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Microsoft Azure VMware Solution Advanced Specialization

The Microsoft Azure VMware Solution advanced specialization helps partners showcase their ability to migrate VMware workloads to Azure natively with VMware. To qualify, partners must have a Gold Cloud Platform competency, $10,000 monthly Azure VMware Solution revenue, employees certified in Azure and VMware technologies, and pass a technical assessment and audit. Earning the specialization provides benefits like prioritization in customer searches and a customer-facing label.

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Microsoft Azure VMware Solution Advanced Specialization

The Microsoft Azure VMware Solution advanced specialization helps partners showcase their ability to migrate VMware workloads to Azure natively with VMware. To qualify, partners must have a Gold Cloud Platform competency, $10,000 monthly Azure VMware Solution revenue, employees certified in Azure and VMware technologies, and pass a technical assessment and audit. Earning the specialization provides benefits like prioritization in customer searches and a customer-facing label.

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Microsoft Azure VMware Solution

Advanced Specialization
Program Overview and Requirements
Partner Network

Program overview
Help your customers migrate on-premises VMware workloads to run VMware natively on Azure
with the Microsoft Azure VMware Solution advanced specialization, and showcase your
organization's validated capabilities deploying and managing Azure VMware Solution.

VMware continues to dominate the on-premises virtualization market, owning roughly 75 to 80


percent of it. With 45 percent1 of businesses planning to or considering moving their entire server
virtualization environment to the cloud in the next two years, demonstrating your ability to
successfully migrate VMware-based workloads presents an attractive opportunity for your
business.

Show your customers that you're uniquely qualified to eliminate the cost, effort, and risk of
re-architecting applications or retooling operations when migrating their VMware-based
virtualized workloads to the cloud with the VMware-certified Azure VMware Solution.

Partners who earn an advanced specialization will get a customer-facing label displayed on their
business profile page and be prioritized in customer searches in the Microsoft Solution Provider
Finder.
Learn more about advanced specializations
1 “The 2020 State of Virtualization Technology,” Spiceworks.
Partner Network

What are the requirements?


Eligible partners must meet the highest standards for service delivery and support. All
requirements will be verified by Microsoft and/or a third-party vendor, either automatically or
by manual review, and are subject to change.

Requirements Details

Related competency Your company must have an active Gold Cloud Platform competency. 

Performance USD10,000 monthly Azure VMware Solution Azure consumed revenue (ACR) from
the last three months, from at least one customer .

AVS ACR calculated via Service Level 4 filters: 

• Azure VMware Solution 


• Azure VMware Solution by CloudSimple 
• Azure VMware Solution by Virtustream 
• Specialized Compute Azure VMware Solution

Knowledge Your company must have at least three individuals pass the following
certifications (each item listed below must be held by at least one individual):

• Azure Administrator Associate


• Azure Solutions Architect Expert

AND

• Three individuals must have passed the Azure VMware Solution (AVS)
technical assessment for partners
• Partner must have two full-time employees who have at least one of the
following certifications (to be verified by manual audit):

• VSP - VMware Sales Professional


• VTSP - VMware Technical Solutions Professional
• VCP - VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization
• VCP - VMware Certified Professional - Cloud Management and
Automation

OR

Partner organization must have one or more of the following competencies:


Partner Network

Requirements Details

Knowledge • Master Services Competency – Data Center Virtualization


• Master Services Competency – Cloud Management Automation
• Solution Competency – Management Automation
• Solution Competency – Server Virtualization

AND

Partner must be a Technology Alliance Program (TAP) OR a Partner Connect (PC)


member with VMware.

Audit Your company must pass a third-party audit. View audit checklist.

How do I apply?
Only administrators of an organization's Microsoft partner account can submit an application for
the Microsoft Azure VMware Solution advanced specialization on behalf of the organization. If
you have the appropriate role and access, you can apply by signing in to Partner Center and
navigating to your Partner Center dashboard > Competencies > Advanced Specialization.

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