Microsoft Emerging Partner Programme
Get full value from Microsoft
IDT is onboarded on Microsoft South Africa's Emerging Partner Programme, focused on Data & AI and modernisation. Microsoft trains our team, and we bring that expertise to your organisation so you use your Microsoft products to the full.
Our focus on the programme
- Data & AIBring your data together on Azure and put AI to work on it.
- ModernisationMove legacy systems and applications onto Microsoft's cloud.
- AdoptionHelp your people use the Microsoft products you already pay for.
The programme
What the Emerging Partner Programme means
EPP is Microsoft South Africa's Enterprise and Supplier Development programme for 100% Black-owned ICT businesses working towards becoming Microsoft Solutions Partners. IDT has been onboarded, and Microsoft's training providers are building our skills in our chosen solution areas.
Trained by Microsoft
Our team is trained and certified through Microsoft-sponsored courses in Data & AI and modernisation, plus adoption and change management.
Applied at your company
We take what Microsoft has trained us on and put it to work on your systems, data and people.
Backed by Microsoft
Through the programme, Microsoft can fund some solution deployments delivered by emerging partners, subject to its budget and approval.
Thinking about a Microsoft project? Ask us whether it could qualify for deployment funding through the programme. Funding depends on Microsoft's budget and approval, so we'll tell you honestly what's likely.
Our offering
How we help you use Microsoft to the full
Data & AI on Azure
Bring scattered data into one place on Azure, build reports people trust, and add AI assistants and document processing on top, with POPIA compliance from day one.
Modernisation onto Microsoft's cloud
Move mainframe and legacy applications onto Azure step by step, without disrupting the business that runs on them.
Get more from what you already have
Many organisations pay for Microsoft products they barely use. We review what you have, switch on what you're missing and connect it to how you work.
Adoption and change management
New tools only pay back when people use them. We use the ADKAR model to bring your teams along, so the change sticks.
How it works
From first call to full use
- 01
Talk to us
Tell us what you run today and what you want Microsoft to do for you.
- 02
Review your Microsoft estate
We look at your licences, data and systems, and find where the value is.
- 03
Build
We deliver the data and AI or modernisation work on Azure.
- 04
Adopt
We help your people use it, so the investment pays back.
Questions
Working with IDT on Microsoft, answered
Is IDT a Microsoft partner?
IDT is onboarded on Microsoft South Africa's Emerging Partner Programme, working towards Microsoft Solutions Partner designations with a focus on Data & AI and modernisation.
Which Microsoft products do you work with?
Microsoft Azure for data, AI and modernisation, and the Microsoft products your organisation already licenses. We help you get value from what you have before you buy anything new.
Can Microsoft help fund our project?
Possibly. Through the programme, Microsoft can fund some deployments delivered by emerging partners, subject to its budget and approval. Talk to us and we'll check whether your project could qualify.
Do you only work with Microsoft?
No. We recommend what fits your systems, skills and budget. When Microsoft is the right fit, our training on the programme means we can help you use it to the full.
Find out what your Microsoft products could be doing for you.
Talk to us