Microsoft honored an elite group of Microsoft Dynamics partners for their commitment to customers and success in extending the Microsoft Dynamics platform to drive business advantages in companies worldwide. In recognition, 12 Microsoft Dynamics partners of  more than 195 entries, were presented with the Microsoft Partner Program Awards at WPC; the award winners were selected from a group of finalists based on their innovative use of Microsoft Dynamics to provide strategic and high-value solutions to meet their customers’ needs. In addition, out of thousands of partners, Microsoft honored 16 with the 2009 Microsoft Dynamics Regional Partner of the Year Awards. The solutions-based &  performance-based awards and the recipients are as follows.