Celebrate Your Success with Microsoft Advertising

This fall, Microsoft Advertising partners have two exciting opportunities to be recognized and rewarded.

Partner Celebration - Share your story of growth and innovation for a chance to be recognized as a Microsoft Advertising Celebrated Partner and compete for award honors. (Available to partners enrolled in the Partner tier.)

Partner Sweepstakes - Complete eligible Microsoft Advertising activities for chances to win valuable prizes, including Xbox Series X consoles and gift cards. (Open to all enrolled partners.)

Whether you’re building momentum for your business, adopting AI-powered solutions, or helping clients improve campaign performance, now is the time to get involved. One program celebrates the impact you've already made. The other rewards the actions you're taking today to help clients succeed. Together, they offer two great ways to engage with Microsoft Advertising this season.

Partner Celebration: Put your achievements in the spotlight

Nominations are open October 5 – November 16 for Microsoft Advertising Partner Celebration, an opportunity to showcase the work that is moving your business, and your clients, forward. Share your story of growth, success, and innovation for a chance to become a Microsoft Advertising Celebrated Partner and compete for the title of Global Emerging Partner of the Year.

Celebrated Partners receive recognition designed to amplify their success, including a personalized partner spotlight, a virtual event speaking opportunity, eligibility for Global Emerging Partner of the Year, and more.

Award categories

You can submit a nomination for one or both awards. One winner and one finalist will be named in each category:

• Growth Catalyst Award: Recognizes the partner that delivered the strongest momentum over the past 6–12 months through measurable revenue growth, net-new accounts, expansion into new industry verticals, and increased expertise through certifications.
• Product Champion Award: Honors the partner that turned innovation into impact by championing new features or inventive strategies to achieve smarter execution, stronger performance, or scalable best practices for clients.

Nomination period: October 5–November 16, 2026.

Partner Sweepstakes: Turn client success into chances to win

The Microsoft Advertising Partner Sweepstakes is officially open! Participating is simple: complete eligible activities you're already doing to help clients succeed and earn entries for every qualifying action. This is your chance to win prizes, including Xbox Series X game consoles and digital gift cards, while helping clients get more from Microsoft Advertising.

Every eligible activity earns entries. Complete all four entry methods to unlock bonus entries and increase your chances of winning.

Four ways to earn entries

• Link a new client account: Bring in and link a client account that is not already on Microsoft Advertising.
• Enable automated bidding strategies: Help clients maximize campaign performance and efficiency by activating automated bidding.
• Launch an AI-powered campaign: Start a new Performance Max or AI Max campaign to use AI-powered targeting, bidding, creative optimization, and audience expansion.
• Create a Universal Event Tracking tag: Support conversion tracking, privacy-compliant audience building, and stronger campaign insights with one UET tag per domain.

Complete one or more of the eligible activities between September 15 and November 10, 2026, to earn sweepstakes entries. Entries may be submitted at any time during the promotion period, and qualifying activities completed on or after September 15 and before the November 10 deadline are eligible for entry.

To participate, visit the Microsoft Advertising Partner Sweepstakes registration page, complete one or more eligible activities, and submit your entry form.

Official prizes*

• First Prize: An Xbox Series X game console for 30 randomly drawn individuals.
• Second Prize: A $250 gift card for 30 randomly drawn individuals.
• Early Bird Prize: A $100 gift card for each of the first 20 individuals to submit valid entries.

Sweepstakes period: September 15 - November 10, 2026.

*Prizes will be awarded in early 2027 after entries are verified.

Two opportunities. One great time to participate.

Celebrate the story behind your success, then let your everyday Microsoft Advertising activities work even harder for you. Submit your Partner Celebration nomination, enter the Partner Sweepstakes, or take part in both, and make this season one to remember.

Ready to get started? Mark the deadlines, gather your strongest success story, and submit your eligible Sweepstakes activities today. We’re excited to celebrate your journey with Microsoft Advertising. Good luck!