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For some OEMs - access to purchasing, support, manuals, firmware images, configuration tools, etc. is gated behind "Certified Partner" programs. For an organization to be a Certified Partner at a certain tier, it must have some number of FTEs holding a specific cert.

A good certified partner won't hire you just because you have the cert, but it saves them the trouble of having to get it for you.

This kind of thing is uncommon in Github world, but very common in Microsoft/Azure world.

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DaiPlusPlus5y ago

> This kind of thing is uncommon in Github world, but very common in Microsoft/Azure world.

What exclusive materials or advantages do Microsoft "Partner" companies have thesedays? MS is very good at making available their documentation, and almost all of their modern stuff (.NET Core, etc) is developed openly on GitHub.

But other companies that aren't as engineering-driven like SAP, Oracle, yeah - I can see them doing that.

The only advantage I can think of is one of cross-promotion or referrals from Microsoft's own consulting division. (I'll admit I have no idea who MS's Consulting customers are - I thought everyone went with Accenture, IBM, Capita or Atos).

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