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Dortmund, July 21, 2026 – Dataciders has achieved the status of Microsoft Copilot Ready Tier Jumpstart Partner . Following a successful audit, Microsoft has thus confirmed Dataciders’ expertise in implementing Microsoft Copilot, Agentic AI solutions, and modern data and AI platforms. This new status also provides access to Microsoft investment and funding programs that enable companies to launch Copilot initiatives more easily and with less financial risk.
For many companies, the question is not so much whether to use Copilot, but rather how to get started. Especially in the early stages of a project, there is often still no solid business case to justify a major investment.
With Jumpstart Partner status, Dataciders will be able to provide targeted support to its customers in utilizing Microsoft funding programs. Even smaller projects are eligible for funding. For larger enterprise initiatives, investment funds of up to $50,000 are available for deployment, adoption, and change management activities related to Microsoft 365 Copilot. Fundingis alsoavailable for early project phases, such as envisioning workshops andproof-of-concept projects .
This makes it possible to launch Copilot projects even when the specific benefits for the business units still need to be validated.
Dataciders supports Copilot projects throughout the entire value chain—from identifying suitable use cases through technical implementation to adoption, change management, and scaling across business units. The focus is on a structured and secure rollout that takes existing data, security, and governance structures into account.
“The Jumpstart status is relevant to us because it lowers the barrier to entry,” says Andreas Gehre, head of the Microsoft Initiative at Dataciders. “Many companies know they want to implement Copilot, but are hesitant to make the investment as long as the specific benefits for their own departments haven’t been demonstrated. This is exactly where we can now take a different approach.”
The Microsoft Copilot Ready Tier Jumpstart Partner status complements Dataciders’ existing specializations in analytics, AI Platform on Azure, and Microsoft Copilot. With this, Dataciders is expanding its Microsoft portfolio with a component that is specifically designed to facilitate the rapid and cost-effective deployment of Copilot applications.
Dataciders is thus further expanding its role as a partner for the structured, secure, and business-relevant use of AI within the Microsoft ecosystem.
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Dataciders is one of Germany’s leading specialists in AI transformation, with approximately 1,000 employees. More than half of Germany’s top 50 companies rely on the company’s end-to-end solutions. Dataciders implements data and AI projects with a high level of domain and industry expertise and is one of only a few Microsoft Fabric Featured Partners worldwide.
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