2025 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards Timeline Get Pushed Back

  • January 21, 2025

A quick update for Microsoft Partners:

The annual Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards has a new timeline for 2025. While historically the award season has kickstarted each year in February, in 2025 the awards are being pushed back to later in the year.

Microsoft recently announced its prestigious Partner of the Year Awards event will be moved to align with Microsoft Ignite. The goal is to allow participants more time to demonstrate their success stories and innovation. Nomination information is expected to be updated in late Spring 2025. 

As Microsoft Ignite typically falls around late November, Microsoft Partners can likely expect a late Summer timeline for the deliberation process. Based on Microsoft’s update, we can anticipate a potential April or May timeline for the release of the official nomination information.

The pivot to a later date for award season leaves Partners with more time to start strategizing rather than having to kick things off in early February. We’ve been working closely with Microsoft Partners on these awards for years, and strongly urge participating organizations to take this extended timeline to begin thinking about their strategy and taking appropriate steps to prepare.

Resources:

  • Find more information about the common challenges organizations face with the Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards here, and solutions to ensure your submission has better odds of receiving recognition.  
  • Learn how we helped a leading global professional services firm win 9 awards in 2023 out of 9 submitted entries here
  • Learn how we helped one of the world’s largest accounting firms operating in 100+ countries implement a winning award strategy here
  • Explore our specialized Microsoft Partner of the Year Award Writing Services here

 

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