Welcome to the Crucible

A forge for Microsoft Partners

This project aims to serve as an entry point into the wealth of information and services available to Canadian Microsoft partners. The Partner Crucible will curate links, models, and insights to ensure our partners have an overview and a quick path forward.

Innovation

From expert points of view and practitioner insights, to resources for partner practice building around key industries, to examples of innovation across the partner ecosystem.

Signal:Noise

Signal:Noise

Points of view from experts and practitioners to help identify paths that carry the most signal and accelerate your cloud ambitions.

Innovation

Innovation

Resources for ideas stemming from research and innovation at Microsoft.

Partner Practice

A collection of partner resources related to practice building — from profitability and growth, to skilling journeys, to ensuring recognition for your successes.

Partner Economics

Partner Economics

ISV, SaaS, CSP, marketplace and FinOps resources.

Practice Building

Partner Practice Building

Profitability, security, portals, support, and sales resources.

Workloads

The partner designations and specialisations span 6 distinct Workloads. Each includes learning journeys aligned to specific Microsoft Cloud technologies and capabilities.

Modern Work

Modern Work

Resources for practice building in the Modern Work Workloads.

Azure Infrastructure

Azure Infrastructure

Data and AI

Data & AI

Resources for practice building in the Data and AI Workloads.