HBSMICROSOFT
Microsoft Funding
Through Microsoft-funded programs, HBS helps clients accelerate projects with expert-led engagements—often at little to no cost.
At HBS, we build our services around Microsoft’s technical requirements and best-practice frameworks. HBS has earned all six Microsoft designations, as well as numerous Microsoft specializations. Explore what those mean here. This alignment with Microsoft qualifies us for a wide range of funded programs—programs covering assessments, envisioning workshops, proofs of concept, and deployment or migration efforts. Here’s a summary of what’s available.
Important Note
This page does not yet fully reflect Microsoft’s July 1, 2026 funding changes. For current details, contact [email protected].
Microsoft Funded Programs
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Frontier Accelerate: Migrate & Modernize Presales Assessment and POV
Clients will receive a comprehensive, end‑to‑end assessment of their IT environment, covering both physical and virtual infrastructure. The analysis evaluates current deployments, usage patterns, processes, data, and future-state plans. As part of this engagement, HBS applies Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Well‑Architected Framework (WAF) principles, using tools such as Azure Migrate or Dr. Migrate to produce a detailed assessment report.
Qualifying Services: Windows Server, Linux, SQL Server and open-source databases (Azure SQL, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure MySQL) and/or modernization of existing applications to/on Azure
Available Funds: $15,000+
Client Eligibility: Minimum $50k+/year planned incremental Azure consumption.
Frontier Accelerate: AI Apps, Agents & Developer Assessment and POV
Clients will receive an assessment and proof of value (POV) to build new AI‑powered applications or modernize existing applications using the Azure Application Platform, managed database services, and/or Azure AI services. As part of this engagement, HBS applies Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Well‑Architected Framework (WAF) principles, using tools such as Azure Migrate or Dr. Migrate to deliver a detailed assessment report and execute defined project milestones, including:
- Identifying at least one application and defining business requirements for innovation using Azure application, data, agent, and AI services
- Performing a POV and assessment deployment of the selected application(s) on Azure
- Developing a comprehensive assessment and deployment plan based on the POV outcomes
Qualifying Services: Azure AI Foundry (Tools and Models), Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure App Service, Azure Open AI, Azure AI Services, Azure Machine Learning, Azure Bot Service, Azure Cognitive Search, Machine Learning Studio, Developer (GitHub Enterprise, GitHub Advanced Security, GitHub Copilot, GitHub Actions, GitHub Codespaces etc.), API Management, Azure Functions, *Logic Apps.
*with or without complementary products
Available Funds: $15,000+
Client Eligibility: Minimum $50k+/year planned incremental Azure consumption.
Frontier Accelerate: Core Migrate and Modernize
Clients will receive expert guidance to execute an Azure migration and/or modernization initiative. This engagement may include migrating workloads such as Windows Server, Linux, SQL Server, and open‑source databases (including Azure SQL, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Cosmos DB, and Azure MySQL), as well as modernizing existing applications for Azure. As part of the engagement, HBS delivers defined project milestones, including:
- Infrastructure and application compatibility assessment and review
- Azure landing zone setup or validation
- Execution of migration and/or modernization activities, including securing Azure workloads
Available Funds: $2,000+
Client Eligibility: Minimum $5,000/year planned incremental Azure consumption. Criteria and available funds scale up.
Fronter Accelerate: Core Migrate and Modernize with Microsoft Defender for Cloud or Sentinel
Client will receive expert guidance to execute and Azure migration and/or modernization initiative to Azure with Defender for Cloud and/or Sentinel to strengthen security and enable visibility, detection and monitoring across the environment.
Available Funds: $2,300+
Client Eligibility: Minimum $200/year planned incremental Microsoft Defender for Cloud consumption. Criteria and available funds scale up.
Frontier Accelerate: Agentic AI Platforms
Clients will receive expert guidance to deploy GitHub, Foundry, or Fabric as a meaningful part of their Agentic AI Platform path.
Available Funds: $2,000+
Client Eligibility: Minimum $5,000/year planned incremental Azure consumption with >40% on Frontier workloads (GitHub, Foundry, Fabric, Copilot Studio). Criteria and available funds scale up.
Frontier Accelerate: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Migration
Clients will receive expert guidance to migrate a customer’s Windows desktops and apps to Azure Virtual Desktop. This engagement includes a secure Azure setup using Microsoft Defender for Cloud (or an equivalent third‑party security solution), Azure networking security controls (such as network security groups, secure virtual network configurations, Azure Front Door with Web Application Firewall policies, Azure Bastion, and DDoS protection), and Azure Firewall Premium with configured Firewall Manager policies and alerts. As part of the engagement, HBS delivers defined project milestones, including:
- Application compatibility assessment and review
- Azure landing zone setup or validation
- Execution of migration activities, including securing Azure workloads
Available Funds: $1,200+
Client Eligibility: Minimum $5,000/year planned incremental Azure consumption. Criteria and available funds scale up.
Azure Accelerate: Azure Frontier Offer (Database/Fabric AI Foundry)
Clients will receive expert guidance to execute a data or platform migration into Azure initiative. This engagement may include migrating existing workloads encompasses databases, analytics (Fabric), and/or AI Foundry.
Available Funds: Dependent up incremental Azure consumed revenue, with more than 50% coming from data (Database/Fabric) or platform (Database/Fabric/AI Foundry) workloads
Client Eligibility: Minimum $20,000/year in planned incremental Azure consumption.
Azure CloudPulse IQ Assessment
Clients will receive a Microsoft-driven internal analysis of your Azure data to understand what’s working and where adjustments should be made. The analysis uses insights into your utilization of Azure products and services to identify key signals to understand the intricacies of your environment. Together, and with Microsoft, we will review your Azure activity using Microsoft indicators and market benchmarks. From there, you will receive clear, data-informed recommendations, tailored to your goals, requirements, and priorities.
Available Funds: Free Assessment
Client Eligibility: Subject to Microsoft approval of HBS-led nomination
Frontier Accelerate: Databases
Clients will receive expert guidance to migrate and modernize database workloads to Azure, scale data platforms, improve performance and efficiency, and unlock AI-driven capabilities. This engagement focuses on modernizing data architectures, including Azure SQL Managed Instance, Azure SQL Database, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Horizon DB, Azure Document DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure MySQL, Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra.
Available Funds: $2,000+
Client Eligibility: Minimum $5,000/year planned incremental Azure consumption with >40% on core database workloads. Criteria and available funds scale up.
Microsoft 365 Business Premium Deployment Accelerator
Receive expert guidance in migrating, deploying, and driving adoption of Microsoft 365 Business Premium.
Available Funds: $2,000+
Client Eligibility: 50+ incremental Microsoft 365 E3 seats through annual, Microsoft 365 CSP subscription.
Fronter Accelerate for Security: Microsoft CSP – Defender/Purview Suites Deployment Accelerator
Clients will receive expert guidance to migrate, deploy, and or adopt use of Microsoft 365 Defender/Purview Suites.
Available Funds: $2,000+
Client Eligibility: Net new annual term, Microsoft CSP subscription of at least 50 seats of Defender/Purview Suites, with funding alignment prior to licensing purchase or within two months of provisioning.
Additional Requirement: Requires at least 4 “Monthly Protected Users (MPU)” – the count of distinct users and devices that are actively protected by a security workload within a rolling 28-day window for Purview Suite and/or Defender Suite workloads
Fronter Accelerate for Security: Microsoft CSP – Business Premium Defender/Purview Suites Deployment Accelerator
Clients will receive expert guidance to migrate, deploy, and or adopt use of Microsoft 365 Defender/Purview Suites for Microsoft 365 Business Premium.
Available Funds: $2,000
Client Eligibility: Net new annual term, Microsoft CSP subscription of at least 50 seats of Defender/Purview Suites for Business Premium, with funding alignment prior to licensing purchase or within two months of provisioning.
Additional Requirement: Requires at least 4 “Monthly Protected Users (MPU)” – the count of distinct users and devices that are actively protected by a security workload within a rolling 28-day window for Purview Suite and/or Defender Suite for Business Premium workloads.
Frontier Accelerate for Security: Microsoft Sentinel Deployment Accelerator
Clients will receive expert guidance to migrate, deploy, and or adopt use of Microsoft Sentinel.
Available Funds: $1,000+
Client Eligibility: Minimum $5,000/year planned incremental Azure consumption. Criteria and available funds scale up.
Frontier Accelerate for Security: Microsoft Defender for Cloud Deployment Accelerator
Clients will receive expert guidance to migrate, deploy, and or adopt use of Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
Available Funds: $1,000+
Client Eligibility: Minimum $5,000/year planned incremental Azure consumption. Criteria and available funds scale up.
Copilot + Power Platform Deployment Accelerator
Clients will receive expert services to deploy and drive adoption of Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Chat, Agents, and/or Power Platform solutions. Services may include technical deployment, implementing security and governance policies and controls, developing agent and/or Power Platform solutions, training users, and driving adoption and change management initiatives. This engagement can support multiple outcomes, including:
- Purchase of new Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses
- Increased adoption and usage of Copilot Chat (free and paid)
- Agent usage and consumption
- Purchase of new Power Platform licenses
Available Funds: $5,000 – $25,000
Client Eligibility: 500+ seats of Office 365 or Microsoft 365 including E3/E5/A3/A5/G3/G5. Criteria scale up for higher payouts.
Microsoft 365 E3 Deployment Accelerator
Clients will receive expert guidance in migrating, deploying, and driving adoption of Microsoft 365 E3.
Available Funds: $2,500+
Client Eligibility: 50+ incremental Microsoft 365 E3 seats through annual, Microsoft 365 CSP subscription. Criteria and available funds scale up.
Copilot Envisioning
Clients will explore, validate, and advance AI‑driven productivity and automation using Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Chat, agents, and the Power Platform. This engagement supports activities that build clarity, confidence, and momentum toward adoption. As part of the engagement, HBS may conduct a needs analysis, assess the current environment, develop a strategic roadmap for AI transformation, design a solution blueprint, build a business case, and deliver a proof of concept to demonstrate value in real‑world scenarios. This engagement can support multiple outcomes, including:
- Purchase of new Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses
- Increased adoption and usage of Copilot Chat (free and paid)
- Agent usage and consumption
- Purchase of new Power Platform licenses
Available Funds: $2,000+
Client Eligibility: 300+ seats of Office 365 or Microsoft 365 including E3/E5/A3/A5/G3/G5. Criteria scale up for higher payouts.
Frontier Accelerate: Databases Assessment and POV
Clients will receive an assessment and proof of value (POV) to define target Azure architecture to validate AI-readiness.
Qualifying Services: Database | Azure SQL Managed Instance, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Hyperscale, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure Database for MySQL, Azure Horizon DB, Azure Document DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra.
Available Funds: $15,000+
Client Eligibility: Minimum $50k+/year planned incremental Azure consumption.
Cloud Endpoints Envisioning & POC
Clients will receive the value of migrating endpoints to the cloud with Windows 365 and Intune Suite. This engagement builds confidence, establishes business intent, and accelerates decision‑making for organizations considering cloud‑based endpoint management. As part of this engagement, HBS may include assessments to identify user personas and inform solution design, solution overview presentations, and consultative guidance. HBS may also deliver Windows 365 and Microsoft Intune Suite proofs of concept or pilot deployments, including required environment preparation. Additional activities can include development of a business case for Windows 365 and Intune Suite, as well as adoption and enablement training for IT administrators and end users prior to purchase.
Available Funds: $2,000+
Client Eligibility: 300+ seats of Windows 11 Enterprise and Intune AND 40%+ Intune Usage. Criteria scale up for higher payout.
Frontier Accelerate for Security: Microsoft CSP - Microsoft 365 E5/E7 Deployment Accelerator
Clients will receive expert guidance to migrate, deploy, and or adopt use of Microsoft 365 E5 and/or E7 through development and adoption of included security workloads.
Available Funds: $3,000+
Client Eligibility: Net new annual term, Microsoft CSP subscription of at least 50 seats of Microsoft 365 E5 or E7, with funding alignment prior to licensing purchase or within two months of provisioning.
Additional Requirement: Requires at least 4 “Monthly Protected Users (MPU)” – the count of distinct users and devices that are actively protected by a security workload within a rolling 28-day window for ME5 (Entra P2, Defender, and Purview) / ME7 (Entra Suite, A365).
Microsoft 365 E3 Envisioning & POC
Clients will receive a variety of activities that will solidify the decision to upgrade from current Office 365 to Microsoft 365 E3.
Available Funds: $2,000+
Client Eligibility: 300+ seats of Microsoft 365 E3/E5. Criteria scale up for higher payout.
Envisioning & POC for Microsoft 365 E3/E5
Clients will learn the value of Microsoft Security solutions by combining a Zero Trust Workshop assessment and roadmap planning with hands-on configuration modules that surface real risks and potential misconfigurations. Areas of focus include:
- Secure your infrastructure
- Protector your identities and access
- Defend against email threats
- Detect and respond to external attacks
- Secure your devices and endpoints
- Manage your security posture
- Protect your data
- Secure AI
Available Funds: $2,000+
Client Eligibility: 300+ Microsoft 365 E3/E5 seats. Criteria scale up for higher payout.
Envisioning & POC for Office 365 E3/E5
Clients will learn the value of Microsoft Security solutions by combining a Zero Trust Workshop assessment and roadmap planning with hands-on configuration modules that surface real risks and potential misconfigurations. Areas of focus include:
- Secure your infrastructure
- Protector your identities and access
- Defend against email threats
- Detect and respond to external attacks
- Secure your devices and endpoints
- Manage your security posture
- Protect your data
- Secure AI
Available Funds: $2,000+
Client Eligibility: 300+ Office 365 E3 and Enterprise Mobility + Security seats. Criteria scale up for higher payout.
Frontier Accelerate: Data Platform
Clients will receive expert guidance to build and modernize the data platform on Azure to unify data, analytics, and AI readiness, leveraging Microsoft Fabric and/or Azure Databricks with or without Foundry.
Available Funds: $2,000+
Client Eligibility: Minimum $5,000/year planned incremental Azure consumption. Criteria and available funds scale up.
Data Platform Assess & POV
Clients will receive an assessment and proof of value (POV) for a Data Platform environment, demonstrating the strengths of Azure, with a focus on Microsoft Fabric and/or Azure Databricks with or without Foundry.
Available Funds: $15,000+
Client Eligibility:Minimum $50k+/year planned incremental Azure consumption. Microsoft categorized-SMB clients excluded.
Frontier Accelerate: AI Apps, Agents, Developer
Clients will receive expert guidance to build and deploy AI apps, agents, and developer solutions on Azure using best-practice architectures and services to deliver scalable AI powered innovation into product.
Available Funds: $2,000+
Client Eligibility:Minimum $5,000/year planned incremental Azure consumption. Criteria and available funds scale up.
Windows 365 Deployment Accelerator
Receive expert guidance in migrating, deploying, and driving adoption of Windows 365.
Available Funds: $2,000+
Client Eligibility:50+ incremental Windows 365 seats through annual, Microsoft 365 CSP subscription.
Business Process CSP Deployment Accelerator
Receive expert guidance in migrating, deploying, and driving adoption of Dynamics 365 (Customer Insights, Sales, Field Service, Customer Service, Business Central, Contact Center, Finance, Supply Chain, Project Operations, Commerce)
Available Funds: $5,000+
Client Eligibility: At least $20,000 annual contract value of eligible Dynamics 365 products.
Frontier Accelerate: Migrate & Modernize Presales Assessment and POV
Clients will receive a comprehensive, end‑to‑end assessment of their IT environment, covering both physical and virtual infrastructure. The analysis evaluates current deployments, usage patterns, processes, data, and future-state plans. As part of this engagement, HBS applies Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Well‑Architected Framework (WAF) principles, using tools such as Azure Migrate or Dr. Migrate to produce a detailed assessment report.
Qualifying Services: Windows Server, Linux, SQL Server and open-source databases (Azure SQL, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure MySQL) and/or modernization of existing applications to/on Azure
Available Funds: $15,000+
Client Eligibility: Minimum $50k+/year planned incremental Azure consumption.
Frontier Accelerate: AI Apps, Agents & Developer Assessment and POV
Clients will receive an assessment and proof of value (POV) to build new AI‑powered applications or modernize existing applications using the Azure Application Platform, managed database services, and/or Azure AI services. As part of this engagement, HBS applies Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Well‑Architected Framework (WAF) principles, using tools such as Azure Migrate or Dr. Migrate to deliver a detailed assessment report and execute defined project milestones, including:
- Identifying at least one application and defining business requirements for innovation using Azure application, data, agent, and AI services
- Performing a POV and assessment deployment of the selected application(s) on Azure
- Developing a comprehensive assessment and deployment plan based on the POV outcomes
Qualifying Services: Azure AI Foundry (Tools and Models), Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure App Service, Azure Open AI, Azure AI Services, Azure Machine Learning, Azure Bot Service, Azure Cognitive Search, Machine Learning Studio, Developer (GitHub Enterprise, GitHub Advanced Security, GitHub Copilot, GitHub Actions, GitHub Codespaces etc.), API Management, Azure Functions, *Logic Apps.
*with or without complementary products
Available Funds: $15,000+
Client Eligibility: Minimum $50k+/year planned incremental Azure consumption.
Azure CloudPulse IQ Assessment
Clients will receive a Microsoft-driven internal analysis of your Azure data to understand what’s working and where adjustments should be made. The analysis uses insights into your utilization of Azure products and services to identify key signals to understand the intricacies of your environment. Together, and with Microsoft, we will review your Azure activity using Microsoft indicators and market benchmarks. From there, you will receive clear, data-informed recommendations, tailored to your goals, requirements, and priorities.
Available Funds: Free Assessment
Client Eligibility: Subject to Microsoft approval of HBS-led nomination
Frontier Accelerate: Databases Assessment and POV
Clients will receive an assessment and proof of value (POV) to define target Azure architecture to validate AI-readiness.
Qualifying Services: Database | Azure SQL Managed Instance, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Hyperscale, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure Database for MySQL, Azure Horizon DB, Azure Document DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra.
Available Funds: $15,000+
Client Eligibility: Minimum $50k+/year planned incremental Azure consumption.
Data Platform Assess & POV
Clients will receive an assessment and proof of value (POV) for a Data Platform environment, demonstrating the strengths of Azure, with a focus on Microsoft Fabric and/or Azure Databricks with or without Foundry.
Available Funds: $15,000+
Client Eligibility:Minimum $50k+/year planned incremental Azure consumption. Microsoft categorized-SMB clients excluded.
Copilot Envisioning
Clients will explore, validate, and advance AI‑driven productivity and automation using Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Chat, agents, and the Power Platform. This engagement supports activities that build clarity, confidence, and momentum toward adoption. As part of the engagement, HBS may conduct a needs analysis, assess the current environment, develop a strategic roadmap for AI transformation, design a solution blueprint, build a business case, and deliver a proof of concept to demonstrate value in real‑world scenarios. This engagement can support multiple outcomes, including:
- Purchase of new Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses
- Increased adoption and usage of Copilot Chat (free and paid)
- Agent usage and consumption
- Purchase of new Power Platform licenses
Available Funds: $2,000+
Client Eligibility: 300+ seats of Office 365 or Microsoft 365 including E3/E5/A3/A5/G3/G5. Criteria scale up for higher payouts.
Cloud Endpoints Envisioning & POC
Clients will receive the value of migrating endpoints to the cloud with Windows 365 and Intune Suite. This engagement builds confidence, establishes business intent, and accelerates decision‑making for organizations considering cloud‑based endpoint management. As part of this engagement, HBS may include assessments to identify user personas and inform solution design, solution overview presentations, and consultative guidance. HBS may also deliver Windows 365 and Microsoft Intune Suite proofs of concept or pilot deployments, including required environment preparation. Additional activities can include development of a business case for Windows 365 and Intune Suite, as well as adoption and enablement training for IT administrators and end users prior to purchase.
Available Funds: $2,000+
Client Eligibility: 300+ seats of Windows 11 Enterprise and Intune AND 40%+ Intune Usage. Criteria scale up for higher payout.
Microsoft 365 E3 Envisioning & POC
Clients will receive a variety of activities that will solidify the decision to upgrade from current Office 365 to Microsoft 365 E3.
Available Funds: $2,000+
Client Eligibility: 300+ seats of Microsoft 365 E3/E5. Criteria scale up for higher payout.
Envisioning & POC for Microsoft 365 E3/E5
Clients will learn the value of Microsoft Security solutions by combining a Zero Trust Workshop assessment and roadmap planning with hands-on configuration modules that surface real risks and potential misconfigurations. Areas of focus include:
- Secure your infrastructure
- Protector your identities and access
- Defend against email threats
- Detect and respond to external attacks
- Secure your devices and endpoints
- Manage your security posture
- Protect your data
- Secure AI
Available Funds: $2,000+
Client Eligibility: 300+ Microsoft 365 E3/E5 seats. Criteria scale up for higher payout.
Envisioning & POC for Office 365 E3/E5
Clients will learn the value of Microsoft Security solutions by combining a Zero Trust Workshop assessment and roadmap planning with hands-on configuration modules that surface real risks and potential misconfigurations. Areas of focus include:
- Secure your infrastructure
- Protector your identities and access
- Defend against email threats
- Detect and respond to external attacks
- Secure your devices and endpoints
- Manage your security posture
- Protect your data
- Secure AI
Available Funds: $2,000+
Client Eligibility: 300+ Office 365 E3 and Enterprise Mobility + Security seats. Criteria scale up for higher payout.
Frontier Accelerate: Core Migrate and Modernize
Clients will receive expert guidance to execute an Azure migration and/or modernization initiative. This engagement may include migrating workloads such as Windows Server, Linux, SQL Server, and open‑source databases (including Azure SQL, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Cosmos DB, and Azure MySQL), as well as modernizing existing applications for Azure. As part of the engagement, HBS delivers defined project milestones, including:
- Infrastructure and application compatibility assessment and review
- Azure landing zone setup or validation
- Execution of migration and/or modernization activities, including securing Azure workloads
Available Funds: $2,000+
Client Eligibility: Minimum $5,000/year planned incremental Azure consumption. Criteria and available funds scale up.
Frontier Accelerate: Core Migrate and Modernize with Microsoft Defender for Cloud or Sentinel
Client will receive expert guidance to execute and Azure migration and/or modernization initiative to Azure with Defender for Cloud and/or Sentinel to strengthen security and enable visibility, detection and monitoring across the environment.
Available Funds: $2,300+
Client Eligibility: Minimum $200/year planned incremental Microsoft Defender for Cloud consumption. Criteria and available funds scale up.
Frontier Accelerate: Agentic AI Platforms
Clients will receive expert guidance to deploy GitHub, Foundry, or Fabric as a meaningful part of their Agentic AI Platform path.
Available Funds: $2,000+
Client Eligibility: Minimum $5,000/year planned incremental Azure consumption with >40% on Frontier workloads (GitHub, Foundry, Fabric, Copilot Studio). Criteria and available funds scale up.
Frontier Accelerate: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Migration
Clients will receive expert guidance to migrate a customer’s Windows desktops and apps to Azure Virtual Desktop. This engagement includes a secure Azure setup using Microsoft Defender for Cloud (or an equivalent third‑party security solution), Azure networking security controls (such as network security groups, secure virtual network configurations, Azure Front Door with Web Application Firewall policies, Azure Bastion, and DDoS protection), and Azure Firewall Premium with configured Firewall Manager policies and alerts. As part of the engagement, HBS delivers defined project milestones, including:
- Application compatibility assessment and review
- Azure landing zone setup or validation
- Execution of migration activities, including securing Azure workloads
Available Funds: $1,200+
Client Eligibility: Minimum $5,000/year planned incremental Azure consumption. Criteria and available funds scale up.
Azure Accelerate: Azure Frontier Offer (Database/Fabric AI Foundry)
Clients will receive expert guidance to execute a data or platform migration into Azure initiative. This engagement may include migrating existing workloads encompasses databases, analytics (Fabric), and/or AI Foundry.
Available Funds: Dependent up incremental Azure consumed revenue, with more than 50% coming from data (Database/Fabric) or platform (Database/Fabric/AI Foundry) workloads
Client Eligibility: Minimum $20,000/year in planned incremental Azure consumption.
Frontier Accelerate: Databases
Clients will receive expert guidance to migrate and modernize database workloads to Azure, scale data platforms, improve performance and efficiency, and unlock AI-driven capabilities. This engagement focuses on modernizing data architectures, including Azure SQL Managed Instance, Azure SQL Database, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Horizon DB, Azure Document DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure MySQL, Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra.
Available Funds: $2,000+
Client Eligibility: Minimum $5,000/year planned incremental Azure consumption with >40% on core database workloads. Criteria and available funds scale up.
Frontier Accelerate: Data Platform
Clients will receive expert guidance to build and modernize the data platform on Azure to unify data, analytics, and AI readiness, leveraging Microsoft Fabric and/or Azure Databricks with or without Foundry.
Available Funds: $2,000+
Client Eligibility: Minimum $5,000/year planned incremental Azure consumption. Criteria and available funds scale up.
Frontier Accelerate: AI Apps, Agents, Developer
Clients will receive expert guidance to build and deploy AI apps, agents, and developer solutions on Azure using best-practice architectures and services to deliver scalable AI powered innovation into product.
Available Funds: $2,000+
Client Eligibility: Minimum $5,000/year planned incremental Azure consumption. Criteria and available funds scale up.
Frontier Accelerate for Security: Microsoft CSP – Defender/Purview Suites Deployment Accelerator
Clients will receive expert guidance to migrate, deploy, and or adopt use of Microsoft 365 Defender/Purview Suites.
Available Funds: $2,000+
Client Eligibility: Net new annual term, Microsoft CSP subscription of at least 50 seats of Defender/Purview Suites, with funding alignment prior to licensing purchase or within two months of provisioning.
Additional Requirement: Requires at least 4 “Monthly Protected Users (MPU)” – the count of distinct users and devices that are actively protected by a security workload within a rolling 28-day window for Purview Suite and/or Defender Suite workloads
Frontier Accelerate for Security: Microsoft CSP – Business Premium Defender/Purview Suites Deployment Accelerator
Clients will receive expert guidance to migrate, deploy, and or adopt use of Microsoft 365 Defender/Purview Suites for Microsoft 365 Business Premium.
Available Funds: $2,000
Client Eligibility: Net new annual term, Microsoft CSP subscription of at least 50 seats of Defender/Purview Suites for Business Premium, with funding alignment prior to licensing purchase or within two months of provisioning.
Additional Requirement: Requires at least 4 “Monthly Protected Users (MPU)” – the count of distinct users and devices that are actively protected by a security workload within a rolling 28-day window for Purview Suite and/or Defender Suite for Business Premium workloads.
Frontier Accelerate for Security: Microsoft Sentinel Deployment Accelerator
Clients will receive expert guidance to migrate, deploy, and or adopt use of Microsoft Sentinel.
Available Funds: $1,000+
Client Eligibility: Minimum $5,000/year planned incremental Azure consumption. Criteria and available funds scale up.
Frontier Accelerate for Security: Microsoft Defender for Cloud Deployment Accelerator
Clients will receive expert guidance to migrate, deploy, and or adopt use of Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
Available Funds: $1,000+
Client Eligibility: Minimum $5,000/year planned incremental Azure consumption. Criteria and available funds scale up.
Frontier Accelerate for Security: Microsoft CSP - Microsoft 365 E5/E7 Deployment Accelerator
Clients will receive expert guidance to migrate, deploy, and or adopt use of Microsoft 365 E5 and/or E7 through development and adoption of included security workloads.
Available Funds: $3,000+
Client Eligibility: Net new annual term, Microsoft CSP subscription of at least 50 seats of Microsoft 365 E5 or E7, with funding alignment prior to licensing purchase or within two months of provisioning.
Additional Requirement: Requires at least 4 “Monthly Protected Users (MPU)” – the count of distinct users and devices that are actively protected by a security workload within a rolling 28-day window for ME5 (Entra P2, Defender, and Purview) / ME7 (Entra Suite, A365).
Copilot + Power Platform Deployment Accelerator
Clients will receive expert services to deploy and drive adoption of Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Chat, Agents, and/or Power Platform solutions. Services may include technical deployment, implementing security and governance policies and controls, developing agent and/or Power Platform solutions, training users, and driving adoption and change management initiatives. This engagement can support multiple outcomes, including:
- Purchase of new Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses
- Increased adoption and usage of Copilot Chat (free and paid)
- Agent usage and consumption
- Purchase of new Power Platform licenses
Available Funds: $5,000 – $25,000
Client Eligibility: 500+ seats of Office 365 or Microsoft 365 including E3/E5/A3/A5/G3/G5. Criteria scale up for higher payouts.
Microsoft 365 E3 Deployment Accelerator
Clients will receive expert guidance in migrating, deploying, and driving adoption of Microsoft 365 E3.
Available Funds: $2,500+
Client Eligibility: 50+ incremental Microsoft 365 E3 seats through annual, Microsoft 365 CSP subscription. Criteria and available funds scale up.
Microsoft 365 Business Premium Deployment Accelerator
Receive expert guidance in migrating, deploying, and driving adoption of Microsoft 365 Business Premium.
Available Funds: $2,000+
Client Eligibility: 50+ incremental Microsoft 365 E3 seats through annual, Microsoft 365 CSP subscription.
Windows 365 Deployment Accelerator
Receive expert guidance in migrating, deploying, and driving adoption of Windows 365.
Available Funds: $2,000+
Client Eligibility: 50+ incremental Windows 365 seats through annual, Microsoft 365 CSP subscription.
Business Process CSP Deployment Accelerator
Receive expert guidance in migrating, deploying, and driving adoption of Dynamics 365 (Customer Insights, Sales, Field Service, Customer Service, Business Central, Contact Center, Finance, Supply Chain, Project Operations, Commerce)
Available Funds: $5,000+
Client Eligibility: At least $20,000 annual contract value of eligible Dynamics 365 products.
