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REDMOND, Washington, July 14, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/--

- Partners recognized for innovative solutions and making more possible for

customers worldwide    

Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced the winners and finalists of the 2020

Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards. The annual awards recognize Microsoft

partners demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer

solutions based on Microsoft technology. Award winners and finalists from

around the world will be recognized at the first-ever digital Microsoft Inspire

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), July 21-22, 2020.

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This year, Microsoft acknowledged partners in 49 categories celebrating each of

the solution areas, industries and sectors globally in which Microsoft

technologies are used. Microsoft introduced ten new categories this year,

including the first-ever Community Response Award, which recognizes partners

that have made a great difference, providing innovative and unique services or

solutions to help solve problems for our customers and community during these

unprecedented times.

The finalists and winners for all Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards were

selected from more than 3,300 nominations collected from more than 100

different countries worldwide based on their commitment to customers, their

solution's impact on the market and exemplary use of Microsoft technologies.

"It is an honor to recognize the winners and finalists of the Microsoft 2020

Partner of the Year Awards," said Gavriella Schuster, corporate vice president,

One Commercial Partner, Microsoft. "These partners go above and beyond,

delivering timely solutions that solve the complex challenges that businesses

around the world face -- from communicating and collaborating virtually to

helping customers realize their full potential with Azure cloud services, and

beyond. I am proud to honor and congratulate each winner and finalist."

Additional details on the Microsoft 2020 Partner of the Year Awards are

available in a Microsoft Partner Network blog by Gavriella Schuster:

https://blogs.partner.microsoft.com/mpn/congratulations-to-the-2020-microsoft-partner-of-the-year-awards-winners-and-finalists/.

The complete list of categories, winners and finalists, including the Microsoft

Country Partner of the Year Award winners for 2020, is available at

https://aka.ms/POTYA_WinnersFinalist_List. For more information visit

https://partner.microsoft.com/en-us/inspire/awards.

Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT" @microsoft) enables digital transformation for the era

of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower

every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

About Microsoft Inspire

Microsoft Inspire provides Microsoft's partner community with access to key

marketing and business strategies, leadership, and information regarding

specific customer solutions designed to help partners succeed in the

marketplace. Microsoft Inspire provides partners with informative learning

opportunities covering sales, marketing, services and technology. More

information can be found at https://partner.microsoft.com/en-us/inspire.

SOURCE:  Microsoft Corporation

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