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We’re here to help.
Whether you’re looking to build your first application, land your first customer or scale to a million users, we’re here to help. From technical resources and free cloud to selling alongside Microsoft salespeople and partner channel, we’re invested in your success.

Here are just a few of the ways we help startups:
- ◉ Digital and social campaigns to promote your solution at launch
- ◉ A dedicated Success Manager to unlock the right opportunities for your business
- ◉ A customized Go-To-Market plan to maximize joint marketing with Microsoft
- ◉ Targeted industry co-marketing and account planning
- ◉ A worldwide enterprise sales force paid to sell your solutions into their accounts
Free and available to all Startups
Technical enablement
Sign up for a free Azure account:
- ● 12 months of free services
- ● $200 credit for any service for 30 days
- ● 25 always free services
Sign up for a free Azure account:
- ● 12 months of free services
- ● $200 credit for any service for 30 days
- ● 25 always free services

Azure learning paths for today's developer

Azure learning paths for today's developer

Open source code editing with Visual Studio Code

Engage with our technical developer and partner community
Business enablement
Join the Microsoft Partner Network for a multitude of resources:
- ● Build a marketing plan, pick a licensing model
- ● Access pre-built campaign assets to raise awareness
- ● Create a profile and get leads via Partner Referral Engine
Join the Microsoft Partner Network for a multitude of resources:
- ● Build a marketing plan, pick a licensing model
- ● Access pre-built campaign assets to raise awareness
- ● Create a profile and get leads via Partner Referral Engine
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Publish in our cloud marketplace:
- ● Reach customers via Azure Marketplace and AppSource
- ● Social promotion of your application at publishing
- ● Track offers and leads generated in the Cloud Partner Portal
Publish in our cloud marketplace:
- ● Reach customers via Azure Marketplace and AppSource
- ● Social promotion of your application at publishing
- ● Track offers and leads generated in the Cloud Partner Portal

Learn which marketplace is right for you and how to publish

Engage with business-focused partner community
Sales enablement
Connect with and sell through other partners
Connect with and sell through other partners

Joint selling benefits with Microsoft sellers are a premium benefit for qualified startups.
Paid and available to qualified Startups
Technical enablement
- ● Office 365 licenses
- ● Teams licenses
- ● Visual Studio Enterprise w/ MSDN
- ● Access to DevOps tools
- ● Advisory Hours
- ● Support Incidents
- ● Product architecture review
- ● Office 365 licenses
- ● Teams licenses
- ● Visual Studio Enterprise w/ MSDN
- ● Access to DevOps tools
- ● Advisory Hours
- ● Support Incidents
- ● Product architecture review
Business enablement
- ● Dedicated customer success manager
- ● Optimization consultation
- ● Architecture Tech Sessions
- ● Joint Hackathons with Microsoft
- ● Access to Microsoft Experts for cobuild of IP
- ● Envisioning Sessions
- ● Cloud Enablement Desk
- ● Dedicated customer success manager
- ● Optimization consultation
- ● Architecture Tech Sessions
- ● Joint Hackathons with Microsoft
- ● Access to Microsoft Experts for cobuild of IP
- ● Envisioning Sessions
- ● Cloud Enablement Desk
Sales enablement
- ● CPC Campaign
- ● Social Promotion by Microsoft
- ● Email marketing campaign
- ● Joint PR
- ● Microsoft seller webinar
- ● Inclusion in Microsoft event
- ● Co-sell with Microsoft
- ● Listing on Azure Marketplace OR AppSource
- ● CPC Campaign
- ● Social Promotion by Microsoft
- ● Email marketing campaign
- ● Joint PR
- ● Microsoft seller webinar
- ● Inclusion in Microsoft event
- ● Co-sell with Microsoft
- ● Listing on Azure Marketplace OR AppSource