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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 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

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...

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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

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...

When bringing two companies together through acquisitions, you are often bringing in a different culture with different technology. This can often make it difficult to efficiently collaborate. Sharing files and streamlining communication is a common problem. Two of the leading agency networks, McCann and MullenLowe, needed help to create a single platform which enabled their employees to work together through close collaboration. Microsoft Teams provided the solution they were looking for.

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.

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...

With virtual meetings, your team can connect from across the globe. In this article, read five tips to help you ensure high productivity and efficiency during your virtual meetings. You'll also learn techniques for keeping cameras on, connecting with your people with empathy, asking if there's anything they need, ensuring there's space for attendees to share their thoughts, and setting an agenda with an outline. Read More...

This eBook provides guidance throughout the cloud migration process, from initial considerations to the tools required. Learn how to approach your cloud migration, assess your servers, virtual machines and applications, confidently execute your migration, and optimize your cloud services. View: Cloud Migration Essentials

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?

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

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.

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.

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

For the 2018 racing season, NASCAR imposed new regulations on competitors, including limiting the number of team members allowed on the track during races. For legendary race team Hendrick Motorsports, this meant that many of the race-day crew would now need to perform their critical duties remotely from the team headquarters in Concord, NC. Hendrick Motorsports adjusted to the new regulations with technology, by making Microsoft Teams their new hub for all race communications and decision making.

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

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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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 article describes various new features in Microsoft Teams, including enabling calls in separate windows and pinning meeting controls to the top of your screen. Read More...

GE is transforming from an industrial leader to a digital industrial leader, using software and sensors to make its machines connected, responsive, and pred...

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.

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.

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...

Dutch startup Tony's Chocolonely grew out of a journalist's exposé of child slave labor in the cocoa industry and his dream of making the chocolate trade slavery-free. The Amsterdam-based company grew quickly, but its original collaboration apps didn't support its international expansion or its work-life balance ideals. Teams enables Tony's Chocolonely workers to communicate on a personal level with their colleagues in Europe, America, and Africa. Adding telephony capabilities makes it even more powerful, with everything available in one single interface. Read More...

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...

In a world where remote work is more and more common, virtual meetings have become the norm. But technical problems, audio delays, and lack of personal interaction can dampen spirits and halt innovation. How can leaders better connect with their teams across a digital distance? Check out these five tips from Entrepreneur. Read More...

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

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 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...

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

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...

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.

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...

This video highlights the many ways Microsoft Teams can help your business inspire collaboration, reduce costs and risks, and deepen engagement.

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. Read More...

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

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

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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?

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...

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 

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:

This infographic lists the many ways you can use Microsoft Teams to drive workplace collaboration. It also provides statistics on the success and popularity of Microsoft Teams. View: Collaborate with Microsoft Teams

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.

Oiselle needed to modernize and adapt their business processes to survive. This interview with Megan Murray, Director of Marketing, explores the ways Oiselle benefited from an agile, adaptable calendar and file-sharing system from Microsoft. 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...

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...

How can your organization benefit from Microsoft Teams? Learn from Frank Lusko, the EVP of Sales and Marketing at CWPS, to hear how his sales team has benefited from this collaboration tool through features such as notification alerts and planner scheduling.

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!

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.