“This happens every few years – Microsoft finds ways to trim down the Certified Partner Community. While this is good for many partners that do maintain high levels of certifications, many of the Registered or Silver Partners will struggle.
“I do hope that Microsoft looks at the community it has tried so hard to build, and realize this new program really hurts the community of Microsoft Partners.”
Allison Francis is a writer, public relations and marketing communications professional with experience working with clients in industries such as business technology, telecommunications, health care, education, the trade show and meetings industry, travel/tourism, hospitality, consumer packaged goods and food/beverage. She specializes in working with B2B technology companies involved in hyperconverged infrastructure, managed IT services, business process outsourcing, cloud management and customer experience technologies. Allison holds a bachelor's degree in public relations and marketing from Drake University. An Iowa native, she resides in Denver, Colorado.