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While most businesses rely on the cloud for their storage and innovation needs, many are not using it to its full potential. Most businesses are only at the beginning of their cloud journey. This article from Forbes explains how to develop a full vision and plan for your future cloud migration and innovation. Read More...

Future supply chains will be intelligent, enabled by a core cloud-based central platform that will integrate, orchestrate, and execute actions by working with each variable of the value chain. This creates a more holistic view of operations for enterprises, providing for new levels of agility, responsiveness, and risk mitigation. View: The future of supply chain: Taking a new approach

This article highlights the difficulty  in  remaining focused in today's technology-distracted environment.  Explore how Microsoft is using AI to  empower people to focus on the task on hand, despite information overload. Read More...

Microsoft Power Apps empowers citizen developers to build and share custom, professional applications that solve their business challenges. In this blog, you'll see the stories of citizen developers who built apps and became Power Apps Champions. Read More...

Alcoa, headquartered in Pittsburgh, is a global leader in bauxite, alumina, and aluminum production with locations in 10 countries. Alcoa deployed Microsoft 365 to improve communication and processes as part of the company's priority to reduce complexity. Employees at the company's Iceland facility embraced Microsoft Teams, using it to access business information from any location and on their own mobile devices. Alcoa uses Teams and Microsoft 365 to become more operator-centric with solutions that enable their employees in Iceland to manage schedules efficiently, streamline processes, and improve communication. Read More...

Microsoft Analytics and AI  provides  endless possibilities for growth, innovation, forecasting, and opportunities to  differentiate and personalize  donor and constituent  engagements.  Find the many values and opportunities for  employing  analytics and AI  in  this  one-page  overview. View: Microsoft Analytics and AI

Future Generali India Life Insurance Co. Ltd. adopted the use of REVA, a chatbot built on the Microsoft Bot Framework, which plays a key role in driving insightful conversations with its customers. In this video, see how the company has already seen an increase in the customer satisfaction rate by 91%, which won them the Microsoft and CNBC TV18 #AIForAll award for leveraging AI for enhancing customer engagement.

Team building is fundamentally important for your business to thrive. This article provides activities designed to enhance the interpersonal dynamics essential to a team's ability to bond together. Every core element has thought starters for those ready to dive in and a facilitator guide for those who want to take it to their team. Read More...

Efficient logistics are important for a growing supply chain. It's important to recognize what trends will impact logistics. This article explains several of the main trends in 2020, such as artificial intelligence, real-time visibility in the supply chain, a supply chain digital twin, 3PL collaboration, and green logistics. Read More...

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.

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.

This video captures the journey of Samit Saini, a security officer at London Heathrow Airport and who discovered Microsoft Power Apps. As a novice, he easily created useful, time-saving applications. Now, as a member of the IT team, he teaches others to do the same. See how Samit and Power Apps led digital transformation.

Firstline Workers are often the first to engage with your customers, to represent your brand, and to see products in action. Empower your Firstline Workforce with @Microsoft Teams, which empowers your entire organization. View: Subscribe now!

Consumer goods manufacturer Majans views technology as a key ingredient to create a new movement in snacking while simultaneously unlocking employee potential and scaling for growth. With Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management and IoT Intelligence, Majans provides its frontline workers, management, and C-level decision makers with near-real-time data offering meaningful signals and insights to create a quality product in a competitive market. Read More...

Because of the partnership it formed with Microsoft four years ago, the Senegal Ministry of Education was able to efficiently transition to a remote learning environment for its more than 3.5 million students. Read this customer story to see how strategic partnerships improve outcomes and prepare schools for any type of disruption. Read More...

Windows .NET has a wealth of resources addressing key security concepts and shared responsibility within the cloud. Subscribe to find more resources to help you write more secure codes and learn how workload responsibilities are divided. View: Find lightning fast innovation, elastic scalability, cost savings, and better performance​

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...

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Pulling rapid insights from complex data is a challenging goal for many organizations. Azure Synapse Analytics empowers you to make this goal a reality. Get up and running with Azure Synapse Analytics in minutes with three simple steps.  View: Three steps to get started with Azure Synapse Analytics 

Heart Research Institute (HRI) is conducting innovative, world-class research to prevent, detect and treat cardiovascular disease. See how Microsoft Teams has fundamentally changed the way HRI works. Teams helps researchers collaborate internationally, and as they streamline that process, it opens up their time so they can spend more energy on what they do best. The benefits include greater exploration of latest technology, as well as creating a faster path from making discoveries all the way through to positive patient outcomes.

Whether your school is learning remotely, adopting hybrid learning, or adjusting plans as you go, you won't want to miss these new features—all designed with the current education systems in mind. For example, are you looking for help nurturing social and emotional wellbeing outside of the classroom, or need information on deploying and managing Teams for your school or changing up your Teams assignments? Check out new features organized by these topics, plus additional ones. You'll want to bookmark this blog! Read More...

This post outlines six best practices for winning back your customers lost during the pandemic. Tips include sending out your safety "playbook," being the ambassador of encouragement, and organizing calls with your top customers. Read More...

Ready to create your first app? Learn the basics of Microsoft Power Apps and how you can make your business more efficient. Explore the different technologies and easily build an app: Read More...

Move your legacy data warehouse to a cloud solution and delegate tasks like infrastructure maintenance and platform upgrades. Migrate to Azure Synapse—a limitless analytics service with unmatched time to insight that accelerates the delivery of BI, AI, and intelligent applications.  In this white paper, see strategies for migrating your legacy data warehouses to the cloud. And get a three-step technical overview of the process—from preparing to migrate to gaining insights from analytics.  View: Empower IT and data professionals to achieve more with all their data 

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. 

In this Harvard Business Review, authors share the powerful impact of using artificial intelligence to drive decision making within organizations. Unlocking this opportunity stretches beyond unlocking the data but shifting the  way organizations adopt the information to make decisions. It can even shake up the organization's culture of top-down decision making. Read More...

This infographic demonstrates how Microsoft Power Apps can help businesses empower their workforce, save money building apps, simplify the development process, and scale quickly without compromising quality or security. Learn more: View: 4 reasons small businesses should innovate with Power Apps

Chipotle Mexican Grill is a longtime leader and innovator in the food industry. In this video, learn how Chipotle's ordering service is built in .NET to provide customers with a more efficient, coordinated service. Read More...

At the NRF 2020 event, hear from Microsoft and partners to learn more about closing the gap between demand and fulfillment to delight your customers.

This infographic shows how app integration lets you do more in Teams. Think about the tools, files, and dashboards you already use. Many of them can be added right into Teams and can be found by right in the Teams app store. Bring the apps and services you love into Teams to create your organization's hub for teamwork. View: Integrate

While innovation has supplanted cost savings as the primary driver of cloud migration for many businesses, moving to the cloud needs to make sense for your bottom line. Microsoft Azure offers unique cost savings options. View: Reduce costs with unbeatable offers

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

Find out  how to accelerate your  move  to the cloud with Windows Virtual Desktop.  This virtual event  explains  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. Read More...

Microsoft Teams  enables you to host and participate in more productive meetings and invite anyone to join, even if they are not a Teams user. This blog offers 9 tips to  have more productive meetings with attendees in and outside your organization. Read More...

Watch this webinar to learn how low-code platforms like Microsoft Power Apps empower all developers to unleash innovation and drive growth. Discover how to engage and leverage your team in a pro developer scarcity climate. Microsoft and Forrester Research speakers lead the discussion. Sign up here. Read More...

This article from Forbes discusses the importance of removing silos and focusing on cross-functional leadership. Key practices include thinking long-term, encouraging workforce development, and investing in technology. Read More...

In the spring semester of 2020, schools were forced to pivot to remote learning due to COVID-19. The questions that arose also prompted system and school leaders to reexamine education in broader terms. Barbara Holzapfel, VP Microsoft Education, addresses some of the shifts that are happening right now. She also highlights key findings in a new whitepaper titled, "Disruptions and Opportunities: Lessons from the spring of 2020." Have a look at this blog, which includes links to additional remote and hybrid learning resources. Read More...

Integrate existing applications, build from scratch with low code tools, and develop custom solutions. Subscribe now! View: Integrate

This infographic shows how Microsoft Power Apps uses low code to help you save money and time for your business. See why Forrester named Microsoft a leader in low-code development platforms, and discover the benefits of Power Apps here. View: Low-code drives business transformation

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.

Whether teaching Physical Education courses virtually or  conducting virtual prenatal visits, Derby County Community Trust is leveraging Microsoft Teams to provide  essential  services  across the county. Colleagues  are empowered to work  more efficiently together  and connect  better with people in the community. View: Derby County  Community Trust puts its trust in Microsoft Teams

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

This video is a quick introduction to low-code capabilities and how Microsoft Power Apps uses this technology to empower businesses to create innovative apps. Discover how to reduce inefficiencies and solve business challenges by quickly and easily creating custom applications.

Find out how you can take advantage of offers and tools to maximize your efficiency with Microsoft Azure. Watch this video to get 5 tips to help you save on costs and learn about the tools available to help you efficiently move to the cloud.

Automate and streamline 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.

Schools around the world made an abrupt turn educational delivery in the spring of 2020. As with any major disruption and change—there's a lot to be learned. This report details the research findings of nearly 800 educators and IT professionals working in education, about the positives and negatives of the shift to remote learning in spring of 2020. It explores topics such as the benefits of being "unwittingly prepared," disadvantages of being underserved, critical lessons learned, and managing the load for educators, students, and IT professionals. Have a look. View: Disruptions and opportunities in remote learning

While migrating to the cloud offers your business greater scalability, cost-efficiency, and improved performance, it can require careful IT planning and strategy. Fortunately, there are resources and tools that can make your cloud migration less daunting and help simplify your path to the clou... View: Cloud Migration Essentials: A guide to migrating servers and virtual machines

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...

Keep up to date on cloud solutions to transform customer engagement. Subscribe now. View: Employ flexible, open hybrid cloud solutions and transform customer engagement ​

Subscribe now to learn more. View: Adapt to supply chain disruptions and ensure business continuity during distress

In this e-book, we'll look at some of the differences between online meetings and live events, and how to be successful with both. We will also describe seven steps to setting up and running an effective online event, with a handy checklist at the end. Read More...

As remote work and social distancing become more common, many nonprofit organizations must find new ways to deliver digital versions of traditional in-person events like fundraising events and galas, town halls with constituents, or all-hands meetings with staff and volunteers. Join Microsoft Tech for Social Impact for a free 60-minute online event as we discuss technology solutions like Teams and Teams Live Events and share tips and tricks you can use for your event needs. Read More...

Explore how Ullman Dynamics, the world leader in suspension seats, is transforming their business by migrating to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and the cloud.

This article chronicles how Microsoft partnered with American Express to improve the accuracy of fraud protection for online retailers. American Express joined forces with Microsoft to enable merchants and card issuers to share information about risk exposure while incorporating information in detailed evaluations. Read More...

How open communication created a successful HR marketing campaign: Schneider Electric had already established a culture of diversity and inclusivity, and Microsoft helped to put on a lens on that for their HR marketing campaign. Using Teams provided the backbone for the preproduction work of commination, deciding ideas for production, and having the tools needed to share ideas and keep it all running smoothly. Teams has been the key tool used for the company to keep those collaborations and contributions going.

Classroom discussions might look a bit different online, but dialogue amongst students is an important part of learning. Watch this video for clear instructions on how Teams participants can utilize the full functionality of the Raise your hand button. Read More...

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...

Using Microsoft Teams helps you save time  by having all solutions in one place for improved collaboration and information sharing. Foster a collaborative environment and embrace the upside of teamwork—frictionless sharing that makes good ideas exceptional.  View: Streamline solutions with Microsoft Teams

This infographic illustrates the world-class flexibility, security, integration, and reliability of Azure App Service - a fully managed platform for building, deploying, and scaling your web apps. View: Azure App Service

This video highlights the benefits and features of using the Modernize .NET Microsoft solution to find lightning fast innovation, elastic scalability, cost savings, and better performance.

With Microsoft, Ste. Michelle Wine Estates has been able to adapt easily to the disruption of COVID-19 and ensure business continuity. Dynamics 365 enabled them to completely change their distribution model to accommodate the increase in e-commerce and continue work seamlessly from home.

Since its launch, Microsoft Teams has become the fastest growing app in Microsoft history with more than 330,000 companies worldwide using it. Learn new ways to use the app on a daily basis. Here are 5 reasons why you should start using Teams today for enhanced workplace connection and collaboration. Don't wait, collaboration brings innovation and success. Read More...

How can we take what we've learned about the rapid response to remote learning and apply those insights to our current models as well as future schooling? In this webinar, Microsoft Education VP Barbara Holzapfel leads a discussion with Michael Fullan and Joanne Quinn, Global Directors for New Pedagogies for Deep Learning. Both Fullan and Quinn believe that the disruption and reopening of schools sets a ripe environment for meaningful discussions and action to reimagine the future of learning. Listen to this thought-provoking webinar. Read More...