Unlock Your Business Potential: Become a Certified Microsoft Solutions Partner

Elevate your business as a Solutions Partner with Certified Software*, which showcases that your solution meets Microsoft’s standards for Microsoft Cloud integration and has a proven track record of customer success. Certification boosts your credibility, offering significant go-to-market, sales, and marketing benefits. It’s ideal for software providers and solutions in areas such as Azure, Business Applications, Modern Work, Security, and AI-driven industries. The certification process involves rigorous technical checks, ensuring your software meets Microsoft’s high standards.

Unlock new opportunities, enhance your solution’s visibility, and drive growth by becoming a certified Microsoft Solutions Partner.

Benefits

• Enhanced Credibility: Gain recognition for meeting Microsoft’s high standards.
• Increased Visibility: Stand out in the marketplace with a certified solution.
• Collaborative Opportunities: Partner with Microsoft for joint sales and marketing initiatives.
• Expanded Growth Potential: Open doors to new markets and customer segments.
• Technical Validation: Showcase your software’s seamless integration with Azure ecosystem across solutions and AI.
• Customer Success Validation: Demonstrate proven success through customer case studies.
• Competitive Edge: Differentiate your solution from competitors with a prestigious certification.
• Discoverability: Increase your discoverability in the commercial marketplace, connect with more customers, and take advantage of marketing and branding resources designed to help you accelerate your revenue in a rapidly growing market.
• Qualify for Azure ISV partner-led incentives** : Azure Migrate and Modernize and Azure Innovate assists with migrating and modernizing customers to Azure. It also assists with creating new apps or modernizing an existing app to build in AI or analytics functionality.
• Top Tier benefits**, such as:
  • Access to Partner Reported ACR (PRACR): An exclusive SaaS joint-sales offering so that Microsoft sellers are recognized for selling your eligible Azure solutions.
  • Enhanced Microsoft seller discovery: A solution shows as a certified software in Microsoft seller platforms so that they can more easily identify you and promote leads to your organization.

For additional insights and resources on go-to-market strategies, sales optimization, and marketing benefits, please explore the following links

Solutions Partner with certified software designation benefits.

Note

• * Please refer to Microsoft documentation for important disclaimers and information regarding the use of the terms ‘Solutions Partner’ and ‘Certified Software’.
• ** Introduction to Solutions Partner with certified software designations – Partner Center | Microsoft Learn

Ready to elevate your software? Becoming a Solutions Partner with certified software means more than just meeting technical standards — it’s about distinguishing your business and fostering growth through trusted partnerships and collaborations. Take the first step today and see your software solutions reach new heights.

Imagine your software standing out in a crowded tech world, seamlessly integrating with Microsoft Cloud and backed by a proven track record of customer success. That’s the power of becoming a Solutions Partner with certified software. This certification boosts your credibility and propels your business forward with enhanced go-to-market strategies, powerful sales tools, and impactful marketing benefits. Plus, it puts you on the radar of Microsoft sellers, opening doors to exciting collaboration opportunities.

Commercial marketplace readiness, commercial performance and marketplace ratings qualification requirements will be assessed automatically by Microsoft and displayed in Partner Center prior to applying for the audit.

Persistent Systems will conduct the validation of certain technical requirements (i.e., for Azure and Industry AI) as well as the review of customer evidence.

How to Get Your Solutions Certified?

The following are the steps to get your solutions certified.

Step 1: Publish Your Solution

• Publish your solution in the Microsoft commercial marketplace
• Identify and select an appropriate software designation for certification and submit the solution by following the Application Process through Microsoft Partner Center

Step 2: Audit your solution by Engaging with Persistent Systems

• After you apply and submit the documents through the Microsoft Partner Center, Persistent will reach out and initiate the audit process by engaging with you until the audit is concluded

The overall audit process is to be completed within 17 business days, contingent upon the timely submission of all required evidence for the audit requirements.

• Persistent will acknowledge your audit request within 2 business days.
• Partner will have 10 business days to provide additional evidence if required.