Accounting, financial, HR and payroll technology provider Sage has expanded its partnership with tech giant Microsoft to support small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).
The expanded collaboration involves plans to integrate Microsoft Business Products, including Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams, as embedded services in Sage products and the Sage Digital Network.
“Increasingly, SMBs are digital businesses – but connecting the tools they use can be a barrier to their success.” said Steve Hare, CEO, Sage. “Microsoft products have long been the tool of choice for collaboration, with Sage powering the back office. Through our expanded partnership, we will simplify life for millions of SMBs, removing friction and helping them to achieve real productivity gains.”
As SMBs navigate a digital world, businesses increasingly rely on the flexibility and productivity gains that the cloud provides. Through the partnership Sage and Microsoft seek to provide customers with a choice of cloud platform, as well as the ability to collaborate and communicate where work happens – helping business to flow while making it simpler for them to do business.
In July, Sage published its first early release of Sage Active with select customers. Sage Active is a new, easy-to-configure, integrated Business Management Solution built on Microsoft Azure. Available first to customers in France, with Spain and Germany to follow, this new native cloud solution is purpose-built to support SMBs to manage compliance and operations – as well as offering the benefits Azure brings.
“SMBs play a vital role in our global economy,” said Scott Guthrie, executive vice president, Cloud + AI, Microsoft.
“Bringing together Sage’s financial expertise, with the power of the Microsoft Cloud, our partnership will deliver reliable, secure, and scalable solutions that will empower millions of SMBs around the world to be more productive, reduce costs, and grow their businesses.”
The Sage partnership with Microsoft also reflects both businesses’ aligned sustainability objectives. Our shared goal is to promote sustainable development and low-carbon business practices globally through our sustainable business practices and cloud-enabled technologies.
