The new Microsoft Solution Partner Program explained
Reference to Gold and Silver Microsoft competencies will be phased out, replaced by the new Solution Partner Program.
Based on holistic and stringent scoring criteria measuring breadth and growth of current skills as well as demonstrable growth in Microsoft products, Microsoft Solution Partner designations allow organizations to identify the most competent partners in each of the six solution areas. These are:
- Infrastructure (Azure)
- Data & AI (Azure)
- Digital & App Innovation (Azure)
- Modern Work
- Security
- Business Applications
Advanced Specializations further validate a partner’s deep technical expertise once Solutions Partner Designation has been achieved. Together, designations and specializations give an organization a clear and true sense of both the breadth and depth of a partner’s capabilities.
In addition to the six designations named above, Capgemini has achieved the following 14 Advanced Specializations:
- Analytics on Microsoft Azure
- Data Warehouse Migration to Microsoft Azure
- AI and Machine Learning in Microsoft Azure
- Kubernetes on Microsoft Azure
- Modernization of Web Applications to Microsoft Azure
- SAP on Microsoft Azure
- Windows Server and SQL Server Migration to Microsoft Azure
- DevOps with GitHub on Microsoft Azure
- Calling for Microsoft Teams
- Meetings and Meeting Rooms for Microsoft Teams
- Cloud Security
- Identity and Access Management
- Threat Protection
- Low Code Application Development (PowerApps)
Azure Expert MSP is the highest accreditation an Azure partner can achieve. Attainment of this status requires extensive auditing of a partner’s capability, processing, tooling, security, and sales positioning. Partners are assessed by Microsoft’s global best practice standards and independently audited by a third party, which requires many hundreds of hours of our experts’ time to achieve. This gives our clients the certainty when working with us that their due diligence has already been independently verified against internationally defined standards.
What these accreditations mean for our clients
These accreditations help to give our clients the certainty, assurance, confidence, and trust that is needed as a basic requirement for any technology transformation, and to quickly identify a partner’s credentials in the areas and workloads that matter most to them.
By bringing Capgemini’s breadth and depth of credentials and expertise to clients across the entire Microsoft Cloud, at every stage of their journey, we are able to help organizations to go further, faster, and achieve their important business outcomes.
Bringing the Microsoft platform to life
With over 35,000 certified professionals across all the Microsoft Cloud platforms, our people have made this achievement possible. Their dedication to achieving the highest possible technical certifications brings certainty for our clients as we partner together.
Through Capgemini’s end-to-end Microsoft commitment, we can stitch together innovative business-focused solutions from across the entire Microsoft solution portfolio, and draw on our deep, advanced capability to do this. For our clients to have the proof through these accreditations that we are tried and true across every facet of the Microsoft ecosystem is invaluable to us.
If you would like to know more about Capgemini’s Microsoft certifications or how Microsoft solutions can help your business, please get in touch with Sally Armstrong at sally.a.armstrong@capgemini.com
“We are excited that Capgemini has attained all six solution area designations to receive the Solutions Partner for Microsoft Cloud distinction. This highlights Capgemini’s breadth of capabilities across the Microsoft Cloud to deliver innovative solutions and accelerate cloud transformation for their clients.”
Kelly Rogan, Corporate Vice President of Global System Integrators at Microsoft
