Sage and Microsoft expand partnership to simplify workflows for small and medium businesses
20 July 2022 - 11:00PM
Today, Sage, the leader in accounting, financial, HR and payroll
technology for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) announced
an expanded partnership with Microsoft. The news includes plans to
integrate Microsoft Business Products, including Microsoft 365 and
Microsoft Teams, as embedded services in Sage products and the Sage
Digital Network.
“Increasingly SMBs are digital businesses – but connecting
the tools they use can be a barrier to their success,” said Steve
Hare, CEO, Sage. The widespread issue they face is connecting the
tools to manage their business in a simple and productive way.
Microsoft products have long been the tool of choice for
collaboration, with Sage powering the back office. Through our
expanded partnership, we will simplify life for millions of SMBs,
removing friction and helping them to achieve real productivity
gains.”
As SMBs navigate a digital world, businesses increasingly rely
on the flexibility and productivity gains that the cloud provides.
The partnership supports Sage in giving customers a choice of cloud
platform, as well as the ability to collaborate and communicate
where work happens – helping business to flow while making it
simpler for them to do business.
In July, Sage published its first early release of Sage Active
with select customers. Sage Active is a new, easy-to-configure,
integrated Business Management Solution built on Microsoft Azure.
Available first to customers in France, with Spain and Germany to
follow, this new native cloud solution is purpose-built to support
SMBs to manage compliance and operations – as well as offering the
benefits Azure brings.
“SMBs play a vital role in our global economy,” said Scott
Guthrie, executive vice president, Cloud + AI, Microsoft. “Bringing
together Sage’s financial expertise with the power of the Microsoft
Cloud, our partnership will deliver reliable, secure, and scalable
solutions that will empower millions of SMBs around the world to be
more productive, reduce costs, and grow their businesses.”
The expanded partnership will provide:
Simplification – With Sage as a system of
records for everything from financials, people, and payroll, and
Microsoft 365 as the de facto choice for millions of businesses
around the world, integration between the two platforms is critical
for SMBs today. Linking the communication and collaboration tools
available in Microsoft 365 to back-office functions such as
accounting will simplify workflows and reduce manual processes,
saving businesses time.
Improved Reliability – Benefiting from Sage
Products on Azure, the partnership will provide customers with
improved reliability, security, performance, and scalability,
enabling end-users to access virtual apps and desktops, Microsoft
OneDrive, and SaaS apps on their devices with a single sign-on
(SSO), all as part of their Sage membership.
Productivity - Together, Sage and Microsoft
will deliver streamlined digital work experiences, with outstanding
performance and reliability, to help SMBs be more productive and
businesses more agile. As data becomes a more strategic asset for
organizations, being able to upload and download between Microsoft
Excel and Sage will improve workflows, governance, and
security.
“The need for more business flexibility and resilience has never
been greater. Together, Sage and its partners are helping to
accelerate the transformation of customers’ businesses into
intelligent and frictionless organizations that run with confidence
in the cloud,” said Stacy Schuettler, president, LBMC Technology
Solutions. “Sage has been at the forefront of supporting businesses
for 40 years – we are excited by the new horizons this
partnership provides and the opportunities it will give our
customers to be more productive and simplify their operations.”
The Sage partnership with Microsoft also reflects both
businesses’ aligned sustainability objectives. Our shared goal is
to promote sustainable development and low-carbon business
practices globally through our sustainable business practices and
cloud-enabled technologies.
Media Contact: Mara
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can thrive, starting with the millions of small- and mid-sized
businesses served by us, our partners, and accountants. Customers
trust our finance, HR and payroll software to make work and money
flow. By digitising business processes and relationships with
customers, suppliers, employees, banks and governments, our digital
network connects SMBs, removing friction and delivering insights.
Knocking down barriers also means we use our time, technology, and
experience to tackle digital inequality, economic inequality, and
the climate crisis. Learn more at www.sage.com/en-us/.
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