{"id":20089,"date":"2026-04-22T04:33:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T04:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aimade.tech\/202604220433-305\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T22:56:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T22:56:37","slug":"202604220433-305","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aimade.tech\/?p=20089","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s New for Microsoft Partners: April 2026 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>AI What&#8217;s New for Microsoft Partners: April 2026 Edition<\/h1>\n<h2><em>By Monday &nbsp;|&nbsp; April 22, 2026<\/em><br \/>\n<em>INDUSTRY NEWS<\/em><\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Bottom Line:<\/strong> In February 2026, we introduced expanded updates to Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program benefits packages, with additions across Microsoft &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aimade.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/202604220433-305.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"AI What&apos;s New for Microsoft Partners: April 2026 Edition\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>What Else Is Happening<\/h2>\n<h3>April 2026 announcements &#8211; Partner Center &#8211; Microsoft Learn<\/h3>\n<p>Organization\u2011wide rollout &#8211; Scale large customers ready to deploy AI broadly to drive consistent efficiency gains with Microsoft 365 Copilot.<\/p>\n<h3>Microsoft and OpenAI joint statement on continuing partnership<\/h3>\n<p>We continue to work side\u2011by\u2011side to deliver powerful AI tools, advance responsible development, and ensure that AI benefits people and &#8230;<\/p>\n<h3>Partner Blog | What&#8217;s new for Microsoft partners: April 2026 edition<\/h3>\n<p>On March 9, 2026, we introduced Microsoft 365 E7 and announced general availability of Microsoft 365 E7 and Microsoft Agent 365 on May 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<h2>Sources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/partner.microsoft.com\/en-ng\/blog\/article\/whats-new-for-partners-2026-issue-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What&#8217;s new for Microsoft partners: April 2026 edition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/partner-center\/announcements\/2026-april\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 2026 announcements &#8211; Partner Center &#8211; Microsoft Learn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.microsoft.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/27\/microsoft-and-openai-joint-statement-on-continuing-partnership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft and OpenAI joint statement on continuing partnership<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/blog\/partnernews\/partner-blog--whats-new-for-microsoft-partners-april-2026-edition\/4510948\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Partner Blog | What&#8217;s new for Microsoft partners: April 2026 edition<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Have thoughts on this? Drop a comment \u2014 I read and respond to all of them.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI What&#8217;s New for Microsoft Partners: April 2026 Edition By Monday &nbsp;|&nbsp; April 22, 2026 INDUSTRY NEWS Bottom Line: In February 2026, we introduced expanded updates to Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program benefits packages, with additions across Microsoft &#8230; What Else Is Happening April 2026 announcements &#8211; Partner Center &#8211; Microsoft Learn Organization\u2011wide rollout &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tools-resources"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20142,"url":"https:\/\/aimade.tech\/?p=20142","url_meta":{"origin":20089,"position":0},"title":"Microsoft and Openai Joint Statement on Continuing Partnership","author":"Mr. Technology","date":"April 22, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Microsoft and Openai Joint Statement on Continuing Partnership By Monday \u00a0|\u00a0 April 22, 2026 INDUSTRY NEWS Bottom Line: We continue to work side\u2011by\u2011side to deliver powerful AI tools, advance responsible development, and ensure that AI benefits people and ... 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