{"id":1715,"date":"2019-02-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-06-12T14:09:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T21:09:22","slug":"investing-in-our-partners-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/investing-in-our-partners-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Investing in our partners\u2019 success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today Gavriella Schuster, CVP of Microsoft\u2019s Partner organization, spoke about our longstanding commitment to partners<\/a>, and new investments to enable partners to accelerate customer success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we shared in our recent earnings, Azure is growing at 76 percent, driven by a combination of continued innovation, strong customer adoption across industries<\/a> and a global ecosystem of talented partners. I\u2019m inspired by partners such as Finastra<\/a>, Cognata<\/a>, ABB<\/a>, and Egress<\/a> who are working with Azure to enable digital transformation within their respective industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Microsoft has long been a partner-oriented organization, some things are different with cloud. Specifically, partners need Microsoft to be more than just a great technology provider, you need us to be a trusted business partner. This requires long-term commitment and the ability to continually adapt and innovate as the market shifts. This has been, and continues to be, our commitment. Our partnership philosophy is grounded in the foundation that we can only deliver on our mission if there is a strong and successful ecosystem around us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the spirit of being a trusted business partner, I wanted to highlight our key partner-oriented investments and some of the resources to help our partners successfully grow their businesses.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Committed to growing our partners\u2019 cloud businesses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Unlock new growth opportunities<\/strong>. Microsoft has sales organizations in 120 countries around the world. Our comprehensive partner co-selling program allows partners to tap into our global network to expose their solutions and services to new markets and new opportunities. Microsoft sales people are paid to bring the best solutions to our customers, spanning both Microsoft and partner solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Azure Marketplace<\/a> and AppSource<\/a> digital storefronts enable customers to easily find, try, and buy the right solutions from our partners. In March, we will add new capabilities to our marketplaces that enable partners to publish to a single location and then merchandise to over 75 million Microsoft customers, thousands of Microsoft sales people, and tens of thousands of Microsoft partners with the click of a button. This new capability further enables partners in our Cloud Solution Provider (CSP)<\/a> program to create comprehensive, tailored solutions for their end customers. And this is just the beginning. More innovations are on the way, and you can view what\u2019s coming through our Marketplaces roadmap<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAzure Marketplace has transformed Chef\u2019s business because it has opened up brand new channels and a new lead generation.\u201d \u2013 <\/em>Vikram Ghosh\u200b, Chef Software<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Technical resources and support whenever and wherever you need it<\/strong>. Whether you\u2019re getting acquainted with Azure, or are further along in developing your solution \u2013 there are resources to help you find the answers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n