Fortytwo is Microsoft Security Partner of the Year 2025

We are proud to announce that we have been awarded Microsoft Security Partner of the Year FY 2025!

This is not a trophy , it’s recognition of expertise and execution: turning Microsoft Security into customer value that holds up when the operational conditions are difficult.  

The gap we work in 

Security happens in an endless race between attackers and defenders, and you are never done. Reactivity is more of a rule than the exception, and over time, tools pile up, responsibility gets fuzzy. The day-to-day turns into a race to keep up. 

That is where security turns into operational debt. 

Fortytwo deliver operational security capabilities and help build repeatable patterns, clear ownership, and enablement. In addition, we build and innovate to extend and accelerate the Microsoft universe, create repeatable IP, drive upsell of Microsoft licenses, and ensure measurable customer impact. 

What this award recognizes 

Microsoft’s Security Partner of the Year Awards recognizes partners for customer impact and implementation of excellence, not presentations. This award recognizes partners who make Microsoft Security real in production environments. Not as isolated tools, but as a connected security posture that is governed, monitored, and improved over time. (partner.microsoft.com) . 

That distinction matters. In security, almost everyone can show a slide deck. Far fewer can show what changed after the project ended: what the organization can do now that it could not do before, what risks are materially reduced, and what becomes easier to run at scale. 

Proof in production 

Obos / IKT Agder / Bufdir:

The team turned identity lifecycle into day-to-day operations with Entra ID, automating joiner–mover–leaver, tightening governance, and making secure onboarding predictable instead of manual. 

DEFA:

When it really mattered, the team helped contain an incident fast and rebuild safe operationsm restoring control, reducing legacy exposure, and getting production back in a controlled, secure way.  

NOVA Spektrum / IGF:

The team strengthened security posture ahead of a high-visibility event by tightening identity and access controls and reinforcing operational routines, so the event ran without surprises.  

DNV:

Together with Microsoft, the team delivered a scalable Entra ID foundation that can survive enterprise complexity, audits, and constant organizational change. 

Altibox:

The team delivered a security-built-in AKS platform for a high-availability streaming service, designed to run, scale, and recover without improvisation. 

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The model behind the outcomes 

We don’t win by being clever. We win by being consistent. 

Identity is the control plane. If identity isn’t governed, everything else becomes fragile. 

Managed IAM and Managed Sentinel are not “projects.” They are productized delivery: proven patterns, clear ownership, and outputs you can measure. 

Security posture decays without rhythm. Reviews, tuning, and response need to be part of normal operations, not something you do when you have time. 

We build IP where customers typically get stuck: CheckID, bytt.email, and the upcoming Ruleforge. Not to add complexity—only to reduce it. 

Scale beyond Norway 

When a service is truly repeatable, it scales beyond the local market. 

Our solutions have reached global customers through the Azure Marketplace. That matters because it proves something practical: this is not one-off consulting. It’s delivery that can be packaged, procured, and deployed across industries and geographies. 

What this means 

This award tells you something about what you can expect when working with us. 

It means you’re not buying “a security project.” You’re buying operational capability: a way of running identity and security that stays stable when your organization changes, when the number of systems grows, and when the pressure hits. 

And the most practical meaning is this: you can scale. You can onboard faster without opening unnecessary access. You can adopt more cloud services without losing track of governance. You can modernize without creating a parallel security debt that will hit you later. 

Recognized among giants, and raising the bar from here 

We’re a small team in a market where many of the names are much larger than us. That’s exactly why this recognition matters. 

We’re proud to have won Microsoft Security Partner of the Year (Norway) 2025. We’re grateful to be measured against the best and still come out on top. And we don’t take that lightly. 

But we’re not going to treat this as a finish line. We’ll treat it the same way we treat everything we deliver: as a reason to raise the standard.