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Microsoft named a Leader in two evaluations of next-generation app development platforms

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Microsoft was named a Leader in The Forrester Wave: AppGen And Low-Code Platforms, Q4 2026.

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AI is changing how organizations build software, and we're turning a decade of low-code leadership into leadership of the next wave of AI-centric business software. In this evolving market, we're proud that Microsoft has been named a Leader in two analyst evaluations , each with its own market definition and assessment criteria: the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for AI-Augmented Low-Code Application Platforms and The Forrester Wave™: AppGen And Low-Code Platforms, Q4 2026 . Microsoft has been recognized as a Leader in this Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ eight consecutive times.¹ Forrester noted how Microsoft "excels in AI reliability, management, and governance and [software development lifecycle] SDLC support."² Microsoft has long been building platforms that put software creation in the hands of the people closest to the work, while giving IT the controls to operate that software at scale. We are extending that foundation into a new era of intelligent business software through Power Platform, Copilot Studio, and shared enterprise data and governance capabilities. As software development evolves, organizations need more ways to build solutions, from natural language and visual tools to traditional code. Gartner and Forrester both examine this convergence of intelligent creation and established development practices in their respective evaluations. Microsoft is advancing this...

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Leader in The Forrester Wave™: AppGen And Low-Code Platforms, Q4 2026

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