AE achieves Microsoft Advanced Specialisation: Build AI Apps on Microsoft Azure

AE has earned the Advanced Specialisation: Build AI Apps on Microsoft Azure: Microsoft's highest-level validation for partners who design, build, and deploy intelligent AI-powered applications at scale on Azure, meeting the strictest standards for security, performance, and responsible AI.

This builds on our existing recognitions as a Solutions Partner for Data & AI and Digital & App Innovation, and follows our earlier Advanced Specialisation for Migrating Enterprise Applications to Azure — showing the consistent depth of expertise our teams bring to the Microsoft ecosystem.

Validated expertise

Earning this Advanced Specialisation required passing a rigorous, independent third-party audit. The evaluation assessed our ability to deliver AI-powered solutions end-to-end: from AI platform services and application development to data integration and cloud-native deployment practices.

To qualify, AE had to demonstrate deep expertise across the full Azure AI stack — validated through real customer deployments and measured against Microsoft's stringent performance thresholds.

Our approach to building AI applications

During the evaluation, two core strengths of our AI application practice were highlighted.

The first is our Smart Apps methodology. At AE, we treat AI not as a bolt-on feature but as a fundamental building block of modern applications. Our teams combine expertise in Azure OpenAI, AI agents, document intelligence, and Azure AI Search to create applications that are genuinely intelligent — able to understand context, reason over data, and act autonomously on behalf of users and businesses.

The second is our end-to-end delivery model. Building AI apps that work reliably in production is about far more than choosing the right model. AE brings together the full stack: secure cloud architecture, responsible AI governance, DevOps practices, and ongoing managed services. And because technology alone doesn't drive adoption, we also support the organisational change that makes AI land in practice — not just in production. The result is AI applications that are not only powerful, but genuinely embedded in how people work.

What this means in practice

Customers choosing AE get a partner whose AI delivery methods have been independently validated by Microsoft. Whether the goal is automating complex business processes, enabling intelligent document handling, building conversational interfaces, or embedding AI into existing enterprise systems — our teams have the proven expertise to deliver.

We look forward to helping more organisations across industries unlock tangible business value through AI on Azure.

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