
Steven Guggenheimer articles

Steven Guggenheimer
Corporate Vice President - AI & ISV Engagement
As a Microsoft Corporate Vice President I spend my energy helping customers and partners on their adoption of Artificial Intelligence while also helping ISVs partner with Microsoft on developing a new generation of Line of Business SaaS offerings based on Microsoft’s Dynamics, Power Platform, Office and Azure cloud platforms. I have worked in the technology industry for more than 20 years and spent close to a decade leading Microsoft’s efforts to create a more vibrant ecosystem across both hardware and software as the leader of our OEM & DPE/DX teams accordingly, along with a variety of leadership roles across the Microsoft product portfolio.


ISV Connect Program: new opportunities for Business Applications partners
In a few days we’ll be together—virtually—at the Microsoft Business Applications Summit to share the latest innovations and tools with the Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform community. I’ll also be leading a session on the Business Applications ISV Connect program and how we’re seeing partners build great solutions in our ecosystem.
Business Applications ISV Connect: Current update and path forward
Some of the best experiences I’ve had at Microsoft have been building new ecosystems and reviving existing ones. Last April, the Business Applications team began interviews with ISVs to learn how we can better serve our community. In July, we announced the Business Applications ISV Connect program.
Working together to support our mutual customers
Every customer is unique. Their industry, their size, the regions they operate in, their business model, and even their culture make them distinct from other firms. At Microsoft we believe it’s important to serve our customers with platforms and services that empower them to achieve more.
ISVs: Recertify your Dynamics 365 Applications apps by October 15
ISVs have until October 15th to recertify Dynamics 365 applications in the AppSource marketplace. One of our most important goals for the Business Applications ISV ecosystem is ensuring that every application in the AppSource marketplace is of high quality. Apps in the marketplace are software as a service (SaaS) based offerings.
Industry Accelerators: Rapidly deploy solutions specific to your industry
Every organization is becoming a data company, striving to manage and extract value from volumes of data across departments, from traditional sources such as operations, finance, sales, and marketing to digital sales and marketing initiatives, and new observational sources like device telemetry and customer sentiment analysis.
Accelerating opportunities for ISVs with new programs and technology
Next week at Microsoft Inspire in Las Vegas, Microsoft will host our annual partner conference where our company wide vision will be shared, including Microsoft Business Applications. The Business Applications Total Addressable Market (TAM) is predicted to be at $125B by 2022, and 57 percent of this will be driven by ISVs.
ISV updates at Microsoft Business Applications Summit
Today we presented a few updates for ISVs at the Microsoft Business Applications Summit, an event focused on diving deep into Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform, including a roadmap and preview of what’s coming next.
Business Applications ISV news at Build 2019
Microsoft Build 2019 is here, and thousands of developers are learning about the latest technologies, sharing best practices with colleagues, and writing lots of code.