Engagements overview

Partner engagements

Accelerate business outcomes with Microsoft-funded partner investments that enable high-value workshops with customers. These workshops are proven to accelerate the sales journey, drive active usage, and increase services opportunities.

Partner incentives provide direct funding to eligible partners to deliver standardized workshops to qualified customers. Partners also have access to a portfolio of unfunded envisioning and delivery resources to drive engagements with customers.

Featured resources

Use these reference materials to learn about incentives, determine eligibility, and adhere to processes for delivering funded engagements.

FY26 Microsoft Commercial Incentives (MCI) Guide

Explore this guide for a complete view of MCI processes and FY26 opportunities for helping partners accelerate sales cycles and support customer success.

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FY26 MCI Claims Guide

Learn how to access, enroll, and submit claims for MCI engagements, including partner activities and Claiming Partner of Record (CPOR) processes.

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FY26 Business Applications Partner Activities Guide

Get precise guidance about engagements involving Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Copilot Studio.

Download the Business Applications guide

Modern Work Performance Measurement Overview

Learn about performance measures that are applicable to the Modern Work activities incentives portfolio.

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Find FY26 partner engagement resources

Partners can access a comprehensive portfolio of workshop kits and other engagement delivery assets to support every FY26 solution play. Find these assets and learn more about available engagements, both funded and unfunded, by exploring the following pages.