AvePoint Deepens Strategic Partnership with Microsoft to Advance Trusted AI Adoption
Key Highlights
- ➤AvePoint (AVPT) expands strategic partnership with Microsoft on trusted enterprise AI adoption
- ➤Cloud Backup Express customers increased 45x in 2026 year to date
- ➤Microsoft 365 E7 access expands as AvePoint deepens internal AI investment
- ➤AvePoint AgentPulse adds governance workflows across agents and AI assets
- ➤Nearly 9 in 10 organizations delayed AI initiatives over data security concerns
Expert Statements
Dr. Tianyi Jiang (TJ), Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, AvePoint
“For a quarter century, AvePoint has empowered organizations to realize the value of digital transformation. Today, AI represents the next major technology shift. Through our expanded strategic partnership with Microsoft, we're helping organizations establish the trust, governance, and operational foundations needed to confidently deploy AI at scale. Together, we're enabling customers to move faster while maintaining control over the data, agents, and systems powering their AI initiatives.”
Nabil Aitoumeziane, President of FSi Strategies
“A lot of organizations spent the last year getting AI-ready. Now the conversation is shifting toward execution. That’s where governance becomes critical, and where AvePoint has been a key partner for us and our customers.”
Edwin Vargas, Managing Director – AI Business Solutions and Security partnerships, Microsoft
“Realizing AI’s business value at scale requires organizations to pair innovation with security, governance, and accountability. Our strategic partnership with AvePoint supports this approach by bringing together Microsoft’s AI and security capabilities with AvePoint’s focus on data governance and business-context-driven workflows, helping customers adopt AI with confidence and connect oversight to the teams putting it to work.”
* Building on a 25-year partnership, AvePoint combines AI innovation with the governance, resilience, and control required for enterprise adoption in collaboration with Microsoft * AvePoint solutions extend AI trust across data, infrastructure, and agents as adoption of Microsoft Copilot, Agent 365, Copilot Studio, and Microsoft Foundry accelerates JERSEY CITY, N.J., Nov. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AvePoint (Nasdaq: AVPT, SGX: AVP), the AI Trust Company, today announced an expanded strategic partnership with Microsoft to help organizations deploy, govern, secure, and optimize AI across their enterprises. Building on nearly 25 years of collaboration, and a track record that includes six global Microsoft Partner of the Year awards, the next phase of this relationship reflects a shared commitment and increased investment in supporting organizations with the governance, security, resilience, and operational controls needed to unlock AI's full business value.
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