WM Reply Recognized as a Finalist of the 2021 Microsoft Employee Experience Partner of the Year Award

July 9, 2021

WM Reply today announced it has been named a finalist of the Employee Experience 2021 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award. The company was honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology.

“To see our partnership with Microsoft recognised as ‘world-class’ has been a huge boost of energy for all of us here at WM Reply. The fact that this award has resulted from our work with Transport for London only makes it that much more special,” said Baxter Willis, Partner for WM Reply.

“Working together Microsoft, the WM Reply and Transport for London teams have helped their staff stay better connected through a time of crippling isolation. The whole team should be aching with pride for the part they played in keeping the heartbeat of London flowing through the pandemic and beyond,” said Willis.

The Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards recognise Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered outstanding Microsoft-based solutions during the past year. Awards were classified in various of categories, with honorees chosen from a set of more than 4,400 submitted nominations from more than 100 countries worldwide. WM Reply was recognised for providing outstanding solutions and services in the Employee Experience for the work they delivered for Transport for London.

"Thanks to our digital workplace transformation, we have been able to ensure the TfL workforce, from our frontline workers to staff that have been working from home, have been able to continue their work and collaborate with each other with very little disruption. The WM Reply contributions to our new collaboration tools like “Platform” have made such a difference despite all the operational challenges we faced during the pandemic,” says Simon Clark, Head of Digital Workplace Transformation at Transport for London.

“We are so incredibly proud of the way our teams worked together on this project. I cannot stress enough how valuable having a platform for communications during this time has meant in helping to galvanise our tremendous workforce here at TfL. Providing some semblance of normality and human touch during uncertain and fearful times is the ultimate achievement for us,” said Clark.

The Microsoft Employee Experience Partner of the Year Award recognizes partners who demonstrate a proven capability to deliver best in class Microsoft employee experience solutions supporting customers through their digital transformation journey. Winners demonstrated the significant impact their solutions have had on customers re-envisioning employee experience, empowering people and teams to grow, to succeed and to be their best.

“I am honored to announce the winners and finalists of the 2021 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards,” said Rodney Clark, corporate vice president, Global Partner Solutions, Channel Sales and Channel Chief, Microsoft. “These remarkable partners have displayed a deep commitment to building world-class solutions for customers—from cloud-to-edge—and represent some of the best and brightest our ecosystem has to offer.”