Data & AI Solution Area
What’s new
- 🚀 Added the FY26 Partner Playbook for Cloud & AI Platform
- 💬 Added Basic Azure AI Foundry chat reference architecture
- 🧑💻 New Azure AI Foundry Agent service chat reference implementation
Deep links
- FY26 Cloud Solution Area Partner Playbooks: Drive revenue growth by delivering AI-powered services aligned to streamlined solution areas. Playbooks for AI, Cloud & Security. (Microsoft Partner)
- Basic Azure AI Foundry chat reference architecture: Introductory architecture for running chat apps with Azure AI Foundry and OpenAI models. (Microsoft Learn)
- Azure AI Foundry Agent service chat basic reference implementation: Reference implementation for chat applications using Azure AI Foundry Agent as orchestrator in a single region. (Azure Samples GitHub)
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Digital & App Innovation Solution Area
What’s New
- 🚀 Added the FY26 Partner Playbook for Cloud & AI Platform
- 🤖 Added “Generative AI and the Nature of Work” research, offering valuable insights into how AI impacts software developer tasks
- 🚀 Introduced guidance on “Accelerate innovation by migrating your repositories from Azure DevOps to GitHub” to support migration and innovation using GitHub
Deep Links
- FY26 Cloud Solution Area Partner Playbooks: Drive revenue growth by delivering AI-powered services aligned to streamlined solution areas. Playbooks for AI, Cloud & Security. (Microsoft Partner)
- Generative AI and the Nature of Work: Research examining the effects of AI technology on work activities and task allocation for software developers using large-scale panel data (Microsoft Research & Harvard Business School)
- Accelerate innovation by migrating your repositories from Azure DevOps to GitHub: Guidance on when and how Azure DevOps customers should move to GitHub to enable AI-driven innovation (GitHub)
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Modern Work Solution Area – Copilot
What’s new
- 🚀 Updated to the FY26 partner playbook for AI Business Solutions
- 📚 Added Microsoft Scenario Library: Enables creation of custom AI use cases for business units.
- ✅ Added Copilot Success Kit: Provides resources for planning, adoption, and support of Microsoft Copilot.
- 🤖 Introduced “Bring your own agents” for Microsoft 365 Copilot: Lets organizations build custom AI-powered assistants, with control over orchestration, models, and integrations.
Deep links
- FY26 Cloud Solution Area Partner Playbooks: Explore strategies to build your technical practice including AI Business Solutions, Cloud & AI Platforms, and Security—with end-to-end engagement, updated solution areas, and GTM tactics. (Microsoft Partner)
- Copilot Success Kit: Comprehensive resources to plan, launch, and adopt Microsoft Copilot in organizations. (Source: Microsoft Adoption)
- Microsoft Scenario Library: Curated set of use cases and scenarios to help teams identify and plan high-value AI opportunities. (Source: Microsoft)
- Bring your own agents into Microsoft 365 Copilot: Overview of custom agent capabilities for extending Microsoft 365 Copilot functionality. (Source: Microsoft 365 Dev Blog)
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Power Platform Solution Area
What’s new
- 🚀 Updated to the FY26 partner playbook for AI Business Solutions
Deep links
- FY26 Cloud Solution Area Partner Playbooks: Explore strategies to build your technical practice including AI Business Solutions, Cloud & AI Platforms, and Security—with end-to-end engagement, updated solution areas, and GTM tactics. (Microsoft Partner)
Visit the extended Partner Crucible page on this Topic Page for more partner resources.
Business Applications Solution Area
What’s new
- 🚀 Added the FY26 Partner Playbook for AI Business Solutions
Deep links
- FY26 Cloud Solution Area Partner Playbooks: Explore how to drive revenue growth and profitability by delivering AI-powered services and solutions—supported by our end-to-end engagement model and aligned to our updated, streamlined solution areas. Partner playbooks for AI Business Solutions, Cloud and AI Platforms, and Security help you build your practice and tap into investments with Solution Plays and GTM strategies. (Microsoft Partner)
Visit the extended Partner Crucible page on this Topic Page for more partner resources.
Security Solution Area
What’s new
- 🚀 Updated to the FY26 partner playbook for Security
- 💡The Partner Opportunity For Microsoft Security: Economic Impact Analysis by Forrester.
- 🏆 Added The Forrester Wave™: Zero Trust Platforms, Q3 2025.
Deep links
- FY26 Cloud Solution Area Partner Playbooks: Explore strategies to build your technical practice including AI Business Solutions, Cloud & AI Platforms, and Security—with end-to-end engagement, updated solution areas, and GTM tactics. (Microsoft Partner)
- The Partner Opportunity For Microsoft Security: A Total Economic Impact™ analysis of Partner opportunities in Microsoft Security. (Forrester)
- The Forrester Wave™: Zero Trust Platforms, Q3 2025: Recognition of Microsoft as a Leader in Zero Trust Platforms. (Forrester)
Visit the extended Partner Crucible page on this Topic Page for more partner resources.