The agreement calls for deeper integration between Microsoft and Blackbaud products. Investment details are not yet available but the companies plan to share more about the partnership later. Blackbaud also said it will become a Cloud Solution Provider partner for the Microsoft platform, which will simplify the purchase, provisioning and management of Blackbaud and Microsoft cloud offerings. The partners said they will pursue best-in-class nonprofit cloud solutions and will explore the use of the two companies’ respective cloud artificial intelligence. They will also embark on joint sector leadership initiatives to make innovation, research and best practices available to nonprofits.