Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program
The Frontier Transformation Engineer badge recognizes individual skills. The Frontier Partner specialization assesses organizational capability. They have separate requirements; participating in FC does not award either credential.
Guidance reviewed 8 September 2026. Confirm current eligibility in the official sources before applying.
An individual learning and assessment journey. Use the current LevelUp path to check the required certifications and project-readiness work.
Register with your company's partner work email. LevelUp does not support personal email addresses for this journey.
Open the Engineer learning pathOrganizational recognition with prerequisite qualifications and a third-party audit. Partner Center is the source for the prerequisites that apply to your organization.
The audit validates demonstrated capability. An application and completed prerequisites do not replace the evidence needed to pass it.
Read the Frontier specialization program and audit guideWe link to live requirements rather than duplicate prerequisite counts here. Confirm the applicable specializations, skilled-person requirements and account scope in Partner Center.
The official audit checklist covers assessment and planning, agent design and implementation, secure agent development, and secure agent platform administration.
Prepare relevant artifacts and demonstrations, with the people who can explain them. The checklist allows sanitized or controlled evidence that protects customer-identifiable and sensitive security information.
The checklist in effect on the audit date is the one used for assessment. Confirm current application, renewal and scheduling requirements with Partner Center and the audit provider.
Recognition applies to the qualifying organization and eligible associated locations under the relevant Partner Center account. It is not automatically transferable to every subsidiary in a corporate group.
Microsoft's August 2026 announcement states that the earlier Frontier Partner badge retires at the end of June 2027. Partners must continue meeting its requirements while using it. Earning that badge does not automatically grant the Frontier Partner specialization.
Read the official badge transition announcementAll thresholds and requirements are subject to change.
“Solutions Partner” refers to a company that is a member of the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program and may offer software, services, and/or solutions to customers. Reference to “Solutions Partner” in any content, materials, resources, web properties, etc., and any associated designation should not be interpreted as an offer, endorsement, guarantee, proof of effectiveness or functionality, a commitment, or any other type of representation or warranty on the part of Microsoft. All decisions pertaining and related to your business needs, including strategies, solutions, partner selection, and implementation, rest solely with your business.
“Frontier Partner” and “Frontier Distributor” refer to a company that is a member of the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program and has met specific program requirements, including attainment of Solutions Partner designations, AI-related specializations, or assessment criteria involving AI requirements, as defined by Microsoft. The “Frontier” terminology indicates participation in Microsoft’s partner program and eligibility for associated benefits. It does not represent or imply endorsement, guarantee, or certification of the company’s services, solutions, or performance by Microsoft. All decisions regarding business strategies, solutions, and implementations remain solely with the customer.