Microsoft Partner Summary - June 23rd - June 27th, 2025

Hello, Microsoft Global Partner Community and welcome to this week's Partner Summary for June 23rd – June 27th, 2025

Unlocking growth with Oracle Database@Azure: A strategic opportunity for partners By Stephen Boyle - Worldwide Leader, Global System Integrators and Advisory Partners

I’ve had the privilege of working closely with some of the world’s most visionary partners across both Oracle and Microsoft, and I can tell you with confidence: there’s never been a more exciting time to be part of this alliance.  

At our recent Oracle Database@Azure: Partner Forum, I had the opportunity to join an all-star panel of executives including Karan Batta, Tim Hatton, and Brett Tanzer to share how this unique collaboration between Oracle and Microsoft is unlocking new possibilities for partners and customers alike. 

Missed the session? Watch the replay on the Oracle Partner Network site to catch the full conversation and fireside chat.

A unique cloud offering, built for the enterprise 

Oracle Database@Azure is a game-changer. It’s the only solution that brings Oracle Exadata infrastructure into Azure datacenters, allowing customers to run their Oracle Database services natively in Azure—without compromise. Whether it’s Oracle RAC, Exadata, Autonomous Database, or classic applications like E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, or JD Edwards—partners can now help customers modernize faster, more securely, and with lower latency. 

From day one, our goal has been to meet customers where they are—bringing together the depth of Oracle’s database leadership with the breadth and innovation of Azure. This partnership now spans 15 global regions, with more than 30 additional regions coming online in the next 12 months. 

Learn more here

Microsoft News:

• Microsoft’s commitment to the European Accessibility Act - Link
• Microsoft is named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Security Analytics Platforms, 2025 - Link

Microsoft news from around the world:

• Microsoft Brazil: Albert Einstein Hospital’s Igohr Schultz on using AI to transform email culture and speed up decisions - Link
• Microsoft Germany: Colleague AI: How Germans imagine working with agents - Link
• Microsoft Indonesia: AI-Based Inclusive Solutions from UI Students Win Microsoft's 2025 AI for Accessibility Hackathon - Link
• Microsoft Kenya: How a decade of innovation and collaboration helped bridge East Africa’s connectivity gap - Link
• Microsoft Korea: A turning point in education: How Korean teachers are changing as they welcome AI as their new colleagues - Link
• Microsoft Malaysia: Unpacking NAIO’s mission to drive Malaysia’s AI leadership - Link
• Microsoft New Zealand: Unlocking New Zealand’s $3.4 billion AI advantage: Where do we invest for the biggest returns? - Link
• Microsoft Philippines: How AI is Powering a Literacy Breakthrough in the Philippines - Link
• Microsoft Portugal: Microsoft and Founderz launch free Artificial Intelligence course aimed at SMEs - Link
• Microsoft South Africa: Microsoft AI Skilling Day aimed at creating the enablers for South Africa’s future in AI - Link
• Microsoft Spain: Turismo de Andalucía and Microsoft strengthen their strategic alliance at the launch of Andalucía Nexus, the new technological hub of reference in the tourism sector - Link
• Microsoft Spain: ILUNION saves more than 7,000 hours of work per year for its Legal Department with Microsoft 365 Copilot AI agents - Link
• Microsoft Sweden: Microsoft launches new podcast – about leadership, AI and Sweden's digital future - Link
• Microsoft Taiwan: Vice President Xiao Meiqin attended the 2025 TechWomen@TW, and Microsoft hosted a total of 13 major technology companies to advocate the influence of female tech professionals - Link
• Microsoft UK: ContractPodAi moves to Microsoft Azure OpenAI in Foundry Models to accelerate next wave of AI innovation in legal, compliance, procurement, and regulatory operations - Link
• Microsoft UK: How AI is ‘supercharging’ Hiscox employees ‘to do what they’re great at’ - Link
• Microsoft UK: AI momentum at risk as UK businesses overlook device readiness, research reveals - Link

Microsoft Partner:

• Unlocking growth with Oracle Database@Azure: A strategic opportunity for partners - Link
• Top Stories: June 24, 2025 - Link
• Microsoft + Partners Make More Possible: Healthcare - Link

Microsoft Public Sector:

• June 2025 - Microsoft 365 US Public Sector Roadmap Newsletter - Link
• Prompt of the Day - Link

Microsoft Startup:

• Microsoft for Startups introduces Catalysts: AI-powered breakthroughs with Microsoft Azure and NVIDIA - Link

Microsoft Industry:

Education:

• Empowering educators with AI innovation and insights - Link

Government:

• 3 ways that AI is driving the evolution of social services in government - Link
• From potholes to personalization: What Abu Dhabi is teaching us about AI-powered smart cities - Link

Healthcare:

• Integrating remote patient monitoring solutions with healthcare data solutions in Microsoft Fabric - Link
• Connecting the Healthcare Agent Orchestrator to your Electronic Health Record and Microsoft Fabric - Link

Microsoft Inside Track:

• Supercharging our support experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 and AI - Link
• Connecting with regional employees more effectively at Microsoft with Viva Amplify - Link
• Enabling modern support at Microsoft with AI - Link

Microsoft Marketplaces:

Microsoft AppSource Marketplace:

• New in Microsoft AppSource: June 1-15, 2025 - Link

Microsoft Azure Marketplace:

• New in Azure Marketplace: June 1-15, 2025 - Link

Microsoft 365:

• How Microsoft 365 Copilot and agents help tackle the infinite workday - Link

Microsoft Azure AI:

• FYAI: How to leverage AI to reimagine cross-functional collaboration with Yina Arenas - Link

Microsoft Azure AI Foundry:

• Build recap: new Azure AI Foundry resource, Developer APIs and Tools - Link
• Announcing Model Context Protocol Support (preview) in Azure AI Foundry Agent Service - Link

Microsoft Developer:

• Microsoft 365 Copilot APIs: Unlocking enterprise knowledge for AI with the Retrieval API — Now in Public Preview - Link

Microsoft Power BI:

• Celebrate with us as Power BI Turns 10! - Link

Microsoft Power Platform:

• Power Pages Home Action Center Is Generally Available – Stay Informed, Stay in Control - Link

Microsoft Research:

• PadChest-GR: A bilingual grounded radiology reporting benchmark for chest X-rays - Link

Microsoft SharePoint:

• Introducing the New SharePoint Template Gallery - Link

Microsoft Security:

• Building security that lasts: Microsoft’s journey towards durability at scale - Link
• Microsoft is named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Security Analytics Platforms, 2025 - Link

 Microsoft Teams:

• Introducing Teams Client Health: A Dashboard that sees issues before you do - Link

2025 Events:

Microsoft 365 Community Conference Sponsored by Microsoft

• May 6-8, 2025 – Las Vegas
• Registration - https://m365conf.com/#!/register

Microsoft Build

• May 19-22, 2025 – Seattle and Online
• Registration - https://register.build.microsoft.com

Microsoft Ignite

• November 18-21 - San Francisco and Online
• Registration - https://register.ignite.microsoft.com/

Microsoft Book Of News:

• Microsoft Build 2025 Book Of News - Link

Microsoft eBooks:

• 10 Best Practices to Accelerate Your Employees' AI Skills - Link
• Reduce Risk, Create Resilience: Advancing Supply Chain Sustainability - Link
• Optimize Shopper Experiences with a Strong Data Estate: Transforming data into innovation - Link
• Explore the business case for responsible AI in new IDC whitepaper - Link
• The Total Economic Impact™ of Microsoft Power Automate - Link
• Copilot for Microsoft 365 Deployment and Adoption Guide - Link
• Copilot for Microsoft 365 Deployment and Adoption Guide for executives - Link
• Microsoft Cyber Signals - Link
• Digital Operations Signals Interest Form - Link
• Configure, Adapt, Innovate: Overcoming supply chain challenges with composable solutions – Link
• 5 Ways a Connected Seller Solution Improves Sales Performance - Link

Thank you for reading and for your interest in this report.

John O'Donnell | LinkedIn