More Microsoft Inspire 2023 news.
Just 16 months since its first rebrand in years to become the “Microsoft Cloud Partner Program”, the Microsoft Partner program is now the “Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program”.
As far as I can see, nothing is changing within the program itself – including the Solution designations. Just as adding the word “cloud” showed Microsoft’s focus in March 2023, this clearly demonstrates that AI is going to be a key part of Microsoft’s strategy for the future.
ISV Partners can benefit from the newly available “ISV Success” program and an expanded range of benefits. ISV Success is, according to Microsoft, “the pathway for ISV partners within the AI Cloud Partner Program to access product and cloud benefits, demo and sandbox environments, technical consults to build and publish applications, and once published, sales and marketing benefits to help accelerate deals through marketplace“. One of those expanded benefits is the addition of GitHub Copilot towards the end of 2023.
See the Microsoft announcement here.
Cloudy with a chance of Licensing 