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Microsoft is aiming to adapt its productivity suite to a short-attention-span world, bringing years of research into products like PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel. This article outlines how after years of slavishly digitizing and formatting words, numbers, and images, future versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint will be much more aware of your work and how you do it. Intelligent algorithms will find patterns and meanings in the data and use the insights to help you get through your day more efficiently. This transition to smarter work software has already begun. Read More...

Greater security at lower cost with the expertise and power of Microsoft security solutions. Learn more about simplifying and fortifying with Microsoft security. View: Greater Security

Read the data: the top digital technologies being invested in over the next 3 years include Analytics and Cloud. It took 30 years for the industry to get from Reactive Identification to Management by Exceptions. Since technology refresh cycles are becoming rapidly compressed, Frost and Sullivan estimates that continued investment in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning will spur the industry to reach level 6—analytics driving self-loop optimization—within the next 7 years. Check out the infographic for details. View: Supply chain maturity

Securing your systems with a data driven, human guided security approach allows you to detect and respond to attacks more quickly and accurately. This infographic outlines how the global network of real time threat intelligence from Microsoft continues to evolve, anticipate, and stay ahead of risks. View: Security Power

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This customizable flyer can be used in social media to spread the word that Windows 10 devices are affordable, rugged and have a battery life that extends through the school day. View: Windows 10: Built for Education

Windows Virtual Desktop is the only cloud-based service that delivers a multi-user Windows 10 experience, optimized for Office 365 ProPlus—which means you can deliver a virtual desktop experience and remote apps to any device with cost advantages previously only possible with server-based virtualization. Here's all you need to know about WVD.

As we look forward to the New Year, we express our gratitude for the incredible work you're doing to drive your mission forward. The team at Five Nines IT Solutions Inc. thanks you for your support and wishes you and yours a happy holiday!

As we look forward to the New Year, we express our gratitude for the incredible work you're doing to drive your mission forward. The team at Five Nines IT Solutions Inc. thanks you for your support and wishes you and yours a happy holiday!

This video is a quick introduction to Microsoft Analytics and AI, explaining how to expand the reach of your data insights and gain increasing levels of efficiency and personalization. By harnessing the power of Microsoft Analytics, you can inform and drive intelligent automation through AI and machine learning. 

Kennametal has invested heavily in Microsoft cloud technologies as part of its digital transformation journey to reduce costs, increase productivity, and empower workers to deliver superior results for their customers. In this video, see how they utilize Microsoft Azure cloud platform and services to Microsoft Dynamics 365 business applications to Microsoft 365 productivity, security, and mobility tools. Kennametal believes that Microsoft resources will help the company fulfill its business promises.

With a massive shift from working in-office to working remotely, Microsoft made updates to make it effortless for users to work with Windows Virtual Desktop. Learn what steps Brad Anderson, Vice President for Microsoft 365, and his team took to make the program easier for customers to use. Read More...

Developing apps is often seen as complex, costly, and time-consuming. However, using an innovative approach known as low-code development, anyone can create powerful business apps without requiring traditional coding skills. Developing apps is often seen as complex, costly, and time-consuming. However, using an innovative approach known as low-code development, anyone can create powerful business apps without requiring traditional coding skills. The low-code approach is simple enough for beginners to build high-value apps—and sophisticated enough to meet the needs of professional developers tackling complex challenges. In both scenarios, it dramatically reduces the amount of work involved in getting an app up and running. Read here for more: View: 9 pro tips to get started with low code

Every day, BP manages the difficult business of finding, producing, marketing, and moving energy around the globe. Core to success is the modernization and digitization of the business, while being able to defend a vast digital perimeter against cyberattacks. This video shows how BP is migrating its work environment to Microsoft 365 Enterprise E5 to take advantage of a platform approach. Read More...

The American Red Cross deploys a suite of Microsoft products to streamline operations, allowing them to focus on their core mission of alleviating human suffering. From sharing information and organizing work in Teams, to coordinating with other relief agencies through Microsoft Power BI during a disaster, watch this video for the full story.

Setting up Windows Virtual Desktop enables users to increase productivity and security. Learn how you can develop and scale your products and services on demand with Windows Virtual Desktop. View: Why Windows Virtual Desktop

See a demonstration of how Microsoft's Office 365, Dynamics 365 and LinkedIn are better together and give sales teams a unique advantage that drives more revenue.

All of us at Five Nines IT Solutions Inc. wish you a wonderful holiday season.

What does a modern learning space look like? And what technologies are needed to make learning spaces more flexible and collaborative? Research shows that creating a healthy physical learning environment for students has a profound positive impact on the way they learn and retain information. Check out this infographic for more information on Quality Design, and how we can help your school provide the optimum learning environment for your students. View: Intelligent environments: Purpose driven, accessible learning spaces

Microsoft Analytics and AI accelerates digital transformation that deepens engagement, predicts outcomes, and automates operations. Subscribe now! View: Deepen and engage customers with AI

Optimize with intelligent automation. To learn more about agile business processes to enhance your operations, subscribe now. View: Reduce time and costs by optimizing everyday tasks with intelligent automation

The "five Rs of rationalization" (Rehost, Refactor, Rearchitect, Rebuild, Replace) are a great way to frame a potential future state for any workload that's being considered as a cloud candidate. However, this labeling process should be put into the correct context before you attempt to rationalize an environment. This one-page flyer debunks three common myths around cloud rationalization labeling process. View: Cloud rationalization: Myth busters

With Microsoft, security can be simple once again. Microsoft 365 provides an intelligent security hub that works seamlessly across platforms, going far beyond Microsoft—to Linux and Mac, to AWS and beyond, so you can manage mission critical workloads with the right tools at your fingertips. Watch the video to learn more.

RapidDeploy creates its Cloud Aided Dispatch systems to help first responders act quickly to protect the public. There's a lot at stake, and the company's cloud-native platform must be secure against an array of serious cybersecurity threats. So, when RapidDeploy implemented a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) system, it chose Microsoft Azure Sentinel, one of the world's first cloud-native SIEMs. See the full story in the video below. Read More...

HP Inc. handles 600 million technical support contacts each year and they want to make each one a satisfying experience for the customer. They built a virtual agent using the Microsoft Dynamics 365 AI solution for customer service to streamline the process. This video explains how. Read More...

This video showcases how Allstate is transforming customer support with artificial intelligence. With Azure Cognitive Services, Allstate is capturing insights from customer calls to enable a more seamless customer experience.

Cloud computing offers measurable benefits and solutions to real problems, including aging hardware, barriers to innovation, data center capacity constraints, and even regulatory requirements. But moving Windows Server and SQL Server workloads can be daunting. What follows are actual customer experiences that illustrate both the process of migration and its benefits. This e-book will help you learn from their experiences. View: Cloud lessons learned

Stay up to date on the latest features Windows Virtual Desktop has to offer for remote workers. In this new work environment, Microsoft has adapted and boosted their platforms. Get the newest technology, subscribe now. View: Subscribe Now

Infrastructure security is top-of-mind for organizations managing workloads on-premises, in the cloud, or hybrid. Azure Security Center provides unified security management by identifying and fixing misconfigurations and providing visibility into threats to quickly remediate them. Azure Sentinel collects data from Azure Security Center. Learn more about this integrated and efficient solution in this article. Read More...

In this case study, the National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work (INAIL) adopts Microsoft 365 Enterprise E5 to establish a highly secure, collaborative environment for its thousands of employees, including lawyers, doctors, administrators, and engineers. Read More...

For the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS), creating stimulating educational experiences for students is top priority. They focused on providing education technology that would inspire educators and make students excited to learn. As part of the mission to give students a well-rounded education, CMS deployed Minecraft: Education Edition to engage students and ignite their passion for learning. Check out this video to see how this school district made learning fun and improved student skills like math fluency and critical thinking. Read More...

Windows Virtual Desktop meets the needs of an increasingly distributed and remote workforce. Organizations of all sizes have had to quickly shift focus and support users who need to stay connected from new locations and devices. Learn what new capabilities Windows Virtual Desktop added to make remote work more efficient and secure. Read More...

Azure Sentinel is intelligent security analytics for your entire enterprise. Collect data, detect threats, investigate incidents, and rapidly respond with Sentinel. View: Microsoft Sentinel

This infographic shows how your business can operate with more agility by using Teams. Think about the tools, files, and dashboards you already use. Many of them can be added right into Teams and can be found right in the Teams app store. Bring the apps and services you love into Teams to save time and increase efficiency. View: Integrate

Tivoli Gardens, the second oldest amusement park in the world and the most beloved in Europe, continues its long tradition of imagination and innovation with Dynamics 365 Customer Insights. With more than 4.5 million guests each year, Tivoli Gardens prioritizes and continually looks for ways to improve the customer experience. In this video see how Microsoft tools help them achieve this goal.

Driving adoption of open-source DevOps becomes easier after addressing four common myths. Myths like open source isn't secure, or open source isn't enterprise-grade. For debunking these and more, this infographic has the answers. View: Overcoming misconceptions about open source

Simplify and fortify with Microsoft Security solutions, wherever you work. For more insights, news, and features, subscribe to our channels now. View: Subscribe

This infographic shows how to build custom Teams solutions with low code tools that can save money, install efficiency, and engineer innovation. Develop apps, automate workflows, and dashboards with Power Platform and use them in Microsoft Teams for businesses big and small. View: Power Platform

Did you know that up to 50% of instructional time can be lost managing student needs? For teachers, that means a class of 20 is really closer to a classroom of 40. Giving your educators the right tools to cut down managing student needs can result in a far better experience for students. At Five Nines IT Solutions Inc., we want to help you find the right solutions to help you create a more personalized experience for your students. Contact us today to learn more. View: Enhance student learning with a modern classroom

Start planning your cloud migration today! This checklist walks you through the steps to plan, assess, and begin your cloud migration, and it offers resources to help you move to the cloud with Microsoft Azure. View: Cloud migration checklist

Optimizing business processes to meet challenges is a driver for digital transformation in Houston. For the city, security, reliability, and resiliency are key. They need to ensure their systems and data are reliable so they can quickly recover from unexpected events. Microsoft solutions can help. Learn how in this video:

A great online shopping experience begins with great software. Alaska Airlines is using microservices, Microsoft Azure, and Windows Server Containers with Docker to launch new e-commerce features faster—in minutes versus days. Travelers get new offers sooner, which translates to happier customers and higher revenues. By running its e-commerce engine in Azure in hybrid fashion, Alaska can also scale more easily and cost-effectively, ensuring its sites run at the optimum point of performance and cost. Read More...

Virtual desktops can provide great security to organizations and allow remote employees to access safely confidential organizational data. Learn how Windows Virtual Desktop makes your workflow secure in addition to optimizing services. Read More...

St. Luke's University Health Network (SLUHN) looks to the cloud to define a new way of providing health services of its ten hospitals and 300 sites across ten counties in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. This video outlines how the health network embarked on a digital health transformation journey using the Microsoft 365 productivity cloud to empower more than 15,000 employees. The intuitive tools protect sensitive information in cloud applications, simplifying security with interoperable solutions to save time while enhancing the hospital network's security posture. In turn, this optimizes health team collaboration and improves patient experience. Read More...

When The Walsh Group—one of the largest construction contractors in the United States—moved to the cloud, it realized it needed better ways to manage who accesses its systems. The company set up identity as the control plane—with Microsoft Azure Active Directory at the center and a zero-trust security stance to better protect access to all its resources. Now, The Walsh Group CIO says the company leads the industry in securing access to its hybrid environment, giving it a competitive advantage. Read the article for more. Read More...

Cloud rationalization is the process of evaluating assets to determine the best way to migrate or modernize each asset in the cloud. The five Rs of rationalization are a great way to frame a potential future state for any workload that's being considered as a cloud candidate.  View: Cloud rationalization: The five Rs

COVID-19 has led to huge changes worldwide across industries, in personal life, and in society at large. It was "the mother of all disruptions" and "it is ushering in a new age." Make sure your organization is ready to survive or even thrive. The key—you need to be agile. Read More...

The Calgary Board of Education introduced 30,000 Windows devices into their classrooms, and the payoff has been well worth it. The integration has yielded significantly better student interaction and participation. At Five Nines IT Solutions Inc., we want to help your students reach their full potential. That means incorporating modern solutions like Windows 10 to help your staff and students connect. Contact us today to learn how we can help you find the right education solutions for your needs.

Learn how Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection delivers preventative protection, post-breach detection, automated investigation, and response for enterprise networks. Play this video for an overview.

Microsoft invests in compliance and risk management to help your customers more easily protect and govern their data, address regulations and standards, and mitigate insider risks. The how-to guidance article announces new capabilities in Microsoft 365 that use machine learning and intelligence to help your customers address compliance and risk management in their organizations. Read More...

Keeping your work secure is paramount. Windows Virtual Desktop can help. Learn the protocols Microsoft takes to ensure data privacy, network protection, and more. View: Cloud Security and Windows Virtual Desktop

Identify and repel more threats than ever before with Microsoft Advanced Threat Protection, Azure Security, and Azure Sentinel. Take a look to learn more about intelligent security solutions for your entire enterprise. View: Security intelligent infographic

Omnichannel for Customer Service provides a modern, customizable, high-productivity app that lets agents help customers across different channels via a unified interface. It lets organizations choose the channel that suits their business needs. In this video, get clarity around the current functionality available in one of our newest offerings, Omnichannel for Customer Service, as well as a roadmap of functionality coming soon. Read More...

Maximize threat detection during attack stages with Microsoft's comprehensive suite of security solutions. Unmatched volumes of data inform Microsoft security solutions. Learn how you can harness decades of security experience with Microsoft Advanced Threat Protection. View: Fortify your data against threats

It's crucial for your organization to build agile processes to keep up with change. Make sure you are ready with tips, updates, and insights from Microsoft. View: Subscribe now!

Stay in the loop on all things DevOps. For tips, tricks, and news on Microsoft DevOps with GitHub, Design Visual Studio, Azure, and more—subscribe now! View: Don't miss another post! Subscribe now!

Microsoft takes a comprehensive approach to delivering an enterprise-grade communication and collaboration experience. Learn more about privacy, security, and compliance in Microsoft Teams with this infographic. View: Collaborate more securely

There are many database technologies available on Azure that you can choose from. Why would you use Azure SQL?  Find out in just 10 simple points.  Read More...

More of the workforce  is  working remotely than ever before.  Organizations are adapting and implementing new remote  access solutions to keep employees, volunteers, and beneficiaries secure and compliant. Now is the time to evaluate the @ Microsoft  tools you already have at your fingertips  and leverage the  built-in  remote  work  security features and capabilities. Learn more  in this article from  National  Law Review.  Read More...

Microsoft 365 guards your data as a valuable asset. With security built-in, not bolted on, integration and deployment are simplified. Subscribe now to learn more. View: Largest and most trusted

An organization's ability to adapt quickly to changing circumstances has never been more critical. You need to ensure that your team stays productive and efficient through twists and turns. Building agile businesses from Microsoft can help. Learn how in this brief overview video.

With recent changes in the tax industry, H&R Block made plans to stay ahead, providing seamless multichannel experiences and unifying its disparate data sources to better serve its customers. By moving its various workloads to Microsoft SQL Server 2017 and Microsoft Azure and using Azure data services, the tax provider has been able to enhance service delivery, scale to meet its peaks in demand, and accelerate innovation. Watch this video for the story. Read More...

Stay up to date on ways to boost your productivity and security. Apply these practices and learn more about Windows Virtual Desktop by subscribing today. View: Subscribe Now

Learn how Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection delivers preventative protection, post-breach detection, automated investigation, and response for enterprise networks. Watch this video for an overview.

With data growing increasingly valuable and harder to protect, Microsoft provides security solutions across identity and access management, information protection, threat protection and security management. Harness integrated, comprehensive security with Microsoft Advanced Threat Protection, Azure Security, and Azure Sentinel to identify and repel more threats than ever before and safeguard your organization, without sacrificing productivity.

While innovation has supplanted cost savings as the primary driver of cloud migration for many organizations, moving to the cloud needs to  make sense for your budgets and resources. Learn about the unbeatable costs offers and benefits of  migration to Azure cloud. View: Unbeatable offers for migrating Windows Server and SQL Server to the cloud

Integrate apps, automate workflows—and never miss a post. Subscribe now for more insights into building agile business processes to transform your organization. View: Improve remote productivity by integrating apps

Want to create a more inclusive learning environment for all students? Take a look at this week's video to see how Microsoft Learning tools are promoting a culture of accessibility for every student. With tools designed to help with everything from increasing reading comprehension to demystifying math, Microsoft Education is empowering every student to reach their full potential.

With remote work as the new normal, organizations must rely on employees and volunteers who are working outside traditional organization borders. This guide will help you implement the Security and Compliance capabilities of Microsoft 365 for your organization that can help you identify and manage potential risks while keeping staff connected and productive.  Read More...

Remote Office Hours is a new live broadcast directly from the Microsoft Visual Studio team. It's about everything Visual Studio, with rare insights into the inner workings of features, processes, and the people that make it all happen. The style is conversational, light, and casual—a show by developers for developers. Read on to learn more here: Read More...

Maximize threat detection during attack stages with Microsoft's comprehensive suite of security solutions. Unmatched volumes of data inform Microsoft security solutions. Learn how you can harness decades of security experience with Microsoft Advanced Threat Protection. View: Security Fortify infographic

Microsoft Teams is a best-in-class hub for team collaboration. The cloud service has been designed to create streamlined and efficient remote teamwork. Teams makes interaction between team members working in different locations as productive as possible. Check out this article from FutureComputers that features three ways Microsoft Teams makes collaboration better, like easily accessible corporate resources, and more. Read on! Read More...

Customers have been asking for a user-friendly Remote Desktop Service for years, and Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) is it. As the only affordable virtual desktop solution that allows you to deploy a native Windows 10 experience, it's been identified as one of the biggest partner opportunities in 2020. Read more in this blog post. Read More...

This one-slide introduces the benefits of using Windows Server and SQL Server with Microsoft Azure. Features include  reducing costs and streamlining IT resources; modernizing by migrating to a flexible, open cloud; innovating new apps or managing existing server apps with unlimited flexibility; and ensuring data protection, security, and business continuity.   View: Modernize digital processes to accelerate innovation and ensure data security

Discover four key strategies for modernizing your business applications—rehost, refactor, rearchitect, and rebuild. In this infographic, you'll learn why and when to use these specific strategies. View: 4 strategies for modernizing your business applications

In the face of growing class sizes and an increased population of differently abled students, our educational systems are constantly scrambling to meet students' needs. Microsoft education solutions can aid school districts in this task by improving student learning and outcomes and increasing teacher satisfaction. This e-book examines the positive impact of assistive technologies in Microsoft 365 Education on participating school districts, and how an integrated education solution can save money, increase effectiveness, and reduce IT burdens. View: Microsoft accessibility and assistive technologies for education

Microsoft is committed to helping organizations keep their data secure. In this free webcast, you will learn about how Microsoft 365 has a three-tier approach to managing your organization's security. Read More...

Secure hybrid environments for the lowest TCO with an integrated solution. Learn more about simplifying and fortifying with Microsoft security. Subscribe here! View: Hybrid Environments

As employees continue working remotely, Microsoft continues to provide productive and secure experiences to users around the world. Learn what steps Microsoft took to make remote work more productive and flexible. Read More...

Securely harness the power of the cloud with Azure Advanced Threat Protection. This infographic outlines how your organization can trust Azure Advanced Threat Protection as it provides real-time security at enterprise scale, detect threats quickly, and allows your business to stay focused on what's important. View: Security Azure Infographic

When students can engage with learning material, they feel empowered to ask questions and take risks. And when improved learning tools help teachers save time and increase efficiency in the classroom, they can use that time to forge meaningful connections with their students. Check out this infographic to learn more about how assistive technology solutions from Microsoft benefit students of all learning abilities. View: Empower students with assistive tech solutions from Microsoft and its partner ecosystem

Human trafficking is a growing, global industry. Seattle Against Slavery, a nonprofit organization, is using Microsoft Azure to help empower survivor support organizations and law enforcement agencies to achieve ten times the impact with the same resources. Read More...

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is well known for excellent care and its commitment to the well-being of the families it serves. To reduce strain for parents and make their lives easier, the hospital created the Caren mobile app using Microsoft Azure and Azure services. Parents turn to Caren for help navigating the hospital, getting answers to their questions, and entertaining their children. Using the app lets parents focus more on their families and less on stressful details. Read More...

Microsoft continually innovates to empower best-in-class experiences, no matter where you're located. Learn how you can maximize productivity in the virtual environment with Windows Virtual Desktop. View: Understanding the Virtual Environment

Securing your systems with a data  driven, human-guided security approach  allows you to  detect and respond to attacks more quickly and accurately.  This infographic outlines how  the  global network of real-time threat intelligence  from Microsoft  continues to evolve, anticipate,  and stay ahead of risks. View: Securing your systems with smart solutions

Garner Foods is a fourth-generation family-owned-and-operated business based in North Carolina. With global sales, four locations, and a mobile workforce, see how Garner uses Microsoft 365 Business to connect it all. Watch the video story for more.

With over 150 years of history and experience in the legal market, Webber Wentzel has become one of South Africa's most prominent law firms, operating at the forefront of legal services and home to the country's longest-standing pro bono practices. The firm aims to act as a beacon of innovation for the industry. In this video, see how Webber Wentzel has taken advantage of the capabilities of Office 365 to create a more efficient and collaborative workplace for its teams, while facilitating and securing client interactions. Read More...

More of the workforce is working remotely than ever before. Organizations are adapting and implementing new remote access solutions. Now is the time to evaluate the Microsoft tools you already have at your fingertips and leverage the built-in remote work security features and capabilities. Read more in this article from National Law Review. Read More...

In this video, see how Ste. Michelle Wine Estates continues to prioritize the safety and well-being of its employees and customers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The company has taken numerous precautions to minimize risk and has transformed business processes to serve its customers during these difficult times. Microsoft Dynamics 365 solutions help this company stay in touch with employees, maintain facilities, meet new business requirements, and more.

Azure SQL Databases are intelligent and always up to date. It is the only cloud with evergreen SQL which never needs to be patched or updated. This infographic presents the benefits of Azure SQL Database and Azure Advance Threat Protection. View: Azure SQL Database: Intelligent databases that are always up to date

Get all the tools and resources you need to migrate your apps, data, and infrastructure at your own pace with confidence. Learn how Windows Virtual Desktop expands capabilities with the best virtualized end-user experience in the video below.

When the software industry is moving faster than ever, security testing must keep up. The only way to sustain a high release cadence is to progress through the software development life cycle (SDLC) the right way the first time. Read More...

Providing students with a solid educational foundation can be a daunting task for teachers, especially in larger classrooms with students of various levels of ability. This video explores how technology from Windows 10 and the Office 365 suite empowers students to take ownership of their education and to feel confident in their ability to learn.

Updates within the Microsoft MyAnalytics platform, in conjunction with a new feature in Outlook are aimed at helping you work less. The new features allow users to better manage their time and information, with less time in meetings and more time spent accomplishing tasks. One tool enables users to allocate focus time—and alert coworkers when you are trying to get things done. Read more about working less in this article from TechCrunch. Read More...

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