IT Partner has been a Microsoft partner continuously since 2006, holding Gold-level competencies through the 2010s before the current Solutions Partner designations.

Draft — this fact still contains placeholder values and is blocked from the production build until its evidence is complete.

Last verified: 2026-07-28
Next check by: 2027-01-24
Cadence: every 180d
Permalink: /verify/partner-since-2006
Owner: mike
Related: CO-03 · MS-01

Evidence — strongest first

2 independent trails. The first alone settles the claim; the rest exist so you can cross-check us.

Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2013 Conference Guide (cover)

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«PENDING — the cover features the founder (then Michael Makeyev, Director, IT Partner LLC) with a Microsoft Partner Account Manager, and lists the firm's competencies: Gold Communications, Gold Management and Virtualization, Gold OEM, Gold Small Business, Silver Hosting, Silver Messaging, Silver Server Platform, Silver Volume Licensing»

Microsoft competency certificates, 2006–2022

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«PENDING»

Check it yourself

Protocol MS-04-P

no account · nothing to install

Review the era documents in the evidence locker (Microsoft-printed materials carry their own dates).
Cross-check the current partner standing in fact MS-01.

Any step fail? Email verify@itpartner365.com. A failing step is a correction, and corrections get changelog entries — not silent edits.

Changelog — this fact

Date	Change	By
2026-07-29	Initial publication of the facts register: 18 facts live with evidence, 3 published as drafts pending evidence (MS-04 partner-since-2006 — era documents being digitized; CU-01 client-counts — multi-source recount in progress; CU-02 reviews-and-cases — written consents being re-confirmed). Drafts are visible on staging with DRAFT banners and blocked from production until complete.	Mike Mackey