Our Microsoft Business
Your Microsoft specialised partner for Data & AI transformation.
As a Microsoft Solutions Partner, Analytics on Azure Specialist and Fabric Featured Partner, we help ambitious teams realise the full potential of their Microsoft investments.
We are the UKs largest data centric SME – bold, specialist and built to put you at the frontier of AI.
From modernising legacy systems to unifying estates with Fabric or enabling AI with Copilot and Foundry, our experts deliver faster, more confident decisions.
We cut through silos, reduce technical debt, and accelerate ROI with speed, security, and clarity
Delivering data-driven success as one
Delivering data-driven success as one
Together, Dufrain and Microsoft enable your teams to maximise AI by getting your foundations in place.
Pure-play data expertise, proven with Microsoft.
Our approach
We don’t just implement, we embed value. With decades of delivering outcomes, our teams blend deep Microsoft expertise with real-world pragmatism. We flex to fit your team, goals, and timelines building scalable solutions that last.
What sets us apart
We’re not generalists. We’re pure-play data & AI experts who live and breathe Microsoft’s data ecosystem. As a Specialised partner we’re at the forefront of what’s next and we’re trusted by the UK’s most data-driven businesses to deliver it.
Funding unlocked
We help clients access Microsoft programmes like Azure Innovate and ECIF, managing the process from start to finish.
Real clients. Real results.
Explore our case studies to see how we’ve delivered strategies and solutions across industries – tackling challenges, enabling transformation, and proving what’s possible when it’s data by design.
Data Warehousing: Together, we built a scalable Azure Data Warehouse, giving Aerial Direct a single customer view, better governance, and real-time insights.
Data Strategy & Managed Services: Transformed siloed reporting into a scalable Azure framework, enabling market insight, data-led decisions, and empowering managers across the business.
Data Management: Modernised Atlanta’s cloud platform, delivering a single source of truth, faster processing, removed legacy, and enabling self-serve analytics across brands.
Your Questions, Answered.
Do you have access to Microsoft funding?
Yes, as a recognised Microsoft Solutions Partner and Analytics on Azure Specialist, we help clients access and secure funding such as Azure Innovate and ECIF.
Microsoft are talking about Frontier Firms - what does it mean?
A Frontier Firm is Microsoft’s vision of the future organisation – where AI and human teams work together to drive scale, agility, and faster value. Frontier Firms use AI agents not just to automate tasks, but to transform workflows and decision-making. It’s about building a new organisational blueprint: AI-operated, human-led, and designed for long-term growth.
How does Dufrain help clients become a Frontier Firm?
As a Microsoft Solutions Partner and Analytics on Azure Specialist, we help clients move from AI hype to practical adoption. By modernising data estates, unifying platforms with Fabric, and building strong governance, we give businesses the secure foundations needed to deploy AI responsibly. This sets the stage for them to embrace AI agents, accelerate productivity, and take confident steps toward becoming Frontier Firms.
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All set to make your data AI-ready?
In one conversation, we’ll explore your challenges, share ideas, and leave you with clear next steps – questions to spark internal discussions and practical ways to progress your data and AI journey with confidence.
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Victoria Whittaker
Head of Business Development