Vodafone New Zealand today announced it has been named a finalist of the Meetings, Callings and Devices 2022 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award. The company was honoured among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology.

Chief Enterprise Officer, Lindsay Zwart, is proud of her team’s hard work. “Vodafone is hyper-focused on building a more awesome Aotearoa, connecting consumers and businesses with the best tech to help them live their best lives. We’ve worked with Microsoft for many years to usher in collaboration tools, pre-empting the hybrid working boom accelerated by Covid-19."

The Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards recognize Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered outstanding Microsoft-based applications, services and devices during the past year. Awards were classified in various categories, with honourees chosen from a set of more than 3,900 submitted nominations from more than 100 countries worldwide. Vodafone New Zealand was recognized for providing outstanding solutions and services in Microsoft Teams Rooms and Teams Calling.

The Meetings, Calling and Devices for Microsoft Teams Partner of the Year Award recognizes partners with proven expertise in delivering transformative calling, meetings and meeting room engagements and helping customers modernize their calling and meetings infrastructure.

“I am honoured to announce the winners and finalists of the 2022 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards,” said Nick Parker, corporate vice president of Global Partner Solutions at Microsoft. “These partners were outstanding among the exceptional pool of nominees and I’m continuously impressed by their innovative use of Microsoft Cloud technologies and the impact for their customers.”

Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards are announced annually prior to the company’s global partner conference, Microsoft Inspire, which will take place on July 19-20 this year

Additional details on the 2022 awards are available on the Microsoft Partner Network blog: https://blogs.partner.microsoft.com/mpn/congratulations-to-the-2022-microsoft-partner-of-the-year-awards-winners-and-finalists/. The complete list of categories, winners and finalists can be found at https://partner.microsoft.com/en-us/inspire/awards.