Accreditations

Among Microsoft's most accredited partners

BUI holds the highest tier of Microsoft managed-services accreditation, all six Solutions Partner designations, and a wall of advanced specialisations. Here is what each one is, and what it means for the environment we run for you.

A partnership measured in audits, not adjectives

Microsoft's top accreditations are not awarded on relationships. They are earned against published technical criteria, verified by independent audit, and re-tested as the criteria evolve.

That is why the summary on this page matters: every badge represents current, maintained capability that Microsoft itself has validated, backed by 300+ certified engineers and more than two decades of delivery.

Microsoft Excellence

The full picture, at a glance

Solutions Partner designations, advanced specialisations grouped by Security, Modern Work and Azure, the latest Partner of the Year awards, Inner Circle membership, and the security credentials underneath, all in one view.

// Microsoft accreditation summary, current for the 2025/26 partner year.

Solutions Partner designations

All six, held at once

Microsoft awards Solutions Partner designations across six solution areas. BUI holds every one, a completeness only a small number of partners maintain.

Security

Threat protection, identity, cloud and data security, delivered by a team that runs a live managed detection and response practice.

Infrastructure (Azure)

Landing zones, migrations and Azure platform operations at Expert MSP standard.

Microsoft Solutions Partner Digital and App Innovation Azure

Digital & App Innovation

Application modernisation, DevOps and cloud-native build on Azure.

Microsoft Solutions Partner Data and AI Azure

Data & AI

Data platform, analytics and the foundations for enterprise AI, including Copilot readiness.

Modern Work

Microsoft 365, Teams and endpoint programmes that people actually adopt, with governance to match.

Business Applications

Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform, connecting process and data across the business.

Elite credentials

Beyond the standard partner tier

A handful of accreditations sit above the designations, reserved for partners with proven scale, security depth and Microsoft's direct trust.

Azure Expert MSP

The highest Azure managed-services accreditation Microsoft awards, earned through an independent, multi-day technical audit and held by only a small group of partners worldwide.

Member of Microsoft Intelligent Security Association

MISA member

Member of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association, the community of leading security partners building on Microsoft security signals.

Incident Response Partner

A verified Microsoft Incident Response Partner, trusted to lead containment and recovery on Microsoft platforms when it matters most.

Microsoft Inner Circle for AI Business Solutions 2025/26

Inner Circle 2025/26

Membership of the Microsoft Inner Circle for AI Business Solutions, an elite recognition awarded to top-performing partners.

FastTrack Ready

A Microsoft FastTrack Ready partner, accelerating onboarding and adoption across Microsoft 365 and Azure workloads.

Azure Marketplace

A transactable presence on the Azure Marketplace, so procurement and deployment of our solutions is frictionless.