Tribal Group plc announced that is collaborating with Microsoft to enable the organisation to expand the number of educational institutions and students that can access its Student Information Systems (SIS). To support the proactive development of Tribal Edge, Microsoft's Azure application development team will work with Tribal to accelerate the creation of new functionality, enabling the rapid development of an enhanced cloud-based platform and the conversion of the current functionally-rich applications of SITS:Vision and ebs to a cloud environment. As a result, Tribal will be able to provide a single engagement solution for students in all educational establishments, to enhance student experience and underpin their learning success.

As part of the agreement, Tribal will offer both SITS:Vision and ebs in the Azure marketplace as cloud ready solutions. Microsoft will also promote the Tribal portfolio in new geographical markets. By taking an Azure-based solution, Tribal's customers will have access to a full range of complementary applications such as ERP, CRM, HR and other innovative solutions provided by Microsoft and its partners, that can be simply and easily integrated with the Tribal solutions.