{"id":50273,"date":"2025-06-16T04:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T11:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/?p=50273"},"modified":"2025-06-19T10:31:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T17:31:31","slug":"partner-of-the-year-awards-what-americas-partners-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/2025\/06\/16\/partner-of-the-year-awards-what-americas-partners-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Partner of the Year Awards: What Americas partners need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Partner Audience:<\/em><\/strong><em> #AllPartners<\/em><br \/>\n<strong><em>Relevant to:<\/em><\/strong> <em>#AllRoles #News #DoingBizwMSFT #PartnersMakeMorePossible #CrossSolution<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards<\/strong> celebrate outstanding successes and innovations from our global partner ecosystem\u2014recognizing achievement in categories spanning solution areas, industries, and key areas of impact, with a focus on strategic initiatives and technologies. In addition to celebrating partners for their impact in our award categories, we also honor partners from around the world as part of the Country\/Region Partner of the Year Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Awards for Country\/Region Partner of the Year will be given for countries receiving at least three separate partner nominations.<\/p>\n<p>Each year we also honor our <strong>Americas partners<\/strong> with a unique set of awards across multiple categories, which align with the Worldwide awards. <em><strong>Please note <\/strong>when you submit your nomination for a Worldwide award you will need to indicate your region and country to be considered for an Americas award.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>When is the nomination window open?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The nomination window for both the Worldwide and Americas partner awards is <strong>June 18 \u2013 July 18, 2025<\/strong>. <em>Note that nominations received after 6:00 PM PT on July 18 will not be accepted<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Partners must <strong>self-nominate<\/strong> to be considered.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What are this year\u2019s Americas award categories?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Partners doing business in various countries can submit a nomination for an Americas award in up to five separate countries within a single award category. <!--StartFragment --><span class=\"cf0\">You must choose an Americas region to be eligible for any of these awards.<\/span><!--EndFragment --><\/p>\n<p>Here are this year\u2019s Americas award categories:<\/p>\n<p><strong>ISV\/SDC awards<\/strong><br \/>\nAmericas ISV\/SDC<br \/>\nCanada ISV\/SDC<br \/>\nUSA ISV\/SDC<br \/>\nLATAM ISV\/SDC<br \/>\nEmerging ISV\/SDC<\/p>\n<p><strong>SI awards<br \/>\n<\/strong>Americas SI<br \/>\nCanada SI USA SI<br \/>\nLATAM SI<br \/>\nEmerging SI<\/p>\n<p><strong>Channels awards<\/strong><br \/>\nAmericas Channels<br \/>\nCanada Channels<br \/>\nUSA Channels<br \/>\nLATAM Channels<br \/>\nEmerging Channels<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Get started<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss this opportunity to showcase your impact. Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/partner.microsoft.com\/en-us\/inspire\/awards\"><strong>Partner of the Year Awards page<\/strong><\/a> for more details\u2014including guidelines, tips, and answers to your questions\u2014and get started preparing your submission today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Partner Audience: #AllPartners<br \/>\nRelevant to: #AllRoles #News #DoingBizwMSFT #GrowYourBiz #CrossSolution<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss this opportunity to showcase your impact. 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