Microsoft Advanced Specialisations meet this need, enabling partners in the Microsoft Partner Network to further differentiate their deep knowledge and extensive experience in a specific area. Partners with an aligned gold competency, who meet specific program requirements, are eligible to earn an advanced specialisation to further distinguish their organisation. While competencies measure partners’ broad technical capabilities in Microsoft products or technologies, advanced specialisations measure in-depth capabilities in specific solution areas that Microsoft has identified as having high customer demand and alignment with Microsoft priorities.

Microsoft recently announced a new way for partners to distinguish themselves from others and show their deep knowledge and extensive experience in specific areas to help customers who are seeking highly-skilled and specialised partners to drive digital transformation. This competency is for gold partners who meet specific program requirements and who prove their long experience implementing these solutions bringing value to the customers.

Computime are proud to announce that they have achieved three different Advanced Specialisation competencies:

Threat Protection. For proving that we can deploy Microsoft Threat Protection, Cloud App Security and Azure Sentinel workloads to help our customers to protect themself against modern threats.

Identity and Access Management.  For proving that we can deliver Microsoft Identity workloads with Azure Active Directory to our customers.

Information Protection and Governance. For proving that we can deploy Microsoft Information Protection workloads and providing proactive information protection for our customers.

In a public statement, Commercial Partners Director for Microsoft Greece, Cyprus and Malta, Albertos Bourlas said, “Microsoft Advanced Specialisations are the validation of our Partners’ capability to deliver specialised services and support across solution areas and products.”

He went on to thank Computime for the investment made in developing their capabilities in Microsoft technologies and for obtaining certifications in not one but multiple advanced specialisations.

Read the full interview with Albertos Bourlas and find out why Microsoft Advanced Specialisations are referred to as the “PhD of Digital Transformation”, and what it takes for #MSPartners to prove deep knowledge, expertise and best-in-class technical practices to meet Microsoft’s customers’ increasing needs.