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Power Platform Partners – We want to hear from you!

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GinnyHoban
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Feb 22, 2024

Power Platform and Low Code are a fast-growing practice area for many partners and we want to hear from you about how you are building and expanding this practice and the type of services you offer, so that we can share back broad trends and insights with the partner community.  

 

We are currently conducting a survey to identify and define the value partners realize through their relationship with Microsoft and Power Platform. This research is being done by IDC’s Channels and Alliances Research Group on behalf of Microsoft. Please use this link to take the survey: https://aka.ms/PowerPartnerProfitabilitySurvey. It takes approximately 10-15 minutes and we recommend that it is completed by your Power Platform practice lead. The questions included are related to Microsoft and Power Platform revenue growth, profit across resale, services and/or software, investments in your Power Platform practice, and Microsoft activities/programs that drive success.

 

We're interested in learning about your practice development and the profitability of your Power Platform business. The information you provide will be aggregated and used in an IDC eBook, and will help Microsoft improve its partner strategy and programs related to Power Platform.

 

The deadline to submit is February 29. Thank you!

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  • smartbridge_brooke's avatar
    smartbridge_brooke
    Iron Contributor
    Feb 26, 2024

    We do PAL for all our clients and have achieved two solution designations because of it. However, Power Automate work falls under the Bizapps solution designation, which doesn't support PAL association. Also, our Power BI deployments aren't being recognized through PAL. We figured out because we have to do it through CPOR to describe our deployment and services work. However, trying to register it, not for incentives, but for revrec, through the Incentives - Customer Claims page will not let us submit it because we don't have the SD/specializations. It's crazy - we have to get the credentials to submit, but we can't submit unless we have the credentials. I have no idea how anyone else has obtained Power Platform work recognition that didn't earn it through Dynamics.

  • GinnyHoban's avatar
    GinnyHoban
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    Feb 26, 2024

    Thanks Brooke! 

    For Power Platform we use the Partner Admin Link (PAL) for partner association. We have resources to help you get started with PAL on our Microsoft Power Platform Partner Hub.

     

    Including a Quick Start Guide:

    https://powerplatformpartners.transform.microsoft.com/download/protected?assetname=assets/PAL%20Quick%20Start%20Guide.pdf&download=1&protected=1&src=https://powerplatformpartners.transform.microsoft.com/gtm/lowcode 


    For the Low Code specializations, we are currently looking at expanding the Solution Designations that are paths to eligibility for those (currently we have Biz Apps and Azure App Innovation). Will share more as available.

  • smartbridge_brooke's avatar
    smartbridge_brooke
    Iron Contributor
    Feb 26, 2024

    Thanks, I'll share with someone that can provide better answers in the survey than I can. I really look forward to Microsoft improving the path forward for Power Platform consulting partners. We've had a very difficult time proving our work with Power BI and Power Automate because we aren't Dynamics partners. It's been a year long confusing battle to figure out how to claim revenue recognition for deploying and customizing the solutions without reselling the licenses.