Microsoft® delivers a secure, robust and scalable collaboration platform and tools to support product lifecycle management (PLM) software including Sopheon’s Accolade solution. Accolade is built on Microsoft technology. Sopheon's software leverages both Microsoft Project® and the Microsoft Office® suite. One important advantage of the Sopheon system is that it helps adopting organizations extend the use and benefit of Microsoft technology in which they have already invested. Microsoft and Sopheon sometimes collaborate on the implementation of their respective offerings to maximize value to the customer. Sopheon is a Microsoft Gold Certified partner and ISV solutions provider.