Microsoft Partner Skilling
Empowering Innovation and Transformation
Welcome to Microsoft Partner Skilling – FY26 Edition
In today’s fast-evolving digital landscape, continuous skilling is no longer optional, it’s a competitive necessity. Microsoft Partner Skilling provides the knowledge, tools, and training you need to build expertise in AI, cloud, sales, pre-sales, and delivery roles.
With a variety of learning opportunities, including skilling playbooks, expert-led sessions, hands-on events, and on-demand content, you can develop the capabilities to drive business transformation and maximize customer impact. Wherever you are in your learning journey, our skilling resources help you stay ahead and succeed in an ever-changing industry.
The Importance of Skilling in FY26
The stakes for skilling continue to rise. According to recent studies, employees worldwide increasingly expect more frequent skill updates, and organizations are prioritizing investments in upskilling and reskilling. For Microsoft partners, this presents a unique opportunity to fuel innovation and business growth.
In FY26, Microsoft is doubling down on partner skilling by:
Unified Skilling Hub
Launching a unified Skilling Hub that brings together all learning resources in one place.
Role-Based Tracks
Expanding role-based tracks—Certification Ready, Project Ready, and Sales/Deal Readiness—to support every stage of the partner journey.
High-Demand Areas
Prioritizing high-demand areas such as AI and Copilot solutions, cybersecurity, compliance, and cloud transformation.
Immersive Formats
Offering more immersive formats, from technical and commercial bootcamps to Simu-live training sessions and hands-on projects.
Partner Rewards
Rewarding partners who invest in skilling with incentives, certifications, and expanded benefits.
By leveraging these resources, partners can strengthen their capabilities, accelerate customer impact, and stay ahead in one of the most transformative eras for our industry.
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Partner Skilling playbooks, newsletters, and guides
Microsoft provides partner playbooks, newsletters, and guides to keep you up to date on technical knowledge and training opportunities. These resources are updated monthly, so be sure to check out the latest version:
Partner Playbooks, Newsletters and Guides
Download the latest Partner Playbooks, Newsletters and Guides
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Biweekly Skilling Update
Stay updated by subscribing to this Newsletter: EMEA – English (EN-GB)
Learn about the latest in technical and sales enablement events
Access ResourcesPartner Skilling Playbook
Partner skilling playbook (with AI & Copilot)
Learn about enablement offerings to help skill your organization
Access ResourcesProject Ready Workshops Catalog
Project Ready Workshops and sales/presales catalog
Complete catalog of Technical Deployment Partner Project Ready Workshops
Access ResourcesUnlock your Microsoft AI Cloud potential with Partner Skilling Hub
AI Business Solutions
Empower customers to boost efficiency, reduce costs, and connect their people, processes, and data with intelligent solutions like Microsoft 365 Copilot.
Cloud and AI Platforms
Lead AI transformations for customers by migrating workloads to Microsoft Azure and building powerful AI solutions with tools like Azure AI Foundry, Microsoft Fabric, GitHub, and Microsoft Copilot Studio.
Security
Strengthen and simplify your customers’ security posture with our complete set of offerings—from endpoint protection, identity management, cloud application security, and data classification to event and incident management.
Join the Regional Skilling Tour
Take part in in-person skilling events across EMEA and strengthen your technical and business expertise with Microsoft. Each session is designed to provide practical guidance, peer collaboration, and hands-on learning to help you accelerate customer success.
Explore the latest Microsoft technologies and solutions- Gain insights to drive faster delivery and adoption with your customers
- Build practical skills with expert-led sessions and hands-on labs
- Connect and collaborate with peers and Microsoft experts
Microsoft AI Tour for Partners
Join us for the Microsoft AI Tour for Partners — a global series of in-person events showcasing breakthrough advancements that will take your business to the frontier of AI.
Discover lessons learned from real-world deployments, explore sales best practices, and gain hands-on experience with Microsoft’s Cloud & AI Platform, Security, and AI Business Solutions. This event equips you with the tools to accelerate customer success and build the Frontier Firm of the future.
End the day in conversation with experts from Microsoft.
EMEA Locations
Frankfurt
Dec 2
London
Feb 26
Paris
Mar 10
Zurich
May 5
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Meet skilling requirements faster with Certification Weeks
Build your AI and cloud skills and accelerate your path to certification with advanced, role-based Certification Week events. For beginner and intermediate learners, Certification Weeks offer expert-led training that helps you master the intricacies of Azure AI. Participation in Certification Weeks also helps organizations meet Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program skilling requirements.
Organizations with Microsoft Certified Individuals are qualified to offer specialized services, which helps distinguish them from competitors and increase customer satisfaction and loyalty—while unlocking further opportunities and incentives from Microsoft.
Certification Weeks occur around the globe and throughout the year. Register today to enhance your technical capabilities:
EMEA Cloud & AI Platforms + Security Certification Weeks
| Country-Language | Dates | Reg Page |
|---|---|---|
| EMEA-English | Sept 22-26 | https://aka.ms/EMEA-CW-EN-AZSC |
| Germany-German | Nov 10-14 | https://aka.ms/EMEA-CW-AZSC-DE |
| France-French | Oct 6-10 | https://aka.ms/EMEA-CW-AZSC-FR |
| Italy-Italian | Oct 6-10 | https://aka.ms/EMEA-CW-AZSC-IT |
| Spain-Spanish | Oct 20-24 | https://aka.ms/EMEA-CW-AZSC-ES |
EMEA AI Business Solutions Certification Weeks
| Country-Language | Dates | Reg Page |
|---|---|---|
| EMEA-English | Sep 29-Oct 3 | https://aka.ms/EMEA-CW-EN-AIBS |
| Germany-German | Oct 6-10 | https://aka.ms/EMEA-CW-AIBS-DE |
| France-French | Nov 3-7 | https://aka.ms/EMEA-CW-AIBS-FR |
| Italy-Italian | Oct 13-17 | https://aka.ms/EMEA-CW-AIBS-IT |
| Spain-Spanish | Nov 3-7 | https://aka.ms/EMEA-CW-AIBS-ES |
LevelUp
LevelUp sponsored by Microsoft is an on-demand, self-paced LMS that provides skilling resources for Technical Project Ready with labs and Sales Ready skilling for the Microsoft Cloud Solution Areas and GTM Solution Plays.
Access LevelUpCosell Operations Service for Skilling
The Co-sell Operations Service for Skilling is a new service where partners can submit skilling related questions to our agents. The agents will respond within 24 hours.
This service helps partners understand the skilling offers available to them in their area and ensures they have the resources they need to build skilling capacity and capability.
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