Solutions Partner for Digital & App Innovation(Azure)

As a Solutions Partner for Business Applications, you've demonstrated your broad capability to deliver solutions with Azure - Digital & App Innovation.

To earn the Microsoft Solutions Partner designation for one of the three Azure areas, your partner capability score must meet the qualification requirements for that area. Eligibility is determined by your scores for Performance, Skilling, and Customer success, which are measured automatically.

  • There are common requirements and thresholds for metrics in the Performance and Customer Success categories.
  • There are separate certification requirements in the Skilling category.

To attain a solutions partner designation, you need to:

  • Earn a minimum of 70 points.
    • Have one or more points for each of the following five metrics.
      • Performance
      • Skilling: intermediate certifications
      • Skilling: advanced certifications
      • Customer success: usage growth
      • Customer success: deployments

The following sections describe the skilling requirements and metrics in detail.

Skilling category

The skilling category uses the number of certified persons in an organization as a measure of partner capabilities and skills.

There are two metrics in this category:

  • Intermediate certifications
  • Advanced certifications

The certifications required are different for each of the three Azure areas, as described in the following section.

 

Eligible intermediate certifications

Step 1: Required Certifications

To earn points for the Intermediate certifications for Digital & App Innovation, you must have at least:

If you don't meet this prerequisite, you won't earn any points in this metric.

Step 2: Other certifications

After you complete the prerequisites in step 1, you earn intermediate certifications points for every person who has obtained any one of the following:

Power Platform Developer Associate

Scoring:

Each person with one of the preceding certifications earns you four points, up to a maximum of 20 points.

Important consideration(s):

  • Step #1 is a prerequisite to Step #2 and doesn't add any points directly. However, Step #1 must be completed before any points are awarded in this category. Points are only awarded for certifications earned in Step #2 once the first step is complete.
  • Individuals can be counted more than once across the different steps, but only once per step. Each certified individual is counted only once toward your points if they have completed multiple certifications in Step #2. However, the individuals counting toward Step #1 can be the same or different as the individuals counting toward Step #2.
  • Advanced certifications can be earned by the same or different people than the Intermediate certifications.
  • Some of these certifications may have prerequisites listed on the certification website (select the individual certification link). Those prerequisites need to be completed for an individual to complete certification.

Examples:

  • Individuals A and B complete Step 1, individuals C and D complete Step 2. In this case you would have two individuals qualifying (C,D) and would be awarded 2*4 = 8 points.
  • Individuals A and B complete Steps 1 and 2. In this case, the prerequisite is satisfied and two individuals (A, B) qualify for points, hence you would be awarded 2*4 = 8 points.
  • Individual A completes Step 1, and individuals B and C complete Step 2. In this case, no points are awarded since at least two individuals must complete Step 1 before any points will be awarded. Once one more individual (B, C, or others not including A) completes Step 1, 2 individuals would qualify (B, C) and your organization would be awarded 2*4 = 8 points.

Eligible Advanced Certifications

Step 1: Required Certifications

To earn points toward Advanced certifications, at least two people must have the Azure Solutions Architect Expert certificate. If there are fewer than two people in your organization who are certified as an Azure Solutions Architect Expert, you won't earn any points in this metric, even if you meet the other certification requirements

Course AZ-305T00--A: Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions

Step 2: Other certifications

You earn points toward Advanced certifications for every person who has obtained any one of the following:

Scoring:

Each person with one of the preceding certifications earns you four points, up to a maximum of 20 points.

Important consideration(s):

  • Step #1 is a prerequisite to Step #2 and doesn't add any points directly. However, Step #1 must be completed before any points are awarded in this category. Points are only awarded for certifications earned in Step #2 once the first step is complete.

  • Individuals can be counted more than once across the different steps, but only once per step. Each certified individual is counted only once toward your points if they have completed multiple certifications in Step #2. However, the individuals counting toward Step #1 can be the same or different as the individuals counting toward Step #2.

  • Intermediate certifications can be earned by the same or different people than the Advanced certifications.

  • Some of these certifications may have prerequisites listed on the certification website (select the individual certification link). Those prerequisites need to be completed for an individual to complete certification.

Examples:

  • Individuals A and B complete Step 1, individuals C and D complete Step 2. In this case you would have two individuals qualifying (C,D) and would be awarded 2*4 = 8 points.

  • Individuals A and B complete Steps 1 and 2. In this case, the prerequisite is satisfied and two individuals (A, B) qualify for points, hence you would be awarded 2*4 = 8 points.

  • Individual A completes Step 1, and individuals B and C complete Step 2. In this case, no points are awarded since at least two individuals must complete Step 1 before any points will be awarded. Once one more individual (B, C, or others not including A) completes Step 1, 2 individuals would qualify (B, C) and your organization would be awarded 2*4 = 8 points.