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how it can leverage Macquarie and Azure ’ s ecosystem to focus more on applications and how they can improve their business processes . This has timed perfectly with Macquarie ’ s recent Azure Expert MSP status , which gives customers like Opal greater access to Azure ’ s roadmap .
“ The Macquarie and Microsoft partnership was already a huge drawcard ,” added Boon . “ Now it ’ s like we ’ ve
got a direct line to Azure , to the very coders putting together the next generation of services . It ’ s clear this is going to have a hugely positive impact on our business as we continue to grow .”
Macquarie is among just over 100 partners across the world that hold this accreditation , becoming the fastest company in Australia to achieve it relative to business inception . The credential required a huge four-month effort of more than 1,000 hours from 40 members of Macquarie ’ s team across its cloud services , telecom , data centers and government divisions .
“ We go all in with the partners that can bring the biggest benefits to our customers , and it would be hard to find a better example of that anywhere in the world than Macquarie and Microsoft ,” said Luke Clifton , Group Executive , Macquarie Telecom .
“ This is about trust , collaboration and giving great service to companies left out in the cold by providers more interested in underservicing and overcharging .
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