Advanced Specializations

Because specializing can be such a crucial element of boosting profitability for partners, Microsoft is now launching advanced specializations that go beyond Microsoft Gold competencies, as a way to help partners differentiate. Among the advanced specializations now being introduced by Microsoft are in Modern Workplace (including services such as threat protection, information protection, GDPR, eDiscovery and identity and access management); Biz Apps (services including Dynamics 365 for Sales, Dynamics 365 for Customer Service and Dynamics 365 for Field Service); Apps and Infrastructure (services including SAP on Azure, Azure Stack, cloud migration, backup and disaster recovery, Linux on Azure, high-performance computing and networking); and Data and AI (services including machine learning, cognitive services, database migration, data warehouse, big data, database on Linux and IoT services).