Centrify has added a new national system integrator and consulting partner tier to its existing channel partner program in an effort to boost the resale and deployment of SaaS-based applications such as Office 365.

The company announced the new addition to its partner program during the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, which kicked off today in Orlando.

The new partner tier is expected to provide Centrify’s system integrator and consulting partners with an easier way to secure more Office 365 deployments through the company’s cloud identity platform. The company said thousands of other SaaS and on-premise applications like ServiceNow, Box and Salesforce will also be supported through its identity platform.

Centrify said its new tier will allow national system integrators and consulting partners to utilize an easy to use authentication and authorization solution, thus making it simpler for SIs and their customers to protect their cloud assets with the same reliability as their on-premise solutions.

“Our new category in our partner program is enabling the secure deployment of new cloud applications through the use of our Azure-based cloud identity platform, while leveraging customers’ existing identity infrastructure investments,” said Craig Gadberry, senior director of business development at Centrify, in a statement.

In April, the company announced the release of Centrify Privilege Service, a cloud-based identify management solution designed to protect and monitor privileged accounts.