EY and Microsoft have announced a global initiative focused on helping enterprises scale artificial intelligence adoption across business operations. Investing more than $1 billion over a five year period, the expanded partnership aims to launch a global initiative that brings Microsoft's Forward Deployed Engineers (FDE) and EY industry professionals together to accelerate AI adoption across management delivery models. Together, they will co-develop and provide secure, industry-specific AI solutions focused on clients’ highest value business opportunities. The effort is designed to support organizations moving beyond experimental AI projects toward enterprise-wide deployment and measurable business outcomes.
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TMC announced it has added PowerApps911 to its global organization, expanding its expertise in Microsoft Power Platform consulting and development services. PowerApps911 brings experience in areas including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI and broader Microsoft ecosystem integrations. The acquisition is intended to strengthen TMC’s ability to support enterprise customers building low-code applications and workflow automation solutions. Included in the acquisition are trainers who have put more than 15,000 students through live, on-demand and private programs spanning Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Power Pages, Copilot Studio, Dataverse, Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Fabric.
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OneStream has expanded its strategic partnership with Microsoft to accelerate adoption of artificial intelligence across finance and accounting operations. The collaboration will focus on integrating AI capabilities into OneStream’s financial software platform using Microsoft technologies, including Azure and AI services. The goal is to help finance teams automate processes, improve forecasting and gain faster access to operational insights. The expanded partnership will focus on advancing AI infrastructure, joint innovation and global adoption programs.
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NTT DATA announced plans to acquire WinWire Technologies as part of an effort to expand its enterprise AI and cloud transformation capabilities. The acquisition is intended to strengthen its ability to help organizations adopt artificial intelligence and modernize operations using Microsoft technologies. WinWire specializes in cloud, data and AI services built around Microsoft platforms, including Azure and Microsoft 365. The expansion, combined with WinWire’s proven industry specialization and long‑standing partnership with Microsoft, will enhance NTT DATA’s ability to deliver industry‑specific, cloud‑native and agentic AI solutions that address complex business challenges securely and consistently.
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US Cloud has introduced a white-label Microsoft support program designed to help partners deliver Microsoft support services under their own branding. As an industry first, the program allows managed service providers, resellers and consulting firms to offer Microsoft support directly to customers while relying on US Cloud’s backend support operations. The goal is to help partners maintain ownership of customer relationships and expand service offerings without building large internal support teams. Built for CSPs, MSPs, LSPs, VARs and other Microsoft partners, the program allows US Cloud partners to deliver enterprise Microsoft support entirely under their own brand while US Cloud operates behind the scenes.
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Kyndryl has introduced agentic AI capabilities for its Kyndryl Bridge platform, targeting more proactive management of enterprise IT operations. The update enables AI agents to assist with monitoring, analysis and operational decision-making across IT environments. The system is designed to identify potential issues, recommend actions and automate parts of incident response workflows before disruptions escalate. With its predictive detection and prevention capabilities, Kyndryl transforms IT operations from reactive recovery to proactive prevention. The company said, "The capability handles early detection at scale for 10 million-plus incidents annually, and has demonstrated upwards of a 90% reduction in mission-critical production outages for certain customers."
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Anthropic is expanding Claude integrations for Microsoft Outlook, positioning the platform more directly within enterprise productivity workflows. The integration allows Claude to help users summarize email threads, draft responses, retrieve information from messages and assist with inbox management through natural language interactions. The feature is designed to streamline productivity tasks without requiring users to leave their existing email environment. Building on an earlier announcement in April of the Claude Microsoft 365 Office Apps MCP connector supporting OneDrive, Teams and SharePoint, the extension to Outlook expands Claude's capabilities to the Microsoft 365 Suite.
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Microsoft has made the GPT-5.5 Instant model available in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Studio, expanding the AI capabilities embedded across its productivity platform. The model is designed to deliver faster responses for tasks such as document drafting, summarization, data analysis and workflow assistance within Microsoft 365 applications. The integration is intended to improve responsiveness while maintaining support for enterprise productivity scenarios. With GPT-5.5 Instant, Copilot delivers clearer, more accurate and concise responses with improvements to image analysis and STEM-related tasks.
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Cayosoft has introduced a set of Microsoft migration services designed to help organizations modernize identity management across cloud and hybrid environments. The services focus on migrating and managing Microsoft identity infrastructure, including Active Directory, Entra ID and Microsoft 365 environments. The goal is to help organizations streamline transitions, reduce operational complexity and improve governance during modernization projects. In partnership with XMS Solutions, the offering combines Cayosoft's management, monitoring and recovery platform with XMS Solutions' expert migration delivery for a full lifecycle identity modernization.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on May 07, 20260 comments