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　(Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Osamu Hata; hereafter "WAP") has won the "Microsoft Japan Partner of the Year 2024" in the ISV Innovation category and the "Microsoft Japan Partner of the Year 2024" in the ISV Innovation category from Microsoft Corporation (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; hereafter "Microsoft Japan"). Innovation category, and an engineer from WAP won the Microsoft Top Partner Engineer Award 2024 in the AI category. These awards are in recognition of WAP's efforts as a Microsoft Japan partner to achieve advanced product collaboration in all areas, including AI technology.

WAP Honored for Advanced Collaboration with Microsoft

　In June 2023, WAP announced the strengthening of its partnership with Microsoft Japan*1 to promote the adoption and implementation of Azure in its product platform. WAP announced in June 2023*1 that it would strengthen its collaboration with Microsoft Japan and promote the adoption and adoption of Azure in its product platform and product collaboration with Microsoft services (Microsoft Dynamics 365, Microsoft Teams, Azure OpenAI Service, Microsoft Copilot, and Microsoft Fabric), which have major Japanese companies as end-users. Microsoft Dynamics 365, Microsoft Teams, Azure OpenAI Service, Microsoft Copilot, and Microsoft Fabric. These efforts were recognized with this award in the ISV Innovation category, which is given to partners for technical excellence and business potential.

　Furthermore, in the Microsoft Top Partner Engineer Award, which recognizes outstanding individual engineers from partner companies, one WAP engineer was honored in the AI category for his product development, including Copilot collaboration*2, and for his communications at events.

　We would like to express our deep appreciation for the support of everyone involved in this award, and WAP will continue to further deepen its collaboration with Microsoft Japan to provide innovative services that enhance convenience in the field by maximizing the use of corporate data such as ERP data, thereby contributing to strengthening the digital competitiveness of Japanese society. We are committed to contributing to the digital competitiveness of Japanese society.

• About "Microsoft Japan Partner of the Year 2024": https://aka.ms/potya2024
• About "Microsoft Top Partner Engineer Award 2024": https://aka.ms/TPEA2024
  
  *1:: Supporting management-level decision making with AI Promoting mutual product collaboration with Microsoft Japan for next-generation ERP development (as of June 29, 2023)
  https://www.worksap.co.jp/news/2023/0629/
  *2:: "HUE" collaborates with Microsoft's Microsoft Copilot, pioneering Japanese vendor to utilize enterprise data in real time with generated AI (as of July 8, 2024)
  https://www .worksap.co.jp/news/2024/0708/

Partner Kick Off Event held on July 31, 2024

Mr. Asano, Managing Director of Microsoft Japan, and Mr. Naito, Executive Vice President of Operations, have commented on the award.

Mr. Satoshi Asano, Executive Vice President, General Manager of Partner Business Division, Microsoft Japan Co.

　We would like to express our sincere appreciation for your continued promotion of business with Microsoft Japan. We are pleased to present the "Microsoft Japan Partner of the Year 2024" ISV Innovation award to Works Applications, Inc. in deep appreciation of the outstanding achievements they have demonstrated.

　As an ISV partner, Works Applications, Inc. has been able to integrate its products with Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Teams, as well as Azure OpenAI Service and Microsoft Copilot. In addition, they have promoted innovative initiatives such as incorporating advanced generative AI technologies such as Azure OpenAI Service and Microsoft Copilot into their product integrations. These collaborations are initiatives that will greatly expand the potential of ERP products, and we expect that they will help Japanese customers make better use of their corporate data assets, leading to faster decision-making and the creation of new management insights.

　Microsoft Japan will continue to work closely with Works Applications, Inc. to promote AI transformation for our customers.

Mr. Minoru Naito, Executive Vice President, General Manager of Partner Technology Division, Partner Business Group, Microsoft Japan Co.

　We would like to thank you for your ongoing collaboration with Microsoft Japan. We are pleased to present the Microsoft Top Partner Engineer Award 2024 to Works Applications, Inc. in recognition of their engineers' achievements. The Microsoft Top Partner Engineer Award is a very important initiative for us, as it recognizes those who have contributed to a wide range of businesses and are working hard to spread the word about Microsoft technology. We hope that this award will support the wealth of knowledge and experience of the award winners and give a little boost to their business. Microsoft Japan will continue to work with Works Applications to help our customers achieve their digital transformation.

About Works Applications

Works Applications was founded in 1996 as an ERP package vendor in Japan. With innovative solutions such as no-customization and free version upgrades, we have supported the growth of our customers, mainly major Japanese companies. Believing in the potential of each individual, we aim to be a "growth engine" that maximizes the value of companies and individuals, and we will continue our pursuit of turning "work" into "creation" and making "work" fun.

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