# The World's Largest Partner Ecosystem

Kate Maxwell explains Microsoft's unique partnership position

By Kate Maxwell, CTO, Defense & Intelligence Worldwide Public Sector, Microsoft

Published in _[Business Chief: Microsoft Digital Report 2021](https://www.businesschief.com/brochure/how-microsoft-driving-defense-innovation-speed-relevance)_

March 8, 2021

> We have more partners than all our top cloud competitors combined. We're partnering with many defence systems integrators as well as independent software vendors...
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> ...We partner with **Semantic AI** on artificial intelligence capability.

[Read the full article:](https://www.businesschief.com/brochure/how-microsoft-driving-defense-innovation-speed-relevance) _[Business Chief: Microsoft Digital Report 2021](https://www.businesschief.com/brochure/how-microsoft-driving-defense-innovation-speed-relevance)_