Microsoft has invited Newcastle IT specialists Technology Services Group (TSG) onto its elite global advisory council for key partners.
The council, made up of 27 official reseller partners from around the world, meets bi-annually at Microsoft's Seattle headquarters and TSG is one of only two UK businesses to have a seat.
Paul Burns, National Technical Director at TSG, said: "The Global Partner Advisory Council gives us a great chance to talk to other large partners from around the world as well as to represent our customers directly in front of Microsoft.
"The council is the perfect platform to feedback to Microsoft what we see among products as working well or not for our customers. So we have an opportunity to influence the development and delivery of their products which will ultimately improve the experience for our customers."
Earlier this year TSG achieved Microsoft's Gold Level Competency Award for Small and Midmarket Cloud Solutions.