We’re proud to hold the Microsoft Solutions Partner for Data & AI designation — a recognition that reflects EdgeMethods’ proven capability in designing, delivering, and scaling Azure-based data and AI solutions.
For customers, this matters because it provides independent validation from Microsoft that they are working with a partner who has both the technical expertise and delivery capability needed to turn data into real operational value.
Microsoft created its Solutions Partner designations to help customers identify partners with demonstrated strength across key solution areas. Within Azure, these designations sit across three categories: Data & AI, Infrastructure, and Digital & App Innovation. Each one is assessed separately, with partners required to meet Microsoft’s qualification criteria in the specific area.
The Data & AI designation is awarded through Microsoft’s AI Cloud Partner Program and is based on a points-driven framework that evaluates a partner in three core areas: performance, skilling, and customer success.
That means Microsoft looks not only at whether a partner understands the technology, but whether they can apply it successfully in real customer environments.
First, there is performance. Microsoft measures a partner’s ability to grow Azure usage across its customer base. This helps demonstrate that the partner is actively delivering solutions that customers adopt and use in practice.
Second, there is skilling. Partners are assessed based on relevant Microsoft certifications across Azure data, analytics, AI, and architecture disciplines. This is important because it shows that delivery capability is backed by accredited technical knowledge, not just commercial positioning.
Third, there is customer success. Microsoft evaluates real-world deployment and usage growth, including the expansion of Azure services and workloads across customer environments. This is one of the most meaningful parts of the designation, because it links the badge directly to proven outcomes.
Taken together, these criteria make the Solutions Partner for Data & AI designation a strong indicator of credibility. It shows that a partner has invested in the right skills, delivered successfully for customers, and built a track record that aligns with Microsoft’s own standards.
For EdgeMethods, this designation reflects the work we do in helping organisations connect, structure, and operationalise their data so it can support smarter decisions, advanced analytics, and AI-driven innovation. In complex industrial and regulated environments, data is rarely ready to use out of the box. The challenge is often not access alone, but context, quality, integration, and scalability.
That is where strong data foundations matter.
Modern AI solutions depend on trusted, well-structured data. Whether organisations are looking to improve visibility, enable advanced analytics, or prepare for more autonomous decision-making, the underlying data layer is critical. Our Microsoft designation reinforces our ability to help customers build that foundation on Azure technologies in a way that is secure, scalable, and aligned to business outcomes.
It also gives customers added confidence that they are working with a partner recognised by Microsoft for delivery capability in one of the most important areas of modern digital transformation.
Ultimately, the value of this designation is simple: it signals that EdgeMethods has the skills, platform knowledge, and customer delivery experience to help organisations get more from their data.
And in a market where many businesses are exploring AI but still struggling with fragmented systems, disconnected data, and legacy environments, that capability matters more than ever.