By Dave Miller, Cloud & AI Platforms Partner Strategy Lead
Last month, we introduced the Cloud & AI Platforms blog series with a blog outlining how partners can lead customers into the AI era with a secure, agile foundation. This installment builds on that discussion, focusing on the pivotal role of migration and application modernization in helping organizations reduce costs, increase agility, and prepare their environments for AI-powered innovation.
Building the foundation for AI-powered growth
Today, partners are uniquely positioned at the forefront of one of the most significant opportunities in technology. As customers accelerate their shift from AI pilots to embedding intelligence across every layer of their operations, they’re also navigating rising costs, contract renewals, and security demands. In this landscape, customers need trusted advisors who can reduce complexity, deliver savings, and help build a secure foundation for sustained AI innovation. As a Microsoft partner, you play a pivotal role in driving this cloud transformation.
By moving core workloads to Azure, organizations gain a scalable, secure cloud foundation that reduces cost and complexity while unlocking new opportunities for growth. IDC research shows that, for every dollar invested in generative AI, companies are realizing a 3.7x return on investment1—an increase from 3.5x the year before.
When partners guide customers through migration and modernization with Azure, their customers unlock measurable business outcomes across three key pillars:
- Maximize business agility: Execute business changes up to 78% faster.
- Unlock AI with unified data: Reduce admin time by up to 60% with fully managed Azure databases and establish a secure, open foundation for enterprise AI.
- Realize best-in-class cost and performance: Achieve up to 76% savings running Windows Server and SQL Server on Azure compared to leading competitors. One study found a 298% ROI over three years with Azure VMware Solution (AVS).
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