Velosio Named to Microsoft Inner Circle for AI Business Solutions

Velosio earns Microsoft Inner Circle for AI Business Solutions for the 31st year, helping clients accelerate AI, Copilot, data, and business transformation.

Katherine Albiston

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    Key Takeaways

    • Velosio has been named a 2026–27 Microsoft Inner Circle for AI Business Solutions member, extending its recognition streak to 31 consecutive years.
    • The recognition reflects Velosio’s sustained performance, customer impact, and close alignment with Microsoft’s AI and business applications strategy.
    • For clients, Inner Circle status supports earlier insight into Microsoft innovation, stronger implementation guidance, and reduced risk in AI transformation.
    • Velosio continues to invest in AI, Copilot, and agentic solutions, including three new Copilot Studio agents built to bring operational data into the flow of work.
    • Velosio is using its own business as Customer Zero, applying AI and automation internally before converting those lessons into repeatable client solutions.
    • Recent acquisitions of Kopis, Domain6, and Acuitas expand Velosio’s Microsoft capabilities across Azure, business applications, CRM, Power Platform, Microsoft 365, and AI.
    • Velosio will continue building AI momentum across core industry practices including discrete manufacturing, professional services, distribution, and agribusiness.

    Velosio has been recognized as a 2026–27 member of the Microsoft Inner Circle for AI Business Solutions, marking our 31st consecutive year of Inner Circle distinction. This recognition places Velosio among Microsoft’s top-performing global partners and reflects a sustained commitment to helping clients turn Microsoft technology into measurable business value—now with an even sharper focus on AI, Copilot, data, and connected business applications.

    How Inner Circle for AI Business Solutions Matters for Our Clients

    Inner Circle recognition is more than a Microsoft partner milestone. For clients, it signals confidence: Velosio is closely aligned to Microsoft’s AI Business Solutions strategy and has the experience to help organizations move from AI interest to practical business outcomes.

    As AI becomes embedded in the way organizations sell, serve, operate, forecast, and make decisions, clients need a partner that understands the Microsoft ecosystem and the data, workflows, governance, and adoption models underneath successful AI transformation.

    • Clearer strategy: We help clients identify where AI and Copilot can improve real work, not just create another technology experiment.
    • Faster access to Microsoft innovation: Our alignment with Microsoft helps clients evaluate emerging capabilities across Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Azure, Microsoft 365, Copilot, and the broader Microsoft Cloud.
    • More resilient execution: We help modernize the systems, data, and processes that make AI useful – and build adoption plans that turn new capabilities into everyday business momentum.

    “Being recognized for the 31st consecutive year reflects Velosio’s unwavering commitment to creating raving fans from our client base. AI is creating an entirely new frontier of opportunities for clients to work smarter and make faster, more informed decisions, which in turn supports new sources of growth. We are honored to partner with our clients as they move from AI curiosity to intentional AI innovation for real-world impact.” Robbie Morrison, CEO | Velosio

    Velosio’s Sustained Innovation & Leadership

    Velosio’s 31 consecutive years of recognition reflect an ability to evolve with Microsoft’s platform and with the needs of mid-market and enterprise clients. In the current cycle, that evolution is especially visible in our continued investment in AI, Copilot, and agentic solutions. Velosio has launched three new Copilot Studio agentsWork Assignment Agent, Inventory Reservation Agent, and Intercompany Transactions Agent – built on a shared, reusable architecture that brings live operational data into the flow of work through Microsoft Teams, Dynamics 365, Azure AI Search, Power Automate, and governed data patterns. Those agents have already demonstrated how conversational intelligence can reduce ERP lookup times from minutes to seconds and give employees faster access to accurate order, inventory, pricing, tracking, and backorder information.

    At the same time, Velosio continues to strengthen its Microsoft credentials and delivery capacity, including two new specializations that reinforce our depth across cloud, data, business applications, and AI.

    • Azure Analytics Advanced Specialization: validating Velosio’s deep expertise in data and analytics.
    • Copilot Prioritized Tier Specialization: confirming Velosio’s place in the highest level of the Microsoft Jumpstart partner framework, meaning Velosio can deploy Copilot across organizations in ways that prove real ROI.

    This focus matters because AI value is not created by license assignment alone. It depends on connected systems, trusted data, adoption strategy, governance, and business-case discipline—the areas where Velosio brings decades of implementation experience and a practical understanding of how organizations actually work.

    Velosio is also acting as its own Customer Zero. Across sales, marketing, delivery, finance, support, and operations, we are applying Microsoft AI, Copilot, automation, and data-driven workflows inside our own business to improve productivity, decision-making, campaign execution, client research, outreach, and service delivery. That internal transformation gives clients a practical proof point: we are not only advising organizations on AI readiness and adoption; we are operationalizing the same capabilities ourselves, learning what scales, and converting those lessons into repeatable client solutions.

    Recent acquisitions further expand Velosio’s ability to support clients across the Microsoft ecosystem. The addition of Kopis deepens Azure, custom software development, application modernization, Business Intelligence, Power Platform, and Dynamics 365 Business Central capabilities. The additions of Domain6 and Acuitas extend Velosio’s reach across Dynamics, CRM, Business Central, Power BI, Power Platform, Microsoft 365, and Azure services, while bringing proven consulting teams and long-standing customer relationships into a broader full-stack Microsoft practice. Together, these investments increase our ability to help clients modernize core systems, connect data, and scale AI-enabled business transformation with one trusted partner.

    What’s Ahead for Velosio & AI Momentum

    Looking ahead, Velosio will continue building AI momentum where it can create the most measurable client value: inside the industries, workflows, and operational moments where better data and faster decisions change business outcomes. Our primary industry specialties—discrete manufacturing, professional services, distribution, and agribusiness – remain central to that strategy. Each practice is building deeper Microsoft Dynamics 365, Power Platform, data, and AI capabilities around the realities of its market:

    • Discrete manufacturing: production planning, shop-floor visibility, quality control, inventory management, and connected service operations.
    • Professional services: project financials, resource planning, utilization, profitability, and client engagement.
    • Distribution: inventory visibility, warehouse operations, supply chain coordination, order management, and demand planning.
    • Agribusiness: production tracking, traceability, compliance, farm financials, and operational reporting.

    Recent customer success stories show that momentum in action. With Phillips Corporation, Velosio helped modernize service operations through Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Field Service, creating a stronger foundation for growth, operational visibility, and customer experience in industrial manufacturing. With IMS Legal Strategies, Velosio used Power Platform, Power BI, Dataverse, Microsoft Fabric, and Dynamics 365 Customer Voice to create a more interactive and insight-rich client experience for legal consulting teams.

    The common thread across these examples is not technology for technology’s sake. It is Velosio’s ability to help clients connect people, data, workflows, and Microsoft innovation in ways that reduce friction and create room for growth. As AI and Copilot adoption accelerate, our focus is to help clients build the trusted data foundation, modern business applications, governance, and adoption models needed to turn AI ambition into durable operating advantage.

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