BELLEVUE, Wash., Aug 13: iLink Digital, a global AI-led digital transformation and technology consulting company, announced that it has earned the Microsoft Frontier Partner badge, recognizing organizations leading AI transformation through an AI-first, human-led approach that combines AI agents with human ingenuity to scale innovation and business impact.
Microsoft introduced the Frontier Partner badge for organizations with at least three Solutions Partner designations and three specializations. iLink exceeds that threshold. It has attained all six Solutions Partner designation pathways, spanning Microsoft’s three current customer-facing badges: Solutions Partner for Cloud & AI Platforms, Solutions Partner for AI Business Solutions and Solutions Partner for Security. iLink also holds more than ten Microsoft specializations, Microsoft Azure Expert MSP status and Microsoft Fabric Featured Partner recognition.
The achievement builds on more than two decades of collaboration with Microsoft, experience supporting more than 125 Azure customers worldwide and a global team of more than 2000 Microsoft-certified consultants.
“Earning the Microsoft Frontier Partner badge reflects the depth and breadth we have built across the Microsoft ecosystem,” said Sree Balaji, Co-Founder and Group CEO, iLink Digital. “Enterprise AI leadership is measured not by the number of pilots launched, but by the ability to turn AI into secure, governed and measurable outcomes at scale. This recognition gives customers added confidence that iLink can bring together the data, cloud, security, applications and engineering capabilities required to make that transition.”
Moving Enterprise AI from Pilots to Production
For many enterprises, the challenge is no longer proving that AI can work. It is embedding AI into business processes with the security, governance and operating discipline required for production. That requires trusted data, secure identity, responsible governance and integration into core business processes.
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Identify high-value AI opportunities, establish the business case and define a practical path from proof of concept to production.
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Build governed, AI-ready data foundations using Microsoft Fabric and Azure.
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Design and deploy Microsoft Copilot and AI agents integrated into employee, customer and operational workflows.
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Embed Zero Trust security, responsible AI, compliance and observability from design through operations.
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Modernize applications, cloud platforms and business processes to support AI-enabled transformation at scale.
iLink accelerates delivery through proprietary platforms including iGentic for enterprise multi-agent orchestration and BEAK for AI-powered IT, cloud and security operations, alongside repeatable industry solutions and modernization accelerators.
“Customers don’t want more AI experiments, they want outcomes they can measure and govern,” said Sakthi Kanan, CEO & GM – Data and AI, iLink Digital. “The Frontier Partner badge reflects the maturity of our end-to-end enterprise transformation practice, and our ability to help enterprises operationalize AI on a foundation built for scale.”
Advancing Frontier Transformation
Microsoft has announced that the badge will evolve into the Frontier Partner specialization, creating a clearer way for customers and Microsoft field teams to identify partners with validated readiness to build and deliver agents across Microsoft’s Frontier product stack. As the program evolves, iLink will deepen its investments in Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft Foundry and Copilot Studio, with security and governance embedded across each, to help customers move agents from prototype to production.
“Production AI requires far more than building an agent,” said Elayaraja Eswaran, Chief Architect and Senior Vice President, iLink Digital. “It requires trusted data, secure identity, governance, integration, observability and disciplined engineering. Our strength is bringing those capabilities together across the Microsoft stack and turning them into reliable, enterprise-ready solutions.”