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Microsoft Ignite 2025: the ‘need-to-know’ highlights
Catch our comprehensive summary of the highlights from Microsoft Ignite 2025, combined with the resources and links you need to dig into the detail!

Disparate communications & collaboration tools create management and cost inefficiencies for your customers. Help them adapt to the speed of change with Zoom.
Zoom is a video communications platform that delivers secure video conferencing, audio calls, webinars and messaging tools across desktops, phones, and mobile devices.
A leader in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Meeting Solutions for five consecutive year , Zoom is also recognised as a leader in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications as a Service, Worldwide.
One of the fastest growing cloud solutions in the Crayon Productivity solutions portfolio, Zoom delivers quality user experiences and helps your customers to overcome the challenges of hybrid workforce management.
The Zoom Marketplace is growing at pace, making it fast and simple to source and integrate applications your customers already know and love. Its mature developer platform, APIs and SDKs provide you with opportunity to create customised solutions tailored to the unique needs of your customers.
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Choose from Pro, Business or Enterprise plans to suit the online meeting needs of your smallest to largest customers.
Add external calling with plan options for Pay-As-You-Go or Unlimited Regional Calling for ANZ, or Pro Global Select and unlimited domestic calls in 40+ counties and territories.
Streamline workflows, increase employee engagement, and boost productivity by providing a unified, AI-enhanced collaboration experience for modern teams.
Web conferencing solutions featuring CRM and marketing automation integrations, monetized registration, live streaming capabilities, on-demand recordings, and comprehensive engagement analytics.
Adapt to any workspace, whether it’s a small huddle room or a large conference area, making it the perfect choice for hybrid teams looking to enhance their collaboration experience.
Crayon empowers its partners with the tools they need to address the growing demand for hybrid workforce solutions. Through vendor solutions, partners can offer Zoom, a modern web conferencing platform that bridges the gap between affordability for small businesses and enterprise-grade security and interoperability for larger organizations.
Crayon’s Master Agent Referral Partner Program is designed to empower partners by providing them with comprehensive tools and opportunities to offer Zoom’s full product suite. By signing with Crayon as a sub-agent, partners can engage in co-selling efforts, enabling them to maximize their earning potential with minimal investment in sales and technical training.
The program is particularly advantageous for systems integrators and consultants who already have customer installations in voice, video, and A/V hardware. These partners can become Zoom Certified Integrators, gaining the capability to deliver top-tier video collaboration and voice services.
For Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and partners with development expertise, the program offers the opportunity to integrate and extend their applications with Zoom’s platform. These partners receive commercial and technical resources to manage their integrations effectively and may qualify for additional support to list their applications on the Zoom App Marketplace.
Crayon’s program offers several key benefits:
If you are not an existing Crayon partner, start by signing up. Once approved, partners will be given access to the Crayon PRISM portal and can join their preferred Zoom program.
Existing partners can sign up on the PRISM portal or call your Crayon representative to discuss which program is best suited for you.
Deal registration is done via https://mypartnerportal.zoom.us website using the Deal Registration option.
A Zoom account is not usually required if you are invited to join Zoom Meetings as a participant. However, if the host has restricted joining meetings using authentication profiles, then the participant will need a Zoom account to access the meeting.
A Zoom account is required to create your own meetings and send invitations to participants.
Blogs
Catch our comprehensive summary of the highlights from Microsoft Ignite 2025, combined with the resources and links you need to dig into the detail!
Training
In our latest webinar, our in-house Modern Work experts Jye Wong and Ksenia Turner will run you through a practical refresher on Solution Partner Designations; what they are, why they matter and how to get started.
Sales and Marketing
Business leaders don't live in the tools. They live in the outcomes. The metrics they care about most are not always limited to compliance and risk. So how do you connect data protection to the big-ticket objectives, when they're less obvious? Our in-house pre-sales expert, Michael Brooke explains.
Guides and eBooks
As SMBs mature in the Data Protection lifecycle, they need help to optimise spend, reduce the compliance burden and ensure results align to business objectives. The third installment of our Data Protection Playbook series provides practical guidance for partners on how to address emerging pressure and connect ongoing investment to measurable business value.
Training
Copilot Agents: what are they and how do they differ from AI assistants and chatbots? Our in-house Copilot expert Ksenia Turner explains the use cases and service opportunities for partners.
Blogs
Fragmented data protection systems and processes create compliance proof-gaps for SMB customers. Scott Hagenus, Director, Cybersecurity here at Crayon explains.
Guides and eBooks
How can partners help their SMB customers to move from silos of security and continuity to a more cohesive, measurable and insurable data protection framework? The second edition in our Data Protection Playbook series maps out their journey, and yours.
Sales and Marketing
Ever wonder why a pitch has some IT Managers leaning forward, while others glaze over? Michael Brooke, Cybersecurity Pre-Sales Lead offers some insight on how to tune your approach to chime with different technical mindsets.
Vendor Announcements
Copilot for Business has landed at Microsoft Ignite 2025, levelling the GenAI playing field for SMB customers. Learn all about it from our man on the ground, Andreas Bergman.
Press Release
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Blogs
As cybersecurity and continuity converge in platforms and in practice, partners need new playbooks to address modern Data Protection standards. Our in-house cybersecurity pre-sales lead, Michael Brooke explains why.
Guides and eBooks
What triggers an SMB customer to begin exploring their need for better Data Protection? The first of our four Data Protection Playbooks for partners breaks down how to position and win in the Pre-Adoption and Exploration stage.
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.
Partner Spotlight
In this Partner Spotlight, Acceltech Managing Director Ivy Tarrobago shares how Crayon’s responsive support enhances client outcomes and business growth.
Whitepapers
Data Protection is a must for all SMBs but how can partners align solution investment with critical business objectives? Our latest paper shows you how.
Press Release
Crayon has been recognised with a huge double win at the CRN Channel Asia awards ceremony.
Insights
All the latest insights, articles and resources on M365 Copilot, curated into one place.
Insights
SMB customers are storing greater volumes of sensitive data in more places than ever. Secure backup and recovery practices are essential to how they protect it.
Partner Spotlight
Bigfish Technology saved AU$20,000 on its annual Microsoft licensing after one call with Crayon and has since built a strong partnership that enabled Bigfish to get access to Crayon’s expertise and vendor ecosystem.
Insights
Insider risk is a subtle and continuous challenge for SMB customers. Turn it into a manageable and quantifiable aspect of their Data Protection strategy.
Blogs
From rethinking backup to governance frameworks and behavioural analytics, what's involved in building a complete Data Protection strategy for SMB customers?
Insights
We explore the evolution of Microsoft's channel strategy over the past ten years, and what can be learned by viewing it through a Value Cycle lens.
Guides and eBooks
The Microsoft Fabric Partner Guide curates our recent articles, videos and resources to accelerate Crayon partner learning.
Insights
Support your cybersecurity game plans with our top picks of new and updated risk and resilience resources.
Guides and eBooks
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Webinars Series
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