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This infographic identifies the top six reasons to choose WVD: platform of your choice, Windows differentiation, enhanced protocol, containerized User Profiles, native Office 365 performance, and Teams enhancements. View: Why choose Windows Virtual Desktop?

This blog outlines the latest Microsoft 365 updates that make life easier for the IT admins who help provision and manage corporate Windows and Mac machines. Read More...

Learn how to manage infrastructure more easily, innovate faster, and improve security using the hybrid cloud. Read this one-pager to get guidance on using three fundamentals to create your hybrid cloud strategy: networking, identity and access management, and security. View: 3 fundamentals for a successful hybrid cloud

Harness data in the cloud to uncover the insights needed to increase the resiliency of your supply chain. This infographic outlines five benefits of improving supply chain visibility. View: Enhance supply chain visibility

Welcome to the fourth industrial revolution where we're now experiencing the digital age. This revolution is transforming all industries, including shipping and logistics. Maersk, the integrated transport and logistics giant, has transformed their business using digital strategies. In the past, shipment delays were caused by hiccups in a supply chain, since those chains must move large amounts of data. Since Maersk's switch to harnessing data digitally, they've reinvented how global supply chain management is done.

GE is transforming from an industrial leader to a digital industrial leader by using software and sensors to make its machines connected, responsive, and predictive. With Microsoft Office 365 and Windows 10, GE is digitally enabling its 300,000-person workforce to make sense of machine data, realize productivity gains, and collaborate securely, at a velocity never before experienced. With Teams forming dynamically, GE employees can now work together better to solve the world's toughest problems.

Use your team's favorite O365 tools right within Teams - including SharePoint, OneNote, Power BI, and Planner integration. Subscribe now! View: Use your team's favorite O365 tools right within Teams

This article provides helpful information on how to use Microsoft Teams tabs to link and host your apps or third-party programs. Teams gives you different ways to link applications to the platform -- from bots in a channel to tabs that link directly to online content or services. To see what you like best, try out tabs or create your own for both personal and channel options. Read More...

This powerful thought leadership article highlights the threat of data breaches and cyberattacks, while advocating for organizations to rethink their approach to cybersecurity. Microsoft urges businesses to view data transformation and threat analytics/modeling as growth opportunities while approaching security as a core philosophy. Read More...

This whitepaper addresses the question of how IT infrastructure is being stretched due to COVID-19 and outlines what Azure features and services can help in the current situation. View: Supporting our customers during COVID-19

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. This  webcast gives you the inside look at Windows Virtual Desktop and how to use it in your organization. Read More...

A great online shopping experience begins with great software. That's why Alaska Airlines uses Microsoft Azure and Windows Server Containers to launch new e-commerce features faster. Travelers get new offers sooner, which translates to happier customers and increased revenues. By running its e-commerce engine in Azure in hybrid fashion, Alaska can scale more easily and ensure its sites run at the optimum point of performance and cost.

This analysis from Gartner studies 4 trends that will shape cloud adoption in 2020: cost efficiency, multi-cloud vendor flexibility, the impact of cloud IaaS skills on migrations, and advances in service availability made possible by distributed clouds. Read More...

This infographic shows decision criteria for building apps in Teams using the Developer Toolkit. Before you build it, ask yourself: Does it solve a real problem? How often will it be used? How many people will use it? What ROI does it provide? And once you decide to move forward and create your app, see how to amplify its reach with AppSource. View: Decision criteria for building apps in Teams

When it comes to risk analytics workloads, Microsoft has you covered. This infographic highlights five benefits in an easy to comprehend visual. Microsoft delivers the ability to meet enterprise requirements, expertise on the latest Azure features, and a network of highly experienced data scientists to address financial service challenges. Additionally, Microsoft Premier Support ensures full adaptability and accommodates hybrid configurations. View: Why Microsoft?

Modernize your supply chain with advanced warehouse and inventory management to improve fulfillment, material sourcing, and logistics. Discover how Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management can modernize business logistics, deliver proactive customer responses, and unify processes from sales to fulfillment.

As the global crisis of COVID-19 begins to abate, Microsoft is working closely with education systems around the world to support transitions to the next stage of schooling. This document outlines how the new technologies implemented during the crisis can continue to be used to support transitions back to school and to improve and reimagine schooling going forward. Most countries will continue working towards full connectivity distance learning readiness during the transition back to school to ensure all students have connected devices for seamless learning. These efforts will ensure all students can participate in distance and hybrid learning should school closure be necessary again. View: Leadership and policy guide for system leaders

Virtual desktops are not new, but the need for improved user experience and cost savings spurred innovation with Windows Virtual Desktop on the Azure platform. Access this article to learn why you'll have increased infrastructure resiliency, scalability, and reduced costs when you migrate on-premise servers to Azure. Read More...

This infographic identifies the top six reasons to choose WVD: platform of your choice, Windows differentiation, enhanced protocol, containerized User Profiles, native Office 365 performance, and Teams enhancements. View: Why choose Windows Virtual Desktop?

This migration checklist provides easy, step-by-step guidance on the tools, planning, and resources you'll need to migrate your apps, data, and infrastructure to the cloud with confidence—no matter where you currently are in the process. View: Cloud Migration Checklist: Simple steps to start your migration today

This infographic details three simple ways to migrate web applications to Azure App Service. Bring your code, bring your container, or use the Migration Assistant tool. View: Migrate Web Apps

Don't miss out on the latest technology news. This Forbes article outlines the latest announcements for the Teams Platform at Virtual Microsoft Build 2020. Key points include integration with Microsoft Power Platform and further opportunities with Power BI, Teams app development, and scheduling management improvements with the platform. Subscribe now. Read More...

This eBook provides a step-by-step guide for building and deploying scalable deep learning and machine learning models using serverless architectures with Azure. Learn to code machine learning into your projects using Python and pretrained models that include image and speech recognition and classification. Explore issues around deployment and continuous delivery, including scaling, security, and monitoring. View: Building Intelligent Cloud Applications

Over the next seven years, AI and Machine Learning will spur the industry toward supply chain maturity. This infographic outlines the various digital technologies respondents plan to invest in in the next three years, including analytics, AR/VR, and cloud. View: Supply chain maturity: Harnessing the power of data and AI

Innovating with Microsoft not only secures your revenue with reliable predictions but also keeps your business safe from fraud. Don't miss another post and subscribe now! View: Subscribe Now!

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.

Serving almost 400 schools and over 345,000 students, this US school district has a significant task--even more so during a health pandemic that necessitates remote learning. Fortunately, the district has been ready for some time. Read this story to learn how the district's digital initiative "allowed the county to integrate increasing amounts of technology methodically and effectively into the classroom" which ultimately gave educators and students access to and experience with technology before the pandemic required it. Read More...

With Microsoft, improve supply chain and cross-channel visibility as you enhance demand planning. View: Improve supply chain and cross-channel visibility as you enhance demand planning

If your organization is looking for a more efficient, productive, and secure approach to desktop virtualization, this video will walk you through the full solution. Windows Virtual Desktop offers a fully managed desktop virtualization solution in the cloud that works with all your apps and devices. Play the full video to find out why and how to implement desktop virtualization at your organization.

Due to the global pandemic, nearly every school district has at least dabbled in distance learning. This document shares key learnings and examples of districts' responses last year when the health crisis necessitated remote teaching and learning. Use this implementation guide to inform planning for the next steps—what does future remote and hybrid learning look like? What should future models of learning incorporate? View: Resilience and transformation for the future of learning

This whitepaper addresses the question of how IT infrastructure is being stretched due to COVID-19 and outlines what Azure features and services can help in the current situation. View: Supporting our customers during COVID-19

Learn the basics of .NET with Microsoft's .NET Core 101. This eight-video series discusses what .NET is, what its benefits are, who builds it, and more. Learn how .NET helps you develop high-quality applications faster. You will also learn how to install, debug, and publish apps.

Many businesses still implement legacy technology and traditional processes, but AI is transforming the playing field. In this blog post, a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance Manager writes about how Finance Insights works to reliably predict customer payments, adapts quickly with intelligent budget proposals, and increases projected cash flow. Read More...

The hybrid capabilities from Microsoft Azure fuel innovation and delivers great business outcomes to companies such as, J.B. Hunt, KPMG, Allscripts, and Chevron. By meeting them where they are, Microsoft improves the cloud migration experience and helps companies reduce overall costs. Watch to learn how these Fortune 500 companies used Microsoft Azure to power their hybrid cloud strategies and move their businesses forward.

This infographic outlines the security and Windows Virtual Desktop benefits: Identity and access Network security Data protection Data privacy Threat defense Compliance programs and certifications Leverage this infographic to help articulate the value of Windows Virtual Desktop. View: Security and Windows Virtual Desktop

This article from Forbes details the effects of the pandemic on companies that did not use intelligent supply chains. Insufficient data makes it difficult to recognize areas of the organization that are now at risk. Forbes Technology Council member Amit Ojha predicts that more businesses will leverage data to better prepare for disruptions in the future. Read More...

When you use Microsoft .NET apps, you get Visual Studio tools and over 100 cloud services. You also benefit from faster, simpler development. View: Why use .NET on Azure?

Learn from three Microsoft customer success stories to understand how to make a valid business plan for your cloud migration. This article describes each way J.B. Hunt, H&R Block, and A.P. Moller - Maersk are using Microsoft to move their applications and systems to Azure. Read More...

As a business leader, you need to make sure your organization provides collaboration tools that suit different personalities, skillsets, and needs. Individuality means that what works for one person or team may not work for another. You also need to accommodate the diverse workstyles of the multiple generations now in the workforce. This guide provides insights to succeed through communication, customization, integration and working in secure confidence. Subscribe here. Read More...

This infographic visually describes the findings from a 2019 report, "putting customers at the center of the OEM supply chain." Ninety-nine percent of OEMs believe that the digital transformation of their supply chain is important to meeting their organization's strategic objectives. View: Emerging data trends in supply chain management

One of the aspects students and teachers miss about remote learning is being together in the same space. With Microsoft Teams Large Gallery and Together Mode, everyone appears together—virtual high fives are encouraged! Watch this short video for a quick tip on how to use these new features—and get your students together again.

Find out how one global company removed outdated, legacy systems and truly transformed the way they ran their business with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Quickly outgrowing their disjointed systems, Wild & Wolf desperately needed a single platform to use across all their businesses.

Whether in the classroom, remote, or hybrid, Microsoft Teams is a teaching and learning platform designed for today's education. Microsoft has created interactive demonstrations of Teams to help you get started quickly, with one customized for teachers and another for parents and students. These tutorials highlight useful features of Teams for everyone—have a look. Read More...

In this video, Transblue shares their modernization process from outdated paper processes to working in the cloud with up to date customer data with Microsoft 365.

Last year alone there were more than 650,000 reports of identity theft, with most consumers reporting credit card fraud and loan fraud. Read More...

Discover how the Carlsberg Group has successfully migrated SAP to Microsoft Azure. Migrating their environment to the cloud has helped them drive business performance and achieve digital transformation by streamlining their IT infrastructure.

The reality is every education system will have a mix of readiness for all three stages of remote learning. Whether schools are at full connectivity, no connectivity, or emerging connectivity, as the majority are, having one process supports transformation across a whole system or country. This document outlines Microsoft's strategy for providing one process for supporting all three stages of readiness for remote learning. Interested in getting started? We can help. View: Modern teaching and learning

Watch these short videos to get up and  running  with Windows Virtual Desktop. Eight videos each with a specific How-to in their titles—watch them all or only the ones you need. Read More...

Discover how Descartes, a global leader in logistics and supply chain solutions, helps keep goods flowing smoothly for businesses. Descartes wanted to move its MacroPoint solution to the public cloud to provide greater flexibility for customers and to focus internal resources on extending product value. After choosing Microsoft Azure as its preferred platform, the company successfully migrated the solution to Azure SQL Database.

Staff members spend an average of 10 hours each week in meetings, but research involving more than 800 leaders tells us that the more digital our world becomes, the more members need connection with others on their team. This document takes a closer look at the five different types of meetings and how to drive greater satisfaction for each. Read More...

This video highlights how building a resilient supply chain with Microsoft can help your organization stay on track during a crisis, providing end-to-end visibility that allows for data-based decisions that improve response time.

Windows Virtual Desktop is a comprehensive desktop and app virtualization service running in the  cloud. It's the only virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) that delivers simplified management, multi-session Windows 10, optimizations for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise, and support for Remote Desktop Services (RDS) environments. Deploy and scale your Windows desktops and apps on Azure in minutes and get built-in security and compliance features.  View: QuickStart guide to Windows Virtual Desktop

With virtual meetings, your team can connect from across the globe. In this article, learn  five  tips to make the most of your virtual meetings. You'll also learn techniques  for keeping cameras on, connecting with empathy, ensuring  there's space for attendees to share their thoughts, and  setting  an agenda with an outline. Read More...

With Modernize .NET, use popular frameworks like .NET, Java, Ruby, PHP, or Python to build and deploy with Microsoft App Service. View: Use popular frameworks like .NET, Java, Ruby, PHP, or Python to build and deploy with Microsoft App Service​

Microsoft can help you get started to fight against fraud. Don't miss another post and subscribe now! View: Subscribe Now!

With the increased usage of  Microsoft Teams  to  conduct virtual meetings, the need for tactical best practices to protect your privacy from intruders is also on the rise.  This thought leadership article explores how to protect the privacy of your Microsoft Teams Meetings  with easy ways to mitigate the risk of such problems by updating your settings. Read More...

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

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 of their innovative growth strategy include lower costs, easier access to data, and better insight.

Microsoft Teams follows all the security best practices and procedures, as part of the Microsoft 365 and Office 365 services. This article details how Teams handles common security threats through defense-in-depth, customer controls within the service, security hardening, and operational best practices. Teams is trustworthy by design and provides details of its security framework to keep users well-protected. Read More...

The supply chains of original equipment manufacturers have always been complex and often unpredictable, but in today's hyper-connected world, OEMs are encountering new levels of complexity. Research finds that ninety-nine percent of OEMs believe that the digital transformation of their supply chain is important to meeting their organizations' strategic objectives. View: Putting your customer at the center of supply chain

Discover what hundreds of senior executive survey respondents from around the world think about artificial intelligence and how its use transforms industries. Read the Microsoft-sponsored report from The Economist Intelligence Unit to learn how people are using AI to make the production and distribution of goods and services more intelligent. You'll also see how optimistic industry leaders are about AI and how it:  •Contributes to financial benefits.  •Transforms economies and jobs. •Encourages growth and productivity. View: eBook: Intelligent Economies: AI's transformation of industries and society

This infographic outlines the 4 different strategies available to migrate your apps to Microsoft: rehost, refactor, rearchitect, or rebuild. View: Migration strategies

J Walter Thompson has been successful in business for over 150 years and recognizes everyone in their company has different work styles. Because they are such a major distributor across many different countries, they've embraced virtual forms of communication and collaboration with Microsoft Teams. This allows them to move at the speed of culture to help position its clients' brands. The value it brings to clients is being brand pioneers, and Teams is a lifesaver in connecting and interacting, and is easy for their user base to adopt.

The traditional educational environment was forced to change this past year, but some school districts already saw the need for transformation, even before COVID required it. The Puyallup School District in Washington state successfully shifted to remote learning last spring through widespread access to devices, integrated technologies, virtual trainings, and open collaboration for more than 23,000 students with Microsoft Education. Read this blog to learn how they did it. Read More...

Find out  how to accelerate your  move to the cloud with Windows Virtual Desktop. Learn  how to get started quickly and securely with new Windows Virtual Desktop features that simplify the deployment  and experience of desktop and app virtualization on Azure.  Get best practices and tools directly from the Microsoft team building the product, and learn how  it  enables you to:  Deploy the only multi-session Windows 10 virtual desktop experience.  Quickly enable optimizations for Office 365 ProPlus in a virtualized environment.  Deploy and scale in minutes through the Azure platform.  Read More...

With Microsoft Teams private channels, you can have focused, private conversations with  specific  people on your team. This Microsoft Teams tutorial video will show you how to create private channels as you're working remotely.

This article from Forbes explores Cognilytica's four-part AI enabled vision of the future. In that vision, there are four main areas in which AI will impact our future lives: the way we work, the way we live, the way we experience the world and our interactions with each other, and the relationship we have with data. Read More...

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Fraud Protection is a cloud-based solution designed to help e-commerce merchants decrease costs associated with fraud, increase acceptance rates, and improve the customer shopping experience. With Microsoft Dynamics 365 Fraud Protection, you can combat payment and account-creation fraud with adaptive AI technology. Additionally, you can connect to a network of other knowledgeable merchants to gather quality insights while improving customer service with the built-in escalation support tool. Discover how you can take an innovative approach to boost your e-commerce revenue with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Fraud Protection in this video.

In this video, you'll learn about Azure Migrate, Microsoft Azure's central hub for datacenter cloud migration. Azure Migrate helps you discover, assess, and migrate workloads to Azure with integrated first and third-party tools.

Why build an app for Teams? 20 million people collaborating daily, harnessing the possibilities through collaboration. This infographic shares how apps built on Teams platform focus on increasing collaboration and productivity. View: Why build an app for Teams?

Use this detailed guidance document in coordination with the Implementation Guide PPT shared yesterday. This guide offers deeper insight how to implement remote learning as is organized by each specific "Layer" of the Technology Blueprint Implementation—such as Connectivity, Devices, Learning Platform, Learning Resources, and Analytics. View: Technology blueprint for implementing remote learning

Using Azure and IoT, Maersk uses remote container management to track and monitor 380,000 refrigerated containers around the planet. By leveraging the cloud, they are able to build new solutions and move much faster on data delivered to customers. This ensures that customers always know where their shipments are and goods arrive in perfect shape.

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

This deck provides specifics of the technology blueprint implementation of remote learning, accompanied by a more detailed guidance document to implementing remote learning across large education systems. Sectioned by connectivity, devices, learning platform, learning resources, and analytics—it's designed for an implementation team to engage with specific materials as needed. View: Remote learning technology blueprint

Connect your team and transform your workplace collaboration in one secure hub with Microsoft Teams. Enhance virtual communication, collaborate and build with deeply integrated apps, customize and extend with 3rd party apps and devices, all while working in confidence using enterprise-grade security Subscribe now! Subscribe now! View: Connect your team and transform your workplace collaboration in one secure hub.

In this step-by-step tutorial for beginners, learn how to use Microsoft Teams—the collaboration app with all your chats, meetings, and files in one place. Learn what it is, how you can get it, and how you can use it, as well as advanced tips and tricks.

With COVID-19 impacting their traditional operations, Make-A-Wish transitioned their staff to work remote within a week and creatively pivoted to adventure boxes while in-person wish fulfillments were put on hold. Read More...

This video highlights six important principles Microsoft considers before pushing their AI products to production.

This article examines five ways that you can start migrating your customers' business to the cloud on their terms, and the reasons why now is the time to do so (including end-of-support for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft SQL Server). Read More...

This article highlights the dangers of supply chain vulnerability and the importance of preparing for times of disruption. It offers three key approaches to protect and support your supply chain: diversify, invest in digitization, and develop a disruption mindset. Read More...

This infographic is an overview of how Azure Machine Learning is the best way to transform your business with the power of AI. This tool highlights the growing market opportunity and how Microsoft itself has leveraged AI into ongoing momentum for its own business. View: Predictive Analytics

Learn how Mazik Global used Dynamics 365 and PowerApps to develop applications for COVID-19 in this video. MazikCare is a healthcare cloud platform based on Microsoft Dynamics and Power Platform that provides a flexible, modular approach to healthcare business management. Mazik Global continuously innovates with solutions such as this by utilizing Microsoft platforms.

COVID-19 has shifted the economic landscape in unprecedented ways, driving dramatic increases to ecommerce businesses. New research from TransUnion shows the impact on markets in two key findings: a 23% increase in global e-commerce transactions and a parallel 22% uptick in e-commerce fraud. This thought leadership article from Forbes details the findings, educates merchants about potential disruptions, and advises consumers on how they can avoid falling victim to fraud. Read More...

The Microsoft Education Transformation Framework is an evidence-based model for designing system changes and leveraging technology to support that change. UNESCO's Global Education Coalition aims to help countries mobilize resources and implement solutions to provide education remotely, as well as seek equitable solutions and universal access. It also aims to avoid overlapping efforts and facilitate the return of student to school when appropriate. Have a look at this strategic plan and use it as the framework for your organization's distance learning outline. View: Distance learning strategic plan

This tool will estimate the quality of the experience your users will receive when connecting to Windows Virtual Desktop. Read More...

Microsoft  Teams continues to invest in experiences that will make it easier for teams to communicate and collaborate.  This article by Jared Spataro, Corporate Vice President for Microsoft 365,  informs how  new capabilities reflect commitment to two things: building the very best online meeting experience for customers and bringing technological solutions to traditionally underserved professionals. Read More...

This blog article from Microsoft discusses how AI has the potential to transform the future of work, and it is critical that businesses foster a culture that includes everyone as they incorporate AI strategies.   The biggest potential that AI holds is its ability to help us work together to tackle our toughest problems and it requires the shared responsibility to think about not just what AI can do, but what it should do. Read More...

Learn why companies like Albertsons, H&R Block, and Carlsberg Group chose to migrate to Azure and how the move has helped them transform their businesses. Microsoft provides tools for successful migration that work flexibly within the company's chosen migration process. Microsoft data platforms provide scalability, high availability, and security to accelerate your journey.

Microsoft advocates for financial practices that foster productivity and help businesses reach their revenue goals. This infographic lists six essential concepts that drive long-term financial sustainability and growth. View: Best practices infographic

In this video, learn how Microsoft is helping retailers anticipate and exceed customer expectations, avoid delays in production, and keep the business humming without interruptions. Microsoft empowers retailers of all categories and sizes to reimagine the way they bring together all aspects of their business, from the factory to the store floor, enabling intelligent retail experiences that customers love.

Last spring, the global pandemic forced schools around the world to experiment with online learning. Schools that leverage technology to elevate education are finding the most success with this transition. Microsoft Hong Kong's #FutureReady Limitless Learning Program supported over 50,000 teachers and 800,000 students from all 1,000 primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong. Read this blog to see how they did it. Read More...