Microsoft Partner Employees
There are a lot of resources for Microsoft Partners but a lot of them are under NDAs so I will only put here those that are available for public. If you are unsure if your company is a partner, you can look it up here Microsoft Partner Directory.
Associating your certification profile with your organization
Section titled “Associating your certification profile with your organization”Sign into your organizations Partner Center Account (yes, it is very slow to load, it isn’t a problem on your side) and under Your learning choose the Associate Microsoft Learning account.
If you are wondering what the Partner University is, there were some assessments that you needed to take for partner competencies but since the system has changed, there is no need to provide more information on this topic.
You can find all the related information in the linked documentation.
The biggest change from the now ending competencies is that requirements require fewer certifications from single individuals and in benefits the Visual Studio Enterprise subscription will no longer have the monthly credits (it will be bulk credits for one subscription instead) People got pissed about that so the change was delayed for now. Visual Studio Enterprise credits remain unchanged at this moment.
Also, now it will be significantly harder to obtain designations for smaller companies so if you can renew the legacy Gold/Silver, do it. Action pack and specializations are the same.
These are the communication channels, where you can see 99% of any news or changes happening to everything. I recommend subscribing to the topics that interest you to stay up to date on all the cool stuff happening.
If you work for a Microsoft Partner, you are eligible to access MDX (if the Partner Organisation set it up). In CDX, you can setup M365 demo tenants, usually filled with content already. These tenants are renewable + you can have multiple active at the same time. There are all sorts of demos and showcases of Microsoft products. Great for any kind of testing or exam preparation.
Part of MDX allows you to create 1x 90 day non-renewable M365 tenant. There are multiple types like E5, Business Premium or various specialised tenants. Before creating another one, you need to delete the existing one.
Second part of MDX are Experiences. These have mutliple variations, either they are live demonstrations where you use beforementioned tenant to explore/demostrate features live or simulated demonstrations. In simulated demonstrations you get access to a simulated tenant, where you can click around and explore it but it is premade and not a real environment so any updates and changes are not reflected unless it is specifically updated.
The new all in one resource for all Microsoft Partner related events and resources.
Microsoft’s new technical skilling platform for Microsoft Partners.
Microsoft’s new sales skilling platform for Microsoft Partners.
Another Microsoft Partner resource. This one is region specific and collects everything happening in your region.
Sources
Section titled “Sources”Associate Microsoft Certification profile ID (MCID) to a Microsoft Cloud Partner Program | Microsoft Learn