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Microsoft 365 Copilot Business: SMB offers and opportunities.
From July 1, Microsoft's new SMB Copilot pricing creates a bigger partner opportunity. Here's what's changed and how to turn it into more sales.

Crayon helps organizations design, adopt, and optimize Alibaba Cloud to achieve measurable business outcomes. As a trusted cloud advisor and being Alibaba Cloud’s global partner, Crayon brings deep cloud expertise, industry knowledge, and managed services to complement Alibaba Cloud’s secure, scalable, and AI ready platform. Together, we support organizations across cloud migration, application modernization, cost optimization, and multi cloud strategies. From defining the right cloud strategy to managing and optimizing day-to-day operations, Crayon enables businesses to adopt Alibaba Cloud with clarity, control, and confidence – turning cloud investments into long term business value.
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Start with the right foundation – Crayon and Alibaba Cloud work together help organizations to shape the cloud roadmap, architecture, and governance, ensuring every decision is aligned with the business goals.
Move with clarity and control – Alibaba Cloud supports organizations in planning migrations, securely moving workloads, and managing cloud resources efficiently to ensure business continuity.
Operate with confidence every day – Crayon helps maintain cloud performance, availability, and stability through continuous monitoring, optimization, and operational support across your Alibaba Cloud environment.
Protect what matters most – Alibaba Cloud helps safeguard applications, data, infrastructure, and accounts with enterprise grade security controls, compliance best practices, and integrated risk management.
Innovate at your own pace – Alibaba Cloud enables organizations to leverage AI and data services to enhance applications, boost productivity, and unlock intelligent use cases.
Optimize with visibility and purpose – Alibaba Cloud helps organizations gain insight into cloud usage and costs, enabling smarter optimization and stronger financial governance over time.
The Alibaba Cloud Channel Partner Program is designed to help partners expand their business, strengthen capabilities, and accelerate go to market success. By joining the program, partners gain access to collaborative selling opportunities with Alibaba Cloud sales and technical teams, structured enablement and certification resources, and dedicated channel support to help identify and close new opportunities. Partners also benefit from marketing enablement, including access to partner programs, customer engagement initiatives, and official recognition that enhances credibility in the market. Together, the program empowers partners to grow revenue, differentiate offerings, and scale their cloud business with Alibaba Cloud.
Crayon and Alibaba Cloud support enterprises, digital businesses, and public sector organizations at any stage of cloud adoption.
No. AI is optional and can be adopted when it makes sense. Crayon supports everything from core cloud infrastructure to advanced AI use cases.
Blogs
From July 1, Microsoft's new SMB Copilot pricing creates a bigger partner opportunity. Here's what's changed and how to turn it into more sales.
Blogs
Does the investment in Security SPD attainment stack up against the potential for partners to make a strong commercial return? Michael Brooke explores the economics in the last in this three-part series.
Blogs
In the second article in our Security SPD series, Michael Brooke offers tips to help partners gain the insight track from start to finish.
Blogs
In the first of a 3-part series, Michael Brooke explains why the buying signals from the market make Security SPD attainment worth a close look for partners.
Press Release
Crayon’s Mathew Howard named in 2026 CRN Australia Channel Chiefs list for driving partner success, innovation, and growth in ANZ IT channels.
Blogs
Learn how Microsoft’s strategic Copilot for All framework combines with Crayon’s inhouse AI expertise to drive practice development and revenue growth for partners.
On Demand Webinars
Watch the on‑demand webinar on turning data risk into revenue. Learn how partners use data protection maturity models to drive recurring revenue and customer trust.
On Demand Webinars
Join our team for a business and technical deep dive into the Microsoft Security SPD and why attaining it is great for business.
Business
AvePoint Partner onboarding content packs are now available from Crayon to help fast track confidence and success for your team.
On Demand Webinars
Our latest On-Demand webinar provides a practical, execution focused walk through the full Copilot partner journey, from early adoption to advanced scenarios.
Blogs
Fragmented data protection systems and processes create compliance proof-gaps for SMB customers. Scott Hagenus, Director, Cybersecurity here at Crayon explains.
Insights
Data Protection priorities are shifting for SMBs. Ramp up your ability to respond with curated insights, articles and resources to help you guide every customer conversation with confidence.
Insights
All the latest insights, articles and resources on M365 Copilot, curated into one place.
Guides and eBooks
The Microsoft Fabric Partner Guide curates our recent articles, videos and resources to accelerate Crayon partner learning.
Research Reports
The Future of Operations 2023 is an APAC wide study of small to medium sized businesses. It covers outcomes from cloud adoption, intent to invest and what businesses want from their technology service providers.
Guides and eBooks
Mission essentials for winning data protection business in education, healthcare, retail and manufacturing.

Connect Data Protection to strategic objectives via this Whitepaper

What are the most critical business objectives and solution adoption priorities for SMBs in our region? Download the latest Forrester study to find out!

Our APAC channel business is now part of a global organisation. That means there is a whole new world of value on offer for our partners. We can help you to tap into all of it.