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HSO Earns the 'Build AI Apps on Microsoft Azure' Specialisation
24 Apr, 2025
HSO Achieves 'Build AI Apps on Microsoft Azure' Specialisation, Showcasing Advanced AI Capabilities and Customer Success
HSO’s attainment of the Build AI Apps on Microsoft Azure specialisation (formerly Build and Modernize AI Apps with Microsoft Azure) demonstrates HSO’s advanced capabilities in designing, developing, and deploying AI-powered applications at scale using Microsoft Azure. This specialisation offers customers confidence that HSO meets Microsoft’s highest technical standards, has a strong track record of customer success, and can deliver innovative, secure, and intelligent applications tailored to their unique business challenges while accelerating time to value through modular, agile implementations.
Key Customer Benefits:
- Verified AI Expertise – Assurance that HSO has demonstrated deep technical knowledge in building and deploying AI solutions using Azure AI services like Azure OpenAI, Cognitive Services, and Azure ML.
- Faster Time to Innovation – Accelerated delivery of AI applications through agile development methodologies, reusable IP, and industry-specific solution accelerators that help customers achieve incremental value earlier in the journey.
- Enterprise-Grade Security & Compliance – Confidence in building AI apps that adhere to rigorous security, privacy, and compliance standards through Azure-native tools and secure DevOps.
- Data-Driven Decision Making – Enablement of smarter, real-time decisions by integrating structured and unstructured data into intelligent workflows and AI models.
- Responsible and Ethical AI – Applications developed with a focus on fairness, transparency, and governance, aligned with Microsoft’s responsible AI principles.
- Industry-Relevant Solutions – Tailored AI app experiences and automation that reflect specific industry needs—whether financial services, manufacturing, professional services, retail or public sector—and can be deployed as standalone value creators or integrated with existing business systems for rapid expansion.
- Strong Microsoft Partnership – Direct access to Microsoft insights, support, and product roadmaps through HSO’s elite partner status, ensuring customers stay ahead of the AI curve while continuously unlocking value across AI and business application investments.
"AI is no longer the next frontier—it’s the foundation of the next wave of innovation,"
said Wilfred Noppers, HSO Data and AI Lead. While many organizations are eager to embrace AI, they need a trusted partner to navigate the journey. Through our Build AI Apps on Microsoft Azure specialisation, HSO helps clients unlock the true potential of AI by delivering secure, scalable, and strategically aligned solutions designed to deliver measurable value early, not just at the end. We co-innovate with our customers to accelerate innovation, reduce risk, and turn ideas into production-ready realities. HSO isn’t just enabling AI adoption—we’re shaping its future. Together, we’re building responsible AI solutions to redefine what’s possible."
As a Microsoft Cloud Partner (holder of all six Solution Partner Designations) with a proven track record in cloud innovation, deep industry expertise, HSO stands at the forefront of delivering AI solutions that matter. As a trusted Microsoft AI partner, HSO helps organizations harness the full power of Microsoft Azure to build intelligent, secure, and scalable applications that drive business transformation. From strategy to deployment, HSO is uniquely positioned to lead customers through their AI journey—accelerating innovation, enabling responsible AI adoption, and unlocking new value across every industry.
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