Launching January 1, 2026

Channel OS™ Standard preview

Preview of the Channel OS Standard covering People, Process, Data, Tools, and Adapters.

Five focus areas

These pillars form the backbone of the Standard. Each will ship with detailed guidance, templates, and KPIs.

People

Roles, skills, and ownership across partner, revenue, enablement, and product teams.

Process

End-to-end motions that move partners from recruit to revenue to retention.

Data

Shared metrics, definitions, and dashboards so every team works from the same truth.

Tools

System architecture and automation guidance for CRMs, PRMs, marketplaces, and collaboration stacks.

Adapters

Industry-specific patterns and partner archetypes that tailor the Standard to your context.

Quarterly drops keep the Standard moving toward the January 2026 release.

Q4 2024

Q1 2025

Q2 2025

Q3 2025

Founding members get to shape the Standard before it locks.

Join review sessions

Monthly calls where we walk through new modules and collect feedback.

Submit templates

Share spreadsheets, canvases, and playbooks that deserve to be standardized.

Highlight gaps

Tell us where partner teams still struggle so we can prioritize coverage.

Interested in joining the reviewer cohort? Email standard@channelos.org.

Focus on shared language for roles, responsibilities, and enablement. Draft profiles are in review with founding operators.

Documented playbooks connect partner recruitment, onboarding, and lifecycle management with measurable checkpoints.

We are defining canonical objects for channel health, partner outcomes, and telemetry that sync across the stack.

Reference architectures keep core systems in sync while leaving room for vendor differentiation.

CRM, ERP, and PSA adapters are scoped to translate data and workflows across the stack.