Confluent wins the 2022 Microsoft Commercial Marketplace Partner of the Year Award

Confluent, a leading provider of data streaming platforms, has won Microsoft's Commercial Marketplace Partner of the Year Award (Global) in 2022. This award recognizes companies that excel in innovation and delivery of unique solutions through Microsoft's commercial marketplace. Confluent's marketplace solution is integrated with Azure security, management, billing, and data analytics services, offering a more agile and reliable approach for customers to procure and deploy their data streaming solution. The company has made significant efforts to streamline the process of getting started with Confluent on Azure, including free trials and SSO capabilities through third parties like GitHub. Microsoft's VP and GM Commercial Marketplace, Jake Swenson, praised Confluent for helping businesses make the most of real-time data and partnering effectively to reach customers globally. This recognition highlights the strong partnership between Microsoft and Confluent, with both companies committed to innovating and bringing new data streaming solutions and use cases to market.