Microsoft awarded 5-year KPMG digital transformation deal

Microsoft has announced a contract to accelerate the digital transformation of professional services company KPMG using its range of cloud services platforms. The companies have signed an initial 5-year agreement as part of KPMG’s plans to invest some USD 5 billion in its digital strategy. Under the terms of the deal, KPMG’s 207,000 employees in 153 countries worldwide will use Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 as their collaboration and productivity tools.

KPMG will also adopt Microsoft Azure and its AI capabilities as the backbone for a new common, global cloud-based platform, allowing it to roll out a range of digital offerings with new innovations in cloud-based audit capabilities, tax solutions and risk management. “KPMG will create a set of cloud-based capabilities ranging from hosting infrastructure based on Microsoft Azure to more than 50 advanced solutions, such as AI, cyber and robotic process automation (RPA),” said Microsoft.

The partnership will also see the companies jointly fund an incubator to create managed services in the areas of cloud business transformation, intelligent business applications and smart workplace solutions. The aim is to develop new tools for healthcare and life sciences industries with a view to maximising their clinical, operational and financial performance, said the partners.