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Are you getting the most out of your available data? Are your sales and marketing teams communicating effectively? Seemingly small missed connections could be holding your business back from hitting revenue goals. Find out what they are and how to avoid them here. Read More...

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...

This Thought Leadership provides an overview of the offerings Microsoft 365 has to help security CISOs and other security professionals gain better visibility and control of their current and future security position. View: How can Microsoft help me understand my current security posture and get recommendations on how to improve?

What makes Azure SQL different from SQL Server? Learn the technical differences, the reasons behind them, and the potential impact on your business in this article. Read More...

"Tech4Dev helps women in Africa develop their technical skills to help empower the next generation of workers" showcases how Tech4Dev, a Nigerian nonprofit organization, was able to equip women with technical skills and experiences to build the technology of the future. Office 365 helped Tech4Dev give access to the right tools and knowledge to women in underserved communities so that they could develop skills to achieve financial freedom. For more information on Office 365 solutions for nonprofits, contact us today. Read More...

"Nonprofits Should Develop Their Tech Fluency" is an article from Forbes about how improving tech fluency can be vital in achieving the mission of nonprofit organizations. Included are suggestions to build tech fluency for specific roles, such as executives, marketers, fundraisers, and finance professionals. Contact us today for more information about Microsoft cloud services. Read More...

"Modern Workforce Training: Get the Most from Office 365" is a helpful article (plus video!) that highlights all the benefits a modern workplace can expect from implementing the communication, collaboration, and productivity tools found in Microsoft 365. Modernized for the modern workplace, Microsoft 365 has all the tools nonprofits need to take productivity and collaboration to the next level. For more information on how Office 365 can benefit your nonprofit, please contact us today. Read More...

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

Small businesses deserve the benefits of the cloud as much as any other company, and now they can do so without worrying about the security of their data.

Take a closer look at the ways in which SitePro is able to save their customers valuable time by transporting data almost instantly over the cloud.

This video is a virtual class on running meetings with Microsoft Teams, led by a Microsoft training specialist. In this class, you'll learn how to schedule and manage Teams meetings end-to-end. You'll see how to access meetings and content easily and assess which devices will work best. The video also covers how to use Teams before, during, and after your meeting to create the best experience for your remote team.

Take an in-depth look at the Microsoft commissioned study to understand why girls are still steering away from STEM-related fields and what we can start doing now in our schools to close this gap. View: Closing the STEM Gap: Why STEM classes and careers still lack girls and what we can do about it

Increasing productivity with Office 365. Looking for ways to increase productivity and remain connected? This webcast, "Office 365—How Your Organization Can Be Productive from Field to Office," will show you how Office 365 can increase your impact. To learn more on how Office 365 can improve your productivity, contact us today. Read More...

RapidDeploy helps first responders act quickly to protect the public. Read "RapidDeploy helps first responders defend public safety with Azure Sentinel" to learn how the nonprofit uses the complete visibility, automated responses, fast deployment, and low total cost of ownership in Azure Sentinel to help it safeguard public safety systems. Contact us today for additional details about Azure Sentinel. Read More...

This quick start guide is full of information to help you make the most of Microsoft Teams. With this tool, your employees have a shared workspace for conversations, files, and meetings. Everyone can be more engaged and effective, even when working remotely. Review this guide to access actionable tips for better connection, collaboration, and productivity. View: Get started with Microsoft Teams quick start

The task of GDPR compliance can be overwhelming for businesses but it doesn't have to be. This guide is intended to help businesses better understand what GDPR entails and begin the process of adapting their current security measures to meet the new requirements. Luckily for small and large businesses alike, Microsoft has done a lot of the heavy lifting when it comes to preparing the infrastructure for successful compliance. View: SQL Server and Azure SQL Database GDPR Guidance

"7 ways to work smarter in the cloud" is an eBook that shows your nonprofit customers how they can improve communication and teamwork to accelerate their mission and drive greater impact. Microsoft Office 365 makes it easier to create, share, and work together wherever they are, on any device. For more information on Microsoft nonprofit solutions, please contact us. View: 7 ways to work smarter in the cloud

With Azure Sentinel, enterprises worldwide can now keep pace with the exponential growth in security data, reduce hardware and operational costs, and improve security outcomes without adding analyst resources. Read "Introducing Microsoft Azure Sentinel" to learn how Microsoft is empowering SecOps teams to see threats clearer and eliminate distractions. For more information on Azure Sentinel, contact us today. Read More...

This Microsoft eBook goes into detail about key tools and strategies to help customers overcome blockers and improve collaboration using Microsoft Teams. These tips can easily be adapted and applied to remote work. Suggestions include streamlining tools and apps, making virtual meetings more efficient, and improving version control. View: Unblocking Teamwork: four tools and strategies to improve collaboration

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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

New cloud app capabilities offer the potential for teams to work smarter and more efficiently than ever before, but they can put huge pressure on IT and security teams to ensure company data remains secure without hindering forward progress. Microsoft 365 tools allow you to do this. View: How do I find and manage shadow IT and rogue devices, and put policies in place to ensure we remain secure?

As the end of service approaches for SQL Server 2008, let's take a moment to reflect on where we have been and the exciting new innovations available with SQL Server 2017. View: Growing SQL Server: Features from 2008 to 2017

Get smarter, faster threat detection and response with the cloud and AI. Gain access to intelligent security analytics and unlimited compute and storage with Azure Sentinel. Bring together security data from across your organization and start defending your entire enterprise—immediately. This will help your nonprofit customers get started with the power of alert detection, threat visibility, proactive hunting, and threat response found in Azure Sentinel. Contact us today for additional details about Azure Sentinel. View: Cloud-Native SIEM: Quick Start Guide to Azure Sentinel

This flyer highlights some of the key features in Microsoft Teams that allow customers to stay connected, collaborate, and increase productivity—all in one place. The flyer also offers ideas on how customers can use Teams to make remote work more efficient and even fun. View: Introducing Microsoft Teams: empowering remote work

For school districts whose few resources are already spread thin, grants are the perfect way to bring in new tools to benefit STEM learning. However, the range of grant sizes, providers, and requirements can be overwhelming to a school district just starting the process. This guide efficiently organizes what your district needs to know about grant applications, covering everything from overviews of sources and structure, common STEM grants, and valuable application tips. View: Maximizing grant funding for your STEM initiatives

Walk through a week in the life of IT professionals to see the variety of work they do each day to address threats and protect your organization. View: Defend, protect, secure. IT heroes in action.

SitePro is pushing the boundaries of what's possible for their oil and gas customers. To do this, they needed to be as agile and as informed as possible. They moved to Azure to enjoy the freedom and possibilities of the cloud.

Microsoft conducted an extensive survey and found that donors and funders are more likely to contribute to a nonprofit that can show how it is using technology to run its programs in a better way. This report summarizes the results of this global survey, provides examples of nonprofits investing in technology, and explores how technology is contributing to organizational impact. Additionally, "Beyond overhead..." offers actionable guidance for building a technology investment strategy that meets the needs of the nonprofit organization and its donors. It should be downloaded and reviewed by your team, and also shared on social media with customers. View: Beyond overhead: Donor expectations for driving measurable impact with technology

This article offers nine ways to create a workspace and routine to make working from home a more joyful, sustainable experience. Suggestions range from self-care to workspace set up to breaks. Read the article for all the ideas. Read More...

In addition to protecting endpoints, Microsoft believes in protecting data, starting at its very inception. Check out the strategies and tools they have to keep data protected across all scenarios in this informational document. View: Protect your data in files, apps, and devices, within and across an organization

This case study, brought to you by @msftnonprofits, tells the moving story of how the Red Cross in Kenya uses Microsoft solutions to enable real-time decision-making and faster response in the most remote areas. For more information on Microsoft solutions for nonprofits, contact us today. Read More...

Find out what Microsoft is doing to ensure students today are prepared for the workforce of tomorrow, even if we are not yet sure what that work will be. View: Tools and technology for developing future-ready skills

Help your tech-savvy nonprofit customers learn Azure in 2020. This article shares 9 no-cost resources that users can take advantage of right now. For more help getting your customers started with Azure, contact us today. Read More...

This infographic focuses on how Office 365 makes it easy for nonprofits to collaborate with colleagues on the road or in the office. Find out how to do more, be more productive, gain new insights, build teamwork, and get more control over data security and compliance in your organization. For more information on Office 365, contact us today. View: Office 365 Mobility

Nonprofits need to be able to empower staff with the freedom and mobility to work whenever and wherever they choose. "Mobilize your nonprofit organization" helps your customers understand how they can mobilize and modernize their organization without sacrificing security. To learn how Microsoft Office 365 cloud solutions can empower nonprofit employees to effectively work remotely, across all devices, securely and compliantly, contact us today. View: Mobilize your nonprofit organization

The value of technology to nonprofit organizations is how it can help them accelerate their mission and do more good. Nonprofits are constantly facing the challenges of fewer resources, greater need, and growing cybersecurity threats. While the potentials of cloud computing for nonprofits are clear, the adjustments the IT organization will need to make in transitioning to the cloud may be unclear. The "Azure strategy and implementation guide for nonprofits" eBook will help nonprofit IT teams more effectively implement and integrate cloud technologies. For more information on Azure implementation for your nonprofit, contact us today. View: Azure strategy and implementation guide for nonprofits

Curious about the new Azure SQL Database Managed Instance? This article covers specifics about the offering, including features, security, scalability, and architecture. Read More...

Microsoft Imagine Academy designed to ensure students enter higher education, further education, or the workplace with this vitally important skill: technical proficiency and industry-recognized credentials. Hear from students, educators, and recent graduates about the benefits they have experienced using Microsoft Imagine Academy and preparing for careers.

BP recognizes the significance of cybersecurity to their business and the importance of continual digital transformation to remain competitive. To accomplish both simultaneously, they implemented Microsoft 365 Enterprise E5, getting the best of Microsoft tools with an integrated security system that's simple and easy for all employees to use. Read More...

This video shows how a global leader in marketing communications uses Microsoft Teams to increase collaboration across their entire organization. Teams helps them create a global, modern workplace so the company can innovate at the speed of culture. With this tool, they can stay connected and easily collaborate across different geographies.

We know that connection with colleagues is vital, especially during this time of increased isolation. Many educators are eager for more time brainstorming, sharing ideas, and fueling their passions through their work in Professional Learning Communities. In this video, we cover how to meet now with fellow teachers, schedule meetings for later, and record meeting notes. Have you ever been typing back and forth with someone and wish you could just talk with them in person instead? With Teams, you can quickly do that with the click of one button: Meet now. If you record your meetings, they can be saved within the respective channel so absent members can easily find and view later. Teams makes it easy for educators to continue or create new Professional Learning Communities. Watch this video to learn more about PLC capabilities in Teams.

A chatbot was designed to help disaster-relief organizations quickly offer assistance. Direct Relief developed the bot to answer questions on Facebook after realizing that its response time was getting dangerously high. Now it's making the technology available to any nonprofit that needs it. For more information on how Microsoft can bring exciting new technologies to your nonprofit, contact us today. Read More...

"Why Cloud" shows your nonprofit customers how they can increase productivity, enhance professionalism, and increase security in their organization with supercharged, business-class email from Microsoft. Contact us today to learn how Microsoft Office 365 cloud solutions can make a measurable impact on your organization. View: Why Cloud Flyer

Azure Backup simplifies data recovery into a cost-effective, one-click solution that's simple to implement. In less than 2 minutes, this video will show you how Azure Backup can help eliminate infrastructure costs, protect against ransomware, and simplify data protection. For more information about migrating your nonprofit customers to Azure, contact us today.

As the end of support for Windows Server SQL Server 2008/2008 R2 approaches, questions will undoubtedly arise, especially relating to the Extended Security Updates offered by Microsoft. This document is here to answer those questions. View: WS + SQL 2008 Extended Security Updates FAQ

"10 Myths On Moving To The Cloud" helps nonprofits unpack what they really need to know by revealing 10 common misconceptions about moving to Microsoft Office 365. Each myth is countered by the truth and benefits of moving applications to a hosted solution. To learn how Microsoft Office 365 cloud solutions can make a measurable difference for your organization, contact us today. View: 10 Myths On Moving To The Cloud

Watch this webcast to learn more about how Azure can augment (or replace) your existing backup and disaster recovery (BCDR) strategy. For more information on Microsoft Azure solutions for nonprofits, contact us today. Read More...

With the COVID-19 outbreak turning a massive amount of the global workforce to remote work, everyone is adjusting to meetings, chatting, and collaborating exclusively online. This blog post shares the top tips from the team behind Teams on how to make working from home productive and healthy. Read More...

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After rounding the year 2 mark on their Personalized Learning Initiative, Fresno Unified School District has gained new insights into what exactly has made the initiative so exceptional in its ability to transform learning outcomes for students. Take a look at their findings in this article. Read More...

Technology is not static, and neither, therefore, are the methods cybercriminals can use to gain access to company networks or data. In light of this, an effective security system is one that can learn and react to new threats as they come. Discover the powerful combination of Microsoft tools that provide a comprehensive security strategy for your business. View: Discover threats quickly, remediate immediately, and mitigate the impact of malware and breaches

Why move your on-premises SQL Server to the Azure cloud? Check out this infographic to learn about the savings and latest technological benefits of switching to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance. View: Discover the benefits of modernization and save with Azure SQL Database Managed Instance

This video is a quick tutorial on how to use the meeting features in Microsoft Teams.

This article explores the ways in which sales productivity technologies help SMBs move toward higher automation for simplified tasks and what it is that makes some tools more effective than others. Read More...

Check out this infographic to learn the three most commonly used inroads into your system and how best to secure your data from each strategy. View: Breaches happen. Learn how to protect your organization.

Take an in-depth look at the second-year results of Fresno Unified School District's Personalized Learning Initiative, including comparison data on closing the achievement gap for economically disadvantaged students and insights on the most impactful aspects of the initiative thus far. View: Enabling Analytics for Improvement ‒ Lessons from Year 2 of Fresno's Personalized Learning Initiative

SitePro is harnessing the power of technology through the IoT and cloud capabilities to help their customers create safer, more efficient work environments.

During this uncertain time, it's increasingly important for people to take care of their mental health. This article from Fast Company offers suggestions to maintain mental health while working remotely. Tips range from acknowledging the impact to streamlining work, and more. Read More...

Working from home is about balance. Make sure you take frequent breaks and monitor your working hours as you would if you were commuting.

It’s easy to get distracted when you’re in a video meeting. Turning on your camera (and turning off other notifications) gives you the incentive to be present in the meeting instead of handling other issues during the call.

Constant notifications from messaging tools driving you crazy? Shut your virtual door and block off “Do Not Disturb” time on your calendar each day.

When self-isolating, video conferencing systems will be your best friend. Book 15min using your video conferencing system instead of relying on email or a messaging tool. Read more about collaborating while WFH here: http://datto-content.amp.vg/web/chkvq4ztwqz8i