In early 2022, FastTrack Ready Partners can begin earning Knowledge Badges.
FastTrack Ready Partner Knowledge Badges allow FastTrack Partners to distinguish themselves from other FRPs as experts in:
- FastTrack Benefit Delivery
- FastTrack Ready Migration
- FastTrack Engineering Proficiency and Expertise
There are several badges FRPs can obtain, depending on the role within their organization.
Read the Yammer announcement for more information.
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Awareness: FY22 Microsoft 365 Deployment Offer
As announced in the November Partner Community Call, Microsoft has launched a limited-time customer offer for Microsoft 365. As of November 1, 2021, Microsoft-nominated commercial customers who make a new qualifying purchase during the offer period are eligible to receive up to $50,000 in deployment services credit to be used with a FastTrack Ready Partner.
How it works
The approved customer will receive a voucher and can work with their existing FRP or be matched with a new FRP if there is not an existing relationship. The customer will present the partner with the Voucher ID number. The voucher enables the partner to start work and initiate the payment request.
Offer Terms
- The offer is valid on purchases made November 1, 2021 – March 31, 2022, for nominated commercial customers.
- The voucher value equals ten percent of the billed year one revenue, with a maximum value of $50k.
- The customer can use the voucher in support of (all): E5, E3, Teams Phone, Viva, Compliance, or Win365 deployment value-added services provided by a FastTrack Ready Partner. *
- Deployment services credit must be used within six months of qualified purchase.
- Limit of one voucher per customer, the voucher may not be redeemed by or transferred to another customer.
Proof of Execution
- 50% Payment: Signed services agreement between partner and customer.
- 50% Payment: Submission of Proof of Execution (POE) from the customer.
More detail on the specific terms and conditions and participation guidance will be shared in the coming weeks.
* Per the FRP T&C's, deployment services within the FastTrack scope must be provided at no cost to the customer. All other services supporting the qualified offer deployment can be considered billable and align to intended use of the voucher.
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