Updated: July 9, 2020 (August 7, 2006)
Charts & IllustrationsCurrent Competencies and Specializations
Partner competencies help partners demonstrate their skills and move to higher levels of Microsoft’s partner program. Many competencies are divided into specializations, and to obtain that competency partners must meet the requirements for one of the specializations.
| Microsoft Competency | Specializations | Sample Solutions | Relevant Microsoft Products |
| Advanced Infrastructure | Active Directory and Identity Management
Exchange Migration and Deployment Hosting Solutions Storage Solutions Systems Management Windows Desktop Deployment |
Migration or deployment of Exchange, Active Directory implementation, server consolidation, hosting solutions, storage and backup solutions, desktop deployment, desktop and server management | Data Protection Manager, Windows Server, Exchange, Identity Integration Server, Systems Management Server, Internet Security and Acceleration Server, Storage Server, Host Integration Server, Microsoft Operations Manager |
| Business |
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