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Are you pursuing a specialization?

Welcome to specializations! Explore our Security Specializations to demonstrate your technical expertise. These resources specifically cater to those who are wanting to meet specialization requirements or apply.

Requirements

1. Microsoft Certifications are a requirement for specializations. Learn more about our Security Certifications.
2. Solution Partner Designations are a requirement for specializations. Solution Partner Designations highlight your expert technical capabilities to customers and align with Microsoft solution areas. To attain a Solutions Partner designation, you must meet performance, skilling, and customer success criteria.

See our Microsoft Security Academy for more video sessions, demos, and other related materials created and delivered by architects across the Global Partner Solutions (GPS) security-aligned team and beyond.

Specialization Cookbook

Specialization	Description	Apply
Cloud Security	Do you want to showcase your organization’s capabilities and proven experience implementing comprehensive protection across your customers’ Microsoft Azure, hybrid, and multicloud environments? Apply for the Cloud Security specialization.	Only administrators of an organization’s Microsoft partner account can apply for the Cloud Security specialization on behalf of the organization. If you have the appropriate role and access, you can apply by signing into Partner Center and navigating to your Partner Center dashboard > Membership > Specializations.
Identity and Access Management	Do you demonstrate expertise and extensive experience deploying Microsoft Identity workloads with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)? Apply for the Identity and Access Management specialization.	Only administrators of an organization’s Microsoft partner account can apply for the Identity and Access Management specialization on behalf of the organization. If you have the appropriate role and access, you can apply by signing into Partner Center and navigating to your Partner Center dashboard > Membership > Specializations.
Information Protection and Governance	Are you wanting to validate your organization’s capabilities to deploy Microsoft Information Protection workloads and provide proactive strategies? Enhance your data security offering with the Information Protection and Governance specialization.	Only administrators of an organization’s Microsoft partner account can apply for the Information Protection and Governance specialization on behalf of the organization. If you have the appropriate role and access, you can apply by signing into Partner Center and navigating to your Partner Center dashboard > Membership > Specializations.
Threat Protection	Do you demonstrate deep knowledge and proven success deploying Microsoft Threat Protection, Microsoft Cloud App Security, or Microsoft Sentinel workloads? Differentiate your capabilities to customers with the Threat Protection specialization.	Only administrators of an organization’s Microsoft partner account can apply for the Threat Protection specialization on behalf of the organization. If you have the appropriate role and access, you can apply by signing into Partner Center and navigating to your Partner Center dashboard > Membership > Specializations.