“It gives them a tool to quickly get going on Azure,” says Mike Edgett, product marketing director. Edgett pictured use of the tool as neither difficult nor something that could be done right out of the box. The program includes training that enables VARs to become certified in the process. The partner cloud is designed to let the resellers deploy the Sage ERP products in the cloud while enabling them to tailor the deployment and manage ISV add-ons and keep them working during product upgrades. The provisioning portal automates the deployment. Edgett said channel members should have customers up and running in 60 minutes.