Ravanty Named to CRN's Inaugural 2026 AI Innovators List

Ravanty Named to CRN's Inaugural 2026 AI Innovators List

We are proud to announce that Ravanty Tech Consulting, Inc. has been named to CRN's 2026 AI Innovators list. This is the first year of the program, which recognizes North American solution providers, including MSPs, VARs, systems integrators and consultants, for overall excellence and technical acumen in delivering AI-focused solutions to their customers.

Being included in an inaugural list matters to us. CRN built this program around a simple idea: customers are under pressure to adopt AI, and when they struggle to get real value from it, they turn to the partners they trust. That is exactly the work we have dedicated ourselves to, and it is gratifying to see it recognized alongside some of the most respected names in the channel.

The problem we set out to solve

Almost every organization we speak with wants Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot agents. Far fewer are ready to scale them safely. Their data, permissions, security controls, governance and workforce often are not prepared for an AI assistant that can reach everything a user can reach.

Over the past 12 months, we focused on closing that gap. Rather than treating AI as a license activation or an isolated pilot, we build the data, identity, security, governance and human-change foundations that sustainable AI value depends on. The result is not AI experimentation. It is secure execution with measurable value.

"AI is not a license you switch on. It is a change in how people work, and it only scales when the data, the security controls and the people are ready for it. This recognition belongs to our team, who turned that conviction into a repeatable way of delivering results for our customers." — Roman Avanesyan, Co-founder & CEO, Ravanty

From field experience to a productized AI execution system

Over the past year, we turned what we learned in the field into three offerings that work together:

• Copilot Pak365™ activates Microsoft 365 Copilot on a secure foundation, enables users around high-value workflows and measures the business impact.
• Purview Pak365™ secures the data estate with Microsoft Purview information protection, data loss prevention and governance.
• Copilot SecOps Framework™ establishes the identity and operational guardrails that keep AI and agents governed as adoption grows.
• Microsoft Solutions Partner for AI Business Solutions
• Microsoft Solutions Partner for Security
• Microsoft Copilot Success Story Challenge Winner (2025)
• Microsoft Specializations in Adoption and Change Management, Identity and Access Management, and Threat Protection
• Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider and Microsoft Purview Airlift participant
• Microsoft co-sell-ready offers for Copilot Pak365™ and Purview Pak365™

Each engagement follows a phased methodology that moves customers from readiness through architecture, controlled rollout, measurable adoption and continuous improvement. Standardized assessments, reference architectures, policy patterns, training assets, decision gates and executive readouts make our delivery repeatable, while still preserving the controls that each industry requires.

The model is Microsoft-native and cost-effective because it puts to work the technologies customers already own, including Microsoft 365 Copilot, Purview, Entra, Defender, Sentinel and Agent 365. Where eligible, engagements are aligned with Microsoft investment programs to lower the cost of getting started.

What it looks like in practice

One of the engagements highlighted in our CRN submission involved a managed-care organization with more than 1,400 users. Their question was clear: could Microsoft 365 Copilot improve how people work without expanding exposure to sensitive health information?

Over an 11-week Copilot Pak365™ engagement, we started with business goals, risk, identity, permissions, data governance and regulatory requirements. We then designed a secure pilot architecture, implemented information protection and governance policies, limited Copilot discovery to approved content, enabled a cross-functional pilot group, and delivered role-based training and change communications while tracking usage and value.

The customer finished with a validated AI-ready architecture, data controls in place, a trained and engaged user base, and a production rollout roadmap backed by the evidence needed to make an informed decision to scale. Our adoption and change management team also helped build internal champions and a Center of Excellence to keep responsible AI adoption going long after the pilot. You can read the full story in our case study, Transforming Care Management with Ravanty and Microsoft 365 Copilot.

Built on a deep partnership with Microsoft

Our approach is grounded in close collaboration with Microsoft. We work directly with Microsoft field and product teams, sharing real customer deployment patterns as structured feedback and turning new capabilities across Purview, Entra, Defender, Sentinel, Copilot and Agent 365 into outcomes customers can deploy.

That partnership has been recognized in several ways over the past year. Ravanty was selected as one of 20 global partners to present a Copilot customer success story at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, and Microsoft leadership publicly highlighted Copilot Pak365™ as a partner innovation that helps organizations adopt Copilot with security, governance and measurable outcomes. Our credentials include:

How AI has changed Ravanty itself

We also practice what we deliver. Internally, our team uses AI to accelerate research, solution design, proposal development, meeting intelligence, project communications, knowledge reuse and executive decision support, always with human review.

That shift has made our delivery more consistent, turned our experience into scalable intellectual property, and shortened the path from a customer's first conversation to a governed deployment. Most importantly, it has expanded Ravanty's role from a Microsoft implementation partner into an advisor on AI transformation and the operating model that comes with it.

Thank you

This recognition belongs to our consultants, engineers, architects, project leaders and adoption specialists, and to the customers who trust us with their most important initiatives. Thank you as well to Microsoft and our broader partner community for continuing to invest in what we build together.

We are honored to be part of CRN's first class of AI Innovators, and we are more committed than ever to helping organizations adopt AI securely, responsibly and with results they can measure.

Thank You to Our Team, Customers, and Partners

We would not have reached this milestone without the dedication of our employees, the trust of our customers, and the support of Microsoft and our broader partner community.

To everyone who has been part of Ravanty’s journey and contributed to our growth and success: THANK YOU. This achievement belongs to all of you, and we are honored to have you alongside us.

We are proud to be a finalist, excited for what comes next, and more committed than ever to helping organizations securely realize the full value of their Microsoft investments.

Ready to move from AI interest to AI results?

Whether you are preparing for Microsoft 365 Copilot, securing your data with Purview, or planning a governed path to agents, our team can help you build the foundation and prove the value. Contact Ravanty at www.ravanty.com to start the conversation.

Read Ravanty's full profile on CRN's AI Innovators 2026 list at crn.com.