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Ingram Micro has launched a new framework designed to help partners guide their organisations through AI-ready workplaces.
Connecting Microsoft, technology vendors, silicon partners, original equipment manufacturers (OEM), and channel partners, The Great Migration assists organisations in moving from AI experimentation to adoption.
It comes on the heels of the Microsoft 2026 Work Trend Index Annual Report, which found organisations have started to move beyond pilots by integrating them into core business processes, redesigning workflows and reshaping operating models.
Speaking on The Great Migration’s launch, Ingram Micro’s director for consumer, client and endpoint, Mo Kandeel, said the conversation they are having with partners has become “fundamentally different from the one we were having two years ago”.
“Australia has largely moved beyond asking whether AI matters.
“The next challenge is deploying AI in ways that improve productivity while strengthening security, supporting governance and managing costs,” Kandeel said.
“That means organisations are increasingly reassessing where AI workplaces should run across cloud, edge infrastructure and workplace devices.
“Rather than treating device refreshes, operating system upgrades and AI adoption as separate projects, organisations are bringing them together as part of a broader workplace transformation.”
The Great Migration was developed and led by Ingram Micro in collaboration with Microsoft, Intel, AMD, Qualcomm Snapdragon, Dell Technologies, HP, Lenovo, ASUS, MSI and Microsoft Surface.
The long-term industry initiative provides partners with a coordinated framework spanning education, enablement, funding, customer engagement and ecosystem collaboration to help simplify the transition to AI-ready workplaces.
Its benefits include sales and technical enablement, end customer workshops and executive briefings, AI PC and Copilot+ PC demonstrations, marketing and demand generation programs, partner incentives, and ongoing ecosystem collaboration.
Go-to-market lead, device partner sales, Microsoft Australia & New Zealand, Andy Malakooti, said they are seeing “strong interest” from organisations looking to combine AI, modern devices and security capabilities “into a cohesive workplace strategy”.
“The Great Migration brings together the technology, skills, expertise and ecosystem support needed to help partners guide customers through that transformation and prepare for the next generation of work,” Malakooti said.
Kandeel said: “The future of work will be defined by intelligent computing, modern security and AI-enabled productivity. Every great migration begins with a shared destination, and The Great Migration gives partners a shared framework to help customers reach the AI-ready workplace."
