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The new partner programs and platform enhancements aim to help Avnet partners expand their cloud businesses.

Enrollment in Microsoft’s Cloud Solution Provider program has increased 470 percent in the last year, according to channel chief Gavriella Schuster (pictured).

Users of ConnectWise products in the U.S. who register by the end of the month will get 20 percent back on all new Office 365, SharePoint Online, and Exchange Online licenses sold in the first half of 2017.

The new program enables the company’s partners to install its cloud services and provide other customer-specific offerings.

Announced at the public cloud leader’s annual re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, the latest additions to the AWS Partner Network are backed by a new partner locator tool as well.

The new enhancements to Atera’s platform simplifies patch management, IT automation, and scripting deployment.

The new offering provides resources designed to make selling and marketing the vendor’s networking connectivity, storage, and IT memory solutions easier.

Symantec veteran Kevin Chapman (pictured) now heads the vendor’s ongoing effort to merge its existing solutions and partner program with those of AVG, the security and managed services software maker it acquired in July.

Both Microsoft operating systems are available immediately to the infrastructure- and desktop-as-a-service vendor’s partners at no additional charge.

The company brings next-level backup, continuity, cloud voice, compliance, and security services to Microsoft Office 365.