilling update outlined the latest resources, bootcamps, and learning paths available to partners. As we look ahead to 2026, this moment is about turning those investments into a scalable skilling foundation that supports consistent delivery, drives customer outcomes, and positions your organization to grow as demand for AI, cloud, security, and data solutions continues to accelerate.
Partner Skilling Hub: A unified foundation for growth
The Microsoft Partner Skilling Hub brings this foundation together in one place. It offers a unified learning experience designed to simplify access to curated skilling paths across every Microsoft solution area. From AI and cloud to security and data, the Hub brings together self-paced learning, instructor-led sessions, and advanced readiness programs for both technical and sales roles.
Partners can quickly find the right path, learn on their own schedule, and build depth aligned to their business priorities. Whether your goal is earning designations, building repeatable delivery models, or strengthening go-to-market execution, the Skilling Hub supports measurable progress across teams.
Sustained growth depends on skills at every level, from architects designing solutions to sellers leading customer conversations. The Skilling Hub can ensure teams stay current and ready to deliver innovation with consistency and scale. Explore the Skilling Hub and start building what’s next.
Microsoft AI Tour for Partners: Skilling where you operate
We are also bringing skilling directly to partners around the world through the Microsoft AI Tour for Partners. These in-person events deliver role-based, market-specific training focused on agentic AI, Microsoft Copilot Studio, security, Microsoft Fabric, and more.
The format is designed to build technical depth and sales readiness in the regions where partners operate, supporting local opportunity with practical, hands-on learning.
Find an event in your area:
- Sao Paulo | Tuesday, February 10 | 9:00 AM–5:30 PM BRT (registration opening soon)
- London | Thursday, February 26 | 8:00 AM–5:30 PM GMT
- Paris | Tuesday, March 10 | 9:00 AM–5:30 PM CET
- Seoul | Tuesday, March 24 | 9:00 AM–5:30 PM KST
- Tokyo | Wednesday, April 8 | 9:00 AM–5:30 PM JST
- Sydney | Monday, April 20 | 9:00 AM–5:30 PM AEST
- Zurich | Tuesday, May 5 | 9:00 AM–5:30 PM CET
Project Ready: Deliver with confidence
Successful implementations do more than complete a deployment; they build trust and empower customers for long-term success. Project Ready courses are available in three flexible formats: live virtual sessions, on-demand learning, and regional in-person events, making it easy for partners to learn in the way that works best for them.
These courses focus on the skills and frameworks that support consistent, high-quality delivery.
Partners gain hands-on experience through interactive labs and real-world scenarios while learning proven patterns that reduce risk and rework. The courses connect delivery steps directly to adoption outcomes, empowering teams to land value faster. Flexible, role-based learning supports both delivery teams and leaders, and Microsoft digital badges provide recognition that reinforces credibility with customers.
Titan Skilling Academy: Build role-based expertise
Titan Skilling Academy extends this approach with immersive, role-based learning designed to build confidence and strengthen customer relationships. The program includes dedicated tracks for sales readiness, technical solution design, and delivery excellence.
Real-world examples, hands-on labs, and regular updates align learning to evolving solution areas and customer needs. Titan supports partners as they deepen expertise and scale practices with confidence.
Certification Ready: Flexible paths to validate expertise
For partners focused on certifications, On-Demand Certification Ready courses offer a flexible way to progress against Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program requirements. Self-paced training, hands-on labs, and practice resources support preparation across multiple languages.
Partners who complete a Certification Ready course and meet the practice threshold can earn an exam voucher, subject to terms. Live Office Hours provide expert guidance on certification pathways, Solutions Partner designations, and exam preparation.
Partner Hackathons: Turning skills into solutions
Throughout 2025, partners attended Microsoft Partner Hackathons to learn strategies to apply skills in real-world scenarios. Built on a standardized framework, these events combine hands-on experience with collaboration and guided support.
Partners consistently highlight the value of building solutions, validating approaches, and strengthening future-ready skills through focused problem-solving. Hackathons reinforce the Microsoft commitment to practical skilling and market-ready capability across the ecosystem.
Ready to innovate? Explore upcoming Hackathons and start building solutions that shape the future.
Looking ahead to 2026
As we move into 2026, continuous learning will remain one of the strongest differentiators for partners. AI, cloud, and data capabilities will continue to evolve, and the partners who embed skilling into their culture will move faster, deliver stronger outcomes, and unlock new opportunities.
Use the Partner Skilling Hub, certifications, and advanced readiness programs to keep skills aligned with demand. The actions you take now will shape how you innovate, scale delivery, and lead customers through their next stage of transformation. We look forward to continuing this work together in the year ahead.