{"id":5596,"date":"2022-07-18T16:25:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T11:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pros.com\/b2b\/learn\/blog\/pros-recognized-finalist-2022-microsoft-partner-of-the-year-awards\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T15:33:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T15:33:48","slug":"pros-recognized-finalist-2022-microsoft-partner-of-the-year-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pros.com\/b2b\/learn\/pros-news\/pros-recognized-finalist-2022-microsoft-partner-of-the-year-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"PROS Recognized as a Finalist in the 2022 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p>Shared ingenuity means stronger solutions for customers. That&rsquo;s just one of the reasons we are honored to be named a finalist in the <a href=\"https:\/\/partner.microsoft.com\/en-us\/inspire\/awards\" target=\"_blank\">2022 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards<\/a>. PROS was recognized among top Microsoft partners providing outstanding solutions and services as a Global Independent Software Vendor, demonstrated by our strong customer focus and clearly differentiated value with our CPQ solution.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Handshake image\" src=\"https:\/\/pros.com\/b2b\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/aHViPTgwNzIwJmNtZD1pdGVtZWRpdG9yaW1hZ2UmZmlsZW5hbWU9aXRlbWVkaXRvcmltYWdlXzYyZDU4YTM2MWMyYmIuSlBHJnZlcnNpb249MDAwMCZzaWc9YTlhMTA1MDIwMWVlMTQyNDRiN2YwMDhlYmQ2NzM4ZDE253D\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards recognizes Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered outstanding Microsoft-based applications, services, and devices. Awards were classified in various categories, with honorees chosen from over 3,900 nominations from more than 100 countries.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Businesses today must be able to react quickly to the economic and supply fluctuations occurring around them in order to remain competitive and drive profitable growth,&rdquo; said PROS Chief Marketing Officer Grad Conn. &ldquo;We are honored to be recognized by Microsoft for the value we add to the Microsoft Dynamics ecosystem with our comprehensive and seamless <a href=\"https:\/\/pros.com\/products\/cpq-software\/\" target=\"_blank\">CPQ<\/a> solution, which allows sales teams to configure and deliver personalized, effective quotes quickly and confidently.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft Dynamics customers can activate digital selling with PROS <a href=\"https:\/\/pros.com\/about-pros\/awards\/\" target=\"_blank\">award-winning<\/a> software which helps increase revenue and profitability with accurate sales quotes backed by AI-optimized pricing. <a href=\"https:\/\/pros.com\/b2b\/learn\/analyst-reports\/2021-gartner-magic-quadrant-cpq\" target=\"_blank\">Gartner<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/pros.com\/b2b\/learn\/home\/idc-marketscape-b2b-price-optimization-vendors\" target=\"_blank\">IDC<\/a> both agree that PROS AI-powered Smart CPQ is the best way to streamline your quote to cash process to deliver up to a 20% revenue uplift.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want to learn more about how PROS is the best-kept secret for profitable growth?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/register.inspire.microsoft.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Register for Microsoft Inspire<\/a> and check out <a href=\"https:\/\/inspire.microsoft.com\/en-US\/partners\/d6accea8-b1b5-4494-88e3-f059dd75ee34?source=exhibitors&amp;t=%257B%2522from%2522%253A%25222022-07-19T10%253A30%253A00-05%253A00%2522%252C%2522to%2522%253A%25222070-01-15T23%253A59%253A00Z%2522%257D\" target=\"_blank\">PROS Feature Partner Showcase<\/a> to hear from PROS Chief Marketing Officer Grad Conn and VP of Product and Solution Marketing Nadine Pyter. Grad and Nadine will discuss how <a href=\"https:\/\/pros.com\/b2b\/learn\/blog\/elevate-sales-confidence-pros-smart-configure-price-quote-microsoft-dynamics-365\" target=\"_blank\">PROS Smart Configure Price Quote + Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales<\/a> is an unbeatable combination because our AI-driven pricing component in the configure, price, quote workflow enables real-time price optimization. The result? Get the right price to the right customer at the right time. Just say &ldquo;no&rdquo; to Dumb CPQ and get smart with PROS Smart CPQ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PROS was named a finalist in the Microsoft Partner of the Year awards and will showcase its CPQ solution at Microsoft Inspire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":5595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[152,33],"tags":[47,46,96,141,50,48,172],"class_list":["post-5596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-pros-news","tag-label-blog-post","tag-language-english","tag-partner-microsoft","tag-topic-pros-news","tag-type-b2b-blog","tag-type-blog","tag-type-insights-research","post-type-blogs"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PROS Recognized as a Finalist in the 2022 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards | AI-Powered CPQ, Dynamic Pricing, &amp; 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