Question 1

What is the Microsoft CSP Program?

Accepted Answer

The Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider Program allows you as a cloud provider to sell Microsoft Cloud Service along with your own offerings and services. Customers are now enabled to get all IT services they need from on single cloud provider: you. You own the complete customer life-cycle through direct billing, provisioning, management, and support, which strengthens your customer relationship.

Question 2

Why Microsoft CSP?

Accepted Answer

Microsoft has introduced the CSP program out of a strong belief that cloud is core. The past IT decennium has been turbulent with many productivity waves one after another, from which cloud and mobile stand out and collide in a new era of IT. A mobile-first, cloud-first work in which IT is always on and always up. Which trends are at the basis of this movement? Microsoft distinguishes four basic movements:

Question 3

Benefits of Microsoft CSP for the IT cloud solution provider.

Accepted Answer

You are the first point of contract for your customers' needs.
You own and control the billing cycle.
You create unique financing options.
You sell integrated offers and services - one sales motion to drive services, attach, and upsell.
You receive in-product tools to directly provision, manage, and support your customers.

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