Partner Blog | What's new for Microsoft partners: July 2024 edition

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We are listening to partner feedback and considering the diversity of the partner community as we continue to enhance the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program to help you and your customers realize the greatest results from our latest technology. In this blog, you’ll find links to expert insights, the latest learning materials, and upgraded benefits from the past four months to boost your growth this year.



Announcements​

  • MCAPS Start for Partners: We recently celebrated the kickoff of our new fiscal year at Microsoft with MCAPS Start for Partners. Our inaugural digital event is designed to include partners in the Microsoft go-to-market strategy early in the fiscal year and foster collaboration to drive collective success. View the on-demand keynote and breakouts in this Partner blog.
  • Partner Launch, Partner Success Core, and Partner Success Expanded Benefits: We launched three new benefit packages earlier this year that are designed to suit the diverse needs of our partners at different growth stages and help them achieve greater success. The packages are all now generally available to every partner. At MCAPS Start for Partners, we announced that we will be adding and updating more than 20 new product licenses into many of those benefit packages in the coming months, including Microsoft Copilot, Defender for Endpoint, and GitHub. Learn more by tuning in to the on-demand sessions from the event.
  • 2024 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards: We recently announced the winners and finalists of the 2024 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards, recognizing exceptional contributions and innovations from our global partners. The partners recognized with these awards demonstrate the monumental impact that Microsoft partners are delivering to customers. They also showcase outstanding successes and innovations across technologies and industries through business transformation and social impact. Check out this year’s winners and finalists.
  • New Copilot+ PCs bring partner opportunity: Together with our device partners, we have introduced Copilot+ PCs, a new category of Windows PCs designed for AI. These devices create new opportunities for all partners to support customers into the future.
  • Expanding the Secure Future Initiative (SFI): After launching SFI last November, Microsoft is now expanding this initiative to better protect our partners and customers. Read on the Partner blog about the important role partners play in securing our ecosystem.
  • Advancing accessibility impact: In recognition of Global Accessibility Awareness Day in May, Chief Partner Officer Nicole Dezen wrote on the Partner blog about accessibility advancements, the Accessibility Horizon Methodology, and resources for increasing inclusion.
  • 2024 Work Trend Index: Microsoft and LinkedIn released our report into the state of AI at work, sharing insights into how AI is reshaping the labor market and what AI tools employees are looking for.


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