Smartsheet Wins First Place for “Best Microsoft Office 365 App” at WPC

Orlando – July 14, 2015 - During the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) being held in Orlando, Microsoft named Smartsheet the “Best Office 365 App” in its 2015 Office App Awards program. Smartsheet also received third place awards in both the “Best Performing Office Add-in” and “Best User Interface - Office Add-in” categories. Smartsheet’s collaborative work management platform was one of several winning solutions singled out of hundreds of candidates across the Office Store, Azure Marketplace, and the Windows Phone, Android and iTunes stores.

"Smartsheet is committed to enabling teams to work more intelligently,” said Mark Mader, CEO of Smartsheet. “From our Azure AD integration which simplifies single sign-on to the new Smartsheet for Outlook app, we’re innovating with Microsoft to deliver cohesive, compelling solutions. While we’re in the early innings of delivering on many initiatives, Microsoft’s recognition of our efforts is very gratifying.”

As part of its sponsorship of WPC and commitment to the Microsoft ecosystem, Smartsheet is offering all current Microsoft certified partners a free Smartsheet account. To request a free Smartsheet account and learn more about the Smartsheet Partner Program, Microsoft partners can visit https://www.smartsheet.com/microsoft-partners.

“Leading cloud partners like Smartsheet are building award-winning Office 365 add-ins to help our customers get more value from their Microsoft applications,” said Chris Johnson, Microsoft Office 365 group marketing manager. “We are honored to recognize Smartsheet as the winner of the Best Office 365 App Award and we applaud their innovative work in bringing our products together in a very useful way for our mutual customers.”

As a trusted provider to many of the world’s industry-leading organizations including Cisco, Google, Bayer, HomeAway, Groupon, DHL, U-Haul, Red Bull, and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), Smartsheet is making significant strides towards becoming the global standard for work management.