Simform Recognized as a Finalist of 2026 Microsoft Innovate with Azure AI Apps and Agents Partner of the Year

Recognition follows Simform's work putting Microsoft Foundry agents into daily field operations at Meriton's Texas Air Systems, where technicians now spend far less time documenting completed jobs.

ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 12, 2026 — Simform today announced it has been named a finalist of the Innovate with Azure AI Apps and Agents 2026 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award. The company was honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology.

"Being named a Microsoft Partner of the Year finalist for the first time is a genuinely exciting moment for Simform and a proud one for every engineer who has helped build our AI practice," said Prayaag Kasundra, CEO, Simform. "It validates that the apps and agents we are building and scaling are delivering real impact customers can see in their day-to-day work."

The Innovate with Azure AI Apps and Agents Microsoft Partner of the Year award recognizes a partner who has pushed the envelope in building advanced AI solutions using Microsoft Foundry and has demonstrated its impact via a specific customer and use case.

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. Simform was recognized for providing outstanding solutions and services in Azure AI Apps and Agents.

"Enterprise AI comes together when two kinds of work meet. One is engineering and governing the apps and agents themselves, and the other is embedding them into the business processes, systems, and user experiences where they must operate. Our work with Meriton brought both into the everyday reality of field operations, with agents designed around how technicians work on site. That is the kind of AI we are excited to build more of," added Prayaag.

Agentic AI in Field Operations at Meriton

Simform's nomination was based on its work with Texas Air Systems, a Meriton company, to bring agentic AI into everyday field operations. The solution reduces the documentation burden on field teams and gives Meriton cleaner, more reliable operational information.

Simform built the solution on Microsoft Foundry and integrated it with Meriton's existing Microsoft environment. ThoughtMesh, Simform's reusable agentic AI accelerator, helped standardize how the agents are designed and governed, giving Meriton a foundation it can extend across the business.

"We're thrilled to see Simform named a finalist for the work we've done together at Meriton, and the recognition is well earned," said Alok Kumar, VP of Enterprise Systems, Meriton. "Two game changers were the use of AI agents to reduce report creation effort and the unified operational dashboard which gave supervisors centralized visibility."

Simform's work with Meriton draws on its Azure Expert MSP status, Microsoft Solutions Partner designations across Cloud & AI Platforms, AI Business Solutions, and Security, ten specializations, and engineers who hold more than 400 Microsoft certifications.

Extending AI from Engineering to Enterprise Transformation

Enterprise AI creates lasting value when the technology is connected to the changes required across operating models, business processes, data, governance, and workforce adoption.

Simform addresses that full transformation journey through its Agentic Target Operating Model (ATOM). ATOM gives organizations a structured way to determine where agents should operate, how work and decision rights need to change, what data and controls they require, and how people remain accountable as more execution moves to AI. This helps enterprises move beyond individual AI use cases toward a model that can be governed, repeated, and scaled across the business.

Within Microsoft environments, Simform brings that model to life through its Frontier Enterprise Envisioning Demo (FEED). FEED uses enterprise scenarios across Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft Foundry, Copilot Studio, Power Platform, Work IQ, Fabric IQ, and Foundry IQ to demonstrate how data, agents, automation, and employee experiences can work together across business functions. Simform's Services as Software approach extends the same thinking into repeatable enterprise work, with AI taking on more of the execution while people retain responsibility for decisions that require judgment.

Read the blog to know more about this milestone and our approach towards delivering full enterprise transformation journeys with Microsoft.

"Congratulations to the winners and finalists of the 2026 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards," said Nicole Dezen, Chief Partner Officer and Corporate Vice President at Microsoft. "This year's honorees are harnessing the power of Microsoft Cloud and AI to deliver transformative solutions, accelerate customer success, and expand what's possible. Their ingenuity and impact inspire us, demonstrating what can be achieved when bold vision and technology come together to empower organizations around the world."

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: https://aka.ms/2026POTYA_Announcement. The complete list of categories, winners and finalists can be found at https://aka.ms/2026POTYAWinnersFinalists

SOURCE Simform LLC