07Service · Microsoft Ecosystem

The Microsoft audienceis the audiencealmost no one is buying.

As a designated Microsoft partner agency, Deebo runs the Microsoft advertising ecosystem — built around LinkedIn and Microsoft's billion-strong audience — for foreign brands building share in Japan and across global markets. For the right brands, we can unlock special approval to premium inventory most agencies can't reach, including Netflix and Xbox. Higher-intent audiences, less competitive auctions, measurable lift.

Microsoft is the most underweighted growth channel in your media plan.

While every brand crowds the same two platforms, Microsoft quietly owns the desktop, the inbox, the workplace, and an increasingly large slice of generative search. Microsoft Advertising reaches over 700 million unique searchers across Bing, MSN, Outlook, and Edge, with audiences that skew older, higher-income, and further down the purchase funnel. Add the Microsoft Audience Network, LinkedIn's first-party professional graph, and Xandr's premium programmatic supply, and you have a parallel media stack with materially different economics — typically 30-50% lower CPCs and conversion rates that beat the duopoly. We architect and operate the whole thing.

"The brands winning the next decade are buying media where their competitors aren't looking. Microsoft is sitting right there."
-42%
Avg. CPC vs. comparable channels
700M+
Microsoft monthly unique reach
48
Brands we run on the network
Capabilities

What this engagement actually includes.

Microsoft Advertising (Search)

Bing, Yahoo, AOL, DuckDuckGo, and Edge search inventory — including Yahoo! Japan search syndication where it applies. Full-funnel campaign architecture, shopping campaigns, dynamic search ads, and the import-and-optimize work that makes a Microsoft account perform unlike its sibling on the other platform.

Microsoft Audience Network

Native placements across MSN, Outlook, Edge new-tab, and a curated publisher network — powered by Microsoft's first-party intent and professional data. Lower friction than display, higher quality than social, and almost no other agency knows how to run it well.

LinkedIn campaigns end-to-end

Account-based, lead-generation, and brand campaigns across LinkedIn's full ad stack — including Sponsored Content, Conversation Ads, Document Ads, and the new Wire format. Audience modeling against firmographic and intent signals, integrated with your CRM for genuine pipeline attribution.

Edge & Copilot surfaces

Early access to Copilot-era ad inventory, Edge sidebar placements, and the emerging set of generative-AI advertising surfaces Microsoft is rolling out first to partner agencies. We help you test where the spend is still cheap and the learning is still proprietary.

Xandr programmatic & CTV

Direct access to Xandr's curated supply for premium programmatic display, video, and connected-TV in Japan, the US, and Europe. Real publisher relationships, real brand-safety guardrails, real measurement — not the open-exchange roulette.

Measurement & incrementality

Cross-channel attribution that places Microsoft in your wider media mix honestly. UET tag implementation, conversion API integration, and quarterly geo-experiments to prove incremental lift, not just last-click theater.

Process

How we run the work.

01Audit

Microsoft opportunity sizing

We model your category's Microsoft search demand, audience overlap, and competitive auction density. You finish with a defensible spend recommendation and an expected CPC/CVR range — not a sales pitch.

2 weeks
02Build

Account architecture & launch

Account structure, conversion tracking, asset library, audience definitions, and a launch plan covering Search, Audience Network, and LinkedIn in parallel. Onboard with full Microsoft partner support and any available launch credits.

3-4 weeks
03Operate

Always-on optimization

Daily pacing, weekly bid and creative iteration, monthly strategic review. We treat the account like in-house — not like a deck-and-disappear retainer.

Ongoing
04Compound

Expansion across surfaces

As performance proves out, we layer in the next surface — Audience Network, LinkedIn, Xandr CTV, Copilot betas — each justified by incremental measurement, not assumption.

Quarterly waves
Case study · European software brand expanding into APAC

Pipeline doubled at half the duopoly's CAC.

A European DevOps platform was hitting a CAC ceiling on the obvious channels. We built a Microsoft-led acquisition motion: high-intent search on Bing, account-based reach on LinkedIn, and retargeting through the Audience Network — all measured against pipeline, not MQLs. Inside two quarters Microsoft surfaces accounted for 38% of new pipeline at 47% of the blended CAC, and LinkedIn became the team's most reliable enterprise channel.

"Deebo found us a media channel our competitors haven't figured out yet. The cost-per-pipeline number on Microsoft is the kind of unfair advantage you don't share at industry dinners."

Head of Demand Gen, European DevOps platform

2.1x
Pipeline value at half the CAC
B2B SaaS
Why Deebo

Three reasons clients choose us for this.

01

We are an active Microsoft partner agency.

Direct partner-team support, beta access, co-funded test budgets where they apply, and the certifications that mean we actually know the platform's mechanics — not just its names.

02

We run the full Microsoft surface, not just Bing.

Most agencies stop at Microsoft Advertising search. We operate Search, Audience Network, LinkedIn, Edge, MSN, and Xandr as a single connected stack — which is the only way the economics actually compound.

03

We can pair Microsoft with our Yahoo! Japan capability.

For Japan-active brands, the same team behind your Microsoft account also runs LINE and Yahoo! Japan via our LY Corp partnership — a unified Japanese demand engine very few foreign agencies can credibly assemble.

FAQ

Honest answers to honest questions.

Does Microsoft Advertising actually work outside the US?

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Yes — and it's the question most foreign brands miss. Microsoft has meaningful share in the UK, Germany, France, Australia, and Canada, and powerful syndication relationships in markets like Japan via Yahoo! Japan. The auctions are typically less competitive and the audiences skew higher value. We model the realistic reach for your category in your priority markets before recommending spend.

Can you help us access Microsoft launch credits or partner offers?

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Where eligible, yes. As a partner agency we can introduce you to Microsoft's onboarding programs and any active credit offers. See our companion service, Microsoft Voucher Acceleration, for the dedicated partnership-credit pathway.

How does this fit alongside our existing search and social agency?

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Cleanly. Most engagements run in parallel to your existing duopoly agency — we own Microsoft surfaces, they own theirs, and we share an attribution view. Hand-offs and conflicts are rare because the audience overlap is genuinely small.

What's the minimum spend that makes sense?

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For a meaningful Search-only test, we typically recommend a 90-day budget of US$25-40k. For a full Search + Audience Network + LinkedIn build, the entry point is closer to US$120k over a quarter. We'll tell you in the audit whether your category supports the lower or upper end.
Next step

Talk to a senior strategist about your microsoft ecosystem.

Thirty minutes, no pitch deck. We listen, ask the questions that matter, and tell you what we'd actually do — even if that means recommending you don't hire us.

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