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HSO Achieves Microsoft Frontier Partner Status

11 Jun, 2026

Microsoft's newest partner distinction recognizes HSO's capability to deliver AI-first transformation securely.

HSO has earned the Microsoft Frontier Partner Badge, placing it among an exclusive group of Microsoft Partners working at the forefront of AI transformation. Introduced for the era of agentic AI, the Frontier Partner Badge is awarded to a select group of partners that demonstrate advanced capabilities across Microsoft’s Cloud and AI disciplines.

What the Frontier Partner Badge Means

Microsoft created the Frontier Partner Badge to recognize partners committed to an AI-first, human-led approach, one that combines AI agents with human ingenuity to scale innovation and impact. It differentiates organizations that have earned Solutions Partner designations across related Microsoft Cloud domains—plus advanced specializations, including Data Security and Microsoft Copilot.

For HSO's customers, the distinction is practical. It highlights a partner equipped to move them past AI pilots and into governed, enterprise-scale production.

“The Frontier Partner Badge is about trust: Microsoft’s confidence that we can help customers turn AI into something real,” said Alan Kahn, Global EVP, Business Development at HSO. “What matters to our clients is that we can take them out of experimentation and into production at scale, with the right governance, security, and, most importantly, measurable impact.”

“The Frontier Partner Badge is about trust: Microsoft’s confidence that we can help customers turn AI into something real.” 

Alan Kahn Global EVP, Business Development

A Foundation to Build On

The Frontier Partner Badge is the current standard for Frontier-level capabilities, and Microsoft is evolving it further. A forthcoming Frontier Specialization will introduce additional requirements for partners that build and deliver AI agents. HSO intends to be among the partners that meet it, continuing to invest ahead of the market so its customers always work with a partner at the leading edge of what Microsoft makes possible.

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