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Learning Tools For Microsoft OneNote May Be One Of The Most Disruptive Education Technologies Yet

Applications like Learning Tools bring innovative solutions that can help kids across the entire range of learning needs all through a single platform. Read More...

Saving time with Microsoft Teams

This infographic displays stats on how Microsoft Teams reduces the total number of meetings as well as their duration from improved collaboration and information sharing. View: Saving time with Microsoft Teams

The power of relationship selling

In this report—a collaboration between Microsoft and Heinz Marketing—you'll find insights gleaned from over 200 in-depth surveys with top sales leaders. Learn how to achieve desired sales goals, maximize the effectiveness of customer data, and take more strategic steps toward building personal relationships using data-driven engagement tactics. View: The power of relationship selling

Benefits of using Windows Server and SQL Server on Azure

This whitepaper highlights why Azure makes sense for applications that rely on SQL Server or Windows Server, based on four themes: security, innovation, hybridity, and cost. View: Benefits of using Windows Server and SQL Server on Azure

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One of the main challenges that modern researchers encounter centers on the size of their datasets. As research projects become increasingly more digital, the vast volumes of data that research generates demands enormous raw computing power, for both storage and computational capacity, which most organizations simply didn't have access to. Cloud technology and artificial intelligence (AI) address this need, allowing researchers to free themselves from the constraints of their physical hardware. Cloud-based approaches can also boost the speed and efficiency of publishing, increasing the impact of research publications. Subscribe now to learn more about the data management and automation capabilities of the Microsoft cloud and how they're enabling breakthrough research projects around the world. View: Don't miss another post! Subscribe now.

Nonprofit iRespond creates biometric ID technology with Azure

Enjoy this customer story about how iRespond, a small nonprofit organization, is helping refugees and displaced people with reliable identification using Microsoft Azure. Contact us today for more information on Azure for nonprofits. Read More...

Building a Microsoft Teams Custom Solutions practice

Every team has unique needs. Microsoft Teams is the teamwork hub and solution-tool to address those needs and help your customers reach maximum business outcomes. Help your customers realize the value of Microsoft Teams with a custom solution that integrates workflows and business processes in a single hub for teamwork, increasing productivity across the organization. Follow the recommended steps in this practice-building infographic—download it now! View: Building a Microsoft Teams Custom Solutions practice

Microsoft Dynamics 365: Rapid healthcare transformation demands a holistic approach

As the healthcare industry continues its rapid shift toward value-based care, providers are facing a stark challenge: evolve quickly or risk losing patients. To remain competitive, modern healthcare leaders must find ways of unifying healthcare data to unlock connectivity and interoperability that can improve the value of care. Effective strategies must address healthcare's core challenges comprehensively through modern technologies that support multifaceted goals to achieve exponential improvements, instead of one-off solutions that address single challenges. Read this eBook to learn how unlocking interoperability via Microsoft Dynamics 365 can help your organization enable personalized care, reimagine healthcare, improve operational outcomes, and empower care teams. You'll also discover how achieving these four objectives will allow your organization to reduce costs, increase revenue, and better manage risk, leading to dramatically improved patient outcomes. View: Micros

Microsoft Dynamics 365: Rapid healthcare transformation demands a holistic approach

As the healthcare industry continues its rapid shift toward value-based care, providers are facing a stark challenge: evolve quickly or risk losing patients. To remain competitive, modern healthcare leaders must find ways of unifying healthcare data to unlock connectivity and interoperability that can improve the value of care. Effective strategies must address healthcare's core challenges comprehensively through modern technologies that support multifaceted goals to achieve exponential improvements, instead of one-off solutions that address single challenges. Read this eBook to learn how unlocking interoperability via Microsoft Dynamics 365 can help your organization enable personalized care, reimagine healthcare, improve operational outcomes, and empower care teams. You'll also discover how achieving these four objectives will allow your organization to reduce costs, increase revenue, and better manage risk, leading to dramatically improved patient outcomes. View: Micros

ANU: Storing the human genome

Thanks to cloud technology, researchers can take advantage of faster, more advanced and more scalable resources that enable them to perform tasks that they can't manage using in-house resources. The cloud also enables scientists to quickly run tests across a variety of platforms and virtual machines with different specifications, which can aid rapid prototyping, interoperability testing, and performance testing. A cloud solution can also provide researchers with ways to augment their existing resources by handling peaks in demand and reducing competition for local resources, when multiple teams are working toward an upcoming deadline. By reducing dependence on on-site computing, research projects can increase efficiency and scalability, and deliver greater results faster. Watch this video to learn how Australian National University (ANU) is using Microsoft Azure to help decode more than 7 billion base pairs of DNA in the human genome and take its research fur

ANU: Storing the human genome

Thanks to cloud technology, researchers can take advantage of faster, more advanced and more scalable resources that enable them to perform tasks that they can't manage using in-house resources. The cloud also enables scientists to quickly run tests across a variety of platforms and virtual machines with different specifications, which can aid rapid prototyping, interoperability testing, and performance testing. A cloud solution can also provide researchers with ways to augment their existing resources by handling peaks in demand and reducing competition for local resources, when multiple teams are working toward an upcoming deadline. By reducing dependence on on-site computing, research projects can increase efficiency and scalability, and deliver greater results faster. Watch this video to learn how Australian National University (ANU) is using Microsoft Azure to help decode more than 7 billion base pairs of DNA in the human genome and take its research fur

Law firm runs better with server on Azure

Why run Windows Server on Azure? Ellen Kirby, senior manager of Technical Operations and senior enterprise architect at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, talks about the benefits of running the law firm's Windows Servers on Azure and about leveraging Windows Admin Center for better management and automation.

Law firm runs better with server on Azure

Why run Windows Server on Azure? Ellen Kirby, senior manager of Technical Operations and senior enterprise architect at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, talks about the benefits of running the law firm's Windows Servers on Azure and about leveraging Windows Admin Center for better management and automation.

Karrick Learns to Read with Immersive Reader

Watch Immersive Reader become a game-changing tool for a second grader with dyslexia.

Karrick Learns to Read with Immersive Reader

Watch Immersive Reader become a game-changing tool for a second grader with dyslexia.

NSW: Assisting assistive technologies

According to the World Health Organization, more than one billion people globally are living with a disability, yet only one in ten has access to assistive technology. Inclusion is an important topic for Microsoft; to help everyone get the most from accessibility resources, the company has created the Disability Answer Desk (DAD). It's free, 24/7 technical support from Microsoft experts trained in assistive technologies. All organizations have assistive technology needs, and for some its absolutely crucial. View this video to learn how the New South Wales education department utilizes Microsoft Teams to address assistive technology needs for its students and staff.

NSW: Assisting assistive technologies

According to the World Health Organization, more than one billion people globally are living with a disability, yet only one in ten has access to assistive technology. Inclusion is an important topic for Microsoft; to help everyone get the most from accessibility resources, the company has created the Disability Answer Desk (DAD). It's free, 24/7 technical support from Microsoft experts trained in assistive technologies. All organizations have assistive technology needs, and for some its absolutely crucial. View this video to learn how the New South Wales education department utilizes Microsoft Teams to address assistive technology needs for its students and staff.

5 Technological Innovations Changing Medical Practice

Game-changing technological innovations are having profound repercussions in almost every industry across the world. The health sector in particular is embracing innovations that offer significant business opportunities for entrepreneurs and investors. And with tech developers, engineers, and researchers regularly breaking new ground and achieving what was once thought impossible, it seems that the question to ask now is not if a given breakthrough can be achieved, but when. Read this article to learn about the five key areas in which digital transformation is enabling providers to drive breakthroughs in healthcare and deliver improved patient experiences. Read More...

5 Technological Innovations Changing Medical Practice

Game-changing technological innovations are having profound repercussions in almost every industry across the world. The health sector in particular is embracing innovations that offer significant business opportunities for entrepreneurs and investors. And with tech developers, engineers, and researchers regularly breaking new ground and achieving what was once thought impossible, it seems that the question to ask now is not if a given breakthrough can be achieved, but when. Read this article to learn about the five key areas in which digital transformation is enabling providers to drive breakthroughs in healthcare and deliver improved patient experiences. Read More...

Solution overview video

This video highlights the benefits of using Activate Digital Selling solutions from Microsoft. Make the digital buying experience rich, personal, and efficient with predictive AI and unified customer data.

Solution overview video

This video highlights the benefits of using Activate Digital Selling solutions from Microsoft. Make the digital buying experience rich, personal, and efficient with predictive AI and unified customer data.

Mercy Housing keeps residents safe at home using Microsoft Teams

When the pandemic ushered in a new reality of social distancing, Mercy Housing was able to continue supporting the residents and communities it serves while keeping everyone safe using Microsoft Teams. This customer story video outlines when COVID-19 created a tremendous need for a tool that can maintain personal connection, Teams has allowed the company to maintain reaching residents and serving its communities, growing the business while working remotely, all while supporting highly secure environments for remote work.

Secure score calculator

Help your customers take the guesswork out of workload security vulnerabilities. Azure's Secure Score reviews security recommendations and prioritizes them, so your nonprofit customers know which security measures to perform first. This helps your customers find the most serious security vulnerabilities so that they can prioritize investigation. For more information on Azure for nonprofits, contact us today. Read More...

50 Percent of Emails and Texts are Misunderstood, But There's an Easy Way to Change That

Digital communication permeates every aspect of the modern workplace, from emails to texting to messaging to the chat feature in Microsoft Teams. Unfortunately, "people think others understand their messages 90 percent of the time, but the actual statistic is only 50 percent," according to Nick Morgan, author of "Can You Hear Me? How to Connect with People in a Virtual World." How do we make sure our messages aren't misunderstood half the time? In his article, "50 Percent of Emails and Texts are Misunderstood, But There's an Easy Way to Change That," Ryan Jenkins states there's a simple solution: use emojis. Not only is emoji acceptance in the workplace growing (61% of emoji users use them at work), but research demonstrates that the same part of the brain that processes human faces also processes emojis. "When an emoji conveys a human emotion, it can be transferred in a text. Therefore, emojis help communicators manage the emotion

Closing the STEM Gap: 5 insights that can make a difference for girls and young women

Having more women in STEM fields benefits us all, so how do we get them there? It starts in our schools. This infographic illustrates five insights from a recent study that point us in the right direction for getting young girls interested in and developing STEM skills early on. View: Closing the STEM Gap: 5 insights that can make a difference for girls and young women

Microsoft Azure for your cloud platform - what it is and how it works

Nonprofit organizations often operate in a world of highly constrained resources. Doing more with less requires changing how you work. This webcast, "Microsoft Azure for your cloud platform - what it is and how it works," shows how your nonprofit customers can free themselves from constantly managing infrastructure so they can focus on delivering higher-impact applications with Azure. Free yourself from constantly managing the IT infrastructure of your #nonprofit. Watch "Microsoft Azure for your cloud platform - what it is and how it works," from @MSFTNonprofits, to learn how you can focus on delivering higher-impact applications. Read More...

Learn Azure in a Month of Lunches

This eBook, "Learn Azure in a Month of Lunches," helps build cloud computing skills quickly and efficiently. In about 45 minutes a day for 30 days—basically a month of lunch hours!—the reader can learn to build and run secure, highly available applications in Azure. This eBook breaks down the most important Azure concepts into bite-size lessons with exercises and labs—along with project files available in GitHub—to reinforce new skills. View: Learn Azure in a Month of Lunches

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Digitizing behind-the-scenes processes potentially offers one of the most important productivity gains the public sector has seen in decades. It's also one of the most challenging undertakings an organization can pull off. Many well-intentioned digital efforts have been plagued by unfortunate side effects, including high costs, burdensome efforts, and lack of positive results. To prevent these scenarios, governments must concentrate their digital efforts on improving the experiences of users, rather than upgrading technologies for their own sake. Subscribe now to learn how Microsoft for Healthcare enables providers to deliver patient-centric experiences that fuel growth and increase the productivity of care teams. View: Don't miss another post! Subscribe now.

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Digitizing behind-the-scenes processes potentially offers one of the most important productivity gains the public sector has seen in decades. It's also one of the most challenging undertakings an organization can pull off. Many well-intentioned digital efforts have been plagued by unfortunate side effects, including high costs, burdensome efforts, and lack of positive results. To prevent these scenarios, governments must concentrate their digital efforts on improving the experiences of users, rather than upgrading technologies for their own sake. Subscribe now to learn how Microsoft for Healthcare enables providers to deliver patient-centric experiences that fuel growth and increase the productivity of care teams. View: Don't miss another post! Subscribe now.

Now is the time for Microsoft Teams

This infographic outlines how you can stay in touch with the hub for teamwork in Office 365. With Microsoft Teams you can connect, collaborate, and come together securely by meeting with your peers and getting work done anywhere - even remotely. View: Now is the time for Microsoft Teams

Airlines, among other major industries, confident with Teams as its hub

Microsoft has identified the airlines as one of the most successful industries when it comes to utilizing the widespread value of Microsoft Teams. At the Operations level alone, Teams plays a crucial role with maintenance and repair, fleet management, overbooked flights, incident prevention, and communication with cabin crew as well as flight status. App integrations such as Notification Bot and Flight Team Creation support Teams as a communication hub for emergencies or quick, path-altering activity. Established flight team rosters, @mentions in chats and channels for instant attention, and quick access to information helps stakeholders with decision making and context. Quick decision-making and informing employees of changes—Microsoft Teams is set up for this, and more. There are many other industries experiencing success with Teams! Subscribe now to learn how Microsoft Teams can help your business manage people, updates, and information in a quickly changing workplace and worl

How AI will change the way we work in 2020

Thanks to AI, business applications will soon be able to answer complex questions, help users navigate interfaces, and enable cloud vendors to reduce support from personnel to manage their loads. AI is also being used in various software applications to help decision-makers identify and automate repetitive tasks, improving employee productivity. Increased understanding of how to better implement AI in business applications likely will lead to the emergence of new features, such as natural-language processing (NLP), that can help managers interact in more-intuitive ways with AI-powered apps. In this article, you'll learn about the innovative features powered by AI and machine learning (ML) that you can expect to see in business applications in the next five years. Read More...

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Cloud migration essentials

In recent years, the global business landscape has witnessed a significant increase in cloud adoption. This has created significant value over traditional datacenters via greater scalability, cost-efficiency, and other performance improvements. Yet cloud migration requires careful planning. For a migration to be successful, it's important for the business to come up with a strategy that also covers the end cloud environment, training, and—most importantly—the readiness of workloads and applications. In this eBook, you'll discover the key preliminary steps to consider in evaluating a cloud migration, as well as the various approaches for rehosting, refactoring, rearchitecting, and rebuilding your workloads for the cloud. You'll also learn about some useful tools that you can use to accelerate your migration project and get tips to help you ensure post-migration success by using Microsoft Azure. View: Cloud migration essentials

NSW: Preparing students for the future

Globally, education looks different in various regions. But one common commonality is for student exposure to technology so they can develop skills that will be useful in their future. In New South Wales, Australia, one of the goals of incorporating Microsoft Teams into the education department is to provide and prepare students for whatever the future might deliver. As one educator stated, "Being digitally resilient and actually understanding how to use technology the right way...I think that really is the key." View this video to learn how a large organization utilizes Microsoft Teams to prepare students for the future.

DHHS: Growing community services with apps

Organizations in almost every industry have transformed themselves via digital technologies, and the public healthcare sector is no exception. By digitizing, providers can deliver services that meet the evolving expectations of citizens and businesses, even in a period of tight budgets and complex challenges. Citizens prefer digital services and immensely value the increased convenience they provide. Digital services can also empower citizens and broaden their engagement with government agencies, leading to increased trust and improved patient experiences. Watch this video to learn how the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) in Victoria, Australia, is using Microsoft Azure to amplify its portfolio of citizen-facing applications, deliver online housing register, and improve its client incident management system.

DHHS: Growing community services with apps

Organizations in almost every industry have transformed themselves via digital technologies, and the public healthcare sector is no exception. By digitizing, providers can deliver services that meet the evolving expectations of citizens and businesses, even in a period of tight budgets and complex challenges. Citizens prefer digital services and immensely value the increased convenience they provide. Digital services can also empower citizens and broaden their engagement with government agencies, leading to increased trust and improved patient experiences. Watch this video to learn how the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) in Victoria, Australia, is using Microsoft Azure to amplify its portfolio of citizen-facing applications, deliver online housing register, and improve its client incident management system.

Buying is a journey

Go beyond transactions and interactions to give your buyers unique experiences that build trust. Transform the sales experience with Dynamics 365 Sales. Features include enabling smarter selling with contextual AI, increasing sales profitably with advanced insights, and improving coaching and sales performance. View: Buying is a journey

Buying is a journey

Go beyond transactions and interactions to give your buyers unique experiences that build trust. Transform the sales experience with Dynamics 365 Sales. Features include enabling smarter selling with contextual AI, increasing sales profitably with advanced insights, and improving coaching and sales performance. View: Buying is a journey

Systems Imagination uses SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters to deliver cutting-edge medical insights

Systems Imagination uses big data to discover new tiers of medical insights unobtainable through conventional means. In order to gain the distributed computing power it needed, the company adopted Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters. Now, it delivers results based on petabytes of data to its customers within hours while simultaneously keeping operating costs low.

Create instant remote work meetings with Microsoft Teams

Stay connected with Microsoft Teams while working from home with the help of the "Meet now" feature. In this video, you'll learn how to use "Meet now," which gives you the ability to turn a team chat conversation into an instant remote meeting.

How Nonprofits Are Pivoting To Virtual Fundraising In The Face Of Covid-19

This Forbes article shows how nonprofits can pivot to virtual peer-to-peer fundraising during this unprecedented time created by stay-at-home mandates. For more information on Microsoft solutions that facilitate the hosting of online events, contact us today. Read More...

How Nonprofits Are Pivoting To Virtual Fundraising In The Face Of Covid-19

This Forbes article shows how nonprofits can pivot to virtual peer-to-peer fundraising during this unprecedented time created by stay-at-home mandates. For more information on Microsoft solutions that facilitate the hosting of online events, contact us today. Read More...

eBook: The ultimate guide to Windows Server 2019

Take full advantage of your on-premises investments with Windows Server 2019. Learn how to extend your on-premises environments to the cloud with the Windows Server 2019 advanced hybrid capabilities. Additionally, learn how to add additional security layers and update your applications and infrastructure when you connect to the cloud. View: eBook: The ultimate guide to Windows Server 2019

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For modern organizations to truly take advantage of digital transformation, they need to be able to obtain, process, and extract insights from as much data as possible. This often puts a strain on businesses' IT departments as they struggle to update legacy software and equipment to better handle the massive amounts of information available. Fortunately, the cloud has allowed businesses to move away from outdated technology and opened new opportunities for innovation. Subscribe now to learn how the cloud, AI, and the data management capabilities of Microsoft Azure are driving increased efficiency at today's leading businesses and organizations. View: Don't miss another post! Subscribe now.

Why Promoting Healthier Workplace Habits Will Boost Your Business

Too many existing workplace environments lack adequate value when it comes to mental health and physical fitness, according to Sam Corcos in his Entrepreneur article, "Why Promoting Healthier Workplace Habits Will Boost Your Business." Corcos acknowledges, "we're living in a fast-paced era with higher stress levels than ever," so it's crucial you show your employees you care about their health and well-being. Half of millennials and 75% of Gen Zers have left a job for mental health reasons, according to a recent study by Mind Share Partners, Qualtrics and SAP. Combine this high exit rate with the fact that according to the Centers for Disease Control, depression reduces cognitive performance one-third of the time—and you have a petri dish of too many unnecessarily-high unhealthy work environments. "To help your employees mitigate these health risks and improve mental clarity and motivation, become part of the solution," writes Corcos. An ex

Best practices for producing a Teams live event

"Best practices for producing a Teams live event" presents tips on audio, video, and screen sharing that put nonprofits in the driver's seat when they produce their next live event. For more information on Microsoft solutions that facilitate the hosting of online events, contact us today. Read More...

What is Teams?

This video shows how you can pull together a team with Microsoft Teams on your PC, Mac, or mobile device. Use chat instead of email, securely edit files at the same time, see your likes, mentions, and replies with just a single tap, and have the freedom to customize it all by adding notes, websites, and apps.

8 ways to rethink virtual events for the age of social distancing

"8 ways to rethink virtual events for the age of social distancing" provides nonprofit organizations with useful ways to rethink the process of hosting virtual events in the age of social distancing and how to make large-scale online meetings work effectively. For more information on Microsoft solutions that facilitate the hosting of online events, contact us today. Read More...

How AI is transforming healthcare

Artificial intelligence (AI) is driving massive innovation in the healthcare and life sciences industries. It's expediting advances in drug research and discovery, allowing for better and faster diagnoses, and enabling far greater efficiency in business processes. Considering how many can benefit from AI advancements in the healthcare industry, it's a sector where technology stands to have the one of the biggest impacts on society. Read this article to learn how #AI, machine learning, and robots will continue to shape the future of the healthcare industry and enhance patient experiences in the upcoming decades. Read More...

Teams quick start guide

Whether you are new to Teams and need to learn the basics or you are using Teams and want a handy reference, this Quick Start Guide for Teams is a must-have-close-by-tool. It includes start up necessities, such as buttons, tabs and channels, but also includes the how-to tasks you need to know only when you're ready to do them: start an impromptu meeting, make video and audio calls, share a file, add apps, and search for stuff, for example. Keep this guide handy and share it with other users! View: Teams quick start guide

Australian National University: The DNA of data and AI

Data is vital to scientific research. Without the ability to quickly process and analyze large amounts of data, breakthroughs and publications take longer. This increases administrative tasks and can even lead to projects going over budget. To avoid these pitfalls, modern researchers have begun turning to artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud-based technology, which enable the researchers to avoid the time and expense of setting up and configuring servers, leaving them to focus on their scientific goals. In this video, you'll see how researchers at Australian National University (ANU) conduct cutting-edge genome research by using Microsoft Azure to commission a data science virtual machine that allows them to instantly process large amounts of data. You'll also learn how, thanks to the data management capabilities of Azure, ANU is now able to use unprecedented volumes of data and new analytical frameworks to decrease admin time and maximize the university&

Solution overview video

Learn about the features and benefits of migrating to Windows Server and SQL Server on Azure. This video discusses key aspects such as preventing the loss of valuable data and getting the lowest cost of ownership.

How to accelerate digital selling with Dynamics 365

This video provides an overview of the sales accelerator in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales Insights. You will learn how to maintain business continuity with the sales accelerator, a digital-first experience that enables salespeople to work remotely.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM: Demonstrating Improvements in quality and efficiency of patient care

Healthcare organizations face extreme business, clinical, and technical pressures as they make the shift from fee-for-service to value-based care delivery and reimbursement models. Legacy Electronic Health Records (EHRs), as they are architected today, lack true collaboration capabilities, resulting in clinician inefficiencies and patient dissatisfaction. To make matters worse, with the shift from volume- to value-based payments, patients are now discharged "quicker and sicker" into a delivery ecosystem that was never designed to manage and coordinate care beyond any single facility. To succeed in this new paradigm, providers must become increasingly more agile and collaborative; they must also recognize the importance of CRM as a component of their patient engagement strategy. Read this whitepaper to learn how Microsoft Dynamics CRM provides healthcare organizations with the salesforce automation, marketing planning, social listening and engagement, customer service, and

Plan your upgrade webinar

"Plan your upgrade webinar" helps nonprofit organizations discover everything they need to facilitate a successful upgrade to Microsoft Teams. For more information on collaboration solutions provided by Microsoft, contact us today. Read More...

Social Asset BYL B: Unify workplace collaboration

Subscribe now and unify your workplace collaboration with @Microsoft Teams. View: Social Asset BYL B: Unify workplace collaboration

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Digital collaboration increases transparency among employees; it also empowers organizations to develop better interdepartmental relationships, improve workflow, and reduce lead times. In addition, collaboration solutions can provide co-workers with a single place to brainstorm ideas, communicate, collaborate, store files, share knowledge, and get work done without any lags or setbacks. Subscribe now to get the latest insights into how digital collaboration powered by Microsoft 365 is creating more efficient, faster-growing businesses worldwide. View: Don't miss another post! Subscribe now.

Imperial College London uses Teams to teach and connect in a time of COVID

A world top ten university, with an international reputation for excellence in teaching and research, Imperial College London now uses Microsoft Teams to teach and connect in a time of COVID-19. In this video, see how the college is now relying on Teams for the delivery of its lectures and its remote labs, as well as a "virtual common room" where students and faculty can interact. Staff now have the fluid integration of shared files, scheduled events, and the students' use of the virtual learning environment, providing opportunities to respond to students in a way never done before.

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Innovate Infographic

Moving Windows Server and SQL workloads to Azure provides flexible, scalable, and highly available cloud infrastructure. It also supports rapid innovation and digital transformation, freeing you to innovate. This infographic presents the benefits of running Windows Server and SQL Server on Azure. View: Innovate Infographic

Teams Tools Interactive eBook

This eBook delivers an overview of breakthrough tools and tips that can help empower nonprofit teams to do more with Microsoft Teams. For more information on the collaboration solutions provided by Microsoft solutions, contact us today. Read More...

Getting started with your Microsoft Teams upgrade

"Getting started with your Microsoft Teams upgrade" provides an upgrade framework to guide nonprofits through the Microsoft Teams upgrade process—whether upgrading from the online or on-premises version of Skype for Business. For more information on collaboration solutions provided by Microsoft, contact us today. Read More...

Privacy, security, and compliance are prioritized in Microsoft Teams

Now more than ever, people need to know their virtual conversations are private and secure. Microsoft is committed to giving users transparency over the collection, use, and distribution of their data. No tracking for participant attention or multitasking during Teams meetings. No unfettered government access to data, and no ads linked to data. Microsoft even offers transparency reports on the Transparency Hub, detailing how it responded to third-party requests for data. "We are committed to providing products, information, and controls that you let choose how your data is collected and used," stated President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith. Knowing that your organization can experience enterprise-grade communication and collaboration while at the same time be protected, secure, and compliant—that allows you do your work with confidence. View: Privacy, security, and compliance are prioritized in Microsoft Teams

Rapidly-growing UK restaurant chain migrates key business processes to Microsoft Dynamics 365

TGI Friday's popular and rapidly growing restaurant franchise in the UK wanted a more scalable, flexible platform for core business processes. To support its ambitious growth, the franchise is consolidating business operations starting with financial management on Microsoft Dynamics 365. Built-in functionality and ease-of-use mean that TGI Friday's can continue to onboard more business processes while expanding its franchise. Benefits include lower costs, easier access to data, and better insight.

Itaú Unibanco boosts service availability and data processing with SQL Server 2019

As a banking leader in Latin America and one of the largest banks in the world, Itaú Unibanco handles thousands of transactions every second. Operating on an aging data infrastructure, the bank found it difficult to expand its digital services without breaking SLAs or putting its guarantee of continuous service availability at risk. Since it migrated database services to Microsoft SQL Server 2019 based on Intel datacenter technologies, Itaú Unibanco can confidently scale data collection and infrastructure maintenance while it delivers the high level of service its private and commercial banking customers rely on.

Australian National University (ANU) addresses the computing demands of genome research

As scientific research becomes more and more complex, scientists need new, scalable ways to store and analyze ever-larger troves of data. They also need unprecedented amounts of raw computing power to process the data they obtain and deliver timely results that enable projects to stay on track and within budget. To ensure that their research adheres to these restraints, modern-day scientists need to increase efficiency via automation and other approaches whenever they can, wherever they can. Artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud technology give scientists the tools they need to advance research faster than ever before, get results quicker, and achieve scientific breakthroughs like never before. In this video, you'll learn how researchers at Australian National University (ANU) are using Microsoft Azure to dramatically shorten the amount of time they spend on data analysis, enabling faster publication of their cutting-edge genome research.

NSW: Affording a device in every hand

Business.com named Microsoft Teams the best video conferencing service in 2020: "What truly makes this service appealing is its integration with other Microsoft Office applications. If you already use Word, Excel and Outlook, integrating Teams into your workflow is a simple process. Considering everything you get access to, this is one of the most affordable video conferencing services we found in our research." Businesses don't need a chat feature or other stand-alone services—they need to be able to perform their tasks while having access to their files—they need integration. This is what Teams provides, and at an affordable price. View this video and see how integration and affordability enabled the education department in New South Wales to put a device in every pair of hands.

DHHS: Collaborating and caring

Choosing the right tools for productivity and collaboration is critical for any organization to achieve its digital transformation goals. For employees to effectively share information across multiple departments and projects, businesses must empower their workers and clients via access to the very best digital technology available. By making the productivity of their employees a main focus of their digital initiatives, organizations can enjoy the growth that comes from increased collaboration and more-efficient internal processes. Watch this video to learn how the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) of Victoria, Australia, is using Microsoft 365, Azure, and Dynamics 365 to boost employee productivity through more-effective collaboration and more-efficient internal processes.