FPC Program ideas/suggestions

Please could you review the amount related to MCI workshop. It decreased a lot and turns imposible to be used.

https://m365-specialty-partner.powerappsportals.com/knowledgebase/article/KA-01109/en-us

I am aware that the only badge that can be used now is the image that is displayed on the ExpertZone results screen after passing the exam. With only this image, for example, if you try to display the badge in a large size, the image will be rough. We think that if we can make it possible to download by size, like large, medium, and small, the badges will be more appealing to customers.

As the FRP program is maturing can we create a FRP of the Year award at regional and global level. Partners put a lot of store into Microsoft Partner Awards and the visibility they get from a Microsoft Award. The award will be an additional benefit for partners and also be a vehicle where we can encourage and reward behaviours, we are looking for in the ideal FastTrack partner IE: Success Stories, Wizards Usage etc.

Currently there is only one page with a single list of all the FRPs. https://cloudpartners.transform.microsoft.com/fasttrack-ready-approved-partners The request is that you Backlink that FRP list either directly to the FRP Website. Or that you provide a second page click where the FRP's Powerslides and/or Backlinks referencing the FRP's website is reference. Thereby further enhancing our relationship and backend references to one another. Also providing Customers with ease in viewing viable FRPs.

In the following article, there's a super heavy workaround for EDU tenants that's displayed when you expand the "IMPORTANT! Special Process to Earn Incentives for EDU Workloads Claimed at 100% AU" section.  This is a labor intensive process for partners and needs to be fixed.  Can we prioritize work to permanently address this and remove the need for this workaround for EDU customers?

KB-01109  · M365 Specialty Partner (powerappsportals.com)

Dear Team,

I share my feedback about the recent announcement on Yammer regarding Microsoft Viva incentives for FRP.

I believe eligilbity criteria are too restrictive for customer and thus FRP to assit their customers; In particular the 150 Viva Insights licenses requirement to be eligible to the Microsoft Connections incentive whereas Connections is the only Viva module fully included in existing Office 365 plans.

Among our 115 FastTrack customers, none (to my knowledge) purchase any of Microsoft Viva paid modules today so these new Viva FRP incentives don't create any new partner opportunity for us.
Despites, we're assisting some customers within FastTrack benefits to deploy and adopt Viva Connections module and features of Viva Learning and Viva Insights which are included in Office 365 plans and don't require to purchase the add-on license.

Alban

 

My feedback is for the Microsoft FastTrack Ready Program> Windows 11 Deployment Incentive Program.

FastTrack team has announced that a suitable Telemetry tool is coming to use to get the necessary customer background information for the Windows 11 Deployment. The tool would provide us, as Partners, a way to identify potential customers to whom we would recommend the program.

We have an example from this week.

We presented the incentive program to our eligible customer. The telemetry surveys were based on information obtained from the customer's environment. We spent a lot of time on this topic from our internal stakeholders and also from the client side.

After Claim Submission, we were notified of the rejection of our claim with the conclusion: "After reviewing the customer details, we are unable to approve your request as this customer was already over the Windows 11 MAD activation threshold for this program at the time the claim was submitted. "

If we had the telemetry tool at our disposal, we could pre-empt potential customers for whom the incentive support would be worthwhile. 
This would save everyones time in this topic.

https://m365-specialty-partner.powerappsportals.com/knowledgebase/article/KB-01262/en-us

This new incentive mentioned in this article above does not apply to CSP customers. Microsoft has been pushing partners to leverage the CSP program for customers under 1500 seats. This program assumes that customer will be provided ServiceDesk and some managed services for the M365 Platform. It does not mean the CSP partner will provide professional services for the various deployments in the M365 Suite. This is outside the scope of traditional ServiceDesk or managed services for CSP Direct/Indirect partners. These funds would help expand usage/consumption of their licensing suite. By excluding CSP customers it leaves a lot of customers out of the incentive for FRP Deployment funds. From Microsoft's view, the CSP program is seen to be a managed service. It also is a way for partners to make some money off subscriptions. Instead of them going direct to MSFT or through an EA (which the threshold for being eligible is changing). Microsoft pushes CSP for partners to do, but then if someone is on CSP they are not eligible for Workshop funding, or deployment funds. Deployment is not managed services.