Insight Recognised as 2023 Microsoft Country Partner of the Year in Australia and Hong Kong and Worldwide Winner of Microsoft Solution Assessments Partner of the Year

Also named top U.S. partner for retail industry and for Azure Cloud Native App Development

 

SYDNEY, Aust., June 27, 2023 — Insight Enterprises (NASDAQ:NSIT), a Fortune 500 Solutions Integrator focused on driving client success through digital transformation, today announced it has been recognised as the 2023 Country Partner of the Year in both Australia and Hong Kong and has also won the 2023 Microsoft Solution Assessments Partner of the Year Award. The company was honoured among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology.

Mike Morgan, Insight Asia Pacific’s (APAC) Senior-Vice President and Managing Director said: “I am delighted to see two of our APAC countries, Australia and Hong Kong, recognised by Microsoft with the 2023 Country Partner of the Year awards. I am so proud of our teammates in both countries; they demonstrate excellence for our clients, our partnership with Microsoft and exemplify our values of Hunger, Heart and Harmony in everything they do. 

“We are honoured to be recognised by Microsoft in this way. These awards acknowledge our innovative and leading-edge solutions delivered across the Microsoft cloud to a range of clients and industries. This reflects our depth of expertise as a Solutions Integrator: we help our clients sort through complex technology decisions to run their business more effectively and deliver the extraordinary outcomes they deserve. Our strong alignment with Microsoft is a big part of how we make this happen.” 

The Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards recognise Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered outstanding Microsoft-based applications, services and devices during the past year. Awards were classified in various categories, with honourees chosen from a set of more than 4,200 submitted nominations from more than 100 countries worldwide. 

This year Insight also won the worldwide Microsoft Solution Assessments Partner of the Year Award, which recognises a Microsoft partner that incorporates proven strategies for managing and optimising IT assets that support strategic objectives for business growth. As a top performing Microsoft partner, Insight has developed and delivered outstanding Microsoft-based applications, services and cutting edge tools such as Insight Assist™ for Gen AI and Azure Guardian that quickly assess an organisation’s business needs and current IT estate to accelerate performance through digital transformation.  

“As powerful technologies like generative artificial intelligence redefine digital strategy, we implement solutions that help clients improve their businesses. Our strong partnership with Microsoft is critical to delivering exceptional value,” said Insight CEO Joyce Mullen. “These awards recognise our deep expertise as a Solutions Integrator, and our proven track record of building and managing innovative, scalable solutions in Azure.”

Insight also received two U.S. awards — Azure Cloud Native App Development Partner of the Year and Retail & Consumer Goods Partner of the Year — and was named a finalist of Surface PC Reseller U.S. Partner of the Year and Surface Hub Reseller U.S. Partner of the Year.

“Congratulations to the winners and finalists of the 2023 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards!” said Nicole Dezen, chief partner officer and corporate vice president of global partner solutions at Microsoft. “The innovative new solutions and services that positively impact customers and enable digital transformation from this year's winners demonstrate the best of what’s possible with the Microsoft Cloud.” 

Insight, which maintains 17 total specialisations recently achieved all four Microsoft security specialisations, awarded to partners who have undergone extensive validation of their ability to meet Microsoft’s highest standards of service delivery. The company also was just redesignated by Microsoft as an Azure Expert Managed Service Provider. 

The Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards are announced annually prior to the company’s global partner conference, Microsoft Inspire, which will take place on July 18-19.