Workday customers will now be able to use Adaptive Planning on Microsoft Azure. In return, Microsoft will roll out Adaptive Planning across its global finance division to help with forecasting and budgeting tasks. Microsoft Teams and Azure Active Directory will now tap into Workday apps. “Now, more than ever, planning takes center stage as companies return to the workplace, rebuild supply chains, and in some cases reimagine their businesses in our rapidly changing world,” said Tom Bogan, vice chairman of Workday. “With cloud planning at scale and even tighter integration to help customers collaborate, this partnership underscores what Workday was built for—to help customers unlock potential in their people and the business even in the most dynamic environments.”
Integration
In fact, that Teams integration is available starting today. Wider links with Azure Active Directory and Azure’s connection to Adaptive Planning will go live in 2021. “At Microsoft, we’re hyper-focused on continually innovating new ways to empower every person and organization around the world with the tools and insights they need to securely drive productivity and business performance,” said Gavriella Schuster, corporate vice president of One Commercial Partner, Microsoft. “In partnership with Workday, we’ll deliver new solutions that connect the people and financial insights of Workday to the cloud productivity of Microsoft Teams and cloud platform of Azure, so our joint customers can do more.”
