Accenture

Accenture is one of the largest professional services firms in the world, with operations in more than 120 countries and a workforce of several hundred thousand consultants and engineers. Within the Microsoft ecosystem, Accenture works in deep partnership with Microsoft and with Avanade, the Microsoft-focused joint venture co-owned by Accenture and Microsoft. The combined Accenture Business Group with Microsoft brings together more than 45,000 dedicated practitioners, including approximately 35,000 Avanade employees and around 10,000 Accenture professionals, focused on Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Dynamics 365. The combined organisation has been recognised in the Microsoft Business Applications Inner Circle for many consecutive years and has been named Microsoft Global SI Partner of the Year over multiple cycles. Accenture and Avanade have been positioned in the leader category of HfS Research's Microsoft Dynamics Services Blueprint based on global delivery capability, breadth of services and investment in tools and templates. Service scope spans the full Dynamics 365 portfolio: Finance & Operations for large enterprises, Business Central for mid-market and subsidiaries, the Customer Engagement applications (Sales, Customer Service, Field Service, Marketing), Power Platform extensions and integration with Azure data and AI services, including Copilot deployments. The Accenture-Microsoft business group has been a strategic vehicle for generative AI and Copilot rollouts across enterprise customers since the 2023-2024 announcements.