Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Competencies
The Microsoft gold certified partner competencies allow you to promote your specific capabilities to customers, both through the use of tailored logos and a via a wide range of customer-facing directories. You can show your expertise through the Microsoft gold certified partner competencies. By achieving a competency you can gain access to a range of benefits, resources and tools that can help you drive profitability for your organization. The things that can help you qualify for a Microsoft gold certified partner competency include customer references, individual certifications, and/or development of tested, certified software based on Microsoft technologies and in some cases, meeting minimum sales bars.
In order to enroll in any Microsoft gold certified partner competencies you must be an active member of the Microsoft Partner Program, meet the appropriate individual or software certification requirements and meet the appropriate sales bar. If you gain access to the Microsoft gold certified partner competencies then you must submit at least three Microsoft Competency-specific customer references. Each customer reference must feature a project that you have completed for a customer within the last 12 months. You may use three separate projects for an individual customer as your three references. Next, each reference will be verified with your customer. Upon approval, the reference will be valid up to your program anniversary date plus one additional year.
When all requirements for a Microsoft Competency have been met, your membership will be activated in that competency if you are enrolled on the Microsoft Partner Program as a Certified Member or Gold Certified Member.