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| Core Benefit |
Membership Opportunity |
| Technical advisory services: Choose from the many offerings provided by Partner Services to get expert guidance from Microsoft consultants for training, technical presales, and delivery support. |
- MAPS: 10 Partner Advisory Hours
- Silver competency: 20 Partner Advisory Hours
- Gold competency: 50 Partner Advisory Hours
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| Technical incident support: Resolve technical issues quickly with support from Microsoft engineers and community experts provided by Partner Services. |
- Registered: unlimited online support
- MAPS: unlimited online support and unlimited phone support (critical)
- Silver competency: unlimited online support, unlimited phone support (critical), and 5 incidents of phone support (non-critical)
- Gold competency: unlimited online support, unlimited phone support (critical), and 5 incidents of phone support (non-critical)
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| Customer feedback tool: Get insights on customer satisfaction and loyalty with the Customer Satisfaction Index survey solution. |
- Applies to silver competency and gold competency membership levels
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| Core Benefit |
Membership Opportunity |
| News and information: Stay up to date with the latest news, business opportunities, training, and more with the partner newsletter and OEM Reseller and System Builder News. |
- Applies to all membership levels
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| Internal-use software: Get firsthand knowledge of features and capabilities with internal-use licenses for the latest Microsoft software. |
- MAPS: up to 10 licenses of each product
- Silver competency: up to 25 licenses of each product
- Gold competency: up to 100 licenses of each product
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| Talent recruitment: Find the most qualified technical students for entry-level and internship positions with Students to Business. |
- Available to MAPS, silver competency, and gold competency levels
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| Licensing assistance: Get help recommending Microsoft Volume Licensing products and solutions with Microsoft LicenseWise. |
- Available to MAPS, silver competency, and gold competency levels
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| Core Benefit |
Membership Opportunity |
| Training: Build technical and business skills with role-based training at the Partner Learning Center. |
- Applies to all membership levels
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| Developer resources: Get access to tools, software, communities, and resources for developers and testers with an MSDN subscription. |
- MAPS: 3 MSDN for Microsoft Action Pack Development and Design subscriptions
- Silver competency: 5 Visual Studio Premium with MSDN subscriptions
- Gold competency: 10 Visual Studio Premium with MSDN subscriptions
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| IT Pro resources: Get access to tools, software, communities, and resources for IT professionals with a TechNet subscription. |
- MAPS: 1 TechNet for Microsoft Action Pack Solution Provider license
- Silver competency: 3 TechNet for Microsoft Competency Partners licenses
- Gold competency: 3 TechNet for Microsoft Competency Partners licenses
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| Core Benefit |
Membership Opportunity |
| Online partner directory: Make your solution profile accessible to tens of thousands of potential customers with Microsoft Pinpoint and Microsoft Solution Finder. |
- Search ranking increases with membership level
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| Marketing tools and resources: Save time and money with customizable marketing resources, including campaign materials and activity guides at the Partner Marketing Center and system builder campaigns on OEM Partner Center. |
- Applies to all membership levels
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| Microsoft branded logo: Show your unique expertise to customers by using Logo Builder to create a custom logo that identifies your capabilities. |
- Silver competency: ability to apply silver competency designation
- Gold competency: ability to apply gold competency designation
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| Core Benefit |
Membership Opportunity |
| Sales tools and resources: Use Microsoft Partner Sales Resources to help you sell products and solutions more effectively. |
- Applies to all membership levels
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| Custom demos and tools: Create compelling sales presentations using the rich, customizable demos from Demo Showcase. |
- Applies to all membership levels
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| Financing your deals: Close more sales by offering your customers tailored financing options using Microsoft Financing. |
- Eligibility at all membership levels
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| Incentives: Become eligible to earn incentives for driving strategic technology areas with Microsoft Partner Incentives. |
- Registered: online incentives
- Silver competency: licensing and online incentives
- Gold competency: solution, licensing, and online incentives
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