The holder of the previous 12 gold competencies has now received up to 5 Microsoft Solutions Partner titles out of a total of 6. And this on the same day as Microsoft published the new conditions, which no other company in Slovakia can boast.
In practice, this means that companies looking for a partner for Microsoft cloud solutions in the areas of:
Data & AI │ Azure - data management and artificial intelligence solutions,
Digital & App Innovation │ Azure - digital solutions and application innovation in the cloud,
Infrastructure │ Azure - migration of key infrastructure components to the Microsoft Azure cloud,
Modern Work - Increase productivity and modern employee collaboration with Microsoft 365.
Security - Cybersecurity solutions to protect businesses from online threats.
In all of them, SOFTIP is a Microsoft Solution Partner, and has therefore received very high scores in the sum of the three categories - Performance, Skilling and Customer Success, for each of the above mentioned designs.
What does this mean in practice?
„Microsoft tracks the number of new customers over the last 12 months in a given area. Importantly, it takes into account not only additions, but also attrition, and in the case of SOFTIP, it has confirmed that we have a wealth of experience from a number of deployed solutions,“ he explains Ján Schwarz, Technical Director of SOFTIP and Director of Cloud Enterprise Solutions.
Furthermore, the partner's qualifications are assessed through the certifications obtained - proof of their investment in the necessary training and certifications for their staff. And the third category focuses on customer adoption of technology, measured by the growth in technology usage and the number of solutions deployed. The requirement is to score a minimum of 70 points out of a possible 100 for each qualification separately, with the partner having to score points in each category.
„I am very proud that we have confirmed the high standard of our service and experts. This allows us to continue our long-standing partnership with one of the largest and most important technology companies in the world. It will be more challenging than in the past to maintain the status we have achieved, but I am confident that we will be able to do so in cooperation with our customers,“ said Schwarz.
Current award winner Microsoft Partner of the Year 2022 in the category of country/regional winners has, in addition to the latest Microsoft Solutions Partner title, four extended specializations for cloud tools on the Microsoft platform. These are further confirmation of SOFTIP's leadership position in the deployment of innovative customer solutions in the cloud.
Microsoft Cloud Partner Program
The new partner programme replaced the existing Microsoft Partner Network scheme. Its long and varied list of competencies already made it difficult for customers to find an experienced supplier for their area of interest. The new programme is intended to simplify this complex system.
The previous 18 competences have been replaced by 6 Designations. In addition to the aforementioned ones held by SOFTIP, they also include the title of Microsoft Solutions Partner for Business Applications.
The programme is effective from 3 October 2022.
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Easier orientation, much higher demands. Microsoft changes partner criteria