Becoming a Solutions Partner for Infrastructure (Azure) is not just another certification—it is a strategic recognition within the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program that validates an organization’s real-world ability to design, migrate, modernize, and operate cloud infrastructure at scale. For ne Digital, this solutions partner designation represents a significant milestone that reflects our technical depth, delivery excellence, and long-standing commitment to customer success across complex cloud environments.
As a Microsoft Solutions Partner, ne Digital has demonstrated the skills, experience, and operational maturity required to help organizations transition critical workloads from on-premises environments to Microsoft Azure, while optimizing performance, security, and cost. This designation positions us within a global ecosystem of elite partners trusted to deliver resilient cloud solutions that support modernization initiatives, digital transformation, and long-term business growth.
What Is the Solutions Partner for Infrastructure (Azure) Designation?
The Solutions Partner for Infrastructure (Azure) designation is part of Microsoft’s modern partner framework designed to replace legacy competencies with a more outcome-driven model. Rather than focusing solely on sales volume or theoretical expertise, the Microsoft Solutions Partner designation is awarded based on a holistic partner capability score that measures three critical dimensions:
- Performance, reflected in net customer adds and growth
- Skilling, validated through advanced and intermediate certifications
- Customer success, proven through real deployments and usage growth
This framework ensures that a services provider earning the designation has not only invested in technical training but has also delivered tangible results across real customer environments.
For clients, the solutions partner designation serves as a clear signal: they are working with a partner that has a verified track record in delivering production-ready azure solutions, managing mission-critical workloads, and supporting both SMB and enterprise organizations.
Why This Designation Is So Special in the Microsoft Partner Program
What makes the Solutions Partner for Infrastructure designation truly distinctive is its alignment with current and future customer demand. Infrastructure modernization is no longer limited to basic virtual machine migrations. Today, organizations are navigating hybrid models, multi-cloud strategies, advanced security requirements, and performance-intensive platforms such as SAP, Azure Virtual Desktop, and high-availability cloud infrastructure.
Within the partner program, Microsoft has intentionally aligned this designation to solution areas where customers need the most guidance and expertise. As a result, only partners who meet strict eligibility criteria and consistently deliver value across the full infrastructure lifecycle are able to qualify.
This includes the ability to:
- Design and operate secure, scalable cloud infrastructure
- Migrate and modernize on-premises and multi-cloud environments
- Optimize cost, performance, and governance across the cloud environment
- Support advanced scenarios such as SAP on Azure, DevOps pipelines, and virtualization
The designation also unlocks access to differentiated product benefits, go-to-market initiatives, and deep technical enablement—ensuring that certified partners remain at the forefront of Microsoft innovation.
Infrastructure as a Foundation for Modernization and Innovation
Infrastructure is no longer a back-office concern—it is the foundation that enables modernization, automation, and innovation across the enterprise. As organizations adopt business applications, AI-driven platforms, and advanced analytics, the underlying infrastructure must be resilient, secure, and optimized for scale.
The Solutions Partner for Infrastructure (Azure) designation directly supports this reality by recognizing partners that can modernize legacy environments and prepare customers for future-state architectures that incorporate:
- Automation and infrastructure-as-code
- DevOps practices integrated with Azure services
- Secure hybrid and multi-cloud operations
- Intelligent workloads powered by machine learning and AI solutions
For ne Digital, this designation reinforces our ability to connect infrastructure strategy with broader initiatives such as modern work, application innovation, and data-driven transformation—ensuring that infrastructure investments deliver measurable business outcomes.
The Role of Skilling, Certifications, and Measurable Capability
A defining element of the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program is its emphasis on continuous skilling and validated expertise. To earn and maintain the Solutions Partner for Infrastructure designation, partners must demonstrate sustained investment in technical training and certifications across key Azure domains.
This includes advanced capabilities in areas such as networking, security, virtualization, and Azure Virtual Desktop, as well as the operational knowledge required to support complex enterprise and SMB environments. By tying designation status to ongoing skilling and performance metrics, Microsoft ensures that the ecosystem remains current, capable, and aligned with evolving customer needs.
For clients, this means working with an Azure solutions partner that is not only certified at a point in time, but continuously improving its capabilities to support new cloud services, automation models, and modernization patterns.
Infrastructure Excellence Across Solution Areas
Another important dimension of the solutions partner designation model is its alignment with Microsoft’s broader solution areas. Infrastructure does not operate in isolation—it intersects with data platforms, app innovation, security, and productivity.
The Solutions Partner for Infrastructure (Azure) designation complements other designations such as Solutions Partner for Data, app innovation, security, and modern work, enabling partners like ne Digital to deliver integrated, end-to-end cloud services.
This cross-solution alignment allows customers to benefit from:
- Consistent governance and optimization across workloads
- Unified architecture spanning infrastructure, data, and applications
- A cohesive partner relationship instead of fragmented vendors
Within this ecosystem, ne Digital operates as a trusted MSP and CSP, helping clients design, migrate, and manage infrastructure while aligning it with broader business and technology objectives.
Laying the Groundwork for Customer Success
At its core, the Solutions Partner for Infrastructure designation exists to drive customer success. Microsoft’s evaluation model prioritizes partners who can demonstrate successful deployments, sustained usage growth, and long-term value creation.
This focus ensures that the designation is not symbolic—it reflects real-world outcomes across industries, regions, and organization sizes. For ne Digital, earning this designation validates our track record as a partner capable of delivering reliable cloud services, supporting modernization initiatives, and optimizing infrastructure investments over time.
Why the Solutions Partner for Infrastructure Designation Matters for Our Clients
For customers, choosing a partner with the Solutions Partner for Infrastructure (Azure) designation is not about logos or marketing claims—it is about reducing risk and accelerating results. This solutions partner designation gives organizations confidence that they are working with a Microsoft Solutions Partner that has already demonstrated its ability to deliver, operate, and optimize complex infrastructure environments.
In practical terms, this means clients benefit from:
- Faster and more predictable migrations from on-premises to Azure
- Infrastructure designs aligned with Microsoft best practices and product roadmaps
- Continuous optimization of performance, availability, and cost
- Access to a partner embedded in the Microsoft ecosystem, not operating in isolation
Because the designation is tied to measurable metrics and verified customer outcomes, it helps customers move beyond uncertainty and make infrastructure decisions with clarity.
Supporting SMBs and Enterprises with Scalable Azure Solutions
One of the most important aspects of the Solutions Partner for Infrastructure designation is its relevance to both enterprise organizations and the SMB segment. Infrastructure challenges are not limited to large corporations—small and mid-sized businesses increasingly rely on cloud platforms to remain competitive, secure, and resilient.
As a services provider operating across regions and industries, ne Digital uses this designation to support:
- SMB customers adopting Azure for the first time
- Organizations consolidating legacy infrastructure into cloud infrastructure
- Companies deploying Azure Virtual Desktop to enable secure, flexible work
- Businesses running critical platforms such as SAP on Azure
By combining azure solutions, automation, and right-sized architectures, we help SMB customers optimize costs while maintaining enterprise-grade reliability—an approach that aligns directly with Microsoft’s vision for scalable cloud adoption.
Managed Services as the Engine of Long-Term Value
Infrastructure modernization does not end after migration. In fact, the real value of cloud adoption emerges over time through continuous optimization, governance, and innovation. This is where managed services become essential.
The Solutions Partner for Infrastructure (Azure) designation reinforces ne Digital’s role as a long-term MSP and CSP, capable of operating and evolving customer environments beyond day-one deployments. Through managed services, we help clients:
- Optimize and optimize cloud spend across workloads
- Automate routine operations and infrastructure management
- Maintain security, compliance, and availability standards
- Align infrastructure with evolving business initiatives
This model transforms infrastructure from a static cost center into a flexible platform that supports growth, resilience, and innovation.
Aligning Infrastructure with Modern Work, AI, and Business Applications
Infrastructure is the backbone that enables higher-level capabilities across the organization. The solutions partner designation model recognizes this by positioning infrastructure as a foundational solution area that connects directly with modern work, business applications, and AI-driven workloads.
Through our Solutions Partner for Infrastructure status, ne Digital helps customers build environments that support:
- Microsoft 365 and collaboration platforms
- AI and machine learning workloads integrated with Azure services
- Automation and DevOps pipelines that accelerate delivery
- App innovation initiatives that depend on resilient cloud services
This integrated approach ensures that infrastructure decisions are not made in isolation, but aligned with the organization’s broader digital and operational goals.
Partner Program Alignment and Organizational Objectives
Earning the Solutions Partner for Infrastructure (Azure) designation is not an isolated achievement—it aligns directly with ne Digital’s organizational objectives and long-term strategy.
Within the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program, this designation reinforces our commitment to:
- Continuous skilling and technical excellence
- Delivering measurable customer success
- Expanding solution areas across infrastructure, data, and app innovation
- Strengthening our role as a trusted Microsoft Solutions Partner globally
It also supports our internal initiatives around automation, standardization, and service maturity—ensuring that our teams operate with consistency, efficiency, and quality across all customer engagements.
Access to Microsoft Resources, Specialization, and Go-To-Market Initiatives
Another key benefit of the solutions partner designation is enhanced access to Microsoft resources. As a designated partner, ne Digital benefits from deeper engagement through Partner Center, early insights into product roadmaps, and participation in targeted webinars and enablement programs.
This access allows us to:
- Stay ahead of changes in Azure services and cloud solutions
- Participate in specialization paths that deepen our expertise
- Collaborate more closely with Microsoft teams on customer initiatives
- Bring new product benefits and capabilities to our clients faster
For customers, this translates into a partner that is always aligned with Microsoft’s direction and able to provide informed guidance in a rapidly evolving cloud landscape.
Proven Track Record Across Industries and Regions
The Solutions Partner for Infrastructure designation is awarded only to partners with a proven track record of delivery. For ne Digital, this reflects years of experience supporting organizations across multiple industries and geographies.
Our teams have helped customers:
- Migrate and modernize legacy data centers
- Build secure hybrid environments
- Optimize infrastructure for performance and cost
- Integrate infrastructure with broader digital initiatives
This experience, combined with our designation status, positions ne Digital as a reliable partner for organizations seeking long-term infrastructure transformation—not just short-term projects.
What This Designation Ultimately Means for Our Clients
For our clients, the Solutions Partner for Infrastructure (Azure) designation represents confidence, capability, and continuity. It confirms that ne Digital has the expertise, processes, and commitment required to support infrastructure journeys from strategy to execution and ongoing optimization.
Clients gain:
- A trusted Azure solutions partner with validated capabilities
- Reduced risk in complex cloud initiatives
- A partner embedded in the Microsoft ecosystem
- Ongoing support through managed services and CSP engagement
Most importantly, they gain a partner focused on outcomes—not just deployments.
Conclusion: Building Resilient Infrastructure for the Future
Infrastructure is evolving faster than ever, driven by cloud adoption, AI, automation, and changing business demands. The Solutions Partner for Infrastructure (Azure) designation confirms ne Digital’s ability to help customers navigate this complexity with confidence.
As a Microsoft Solutions Partner, we are proud to support organizations across mid-size and enterprise segments with secure, scalable, and optimized infrastructure solutions. This designation reinforces our mission to deliver cloud environments that are resilient today and ready for what comes next.
If your organization is planning to migrate, modernize, or optimize its infrastructure on Microsoft Azure, ne Digital is ready to help you turn strategy into sustained success.
Talk to our experts and discover how our managed infrastructure services can support your cloud journey.
