Microsoft Partners are being asked to cover more of the Microsoft cloud stack than many firms can handle alone. That pressure is the business case behind PartnerIn’s Vibe 2.0, a peer-to-peer professional development event for Microsoft Partners scheduled for Sept. 21 to 23, 2026, in Provo, Utah.
PartnerIn co-founder Liz Hallen said she and co-founder Molly Fuchsel built the firm because they saw a gap in the Microsoft Partner channel. Existing communities serve important parts of the ecosystem, including Business Central, NAV and business applications. PartnerIn is aiming wider, across Business Applications, Azure, Modern Work, security and AI.
“There really has not been a place for these partners to learn from each other, to network with each other,” Hallen said.
Why Microsoft Partner peer learning matters
Customers increasingly expect Partners to understand connected systems, data, security, adoption and AI readiness. A Partner may lead with Dynamics 365, then run into Azure architecture, Copilot planning, governance, integrations or security requirements.
“Not one company can do all of the Microsoft technologies,” Hallen said.
For Partners, that changes how they sell, deliver and support work. Stronger Partner-to-Partner relationships can help firms know when to bring in another specialist, where to find an ISV, how to avoid delivery mistakes and how to build services around a broader Microsoft platform.
Vibe 2.0 is designed around those conversations. Hallen said the first Vibe event showed PartnerIn that roundtables, panels and smaller-group discussions were among the most useful parts of the conference. The format let Partners share lessons that are less likely to appear in public webinars or customer-facing sessions.
“Particularly when the users are not in the room,” Hallen said, Partners are more comfortable being direct about what is working, what failed and what needs to improve.
That is where Microsoft Partner peer learning has value. Public enablement can explain products. Microsoft Learn and recorded sessions can help with fundamentals. Partner-only rooms can surface lessons on delivery, pricing, hiring, customer success, and practice management that usually stay private.
PartnerIn is also looking for deeper content at Vibe 2.0. Hallen said the event will include more roundtables, panels and 300- to 400-level sessions, especially for technical attendees who need to go past introductory material.
The addition of She’s A Vibe, a half-day program hosted with The WIT Network, gives the event another focused space inside the broader conference.
As the Microsoft stack expands, Partners need clearer specialization and better alliances. The firms that serve customers best may be the ones that know where their own expertise ends, and which Partners they trust enough to bring in next.
