The Microsoft Partner Network announced the 2025 Partner of the Year Awards. This post highlights the 2025 winners and finalists of the business applications category.
Partners Ecosystem
The Partner Enablement Workshop, with sessions from Microsoft executives, industry leaders, and partners, brought focus to what it means to thrive in the AI era.
Microsoft’s Eric Fink discusses the increased integration across the Microsoft product stack.
Microsoft’s Kyle Richardson defines three key patterns that Microsoft is focused on as it continues developing in the era of AI.
Partner Enablement Workshop speakers Rachel Profitt, Sam Bush, and Marie Wiese share details on their sessions at the upcoming event.
Microsoft’s Sanju Nair encourages partners to get familiar with building agents, as Copilot Studio has been added to every AI workload for partners.
Seth Bacon and Olga Karpman review the benefits of MCP, such as increased user adoption and improved scaling capabilities.
Microsoft’s Tafara Pulse shares three ways that partners can deepen engagement through the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program.
Insight Works’ Mark Hamblin emphasizes how ISV priorities have always been around efficiency and how AI propels that forward.
C5 Insights’ Geoff Ables discusses his company’s journey adopting AI early on and why organizations should invest in AI.
MAICPP Director, Steve Thomas, outlines the evolution to the program to include generative AI and agent workloads.
RSM’s Mike Gillis provides suggestions on areas that could be improved for Microsoft to better support partners.
Microsoft’s Eric Fink speaks to Business Central’s revenue growth and how securing Copilot Studio ACR could benefit other products.
IAMCP’s Paul Solski shares what attendees can expect from his session at the Partner Enablement Workshop and the role of AI in enhancing partnerships.
Microsoft’s Lori Borg encourages business leaders to embrace AI to activate the culture shift of AI across organizations.
Docusign’s Chris Maddox defines the company’s AI frameworks that back two of its offerings, Intelligent Agreement Management and Navigator.
Userlane’s Marian Breeze defines the importane of thought leadership in the AI ecosystem, something she’ll be covering during her session at the Partner Enablement Workshop.
Satish Thomas describes how Microsoft is working toward developing Dynamics 365 as the most agent-ready business application.
Steve Thomas describes how Microsoft’s Partner Program encourages the concept of the frontier firm for further market opportunities.
Microsoft’s Alex Pombo explores how AI has become so disruptive in just two years, and outlines why this is important for customers and partners.