Thales WINS Microsoft Defence and Intelligence Partner of the Year for Nexium Defence Cloud Sydney, Australia - July 9, 2021 - Microsoft announced today that Thales has won the Defence and Intelligence 2021 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award for the company's collaboration on the Nexium Defence Cloud Edge Solution. Thales was honoured among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology. 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 categories, with honourees chosen from a set of more than 4,400 submitted nominations from more than 100 countries worldwide. Thales was recognised for providing outstanding solutions and services in Defence and Intelligence.