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Multinational Partner Cognizant Buys 25,000 Microsoft 365 Copilot Seats

IT services giant Cognizant, which already has a robust Microsoft cloud MSP business, is now also one of the biggest customers of Redmond's Copilot AI product.

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Top SMB Threats Include Ransomware and Windows Server 2012: Report

Managed services providers that support SMBs have their hands full this year: The constellation of threats targeting their customer base is more varied and harder to detect than ever.

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Microsoft Deepens Partner Program with New Designations, More Perks

It's shaping up to be a year of "exponential innovation and growth for partners," wrote Microsoft channel chief Nicole Dezen in her "State of the Partner Ecosystem 2024" missive.

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Microsoft Announces 11 AI Access Principles

Microsoft described 11 corporate "AI access principles," aimed at fostering an artificial intelligence-based economy.

Microsoft Focuses on Partners' AI Readiness with New Benefit Packages

Microsoft on Monday unveiled three new benefits packages for its partners, each aimed at specific levels of technical readiness and expanding opportunities for partners to test drive Microsoft's AI products.

How To (Eventually) Make Money from Microsoft 365 Copilot: Q&A with Nerdio CEO Vadim Vladimirskiy

There are three ways partners can actually build a viable business out of Microsoft 365 Copilot. Managing it is definitely not one.

Microsoft Inspire Gears Up Partners with Azure Programs and Tools

This week's Microsoft Inspire event for partners delivered a bunch of Azure enhancements.

Microsoft Inspire 2023 Keynote: Partners Driving 'Era of AI'

Microsoft on Tuesday kicked off its annual Inspire partner conference in Redmond, Wash., with the sole focus on how partners can strengthen its customers through generative AI technology.

Inspire 2023 Highlights: Microsoft Copilot Pricing, Bing for Enterprises and More

The 2023 Microsoft Inspire conference started Tuesday with the new Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program, a rebrand of the Microsoft Cloud Partner Program, taking the lion's share of the spotlight.

Inspire 2023: Microsoft Relaunches Partner Program for AI Era

Only nine months after its launch, the Microsoft Cloud Partner Program has a new name, one that reflects Microsoft's full-bore embrace of AI in every part of its stack.

'It's Keeping Up with Customer Demand': Partner Exec Julie Sanford on the AI-fication of Microsoft's Partner Program

Microsoft is promising a swift and seamless transition from the MCPP to the new AI-focused program, plus plenty of handholds for partners of all expertise levels.

Rubrik and Microsoft Extend Partnership for AI-Based Security

Rubrik announced on Wednesday a further evolution of its partnership with Microsoft with the integration of the security firm's Security Cloud services in Microsoft Sentinel and Azure OpenAI Service.

Microsoft Nods at AI with 2023 Partner of the Year Awards

The latest batch of Microsoft "Partner of the Year" winners includes gestures that underscore the company's embrace of AI technologies.

Microsoft To Add ISV Designations to MCPP

Microsoft's top partner executives detailed several changes it plans to make to the 6-month-old Microsoft Cloud Partner Program (MCPP).

Microsoft Strengthens OpenAI Partnership with Further Investment

Microsoft announced a "multibillion" dollar increase in funding to OpenAI, maker of the AI-based ChatGPT and image generating tool DALL-E.