Strengthening AI-powered automation expertise within the Microsoft Cloud

Langenhagen, Germany, 2 March 2026

Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe has achieved the Microsoft Intelligent Automation Specialization under the Microsoft Cloud Solutions Partner Designations “Business Applications”, “Digital and App Innovation (Azure)” and “Modern Work”. This exclusive recognition confirms the company’s proven expertise in implementing intelligent automation solutions using Microsoft technologies such as Power Automate, Power Apps, and Azure AI Services.

With the successful completion of this demanding qualification process, Konica Minolta confirms its competence in supporting customers in modernizing their operational processes and sustainably advancing digital transformation through automation and artificial intelligence. The specialization underscores the ability to automate and streamline business processes, integrate AI into workflows to enable smarter decision-making, implement RPA at scale, reduce operational complexity and increase efficiency, and build secure and scalable automation frameworks.

Advanced process automation with Power Automate

To obtain the specialization, partners must demonstrate outstanding capabilities in advanced process automation with Power Automate. This includes end-to-end workflow automation, Robotic Process Automation (RPA) with desktop flows, AI-driven document processing and decisioning using AI Builder, as well as the implementation of complex approval and orchestration models.

Low-code app innovation with Power Apps

The specialization further recognizes partners who demonstrate comprehensive expertise in low-code app innovation with Power Apps. This includes digitizing manual processes into structured and scalable applications, seamlessly integrating apps into automated workflows, and building modern interfaces to deliver process efficiency.

AI integration using Azure AI services

Another key focus lies in the integration of Azure AI Services to apply document intelligence, cognitive services, and large language model-based insights that enable automation solutions to learn, improve and adapt.

Operational excellence

In addition, Microsoft requires the highest standards in governance, security, lifecycle management, and the delivery of measurable, validated customer outcomes.

“The Intelligent Automation Specialization represents a significant  milestone within our Intelligent Information Management portfolio and clearly demonstrate how effectively Konica Minolta enables smarter, faster and more resilient client operations through transformative technologies such as advanced automation and AI,” says Philip Plischke, Head of Service Design, Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe, “It also recognizes our commitment to delivering tangible outcomes to help organizations work more efficiently and grow with confidence.”

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About Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe

Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH, based in Langenhagen, Germany, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Konica Minolta Inc., Tokyo, Japan. With its unique expertise in imaging, data processing and data-based decision making, Konica Minolta creates relevant solutions for its customers – small and medium-sized businesses, large enterprises and public sector – and solves issues faced by society.

Konica Minolta delivers intelligent digital solutions for the digital workplace, streamlining print management, document and business workflows, IT services, and business intelligence to boost productivity, enhance security, and drive digital transformation. The company’s success in driving transformation is also confirmed by IDC, since the ‘IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Print Transformation 2023 Vendor Assessment’ has named Konica Minolta a “Leader” in print transformation. Konica Minolta has been a Microsoft Global Managed Partner since 2021.

Konica Minolta’s Igniting Print Possibilities offering helps printers, converters and brand owners maximize workflow automation to increase efficiency. The company delivers consultancy in all communication matters as well as top-of-the-line production, packaging as well as label printers. Its finishing devices create print products that stand out and create added value. Konica Minolta has established itself as the production printing market leader for more than a decade in Europe (InfoSource).

For an increasing number of organizations, success today is more than the narrow definition of financial prosperity – it also includes protecting the environment and having a positive impact on their workforce as well as the societies they are embedded in. With its commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Konica Minolta has pledged to consistently pursue its sustainability and social responsibility goals. The company has been repeatedly recognized for its rich history of social contribution as well as for working towards achieving the SDGs throughout its business and supply chain.

For its remote services, Konica Minolta was awarded the prestigious ‘Buyers Lab (BLI) 2023-2024 Pacesetter Award in Remote Service for the Western European market’ from Keypoint Intelligence.

Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe is represented by subsidiaries and distributors in more than 80 countries in Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa. With more than 8,100 employees (as of March 31, 2025), Konica Minolta Europe earned net sales of over EUR 2.087 billion in financial year 2024/2025.

Worldwide, the company has over 35,600 employees and is operating in over 150 countries.

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