DENVER & COLORADO — MCA Connect, a Grant Thornton US company, today announced it has been named a finalist in two 2026 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award categories: Agentic ERP and Agentic Sales & CRM. Selected from thousands of nominations submitted across the global awards program, MCA Connect was named one of three finalists in each category. The company was honored for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology.
These selections represent the 17th and 18th Microsoft Partner of the Year recognitions in MCA Connect’s history, extending its record of Microsoft-based innovation and customer impact.
“This recognition reflects the caliber of our practitioners,” said David Durham, CEO of MCA Connect, a Grant Thornton US company. “Our teams bring deep Microsoft and operational expertise, keeping business best practices at the forefront as AI expands what technology can do. Our customers trusted us to challenge long-standing ways of working, and they deserve tremendous credit for being willing to lead that change.”
MCA Connect applies AI agents to business decisions, workflows and implementation work, with people guiding their use. Its supply chain specialists bring operational excellence, Microsoft technology and strategic advisory to that work, supported by AI readiness and adoption methods across operations and customer experience.
The Agentic ERP recognition highlights MCA Connect’s ability to modernize complex operations at scale. For a global industrial group, its standardized Dynamics 365 deployment model accelerated ERP rollout by 40%, reducing the typical implementation timeline from 15 months to nine months per business unit.
The Agentic Sales & CRM honor spotlights MCA Connect’s CX transformation practice, which connects sales, service, warranty, quoting and fulfillment through Microsoft technology. Supporting work includes a 6,000-seat Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement win and transformations spanning unified sales, service, dealer and warranty experiences.
The recognition also marks a milestone for MCA Connect as a Grant Thornton US company. Grant Thornton Advisors LLC’s customer-transformation advisory, executive relationships, organizational design, change management and adoption services expand MCA Connect’s Microsoft-native delivery and operational strategy. Together, the combined organizations’ security capabilities, multinational reach, agents and IP, and data governance allow the combined team to connect business strategy to systems, data and workflows across operations and customer experience.
“Congratulations to the winners and finalists of the 2026 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards,” said Nicole Dezen, Chief Partner Officer and Corporate Vice President at Microsoft. “This year’s honorees are harnessing the power of Microsoft Cloud and AI to deliver transformative solutions, accelerate customer success, and expand what’s possible. Their ingenuity and impact inspire us, demonstrating what can be achieved when bold vision and technology come together to empower organizations around the world.”
The Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards celebrate partners delivering exceptional customer outcomes through Microsoft Cloud, AI, services, and devices. This year’s winners and finalists were selected from more than 4,500 nominations submitted worldwide across a diverse range of categories and geographies.
The 2026 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards were announced ahead of Microsoft Ignite, which will be held in San Francisco from November 17–20. Additional details on the 2026 awards are available on the Microsoft Partner blog: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/partnernews/partner-blog--congratulations-to-the-2026-microsoft-partner-of-the-year-awards-w/4572260.
The complete list of categories, winners and finalists can be found at Partner of the Year Awards Winners.
About MCA Connect
MCA Connect, a Grant Thornton US company, helps organizations turn business priorities into measurable operating improvements across production, fulfillment, finance, service, customer experience and technology. We combine advisory discipline with Microsoft execution to orchestrate unified data, real-time insights, workflows, automation, AI, and embedded business applications, so teams can act on better information, improve execution and sustain results. Clients engage one partner from business case through implementation, adoption and optimization, with clearer end-to-end accountability. MCA Connect, a Grant Thornton US company, is a leading Microsoft partner and a three-time Microsoft Partner of the Year winner for global supply chain solutions.
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