The Siemens Xcelerator as a Service portfolio is being rolled out on Microsoft Azure. It will include integration with Microsoft’s generative AI and Copilot technology. The roll-out will begin with Siemens’ Teamcenter X software for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)

The integration of Teamcenter software with Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service and Copilot for Microsoft 365 is aimed at increasing customer industrial productivity and accelerate product deployment.

This collaboration builds on the launch of the Teamcenter app on Microsoft Teams which connects frontline factory and service teams to the design and engineering teams through Siemens’ industry-leading Teamcenter software for PLM. The new app takes advantage of the latest advances in generative AI and Natural Language Processing: With Azure OpenAI in Azure AI Studio, Siemens developers have built custom copilot functionality to enable frontline workers to access the engineering enterprise from the palm of their hand and collaborate in more inclusive ways.

Siemens is also developing a Copilot for Microsoft 365 plugin for the Siemens Teamcenter app on Teams. It will provide help with summarising outstanding tasks and workflows. To deliver new features as fast as possible, Siemens developers are using GitHub Copilot.

“Our customers have asked for Siemens to bring our industry leading industrial software to Azure,” said Tony Hemmelgarn, CEO and president, Siemens Digital Industries Software. “Siemens and Microsoft have been partners for more than 35 years, and we are pleased to expand this partnership so we can best enable our customers to digitally transform through our joint solutions.”

“As Microsoft and Siemens continue to deepen our collaboration, we are excited to bring the power of Azure AI to the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio to meet growing market demand and help businesses focus on delivering differentiated customer value faster. By harnessing our latest advances with generative AI and Copilot capabilities, together we empower design engineers, frontline workers and teams across business functions and geographies, unlocking new levels of customer-centric innovation and productivity,” said Nick Parker, President, Industry & Partnerships at Microsoft.