The strategic value of Hubdrive for the CEO

Hubdrive positioning for C-Level

• Hubdrive is a complete solution for human resources management based on the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Platform. The entire employee lifecycle is supported – from recruiting and employee administration to employee development.
• Hubdrive HR differs from other HR systems through its deep integration into the Microsoft ecosystem, providing your organization with significant advantages in implementation, maintenance and scalability.
• Leverage further digitalization of your HR department and free yourself from additional IT silos. Benefit from greater employee convenience, higher levels of automation, improved efficiency and stronger data protection compared to traditional HR systems.
• For the CFO, Hubdrive HR has a clear financial and governance‑related impact.

Hubdrive HR in a nutshell for the CEO

Hubdrive HR is strategically relevant because it can transform HR management from a cost factor into a competitive advantage.

• Maximum investment security for the future,
  Hubdrive HR is built 100% on the Power Platform, where Microsoft concentrates its innovation. You have access to 17 million experts at Microsoft partners worldwide. A personal Customer Success Manager supports you on an ongoing basis at no extra cost.
• Your investment (ROI) pays off within 4–6 months
  Traditional HR systems reach ROI after 18–24 months. Hubdrive HR gets there after just 4–6 months for customers with a Microsoft strategy. Because it uses your existing Microsoft IT infrastructure, you benefit from up to 74% lower total cost of ownership, 62% faster implementation, 72% lower consulting costs and reduced operating costs.
• Unlock the potential of AI—instantly, securely, and profitably
  Microsoft Copilot is ready for HR within a few hours, and additional AI tools can be connected through a standard interface. Security is ensured by the Microsoft platform.
• Eelieve your entire organization and gain full transparency
  Up to 42% more automation takes the pressure off HR and the entire company. A central data foundation connects HR, sales, project and finance data in dashboards.
• Perceived as an innovative employer
  Your employees handle HR tasks directly in Teams, Outlook or Copilot, with up to 37% less routine work. This boosts satisfaction and helps you attract and retain talent.

Hubdrive HR is the strategic choice within the Microsoft ecosystem

Charles Lamanna, Corporate Vice President for Business Applications at Microsoft, confirmed at Hubdrive’s Annual HR Management Conference Microsoft’s strategic commitment to invest heavily in the Power Platform, as it represents the platform of the future.
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Business solutions such as Hubdrive HR, which are built entirely on this platform, offer CEOs four key advantages:

• Strongest investment security – Microsoft consolidates its innovation on the Power Platform
• Maximum innovation – you immediately benefit from all new features
• Lowest total cost of ownership – modern development environment, wide choice of Microsoft partners and up to 74% cost savings
• Maximum flexibility – changes can be implemented in weeks instead of years

As the only fully comprehensive HR solution built on the Microsoft Power Platform, Hubdrive HR represents the most future‑proof option for organizations with a Microsoft strategy. You are not only investing in HR software – you are investing in Microsoft’s full innovation capability for the years ahead.

Largest global network of implementation partners

With Hubdrive HR, organizations benefit from the largest global network of implementation partners.

• There are more than 17 million experts within the Microsoft partner ecosystem worldwide who are familiar with the Microsoft Business Platform.
• Because Hubdrive operates entirely within the Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 platforms, Microsoft partners do not need to learn any additional technologies and can immediately deliver implementations, customizations and extensions for their customers.
• Organizations do not need to wait for available capacity from a single product vendor or accept high consulting rates. Due to the strong competition within the Microsoft partner ecosystem, companies benefit from more competitive day rates.
• Vendors of traditional HR systems outside the Microsoft ecosystem cannot offer this level of reach.

A dedicated Customer Success Manager with Hubdrive HR – at no additional cost

• By choosing Hubdrive HR, your HR leadership and IT leadership receive a permanent personal point of contact – completely at no additional cost.
• One of our Customer Success Managers supports you in achieving measurable improvements in HR management.
• They provide reliable support from resolving initial challenges quickly to fully realizing the digital potential of Hubdrive HR and AI in the HR environment.

ROI within 4 – 6 months

Hubdrive HR is one of the most cost‑effective HR solutions for many organizations. Hubdrive delivers ROI within 4 – 6 months, compared to 18 – 24 months for traditional HR systems. This is primarily driven by four key factors.

• For customers with a Microsoft strategy, the required IT infrastructure is already in place. This results in up to 74% lower total cost of ownership for implementation and operation compared to traditional HR systems.
• Hubdrive achieves higher efficiency through organization‑wide automation beyond the HR department. IT leverages existing Microsoft automation tools and is not limited to proprietary automation within the HR system.
• Employees can make adjustments themselves quickly and easily using drag and drop without external support. This protects budgets.
• Employees can also configure automations themselves with ease, which in practice leads to up to 37% less manual routine work. Efficiency increases further.
  
  

10 concrete savings with Hubdrive HR compared to traditional HR systems

• 81% less time spent on HR administration compared to traditional HR systems due to better integrated and more automated processes.
• 62% faster deployment by using the existing Microsoft platform and Best Practice implementation.
• 63% lower training effort because employees can handle HR tasks and self-services not only in the browser but also in familiar Microsoft apps like Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, Copilot and more.
• 78% fewer IT islands thanks to a stronger reduction of duplicate entries and media breaks across the entire employee lifecycle through higher company-wide integration.
• 73% less inefficiency by reducing duplicate data entry and system silos across the entire employee lifecycle through stronger company‑wide integration.
• 62% faster turnaround times for approval and HR workflows, further reducing processing costs.
• 72% lower project and consulting costs through drag-and-drop customization, extensions and automations on the familiar Microsoft Business Platform.
• 68% less maintenance effort for the HR solution. Many IT departments already have the skills to operate and customize the Microsoft Business Platform.
• 64% lower integration costs for ERP, payroll and third-party systems due to higher availability of proven standard connectors.
• 54% lower support and change costs because relevant self-services eliminate many standard requests.

The implementation of Hubdrive HR is up to 62% faster and easier than with traditional HR systems

• Hubdrive HR is built on the Microsoft Business Platform – almost all organizations already use Microsoft 365, Teams, Outlook or SharePoint.
• You don’t need any new IT infrastructure or lengthy system integration projects therefore avoiding change-management challenges.
• With Hubdrive, proven Best Practice workflows are already built into the solution, enabling HR teams to adapt and extend the system themselves using intuitive drag‑and‑drop tools.
• This eliminates the complexity of months‑long development projects involving your IT department or external service providers.
• A dedicated customer success manager provides confidence and supports you with experience from hundreds of implementations at no extra cost.
• All of this makes deploying Hubdrive HR significantly faster and more reliable overall.

Strategic use of emerging AI potential

• With Hubdrive HR, your organization can leverage Microsoft AI capabilities for HR as well. You can get started immediately. Activation and configuration of Microsoft Copilot take only a few hours.
• Security is ensured by the Microsoft platform. AI can immediately use authorized data to deliver intelligent responses and enable powerful automations.
• Through an existing Microsoft standard interface, additional AI solutions can also be integrated within a few hours while maintaining security.
• By choosing Hubdrive, the long‑term strategic use of both current and future AI potential is ensured. This is essential to guide your organization successfully through the increasingly dynamic environment ahead.

HR self‑service with AI‑based chat

• Hubdrive’s fully automated chat significantly reduces the workload for HR by answering standard employee inquiries around the clock, freeing up time for strategic tasks.
• It is directly integrated into the Microsoft ecosystem, uses up to date HR data based on permissions and therefore delivers consistent and compliant responses. At the same time, it supports upskilling and change by guiding employees to relevant information and training.
• Hubdrive’s fully automated chat is a key lever for addressing the three major challenges faced by many HR departments – high volumes of inquiries, talent shortages and constant pressure to adapt – by automating routine tasks, improving access to information for employees and freeing HR to focus on strategic priorities.

Through extensive automation in HR and beyond you can dramatically reduce stress in your HR department!

With Hubdrive HR in the Microsoft ecosystem, you achieve an automation level up to 42% higher than with traditional HR systems. This added value is based on three advantages:

• Traditional HR systems often lack connections to other applications, ERP systems, or business platforms within your company. Without access to company-wide data, their ability to automate processes across departments is limited. Their automation potential is therefore lower than that of Hubdrive HR.
• Traditional HR systems often use their own automation tools rather than the Microsoft tools already in place. This increases complexity: IT and HR employees have to learn additional tools. With Hubdrive HR, they continue using familiar Microsoft automation tools.
• Microsoft’s automation tools are easy to use, and employees in many companies are already familiar with them. With the appropriate permissions, they can automate workflows themselves using drag and drop or make changes in just a few minutes—quickly and flexibly, without having to learn additional tools.

With Hubdrive HR, you automate more processes with less complexity and save valuable time—in the HR department and throughout your company.

Leverage unmatched organization‑wide transparency as a competitive advantage

The combination of Hubdrive and the Microsoft Power Platform expands the view from a purely HR perspective to the entire organization, creating a level of transparency that traditional, isolated HR solutions cannot provide.

With Hubdrive HR and the Microsoft platform, you can easily create reports and dashboards with organization‑wide connected data yourself at any time using drag and drop.

With traditional HR systems and IT silos, such a request to IT can take days or even weeks.

Added value of organization‑wide data centralization

• With Hubdrive, you establish a centralized data foundation across your organization, where HR, sales, project and finance data are brought together consistently and silos are eliminated.
• This gives you a clear and unified view of your organization – from profitability by team and capacity planning to identifying skill gaps – instead of relying on fragmented and inconsistent reports.
• End‑to‑end processes across all functions become significantly more streamlined, as everyone works on the same data and duplicate data entry as well as disconnected processes are eliminated.
• Your IT landscape becomes simpler and more cost efficient, as you build on the existing Microsoft platform and reduce integration, maintenance and licensing costs for isolated specialized solutions.
• Overall, you improve ROI, transparency and controllability at the same time – while creating a noticeably more modern day to day work experience for employees and managers.

Attract and retain talent with innovative, familiar software that employees value and trust!

• Hubdrive may be one of the most innovative HR solutions available today. It is the only solution that allows both managers and employees to complete their HR tasks not just in a browser, but natively within familiar Microsoft 365 apps such as Teams, Outlook, OneDrive, Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft To Do – making a clear contribution to employee satisfaction.
• Your employees work within a fully integrated Microsoft environment: data is entered once, automations run end‑to‑end and system silos and disconnected solutions are eliminated. This leads to noticeable relief in day‑to‑day work, higher satisfaction, stronger retention and a genuine sense of pride in working for an innovative organization.
• IT benefits as well: by relying on familiar Microsoft technology instead of additional specialized systems, organizations avoid unnecessary infrastructure and significantly reduce operational overhead.

Higher employee satisfaction through 37% less routine work

• With Hubdrive HR, your employees complete up to 37% less routine work compared to traditional HR systems – creating more time for tasks that truly matter.
• All workflows are consistently managed through established Microsoft automation tools. This means you can continue using your existing, organization‑wide Microsoft automations – now extended more intensively to all HR processes.
• As a result, daily stress levels decrease while perceived productivity, recognition and sense of purpose increase.
• At the same time, more time is available for personal interaction, creative solutions and continuous development – the key drivers of satisfied and engaged employees.

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