Honored: ORBIS Once Again Inducted into the Microsoft Inner Circle for AI Business Solutions for 2026/27

Saarbrücken, September 07, 2026 – ORBIS SE has been inducted into the Microsoft Corporation’s “Inner Circle for Microsoft AI Business Solutions” for 2026/27. This marks the 14th time that the international software and business consulting firm has secured its place among the elite group of the world’s most successful and strategically important Microsoft partners in AI Business Solutions.

ORBIS Meets Stringent Criteria for Inner Circle Membership

Around the world, only one percent of all Microsoft AI Business Solutions partners are invited to join the Inner Circle. Membership of this exclusive group is counted among the most significant honors in the Microsoft ecosystem and comes with demanding requirements. By admitting companies to its Inner Circle, Microsoft is recognizing outstanding sales performance, sustained growth, and high customer satisfaction, among other things. The evaluation also takes into account the AI-powered business solutions that ORBIS develops using Microsoft technologies: field-proven industry packages based on Microsoft Dynamics 365, not to mention its very own low-code Power Apps.

Particular weight is given to ORBIS’s data and AI expertise concentrated in its “Enterprise Data & AI” division, which focuses on robust data as the foundation of every AI initiative. Using Microsoft Fabric and OneLake, ORBIS consistently consolidates data from SAP, Dynamics 365, the cloud, and shop floor and IIoT systems onto a single, real-time-capable data platform, complemented by data engineering, Power BI, and governance. Building on this foundation, ORBIS uses Microsoft Foundry to develop secure AI applications and agents that automate sales, production, and finance processes, and that support data-driven decision-making. ORBIS uses Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Studio to embed this intelligence into everyday work – from use case evaluation all the way through to live production operations.

As one of the world’s most successful Microsoft Solutions Partners in Customer Experience & Business Applications, Modern Work, and Data & AI, ORBIS helps companies to implement AI-powered end-to-end solutions and to build modern digital working environments based on the Azure platform. Microsoft also recognizes the proven expertise of ORBIS’s Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement specialists by giving them an exclusive designation: “FastTrack Recognized Solution Architects (FTRSA)”.

ORBIS Customers Benefit from Innovation at an Early Stage

Inner Circle membership includes an executive engagement program involving direct dialog between ORBIS and the Microsoft Corporation. The process and IT service provider can use this privileged position to feed targeted proposals for improving Dynamics 365 directly to Microsoft. In turn, ORBIS gains early insight from Microsoft into technology innovations and new solutions, which it passes straight on to its customers – allowing them to adopt new developments ahead of everyone else and to gain a genuine competitive edge.

“The fact that we have once again been admitted to the Inner Circle confirms our position as one of the most strategically important partners in the Microsoft ecosystem for AI Business Solutions,” commented Damien Schirrer (Executive Board Member for Central Markets and International Subsidiaries at ORBIS SE). “Our close dialog with Microsoft helps us to identify technological developments early on and to align our AI-powered solutions to our customers’ needs. This recognition also motivates us to keep supporting our customers with their digitalization efforts and with tapping into new business models”.

About ORBIS
ORBIS helps SMEs and international corporations to digitalize their business processes – from jointly developing the customer-specific big picture, to practical implementation in the project. The digitalization and automation of business processes across the entire value chain ensure our customers’ competitiveness. The in-depth process know-how and innovative strength of our 900 employees, combined with the expertise gained from more than 35 years of successful, international project work in various industries, make us a competent partner. We rely on the solutions and technologies of our partners SAP and Microsoft, whose portfolios are rounded off by ORBIS solutions. We focus on consistent end-to-end process consulting along the entire value chain – from Recruit to Retire and Design to Operate with Source to Pay, to Lead to Cash. Using smart cloud applications, AI and the IIoT as a basis, we promote our customers’ innovative power in the development, production and marketing of innovative products, services and business models, always closely monitoring the most important hot topics such as sustainability, security and process mining. Our expertise results from over 2,500 customer projects for more than 800 companies operating in the automotive supply industry, construction supply industry, electrical and electronics industry, mechanical and plant engineering, logistics, metal industry, consumer goods industry and trade. To name but a few examples, our long-standing customers include the ZF Group, Hörmann, Hager Group, Rittal, Andreas Stihl, BEUMER Group, NETZSCH Group, Paul Hartmann, SICK, DMG Mori, ThyssenKrupp, PERI, Sonepar, WAREMA, Witzenmann, Bystronic, Ferrum, Halter, V-ZUG, Blaser Swisslube, Hawa, Alfred Müller, Yanmar Marine International, Royal Avebe, Ottakringer and LiSEC.

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Andreas Werner
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Tel.: +49 681 9924 600
Mail: andreas.werner(at)orbis.de
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