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🚀 Calling all Microsoft partners! 🚀

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JillArmourMicrosoft
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Feb 11, 2025

Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards nominations open on June 18th, 2025!

The Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards celebrate the incredible impact our partners make by driving innovation and delivering customer success with Microsoft solutions. From AI to security, sustainability to industry transformation—this is your chance to be recognized! 🌍🏆

 

📅 Nominations open on June 18, 2025. Mark your calendars and get ready to showcase your achievements! Guidelines will be published this spring to allow plenty of time to plan your submissions ahead of nominations being accepted. 

 

We will also be hosting a LIVE AMA (Ask Me Anything) event here in the future. Join to ask your questions of the POTYA team in real time!

 

Stay tuned for more details coming soon. In the meantime, you can review our 2024 winners on the POTYA homepage

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  • ashleighv's avatar
    ashleighv
    Copper Contributor
    Feb 14, 2025

    We're anticipating another busy and competitive awards season ! We are excited that there will be less lag time between the submission due date and the celebration at Microsoft Ignite. Get those powerful & emotive client stories ready. www.transcends.io 

  • ashleighv's avatar
    ashleighv
    Copper Contributor
    Feb 14, 2025

    Has anyone seen research linking award wins to stock price or revenue increases? Interested in getting this together. 

  • adrianne608's avatar
    adrianne608
    Copper Contributor
    Feb 11, 2025

    Do you expect major changes to the award nomination criteria?

    Any idea of the deadline for submission? PLEASE don't make it over Labor Day weekend. During the summer, it will already be extra challenging to get timely edits, quotes, and approvals when so many are on vacation. THANK YOU!! 

    • JillArmourMicrosoft's avatar
      JillArmourMicrosoft
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      Feb 11, 2025

      adrianne608, we don't have additional dates to share just yet, but I can confirm the deadline will be ahead of Labor Day weekend. The POTYA team will be publishing the guidelines well in advance of the nomination window opening to allow ample time for nomination planning. The goal is to enable partner teams to work on nomination contents even before the tool opens.

    • Gail4755's avatar
      Gail4755
      Copper Contributor
      Feb 11, 2025

      Adrianne - start now. There won't be huge changes. The main criteria will be the same. Client stories of innovation - make sure you have the latest technology - map out the customer ROI, try to publish a case study or Win Wire, gather ALL your information so that the actual writing of the submission can happen in May and you can submit in June. Take the summer off 😀 And feel free to reach out if you have questions https://mercermackay.com/microsoft-award-submissions/