Azure for independent software vendors (ISVs)
Let's build together. Innovate, grow, and scale with a cloud you can trust.
Grow your business with Azure
Run applications at global scale across on-premises, multi-cloud, and edge environments. Unify management of your apps—and protect them with industry-leading security features.
Discover resources
Find technical and business guidance about building and managing SaaS applications on Azure.
Migrate and modernise apps
Get tools and guidance to help you move, manage, and secure all your workloads.
Publish apps
Sell directly to over 4 million users a month in the Microsoft commercial marketplace.
Become an ISV partner
Sign up to access Partner Centre and get started as a Microsoft partner.
Innovate and ship faster
Speed up development and meet your customers' needs as they arise. Build with open-source tools of your choice and deploy seamlessly and securely.
- Code from anywhere with Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code and collaborate using GitHub.
- Build cloud-native and microservice architectures.
- Ensure performance as you scale with fully managed relational, NoSQL, and in-memory databases.
- Create intelligent apps with AI services and bring real-time insights to your customers.
Run your apps anywhere
Run apps anywhere—across on-premises, multicloud, and edge environments. Achieve global scale, automation, unified management, and industry-leading security.
- Accelerate development with Azure Arc and protect data, apps, and infrastructure with built-in, unified security tools.
- Manage, govern, and secure Windows, Linux, SQL Server, and Kubernetes clusters across environments.
- Deliver apps over a secure network using Azure Virtual Desktop remote app streaming.
Reach more customers
Sell to a large B2B customer base and expose apps to the 95 percent of Fortune 500 companies and over 1 billion people who use Microsoft.
- Get expert support migrating to the commercial marketplace and sell to over 4M users per month.
- Join the Microsoft partner programme to access partner benefits and sell through Microsoft.
- Receive new leads monthly and reach leaders in your industry through Microsoft AppSource.
Explore solutions across industries
Create personalised experiences, bring insights to employees and optimise supply chains.
See how Everseen used Azure and NVIDIA technology to build a platform that helps major retail customers reduce inventory loss, optimise operations and boost sales.
Help your customers build a clean-energy future and make progress toward sustainability and business goals.
See how Envision built an Energy Operating System on Azure that helps companies find ways to optimise energy resources and transition to renewable energy.
Personalise customer experiences, modernise financial systems and optimise risk management.
Learn how Munich Reinsurance Company uses Azure to cut claims management times, reduced workloads, and bring valuable new insights to each of its clients.
Build apps that uncover new operational efficiencies, reduce costs, and generate new revenue opportunities.
ShookIOT builds solutions to help industrial companies make the most of their data. See how they landed their largest deal ever in the commercial marketplace.
Enhance patient engagement, empower provider collaboration, and improve operational insights.
Learn how Central Logic used Azure to create solutions that helped hospitals and healthcare systems co-ordinate resources and optimise patient care in response to COVID-19.
Innovate using industry-leading tools, services, and resources
Azure AI
Build the next generation of intelligent apps with proven, secure, and responsible AI.
Azure Stack
Build and run hybrid apps across datacentres, edge locations and remote offices.
Azure security
Stay ahead of risks with built-in cloud protection and AI-powered monitoring tools.
Azure Virtual Desktop
Enable a secure remote desktop experience from virtually anywhere.
Azure Synapse Analytics
Gather, store, process, analyse and visualise all of your data.
Azure IoT
Develop secure, stable, and open edge-to-cloud solutions.
Application and data modernisation
Deliver enhanced application and data experiences even faster.
Azure migration and modernisation centre
Simplify and accelerate migration and modernisation with guidance, tools and resources.
Explore innovative apps in the marketplace
See what other SaaS providers have built with Microsoft
Supply Chain Forecast | Inventory
See how this app from ToolsGroup uses machine learning to help optimise supply chain planning.
MongoDB Atlas on Azure
Learn how MongoDB gives developers the versatility to build a wide variety of platforms.
Factory Insights as a Service
See how this app from PTC helps manufacturing companies prepare for digital transformation.
Episerver Content Intelligence
Learn how Episerver applies natural language processing to deliver guidance on content strategy.
Resources and documentation
Research studies
Webinars
Take the next step
Get personalised guidance on scaling your apps or building new software-as-a-service solutions with Azure.
Connect with an Azure sales specialist to get started.