Cohesity & Microsoft deepen AI-driven data security & growth
Cohesity has reported increased business activity and technical advancements through its collaboration with Microsoft.
The companies have expanded joint offerings across Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, and other Microsoft platforms, highlighting a year of rapid growth in both customer adoption and partnership results in the area of data security and artificial intelligence.
Rising customer activity
Cohesity's engagement across Microsoft's ecosystem increased in fiscal year 2025, with sales via Microsoft Marketplace growing by nearly 200%. The company also recorded a more than tenfold year-on-year rise in joint co-selling engagements. Both firms now broadly target sectors including healthcare, finance, manufacturing, retail, and the public sector.
Cohesity currently supports over 13,000 organisations worldwide, with nearly 70 percent of the Fortune Global 500 among its clients. Services are deeply integrated with Microsoft's Azure, Microsoft 365, and Microsoft Security solutions, supporting data resilience and AI applications.
Joint innovation
Technical collaboration spans development using Azure OpenAI in Cohesity's Foundry Models, Microsoft Copilot Studio, Sentinel, and Defender.
Such efforts have resulted in new offerings for enterprise customers. Among these, Cohesity Gaia serves as an AI assistant for legal, compliance, and security teams, providing automated workflows and insights through natural language search and classification.
The company's DataProtect, threat protection, data classification, and SmartFiles solutions run on Azure, using native services for security, threat detection, and intelligent management. Integration with Microsoft 365 Copilot and other Microsoft services enables compliance, audit readiness, and risk mitigation.
"Our work with Microsoft is transforming how organisations everywhere protect and manage data in the era of AI," said Sanjay Poonen, CEO and president, Cohesity. "Together, Cohesity and Microsoft are building the secure foundation for AI-delivering smarter, safer, and faster outcomes for global customers."
Sector case study
Bethany Children's Health Centre (BCHC) in Oklahoma has adopted Cohesity's data security and AI-driven resilience tools on Microsoft Azure. The organisation reports improved anomaly detection, prevention of data compromise, and enhanced ransomware recovery performance. Compliance and audit practices have also benefited from features including PHI/PII (Protected Health Information/Personally Identifiable Information) classification and HIPAA dashboards.
"Partnering with Cohesity has strengthened our security posture and improved our ability to respond to potential threats," said Kevin Chambers, Chief Information Executive, Bethany Children's Health Centre.
Broader integration
Cohesity has recently outlined additional steps to extend its integration with Microsoft. These cover expanded cyber resilience capabilities for Microsoft 365 applications and data, as well as broader coverage for Azure, Entra ID, and Active Directory environments.
