Whitelabel Training Program

FE has the opportunity to white label a training program for modern AI development practices.

Project Goals:

Offer up-skilling and best practices education to earn a certificate they can use to demonstrate competency and validation from Microsoft while encouraging use of Microsoft tooling.

Key Topics:

HVE — the method, applied across GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Foundry and Microsoft Fabric

Environment:

The client mentioned the need for an easy to set up and use environment for developers. More details at the link.

Target Audience:

Consulting firms (ex. PWC) Will likely touch on both software engineers and project managers.

Technical Level:

This is a large program so will likely have multiple levels of technical proficiency. → Learner Personas

Questions

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One-liner (draft)

A Microsoft-branded in-person certification program, built and taught by Frontier Engineering engineers. It trains consulting firms (e.g. PwC) in frontier AI engineering on GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Foundry and Microsoft Fabric, using HVE Core. Microsoft issues the certificate.

Status — 2026-11-03

• Microsoft is filing an internal staffing issue to enable the project
• Funding, approval and marketing terms are in negotiation; a trial program is expected soon
• Scale ambition: up to 10,000 people trained → Scale and Capacity Model

The model

flowchart LR
  MS["Microsoft<br/>brand owner · issues certificate"] -- white-label mandate --> FE["Frontier Engineering<br/>builds content · teaches"]
  FE -- in-person workshops --> CF["Consulting firms<br/>(e.g. PwC) · learners"]
  CF -- certified people --> EC["Firms' enterprise clients"]
  MS -. more Microsoft consumption .-> EC

Role	Who	What they get
Brand owner, issuer	Microsoft	Partner ecosystem able to deliver Copilot/Foundry/Fabric at frontier level
Builder & instructor	Frontier Engineering	Program revenue, credibility, FDE pipeline
Learner organization	Consulting firms	Certified people as a market distinction (firm-level terms TBD)
Learner	Engineers, data people, PMs, engagement leads (mixed levels)	Microsoft-issued certificate + hands-on capability

Decided

See Decision Log for dates and reasons.

• Microsoft issues the certificate; individuals earn it
• Microsoft-branded workshops; Frontier engineers teach
• Earned through an in-person workshop + practical, not an exam; benchmark Claude Frontier Academy
• HVE = Microsoft’s open-source HVE Core
• Environment must be plug-and-play → Environment

Still open

See Questions. Biggest blockers:

• What a firm may claim from its certified people (^q-017)
• Deployment phase structure, leaning yes (^q-018)
• Role paths for a mixed audience (^q-004) → Learner Personas
• Delivery at 10,000-person scale (^q-024)
• Funding, approval process, marketing terms — 🔄 with Microsoft

Strategic fit

• HVE is the differentiator: we certify a repeatable agentic engineering method across code, AI apps/agents and data, not product feature tours
• Teaching consultants to run client engagements is Frontier’s FDE model, productized

Success measures (draft)

• Trial: 1 firm cohort delivered, Microsoft sign-off, NPS ≥ 50, ≥ 80% pass the practical
• Program: # certified individuals, # firms participating, client deployments led by certified people
• Microsoft: attributable Copilot/Foundry/Fabric adoption from certified-firm engagements

Related

• Readiness Roadmap · Curriculum Map · Partnership and Agreements

Working Curriculum Plans

• Learner Personas — technical experience and role focus
• HVE Sample Labs — initial hands-on prototypes
• Environment and Setup Plan — setup journey and delivery decisions
• Competency and Evaluation Goals — outcomes, evidence, and pilot rubric