Azure Accelerate: Cloud Accelerate Factory - Analytics
Microsoft lists this engagement as a funding vehicle: a name, a budget line, and no published customer description. We won't write a brochure for it. Here is what we can say, and how to find out what it covers for you.
What we can say
- Microsoft lists this programme by name only; no customer-facing description is published
- Proof of delivery uses a template supplied by Microsoft's Cloud Accelerate Factory team, so Microsoft's own delivery team participates
- What it can cover is defined case by case at scoping
Why this page is short
Some Microsoft funding vehicles exist in the partner system with a name and nothing else published for customers. Rather than invent a description, we keep the page honest: the engagement is real, the funding is real, and what it covers is established on a scoping call against your actual workloads.
Who qualifies
Your commitment
- A scoping conversation before anything is promised
- Time from your infrastructure or application owners during delivery
- Azure consumption is billed by Microsoft to you as usual
How we run it
- A consent form. Microsoft's delivery clock starts on the day you sign it, so we agree the schedule first and sign second.
- Deployment inside Microsoft's 120-day window, scheduled around your change control rather than around our claim.
- Attestation at the end: the customer attestation form Microsoft requires as proof of execution.
The funding, plainly
Microsoft describes this incentive as a co-investment that is not intended to cover the full cost of deployment activities. In practice, Microsoft pays us for a defined portion of this engagement; your commitment is the time and access listed above, plus any fee we state in writing before work begins. We never state Microsoft's funding amount: it varies by customer band and programme period, and quoting it would be guessing. If the programme window closes while your request is in flight, we tell you and requote the same work at our normal fixed price.
Asked before calling
Why can't you just tell me what it includes?
Because Microsoft hasn't published it, and guessing would put words in their mouth. The scoping call is where it becomes concrete.
Is this a real engagement?
Yes. It's in Microsoft's partner incentive system with our name on the entitlement. The vagueness is theirs, not ours.
Does Microsoft pay for all of it?
No. Microsoft describes the incentive as a co-investment that is not intended to cover the full cost of deployment activities. Microsoft pays us for a defined portion; your side is the time, access and any fee we state in writing before work begins.
What starts the 120-day clock?
Your signature on the consent form, not the first day of work. We agree the delivery schedule before you sign, so the window is spent on deployment rather than on scheduling.
What if we do not qualify?
We say so and quote the same work at our normal fixed price. The eligibility check itself costs you nothing but the conversation.