OEM Cooperative Marketing funds As a member of the competency, you’re eligible to receive incremental reimbursements and/or sales incentives for marketing activities that differentiate your business.

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Account management support You’re eligible to receive support opportunities for both account management and technical and systems engineering.

More internal-use software licenses Gain access to internal-use software to current versions of Windows, Office, Windows Server operating systems, OEM Preinstallation Kits and additional Microsoft software licenses.

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Greater access to customer leads

• Publish your solution on Partner Solution Profiler and expose your solutions to customers who search Microsoft.com websites.
• Get listed in the Microsoft Partner Channel Builder, which can help you find and network with other Microsoft partners in your area.

Recognition, branding, and logo usage

• Distinguish your company as a Certified or Gold Certified Partner that has attained the OEM Hardware Solutions competency.
• Design custom logos using the Partner Logo Builder.
• Market the quality of your products with the Designed for Windows logo with Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) certification.

• Get free Microsoft Partner 5-Pack professional support.
• For Gold Certified Partners, we offer 40 hours of proactive support and advisory hours for preinstallation issues from a technical service coordinator.
• More than 600 courses are offered in the Partner Learning Center with associated assessments.

Your business may already have the certifications required to join the OEM Hardware Solutions competency, or you may simply be missing a customer reference.