PayneGroup Achieves Microsoft Gold Application Development Competency

USA/Canada News

27
Jan
2017

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PayneGroup Inc., a software and professional services company that specializes in solving client problems with workflow processes and security software utilities, announced today that it has again attained a Microsoft Gold Application Development competency, demonstrating a “best-in-class” ability and commitment to meet Microsoft Corporation’s customers’ evolving needs in today’s dynamic business environment and distinguishing itself within the top 1 percent of Microsoft’s partner ecosystem. 

“Once again, we are extremely pleased to have achieved a Gold Application Development Competency in the Microsoft Partner Network. Achieving this competency demonstrates our expertise and commitment to leveraging the latest technology to deliver solutions that drive proven benefits for our customers,” said Donna Payne, CEO of PayneGroup. “Our strong association with Microsoft is as important to us now as it was when we first became part of the Microsoft partner program more than twenty years ago.” 

To earn a Microsoft gold competency, partners must successfully complete exams (resulting in Microsoft Certified Professionals) to prove their level of technology expertise, and then designate these certified professionals uniquely to one Microsoft competency, ensuring a certain level of capacity. They also must submit customer references that demonstrate successful projects (along with implementing a yearly customer satisfaction study), meet a revenue commitment (for most gold competencies), and pass technology and/or sales assessments. Earning the Application Development competency helps partners differentiate themselves as a trusted expert to their customers through development and deployment of commercial or custom applications built using core Microsoft technologies.