Phoenix Software recognised as a finalist of the 2026 Microsoft Cloud and AI Endpoints Partner of the Year Award
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Phoenix Software
November 11th, 2026
Phoenix Software today announced it has been named a finalist of the 2026 Microsoft Cloud and AI Endpoints 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.
The Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards celebrate partners delivering exceptional customer outcomes through Microsoft Cloud, AI, services, and devices. This year’s winners and finalists were selected from more than 4,500 nominations submitted worldwide across a diverse range of categories and geographies. Phoenix Software was recognised for providing outstanding solutions and services in Microsoft cloud and AI endpoints.
The Cloud & AI Endpoints Partner of the Year Award recognises partners with proven expertise in helping customers unlock AI-powered productivity through Windows 365, Azure Virtual Desktop, and Windows 11 Enterprise – positioning Windows 365 as the foundation for modern, cloud-delivered Windows experiences.
Award recipients designed tailored, secure Windows endpoints across physical and virtual delivery models that accelerated AI adoption, supported emerging agent-driven workflows, and met customer’s unique business needs. They demonstrated significant impact by elevating end-user and admin experiences, strengthening cloud-based endpoint management and security posture, and helping customers consolidate vendors to reduce cost and complexity while preparing their workforce for the AI era.
World leading cloud endpoint transformation across UK public sector
Phoenix is a leading UK Microsoft cloud endpoint partner for public sector organisations. Specialising in healthcare, local government, education and public services, Phoenix is trusted to transform customers from legacy VDI and VPN infrastructure to secure Windows 365 solutions. Through its repeatable methodology, Zero Trust security and direct Microsoft alignment, Phoenix accelerates adoption, strengthens security and enables workforce resilience while protecting vital public services and critical data.
This year Phoenix transformed Northumbria Healthcare’s endpoint computing with an extensive deployment of Windows 365 Cloud PCs. This initiative accelerated the Trust’s adoption of Windows 365 as a strategic platform, extending its use beyond a specialist radiology use-case into the broader frontline clinical environment where it is used by 7,500 clinicians. The Trust now has a scalable, repeatable W365 model that can be deployed elsewhere within the organisation, such as those being explored in the data and administrative teams.
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Additional information
The 2026 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards are announced ahead of Microsoft Ignite, which will be held in San Francisco from November 17-20. Additional details on the 2026 awards are available on the Microsoft Partner blog:
Congratulations to the 2026 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards winners and finalists
The complete list of categories, winners and finalists can be found at:
Frequently asked questions
The award recognises Microsoft partners with proven expertise in helping customers unlock AI-powered productivity through Windows 365, Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 11 Enterprise. Recipients design secure Windows endpoints that accelerate AI adoption, strengthen endpoint management and security, and help customers reduce cost and complexity.
Yes. Phoenix Software was named a finalist for the 2026 Microsoft Cloud and AI Endpoints Partner of the Year Award, recognised among a global field of top Microsoft partners for its outstanding solutions and services in Microsoft cloud and AI endpoints.
The 2026 winners and finalists were selected from more than 4,500 nominations submitted worldwide, across a wide range of categories and geographies.
Windows 365 is Microsoft’s Cloud PC service. It delivers a full Windows experience from the cloud, so users can securely access their apps, data and settings from wherever they are and on any device.
Phoenix delivered the UK’s largest Windows 365 deployment in the NHS, rolling out Windows 365 Cloud PCs to more than 7,500 clinicians at Northumbria Healthcare. The Trust now has a scalable, repeatable model it can extend to other teams. Read the full Northumbria case study.
Yes. Phoenix specialises in healthcare, local government, education and public services, helping organisations move from legacy VDI and VPN infrastructure to secure Windows 365 solutions. Its repeatable methodology means the Northumbria model can be applied across other public sector customers.
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Phoenix Software
Phoenix enables digital transformation in the workplace, empowering UK public sector organisations to innovate and transform with cloud and hybrid infrastructures, data, AI, security, and collaboration tools. By understanding its customers’ goals, Phoenix delivers outcome–focused IT solutions that make a difference to the lives of employees, service users, and communities.