Microsoft Dynamics Gold Partners: Perks and Benefits
A Microsoft Gold certified partner is a company that has agreed to collaborate and establish a work-related relationship with Microsoft. Having the ‘Gold Partner’ title generally means that the partner company has earned the highest standards of Microsoft’s widely popular partner program.
Types of Microsoft Certified Partners
Microsoft has segmented the partners in 3 categories – Gold Competency Partner, Silver Competency Partner, and the Members. This segmentation of the Microsoft Partners is influenced by the number and size of deals annually these partners have successfully clinched. Gold being the highest-ranked competency has a large number of perks attached to it. However, either a gold or silver partner, only one uses and enjoys the benefits Microsoft grants to meet business objectives.
In the past, various organizations and companies received different types of designations that depended on the various factors like the ability to demonstrate the high levels of achievement and performance measured by KPIs and as well as the ability to provide the evidence of their expertise with various Microsoft technologies. Now, the companies are recognized simply as Microsoft Partners who have become a Gold or a Silver Microsoft partner based on a particular competency they specialize in.
With the ability to demonstrate the core capabilities, expertise and skills in a particular area, organizations and companies can earn either Gold or a Silver Competency. However, the combination of both is also possible. An organization can be certified with multiple competencies that provides solutions across several areas.
Benefits of Microsoft Professional Certification
The certified Microsoft Dynamics Partners are considered to be privileged in many ways. These partner organizations are benefited and enjoy the privilege of exclusive access to Microsoft tools, utilities and toolkits. These partner organizations also get to partake in Microsoft's ongoing training programs and tutorials that are mostly available for low costs or no costs.
The Microsoft Dynamics Gold Partner firm receives continuous online technical support, news, updates and useful information from Microsoft. Gold partner firms are also advantages in many ways that other companies do not receive. Some of these advantages include permission to provide Microsoft based IT services and products to other businesses or clients(Microsoft Dynamics 365 Implementation and others).
Some other benefits of being a Gold Microsoft Dynamics Partner
- More partnership opportunities with the tech giant, Microsoft
- Regular customer support, news and latest updates from Microsoft
- Access to the latest and the smartest set of training tools and programs
- Strong partner network connections
- Accessibility to Certification Logos
- Access to member resources
- Accessibility to up to 100 licenses for Microsoft products
Microsoft Gold-Certified partners have a high level of competence and expertise with Microsoft technologies as well as have best-in-class capabilities for deploying a particular Microsoft business solution.