arades Consulting Group · Dynamics 365 Consultant Network · Europe
The arades Consulting Group is a collegial network of experienced senior practitioners around Microsoft Dynamics 365 (CE, F&O, Business Central), Power Platform, Microsoft 365 and Copilot — extended by engineering, compliance, change management and industry expertise. Shared values, clear standards, contractual clarity under the arades GmbH brand.
If you are planning an engagement on Microsoft Dynamics 365 or Power Platform and are considering our Consulting Group, this page gives you a clear view of our values, engagement procedures and contractual clarity. arades GmbH is your contracting partner — the partners deliver under our brand.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE and F&O, Power Platform, Microsoft 365, Copilot, engineering, compliance, change management and industry expertise — from the German-speaking region and other EU countries. Three partner tiers with clear expectations.
What the Consulting Group is
The arades Consulting Group is a Dynamics 365 consultant network of experienced senior practitioners. Focus: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement, Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations, Business Central, Power Platform, Microsoft 365 and Copilot. Extended by engineering professionals, compliance consultants, change managers and industry experts — from the German-speaking region and other European countries.
We are not a corporate group and not a consulting pyramid. We are an alliance of self-employed Microsoft Dynamics 365 consultants who together take on larger engagements — under the brand and with the contractual clarity of arades GmbH.
Core · Five values
Five statements that shape the interplay within the Consulting Group — collegial, clearly defined, without a corporate pyramid.
You keep your own brand, your own customers and your own business. Engagements via arades are a supplement, not a replacement. No one forces you into exclusivity or full-time commitment.
We are not a corporate group and not a consulting pyramid. There are no junior consultants working under senior consultants. We are a network of equal professionals who strengthen each other — technically, contractually and in the pitch.
arades GmbH is the contracting partner for all engagements. You carry no engagement risk vis-à-vis the customer and no liability beyond standard professional indemnity. What you deliver belongs to you — what uses the arades brand and methodology is clearly regulated.
We meet professionally each quarter. What we share stays among us. Who takes on which engagement we handle collegially — no one will take customers away from another partner.
You are not bound for life. Contracts are arranged with clear termination options. Anyone who is not comfortable can leave — no drama, no customer-protection issues.
Quality standards
Six minimum standards that apply to every partner in the Consulting Group.
10+ years of practice in the respective specialization (Senior Partner). Associate from 3 years, Partner from 5 years.
EU-wide recognized professional indemnity insurance with documented coverage amount.
Where relevant: current Microsoft certificates (e.g. MB, PL, AZ series) — matching the specialization.
Binding code of conduct for engagement behavior, knowledge exchange and conflict resolution.
GDPR-compliant data processing. Clearly regulated IP rights between partner, arades GmbH and customer.
Defined procedure for conflicts between partners or with customers — mediation before escalation.
Contractual clarity
arades GmbH is the contracting partner for all engagements. You enter into contracts exclusively with arades GmbH — never directly with individual partners. From this it follows:
The partners deliver under our brand and to our standards. What arrives at the customer is always arades quality.
European reach
We are deliberately building the Consulting Group with partners from several EU countries — in particular Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Spain, Italy and the Benelux states. This lets us also take on cross-border engagements.
A German bilateral trade association, a French group with a German subsidiary, an Italian mid-sized company with sales in DACH — we can serve all three from a single source, with partners who know the relevant language and market reality.
Founding Partners
arades is admitting the first Senior Partners in 2026 — deliberately bypassing classic consultancy structures. Those joining the first cohort receive four concrete founding-member advantages that later partners will not have in this form. The list of signed Senior Partners — with photo, specialization and market experience — will be published on the Partner overview as soon as the first contracts are in place.
While the network is small, Founding Partners get first allocation of matching engagements. Only when you decline or are at capacity does the engagement move to another partner. With later admissions, allocation typically rotates among partners.
The first partners actively shape the standards of the Consulting Group — how we show up, how we run engagements, how we resolve conflicts. Later the standards are established and new partners integrate into them.
Up to the 10th Senior Partner: leaner vetting process, faster contract phase, fewer formalities. From the 11th partner on, the documented application process is strictly applied.
Founding Partners are shown first on the public partner page, named in engagement pitches, and referenced in press releases for the group launch. Visibility effect in the DACH market.
Become one of the first Senior Partners. The first 10 spots are reserved for practitioners with 10+ years of Microsoft experience.
Call for consultants
We are looking for practitioners with 10+ years of experience — in Microsoft advisory, engineering, compliance, change management or industry expertise. From Germany, Austria, Switzerland and other EU countries.
For customer requests
Talk to us directly. We check which profiles from our Consulting Group fit your engagement — across Microsoft specializations, compliance disciplines, change management and industry expertise.
A mid-sized company introduces Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement, needs change-management support for adoption, and in parallel NIS2 compliance preparation. Three profiles from three categories — under one brand, one contract, one invoice.
A German-French company builds a Power Platform solution for DE and FR with GDPR-compliant data processing. We deploy a Power Platform architect, a GDPR expert and a French-speaking change manager.
A mid-sized logistics company wants to move from an old industry-specific software to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. We bring a strategic F&O/BC complementary partner from the group plus a logistics industry expert into the engagement.
These three use cases are not finished engagements but examples of constellations we typically serve. They become concrete only once you sketch your situation to us — either via the contact form or in a 30-min initial conversation.
FAQ
Three points: first, all partners are self-employed with their own brand — no junior consultants on staff working under senior consultants. Second, arades GmbH carries all legal obligations as the central contracting partner — as a partner you deliver under our brand without your own contractual risk vis-à-vis the customer. Third, we handle knowledge exchange and engagement allocation collegially — no one will take customers away from another partner.
No. You keep your own brand, your own customers and your own business. Engagements via arades are a supplement, not a replacement. No one forces you into exclusivity or full-time commitment.
When a client engagement matches your specialization, we offer it to you first. You decide whether to take it on — if you have a capacity bottleneck or it does not fit, it goes to another partner. We respect all partners' existing customer relationships and stay out of them.
You carry the liability of your professional indemnity insurance — as is usual for a self-employed consultant. arades GmbH carries the contractual liability vis-à-vis the customer as the contracting partner. The interface between your liability and ours is clearly regulated in the framework agreement.
The exact split is defined in the framework agreement per partner type and is market-standard. Rule of thumb: you receive the majority of the engagement fee, arades retains a share for contractual obligations, back-office, acquisition and brand stewardship. The terms are transparent and openly communicated before signing.
Yes. If you know a partner from the Consulting Group by name and want to work with them, we route the request directly to them. We respect existing personal relationships and never pull anyone into an engagement against their will.
You are not bound for life. The framework agreements have clearly defined termination options. When a partnership ends, we handle the handover of ongoing engagements transparently — no drama, no customer-protection dispute. Your own customer relationships outside the group are unaffected.
