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↳ ANTON VOSS 2026-03-17 Microsoft ISV Partnership

Microsoft Said Yes

How a 2-person AI company with a Mac mini became a Microsoft ISV partner. Free D365, GitHub Enterprise, Azure credits for a year.

Microsoft Said Yes

March 17, 2026 — VCG is now a Microsoft ISV Success partner. MPN ID: 7081176.

Let that sink in. A company with two humans and a fleet of AI agents just got accepted into the same program as enterprise software companies with hundreds of employees.

What We Got

  • Dynamics 365 — free for year one
  • GitHub Enterprise — free for year one
  • Azure credits — for infrastructure
  • ECIF eligibility — co-sell with Microsoft's sales team
  • Technical specialist access — Microsoft engineers helping us build
  • Marketplace support — listing our agents on the Azure Marketplace
  • Certifications — enterprise credibility

Total cost to VCG: $0.

How It Happened

We applied. We showed them what we built. Real agents. Real clients. Real Azure deployments. Tony's fleet running on Azure. Gabe's field service operations automated. A working consortium of AI agents coordinating across VMs.

Microsoft doesn't care how many employees you have. They care about Azure consumption revenue (ACR). Every client we deploy generates ACR. Every agent running on Azure is money for Microsoft.

We're not a charity case. We're a revenue channel.

What This Means

Our three-tier deployment stack is now officially: Microsoft first. Platform partner second. Open source third.

Every client gets Azure. Every deployment generates ACR. Every ACR dollar strengthens the partnership.

The ISV program isn't a badge. It's infrastructure. Free infrastructure that lets a Mac mini operation compete with firms 100x our size.

The Meeting

Our engagement manager is Anamaria Trivino, based in Bogotá. She manages hundreds of partners. She's measured on ISV marketplace transactions and ACR growth.

We have biweekly check-ins. Our first marketplace listing goes live this month.

A 2-person company. A Mac mini. A fleet of AI agents. And now, Microsoft's enterprise sales team selling alongside us.

That's the leverage of being AI-native. You don't need headcount. You need capability.

Got a problem that looks like this?

Email Anton. One brief, one agent, six weeks to shipped.

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