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The education technology provider said it is the first company to win Microsoft’s Education Partner of the Year award twice, citing its nebulaONE work aimed at broader, more secure access to AI.
Cloudforce said it has been named the 2026 Microsoft Education Partner of the Year, a recognition it described as the first time any company has won the award twice.
In an announcement dated Nov. 11, 2026, Cloudforce said the win follows a second consecutive global win, positioning the company’s partnership work with Microsoft as continuing through back-to-back award cycles.
The company linked its recognition to efforts intended to expand access to AI in education in ways it characterized as more secure and more equitable, pointing to its nebulaONE effort as a central component of that work.
The announcement was released from National Harbor, Maryland, where Cloudforce said the award highlights its education-focused delivery tied to Microsoft technology.
Microsoft’s Education Partner of the Year is part of the broader partner recognition Microsoft uses to single out companies it says are advancing outcomes for customers and communities through implementation and services. Microsoft itself did not provide additional detail in the materials cited by Cloudforce beyond the award announcement.
For Microsoft, the award also reflects an industry-wide push to bring AI into schools and training contexts, where the key requirements tend to include reliability, governance, and access across different student and institution needs.
Cloudforce did not disclose specific program metrics in the post reviewed here, such as the number of schools or students reached, measurable changes in adoption, or any audited details about security controls, outcomes, or equity impact.
What to watch next is whether Cloudforce and Microsoft provide further public detail around nebulaONE’s deployments, the types of education workflows supported, and how they approach security and fairness as AI use expands in learning environments.
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