Companies to develop an Industry Cloud to enableconstruction organizations to harness the value of digital construction data acrossthe project lifecycle from Design, Build and Operate.

Trimble and Microsoft have announced a strategicpartnership to advance technology adoption and accelerate the digitaltransformation of the construction, agriculture, and transportation industries.By leveraging the Microsoft cloud, Trimble and Microsoft will collaborate todevelop, build, and deliver industry cloud platforms and solutions that connectpeople, technology, tasks, data, processes, and industry lifecycles.

Initially, Trimble and Microsoft will focus onbuilding the Trimble Construction Cloud powered by Microsoft Azure.

This partnership expands Trimble and Microsoft'sexisting relationship to combine the Microsoft cloud with Trimble'sconstruction solutions and industry domain knowledge. The companies willdeliver the Trimble Construction Cloud, an innovative connected platformpowered by Microsoft Azure, in 2022.

In addition to cloud engineering development,Microsoft and Trimble will partner on joint go-to-market strategies and deliverinnovative solutions to multinational and regional enterprises. The firstsolutions will enable continued support of infrastructure investment cycles,and be used for large-scale projects, on which multiple stakeholders work inparallel to deliver connected construction projects.