Transforming Industry

3 The Microsoft partner ecosystem is extensive, diverse, and powerful. For decades it has been and continues to be at the center of how Microsoft delivers technology, services, and cloud-to-edge solutions to customers around the world. Global System Integrators (GSI) and Advisories, who represent our most strategic partner segment, play a pivotal role in providing services and solutions on the Microsoft Cloud – enabling rapid digital transformation for organizations and entire industries. Microsoft has deep, highly collaborative, and impactful relationships with our GSI and Advisory partners, recognized as having massive influence with enterprise and industry customers around the world. We work in close collaboration with our GSI and Advisory partners to jointly deliver best-in-class solutions powered by Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and Power Platform – helping businesses quickly adapt and thrive in these challenging times. Our GSI and Advisory partners are empowering people and organizations across the globe to do and achieve more by delivering innovative services, applications, and solutions. Please read on to learn about the unique industry offerings Microsoft partners have created for our mutual customers. And, if any of these examples inspire you to make changes in your own business, I invite you to learn more about our growing GSI and Advisory partner portfolio highlighted on page 52. Enabling digital transformation across industries Takuya Hirano, Vice President Global System Integrator & Advisory Partners For decades, Microsoft partners have been at the center of how we deliver technologies and business transformation to customers around the world. INTRODUCTION