Microsoft partners meet at Southeast Asia summit

Microsoft held its second annual Southeast Asia New Markets Partner Summit in Bangkok, Thailand last month, bringing together 138 attendees from nine markets – Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka – as well as partner leaders from Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.

Under the theme ‘ Connect, Collaborate & Win together’, the summit gave partners a platform to discuss, learn and collaborate on how they can re-envision their business model to engage their customers, empower their employees, optimize their operations and transform their products with Microsoft, according to a media release from the local company.

The company’s partner mission – “One Team” – celebrates partner successes, and focuses on helping them transform their customers’ operations with Microsoft solutions. The two- day session also gave partners the opportunity to engage with Microsoft’s APAC leadership team, and gain insights into Microsoft's latest product roadmap, programs and tools available to partners to accelerate their business.

A key highlight of the Partner Summit was the Partner Awards celebration night, which took place at the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit hotel. Microsoft APAC leaders, including Michelle Simmons, General Manager of Southeast Asia New Markets, Valerie Beaulieu, General Manager of Small and Midmarket Partners Solutions Group, and other leaders attended the event, the release added.

The Sri Lankan partners who were recognized this year were N-ABLE (Digital Transformation Award for Sri Lanka), Trident Corporation ( Distributor Award for Top Revenue & OEM Award for Best Device Distributor- OEM & FPP), Te ch One Global (Distributor Award for Top Cloud Growth), V S Information Systems ( Reseller Award for Top YoY Growth) and H-ONE (LSP Award for Top Cloud Growth).

“I am delighted by the innovation and impact our partners have been delivering, and would like to congratulate all the winners at this year’s Partner Awards on their achievements,” said Ms. Simmons. “The 4th Industrial Revolution will bring profound change to Southeast Asian economies and we believe Microsoft, together with our partner ecosystem, has a unique opportunity to help businesses and organizations in their transformation journey, so as to empower millions of people in our region to achieve more.”