Introducing Azure Accelerate: Fueling transformation with experts and investments across your cloud and AI journey

Azure Accelerate is an easy-to-use offering created to drive transformation with expert support and investments throughout your cloud and AI journey.

In today’s fast-evolving tech landscape, organisations are embracing cloud, data, and AI to revolutionize their operations, leading to smarter strategies, better results, and enhanced customer experiences.

Whether you’re a global corporation or a rapidly growing startup, customers are harnessing Azure’s potential in remarkable ways. So far, over 26,000 customer projects have successfully used our solutions—Azure Migrate and Modernize, as well as Azure Innovate—to achieve quicker results.

Unveiling Azure Accelerate

As the needs of customers evolve regarding cloud and AI adoption, we’re adapting our offerings to align with your business goals. We are delighted to introduce Azure Accelerate, a new streamlined service designed to support your transformation with expert assistance and investments. Azure Accelerate combines the full capabilities of Azure Migrate and Modernize, Azure Innovate, and the Cloud Accelerate Factory, all in one place to guide you from planning to full implementation. With Azure Accelerate, you can:

• Engage with trusted professionals: The extensive knowledge within Azure’s specialised partner network helps ensure your projects launch effectively and expand efficiently. A new advantage within Azure Accelerate is the Cloud Accelerate Factory, which provides hands-on deployment assistance from Microsoft experts at no extra cost, so you can get your projects moving on Azure more quickly.
• Maximise Microsoft investments: Take advantage of funding aimed at boosting value while reducing risk. Azure Accelerate helps you lower engagement costs through partner funding and Azure credits. Microsoft demonstrates its long-term commitment by supporting the development of your teams’ skills. You can empower them with free resources from Microsoft Learn, or create customised training programs with a qualified partner. Azure Accelerate accommodates projects of all sizes, whether migrating a handful of servers or implementing large-scale initiatives, without any caps on investment.
• Achieve success with thorough support: Navigate every aspect of your cloud and AI journey confidently with the comprehensive, end-to-end backing of Azure Accelerate. Begin your journey with a thorough assessment using AI-driven tools like Azure Migrate to gather essential insights. You can design and test new ideas in sandbox environments and run funded pilots or proof-of-value projects before scaling. When you’re ready, experts will assist in constructing an Azure landing zone, enabling you to shift workloads into Azure at scale while following best practices for migration or creating new solutions.

The Cloud Accelerate Factory within Azure Accelerate provides zero-cost deployment assistance to rapidly kick off your Azure projects. Working alongside Azure partners, Microsoft experts can deploy over 30 Azure services using tried-and-true strategies developed from thousands of customer experiences. This resource allows you to maximise your investments by letting our Factory team handle predictable technical tasks, so your internal teams or partners can concentrate on the more complex elements of your project.

For those looking for guidance and best practices, Azure Accelerate includes Azure Essentials, which compiles curated, solution-focused guidance drawn from established methodologies and tools like the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework and the Azure Well-Architected Framework, all in one accessible location.

Gaining Business Value with Azure Offerings

Here are a few illustrations of how organisations are transforming ambition into reality:

• Modernising for agility: Global financial powerhouse UBS is using Azure to modernise its infrastructure, boosting agility and resilience while laying the groundwork for future innovations. This shift has allowed UBS to react more swiftly to market and regulatory developments, all while simplifying operations.
• Streamlining data for impact: Humanitarian charity Médecins Sans Frontières UK centralised its data platform utilising Azure SQL, Dynamics 365, and Power BI. This consolidation has led to quicker reporting, improved emergency responses, and enhanced donor engagement, powered by timely self-service insights.
• Scaling AI for worldwide reach: Bayer Crop Science, in collaboration with EY and Microsoft, has developed a generative AI assistant using Azure OpenAI and Azure AI Search. This tool offers real-time agronomy insights to farmers globally, helping to enhance food productivity and accessibility on a large scale.
• Enhancing insights through AI: OneDigital collaborated with Microsoft and Data Science Dojo via Azure Innovate to create custom AI agents using Azure OpenAI and Ejento AI. This approach streamlined research, saving 1,000 person-hours annually and enabling consultants to provide quicker, more personalised client insights, thus improving client retention through impactful interactions.

Kickstart Your Journey with Azure Accelerate

Azure Accelerate is crafted to energise your cloud and AI transformation, enabling you to move quicker, innovate smarter, and lead in an AI-driven world.

We’re thrilled to partner with you on this journey and are eager to see what you’ll create next using Azure. To begin, visit Azure Accelerate to find out more, or connect with your Microsoft account team or a dedicated Azure partner to discuss your next steps.