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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...

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!

Not long ago, the main way that major research institutes obtained the computing power they needed for new or ongoing projects was to invest in computing infrastructure, which required significant upfront investments and led to ongoing IT costs to keep the research going. By switching to cloud computing, research organizations have discovered that they can increase their computing performance without investing in new physical servers or on-site infrastructure. The benefits of the transition are obvious: faster publication times, substantially faster data analysis, significantly lower IT spending, and increased collaboration among researchers, all thanks to improved data sharing and security. Subscribe now to learn more about how the cloud, artificial intelligence (AI), and the off-premises data management capabilities of Microsoft Azure are empowering organizations—research and otherwise—across the world. View: Don't miss another post! Subscribe now.

Digital transformation in healthcare is revolutionizing how we perceive our interactions with technology. Telemedicine, medical devices enabled by artificial intelligence (AI), and blockchain electronic health records (EHRs) are just some of the technologies that are helping improve patient-provider interactions. With the overall goal of enhancing patient care, the modern healthcare industry is seeking to streamline physicians' work, optimize systems, improve patient outcomes, reduce human error, and lower costs via amazing web and mobile experiences. Subscribe now for the latest insights into how Microsoft for Healthcare is empowering providers via better tools and more efficient solutions to increase patient satisfaction. View: Don't miss another post! Subscribe now.

With the continued increase of Microsoft Teams to conduct a virtual meetings, the need to protect your privacy from intruders is also on the rise. Read More...

Door je eerstelijnsmedewerkers meer mogelijkheden te bieden met digitale tools en platformen om hun klanten van dienst te zijn, informatie te delen en de productiviteit te verbeteren, profiteer je van een aanzienlijk concurrentievoordeel. In dit rapport van Forbes Insights en Microsoft lees je hoe bedrijven hun medewerkers betrekken en meer mogelijkheden bieden. Read More...

Organizations using on-premises solutions are stuck battling yesterday's problems. But when you upgrade your enterprise resource planning (ERP) to the cloud, you're setting up your nonprofit for future success.  Here are  seven benefits to moving your ERP to the cloud. View: The cloud advantage: 7 benefits of moving your ERP to the cloud

Learn how the Spanish Red Cross is leveraging Microsoft technology to unite data sources, drive insights, and forecast demand for critical humanitarian services. Read More...

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

Historically, industries have been shaped long-term by the short-term changes taken during global crises. Disruptions introduced by COVID-19 are already showing signs of accelerating long-term changes. This thought leadership piece explains several trends and major shifts in manufacturing that may result from short-term responses to the pandemic. Read More...

Forward-thinking vendors are now focused on cloud-based ERP solutions that deliver outcomes for their nonprofit. This e-book  provides a framework for evaluating modern ERP that extends beyond a checklist of features and functions into the more useful and mature territory of ensuring ERP impact. View: A new approach to evaluating ERP

This webinar series covers the concepts, strategies, and advantages for the modernization of a nonprofit organization's entire data estate. Subjects include data warehousing, reporting, analytics, Machine Learning/AI, and more. Join  Stephen Green  as he covers some of the most popular subjects for nonprofit organizations' digital transformation. 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...

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.  View...

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...

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...

Met Microsoft Teams-privékanalen kun je gerichte privégesprekken met specifieke personen van je team voeren. Deze zelfstudievideo van Microsoft Teams laat je zien hoe je privékanalen kunt creëren als je op afstand werkt. View...

Microsoft 365 combineert intuïtieve, hoogwaardige productiviteitsapps met intelligente clouddiensten om je eerstelijnsmedewerkers meer mogelijkheden te bieden. In deze infographic staan statistieken waaruit blijkt hoe belangrijk het is dat je medewerkers over de juiste tools beschikken. View: Call to Action

Is your organization evaluating whether to transition your ERP solution to the cloud or stay on-premises? To determine whether this transition is right for your nonprofit,  calculate your  Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) to determine your  economic value of investment against your total direct and indirect costs over your system lifecycle. This flyer showcases how the  TCO estimate considers the six cost areas every organization needs to evaluate when visualizing their transition to the cloud. View: Have you looked at Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of transitioning your ERP to Cloud?

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

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

Large upfront costs can severely limit the scope and scalability of important projects. With major research institutes that work on projects where substantial volumes of data need to be analyzed, the investment in computing infrastructure for data processing can be a major concern. They need a solution that can ensure the proper scalability of research projects and eliminate the inefficiencies of having to constantly update, upgrade, or downscale on-site servers to address the data needs of specific projects. Fortunately, cloud computing is having an enormous impact on how research is done across the globe. Watch this video to learn how the elasticity and scalability of Microsoft Azure has allowed genome researchers at Australian National University to access only the computational resources they need while delivering results faster than ever before. View...

Digitally transforming public services to make them accessible to everyone who needs them as quickly as possible is key to building trust in public agencies. But to do so effectively, governments need to ensure that their applications and websites remain as accessible and user-friendly as possible, which requires that they streamline processes, choose stable platforms, and follow the best development methodologies. If these new apps are adopted correctly, they can provide governments with universally accessible two-way channels for interacting with citizens that lessen reliance on physical interaction, while providing government employees more and better information about their cases. Watch this video to learn how an agile approach to app development combined with Microsoft Azure is changing the way the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) in Victoria, Australia, is delivering IT to its department and the entire state. View...

Verbind en betrek je eerstelijnsmedewerkers door ze uit te rusten met de juiste tools en technologieën om de digitale transformatie van je bedrijf te bevorderen. View: Abonneer je nu.

The COVID-19 pandemic introduced unprecedented change and disruption in 2020 for the manufacturing industry. In this video, Microsoft's Çağlayan Arkan and special guest Enno de Boer from McKinsey & Co. look back on this unprecedented year and offer predictions for 2021. Understand the four durable shifts that need to be top-of-mind for the industry, learn what other leaders are doing to drive success and business resiliency, and gain new strategies to accelerate transformation and innovation in 2021. View...

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

Het samenwerken op afstand aanpassen en uitbreiden met @Microsoft Teams, waarbij je team betrokken, verbonden en veilig blijft. Abonneer je nu. View: Uitgebreide samenwerking

Microsoft is helping ABB maximize their digital transformation by connecting manufacturing solutions to innovative cloud capabilities. But Microsoft doesn't stop there. Microsoft Consulting Services has helped ABB transform their staff with educational resources to improve customer experiences and opportunities. Learn how Microsoft has helped ABB transform their capabilities and drive staff expertise. 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...

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...

Technology is rapidly advancing, creating both great opportunities and great needs in the nonprofit sector. This document summarizes the research findings of over 2200 individual donors, volunteers, or funding decision-makers to understand what motivates them to support organizations. As donor expectations change with the digital landscape, nonprofits face an increasingly urgent need for technology that can align with and enable their organization's mission. View: Beyond overhead  Donor expectations for driving measurable impact with technology

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...

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. View...

Fabrikanten moeten zorgen dat hun medewerkers over de juiste vaardigheden en tools beschikken om te kunnen profiteren van nieuwe digitale, industriële technologieën. Microsoft heeft oplossingen waarmee je eerstelijnsmedewerkers kunt bijscholen en van de juiste tools voorziet. Help ze de digitale en sociale vaardigheden te ontwikkelen om moderne tools te gebruiken en het tempo van de moderne wereld bij te houden. Lees verder voor meer informatie: Read More...

Access this webinar, featuring guests from Forrester, to learn about the commissioned Forrester Consulting Total Economic  Impact™ (TEI) study examining Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations. You'll learn how a modern enterprise resource planning (ERP) strategy can drive success.  Find out how seven organizations replaced their legacy, siloed ERP systems with a cloud deployment of Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations to modernize and simplify their ERP environments. 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

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. View...

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. View...

This article from the AARP outlines the spikes in identity theft and government impostor scams in early 2020. Consumer complaints crept up to record levels, with overall reports numbering 3.2 million, which is a full 3% rise from 2018—demonstrating why protecting against fraud is more important than ever before. Read More...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the catalyst for the fourth industrial revolution, the most significant technological advancement thus far. AI has the potential to solve incredible challenges for all of humanity, including climate change, education, design, customer experiences, governance, and food. That said, among the biggest concerns regarding AI is the potential for unexpected and unintended consequences in building and deploying AI products. According to Nate Yohannes, Principal Program Manager for Mixed Reality and AI Engineering at Microsoft, having appropriate representation at decision-making tables when building AI products is critical to help prevent these unfortunate scenarios. From his perspective, representation will go a long way toward preventing the unexpected consequences of AI products, and it will also guarantee that the products that are created will have the widest consumer base possible: everyone. Listen to this podcast for an inspiring conversation about

Game-changing technological innovations are having profound repercussions in almost every industry across the world. The health sector in particular is embracing innovations that offer significant business opportunities for entrepreneurs and investors. And with tech developers, engineers, and researchers regularly breaking new ground and achieving what was once thought impossible, it seems that the question to ask now is not if a given breakthrough can be achieved, but when. Read this article to learn about the five key areas in which digital transformation is enabling providers to drive breakthroughs in healthcare and deliver improved patient experiences. Read More...

Teams blijft investeren in ervaringen die het eenvoudiger maken voor teams om te communiceren en samen te werken. Dit artikel (geschreven door Jared Spataro, Corporate Vice President for Microsoft 365) legt uit hoe nieuwe mogelijkheden een weerspiegeling zijn van de inspanningen voor twee dingen: het opbouwen van de beste online vergaderervaring voor klanten en het leveren van technologische oplossingen aan onvoldoende bediende professionals, waaronder eerstelijns- en zorgmedewerkers. De nieuwste functies bevatten nieuwe integratie tussen Teams en op het hoofd te bevestigen RealWear-apparaten, realtime onderdrukking van geluiden tijdens vergaderingen, boekingsapps, pop-out-chats en de functie 'hand opsteken' voor externe deelnemers die willen aangeven dat ze iets te zeggen hebben. Microsoft 365 Business Voice in de Verenigde Staten is een nieuwe oplossing voor kleine en middelgrote bedrijven die van Teams een compleet telefoonsysteem maakt, alsmede nieuwe Microsoft 365 Ent

This infographic introduces the unique features that set Microsoft apart, including the most comprehensive set of compliance offerings, leadership in hybrid cloud solutions, and being on the leading edge of technological development. Microsoft has hundreds of thousands of partners and is the industry leader in IoT solutions. View: Microsoft proof points for manufacturing

To thrive in today's challenging environment, organizations are increasingly relying upon the technological and strategic prowess of their financial leaders to report on the past, manage the present, and create the future.  In this year's trends report, we explore eight emerging trends that every CFO should know about the future of finance, so that they can better evaluate and manage risk, build  innovative strategies, and accelerate the impact of their organization. View: Top eight trends every CFO should know about the future of finance

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. View...

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. View...

Organizations that modernize their data estate can reap major benefits, including enhanced security and compliance, significant cost savings, and the ability to empower employees via business insights and advanced analytics capabilities. Organizations that don't, on the other hand, risk putting themselves behind the curve by missing out on game-changing cost benefits, leaving their businesses open to potential vulnerabilities, and by not taking advantage of modern analytics capabilities. Read this infographic to learn how businesses are taking advantage of the latest technologies by modernizing their datasets to create transformational benefits throughout their organizations, and discover how they're doing so by leveraging Microsoft Azure. View: 3 reasons to modernize your data estate ​

As the healthcare industry continues its rapid shift toward value-based care, providers are facing a stark challenge: evolve quickly or risk losing patients. To remain competitive, modern healthcare leaders must find ways of unifying healthcare data to unlock connectivity and interoperability that can improve the value of care. Effective strategies must address healthcare's core challenges comprehensively through modern technologies that support multifaceted goals to achieve exponential improvements, instead of one-off solutions that address single challenges. Read this eBook to learn how unlocking interoperability via Microsoft Dynamics 365 can help your organization enable personalized care, reimagine healthcare, improve operational outcomes, and empower care teams. You'll also discover how achieving these four objectives will allow your organization to reduce costs, increase revenue, and better manage risk, leading to dramatically improved patient outcomes. View: Micros

Het is geweldig om te zien hoe marktleiders als IKEA medewerkers meer betrekken bij bedrijfsprocessen en de klantervaring verbeteren door eerstelijnsmedewerkers toegang te bieden tot tools zoals Microsoft Teams. IKEA gebruikt de tools van Microsoft om iedereen in de organisatie vertrouwd te maken met functies zoals chatten en videogesprekken. Daarnaast digitaliseert het bedrijf eerstelijnsprocessen zoals de personeelsplanning om tijd en geld te besparen. View...

In this video, hear from executives about why they chose Microsoft solutions like Azure IoT. Microsoft is scalable, meets security requirements, and provides special features to help businesses stay ahead of the rapid pace of manufacturing innovation. View...

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Deze infographic geeft statistieken weer over hoe Microsoft Teams het totale aantal vergaderingen en de duur ervan verlaagt door verbeterde samenwerking en delen van informatie. View: Tijd besparen met MicrosoftTeams

Read this report from PSFK to discover ways to maximize your success with digital transformation. You'll see how intelligent business applications can help you create autonomous supply chains and explore ways to prepare for the future, such as building a more skilled workforce and prioritizing sustainable practices. 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...

This comprehensive visual guide provides you  with the  key tips for:  -Mastering online meetings and events of any size  -Leveraging Microsoft Teams for collaboration  -Engaging with your audience using Microsoft 365 for live events  -Delivering a successful event online  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 ​

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...

Not so long ago, the drawbacks of storing databases in the cloud were so great that most businesses gave it little thought. Today, the benefits far outweigh the shortcomings, with an incredible array of additional services and solutions now available that provide organizations with unparalleled efficiency and growth potential. Not only is the price-to-performance ratio of cloud software much better than that of on-site servers, but an array of additional services and solutions can also now be integrated in cloud applications. Subscribe now to learn more about how cloud migration can provide you organization with the scalability and flexibility it needs to support its digital transformation roadmap, as well as how you can reap the benefits of industry-leading capabilities by using Microsoft Azure. View: Don't miss another post! Subscribe now.

Digitizing behind-the-scenes processes potentially offers one of the most important productivity gains the public sector has seen in decades. It's also one of the most challenging undertakings an organization can pull off. Many well-intentioned digital efforts have been plagued by unfortunate side effects, including high costs, burdensome efforts, and lack of positive results. To prevent these scenarios, governments must concentrate their digital efforts on improving the experiences of users, rather than upgrading technologies for their own sake. Subscribe now to learn how Microsoft for Healthcare enables providers to deliver patient-centric experiences that fuel growth and increase the productivity of care teams. View: Don't miss another post! Subscribe now.

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 

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. View...

Hoe laat Fruit of the Loom elke medewerker inzien dat hij of zij het verschil kan maken en hoe zorgt het bedrijf ervoor dat personeel over de juiste tools beschikt om doelen te behalen? Door de kloof tussen de eerstelijnsmedewerkers en de directie te overbruggen met Microsoft 365 en zo de digitale transformatie te stimuleren. Bekijk deze video voor het hele verhaal. View...

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 digital event needs. 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 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...

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. View...

Toen de pandemie voor de nieuwe realiteit van social distancing zorgde, was Mercy Housing in staat om de bewoners en gemeenschappen te ondersteunen, waarbij iedereen veilig bleef met Microsoft Teams. Deze video met een klantverhaal laat zien dat er door COVID-19 een enorme vraag kwam naar een tool voor het behoud van persoonlijk contact en dat het bedrijf dankzij Teams de bewoners en gemeenschappen van dienst kan blijven zijn, het bedrijf kan groeien terwijl er op afstand wordt gewerkt, waarbij beveiligde omgevingen voor werken op afstand worden ondersteund. View...

Eerstelijnsmedewerkers zijn je merkambassadeurs. Ze zijn onmisbaar voor je organisatie. Als je deze mensen meer mogelijkheden biedt, worden de voordelen hiervan al snel merkbaar. In dit rapport van Harvard Business Review en Microsoft lees je hoe je je bedrijf transformeert en je concurrentiepositie verbetert door je team de juiste tools en technologieën te bieden. Read More...

COVID-19 has brought disruption to many areas of life, including manufacturing. In this thought leadership piece, learn about the importance of opportunities for increased innovation in crisis response and recovery, as well as the need for a more sustainable future. Read More...

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 activation playbook gives you guidance on how to  deliver a successful webinar. It covers planning, content preparation,  execution,  and post event follow-up, so  you will  have a host of tools to help you plan, develop, and execute effective digital events.  Read More...

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 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. View...

Data-sharing is an immense enabler of scientific advancements. When researchers choose to make their data publicly available, they are allowing their work to contribute far beyond the original findings. Making research data more accessible also fosters transparency and trust in their work, enables other researchers to reproduce and validate their findings, and ultimately, contributes to the pace of scientific discovery by allowing others to reuse and build on top of the data. Fortunately, cloud technology has made it easier than ever to share data across major research institutions. Empowered by tools that include Microsoft Azure, researchers are relying more and more on digital collaboration and open source software to drive scientific breakthroughs. Watch this video to learn how researchers at Australian National University (ANU) are using Azure to build on each other's findings and avoid a siloed approach to data that leads to slower research pipelines. V

Organizations in almost every industry have transformed themselves via digital technologies, and the public healthcare sector is no exception. By digitizing, providers can deliver services that meet the evolving expectations of citizens and businesses, even in a period of tight budgets and complex challenges. Citizens prefer digital services and immensely value the increased convenience they provide. Digital services can also empower citizens and broaden their engagement with government agencies, leading to increased trust and improved patient experiences. Watch this video to learn how the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) in Victoria, Australia, is using Microsoft Azure to amplify its portfolio of citizen-facing applications, deliver online housing register, and improve its client incident management system. View...

Vergroot je concurrentievoordeel door je eerstelijnsmedewerkers uit te rusten met de juiste tools en technologieën. Zo besparen ze tijd, werken ze efficiënt en kunnen ze zich volledig richten op hun belangrijkste taken. View: Transformeren met moderne tools

This blog explains Microsoft's commitment to the #CreatorsWanted movement, which seeks to fill the skills gap and inspire a diverse workforce with intelligent and data-driven manufacturing. Learn about the practical ways Microsoft supports responsible and sustainable manufacturing in their mission to empower people to achieve more. Read More...

Bob Bejan,  Microsoft's Corporate Vice President of  Global  Events,  shares his insights  into  how to turn large-scale events into effective online  experiences. Read More...

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...

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

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...

Houd contact om je team meer mogelijkheden te geven. Kom meer te weten over het uniform maken van samenwerking op de werkplek met @Microsoft Teams. Abonneer je nu. View: Stel beveiligingsteams in staat om te coördineren

Vergroot het concurrentievoordeel van je eerstelijnsmedewerkers met hoogwaardige productiviteitssoftware in de cloud. Ontdek Microsoft-tools waarmee je de bedrijfsvoering stroomlijnt, de omzet vergroot, gegevens beschermt en de samenwerking verbetert. Bekijk deze infographic voor meer informatie. View: (Voordeel) Concurrentievoordeel eerstelijnsmedewerkers

To quickly respond to changes in environment, customer preferences, competitive forces, or unforeseen crises, manufacturers must embrace technologies that deliver supply chain agility. This infographic explains the Microsoft solution, the technologies involved, and the benefits they provide. Read More...

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...

This e-book shows how social networks such as LinkedIn are replacing prior legacy approach of cold calling for identifying new prospects.   View: The new era of the cold call: Combining inside sales tools with social selling

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. View...

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. View...

Deze infographic laat zien hoe je in contact blijft met de hub voor teamwork in Office 365. Met Microsoft Teams kun je contact maken, samenwerken en samenkomen door veilig te vergaderen met je collega's en overal te werken, zelfs op afstand. View: Nu is het de tijd voor Microsoft Teams

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...

Are you looking for new ways to grow your institutional relationships? Learn how nonprofits are using LinkedIn for fundraising. View...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is driving massive innovation in the healthcare and life sciences industries. It's expediting advances in drug research and discovery, allowing for better and faster diagnoses, and enabling far greater efficiency in business processes. Considering how many can benefit from AI advancements in the healthcare industry, it's a sector where technology stands to have the one of the biggest impacts on society. Read this article to learn how #AI, machine learning, and robots will continue to shape the future of the healthcare industry and enhance patient experiences in the upcoming decades. Read More...

From autonomous vehicles, predictive analytics applications, and facial recognition, to chatbots, virtual assistants, cognitive automation, and fraud detection, the use cases for AI span dozens of industries. Regardless of the AI application, though, these use cases all have a common aspect. After implementing thousands of AI projects, experts have come to realize that despite all of the diversity in applications, AI use cases fall into one or more of seven common patterns. One of them—the pattern-matching pattern—has allowed machines to digest large amounts of data to identify patterns, anomalies, and outliers in the data, so organizations can unearth previously undiscovered insights in their datasets. In this article, you'll learn how pattern-matching is being put to use in today's organizations to prevent fraud, find the best job candidates, manage inventories in times of crisis, and empower data scientists with new perspectives on how to improve critical processes. R

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...

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. View...

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...

This thought leadership piece explains different ways to integrate automation in your manufacturing processes, as well as the resulting benefits in reducing waste and improving efficiency. Read More...

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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. View...

Healthcare organizations face extreme business, clinical, and technical pressures as they make the shift from fee-for-service to value-based care delivery and reimbursement models. Legacy Electronic Health Records (EHRs), as they are architected today, lack true collaboration capabilities, resulting in clinician inefficiencies and patient dissatisfaction. To make matters worse, with the shift from volume- to value-based payments, patients are now discharged "quicker and sicker" into a delivery ecosystem that was never designed to manage and coordinate care beyond any single facility. To succeed in this new paradigm, providers must become increasingly more agile and collaborative; they must also recognize the importance of CRM as a component of their patient engagement strategy. Read this whitepaper to learn how Microsoft Dynamics CRM provides healthcare organizations with the salesforce automation, marketing planning, social listening and engagement, customer service, and

Hand in hand with digital transformation, cloud technology has seen outstanding growth. Because of the rapid pace of adoption, it has overtaken traditional on-premises hardware. Given the cloud's huge potential across industries, verticals such as manufacturing, railways, banking, retail, education, and healthcare are switching to cloud services to optimize their reach and performance and increase their flexibility. But moving to the cloud is a strategic move, and it requires organizations to make careful internal analysis in choosing the features that will allow them to get the most out of their cloud migration. By reading this infographic, you'll learn more about the most important benefits and features of Microsoft Azure. You'll also discover how the Microsoft cloud is helping businesses enjoy unparalleled cost savings, easily plan migrations, avoid the complexity of multivendor support, and modernize existing cloud applications. View: Move and modernize your Microso

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?

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?

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

Houd contact met Microsoft Teams tijdens werken vanuit huis met behulp van de 'Nu vergaderen'-functie van Microsoft Teams. In deze video kom je te weten hoe je 'Nu vergaderen' moet gebruiken, waarmee je de mogelijkheid hebt om van een teamchatgesprek direct een virtuele vergadering te maken. View...

Eerstelijnsmedewerkers moeten over de juiste tools kunnen beschikken om klanten de beste ervaring te bieden, of dat nu in de winkel of online is. In deze video zie je hoe Mattress Firm, een groot matrassenbedrijf, Microsoft 365 gebruikt om uitdagingen op het gebied van misgelopen klanten en verspreide informatie te overwinnen. Mattress Firm centraliseerde zijn systemen in een cloudplatform, waardoor medewerkers makkelijker toegang kregen tot betere informatie. View...

This video showcases Microsoft's Connected Field Service solution for the oil and gas industry. In this video, you'll discover how oil and gas companies can gain insights from remotely connected devices, drive operational efficiencies, and improve technician productivity with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connected Field Service, Power BI, and Azure IoT. View...

Digital collaboration increases transparency among employees; it also empowers organizations to develop better interdepartmental relationships, improve workflow, and reduce lead times. In addition, collaboration solutions can provide co-workers with a single place to brainstorm ideas, communicate, collaborate, store files, share knowledge, and get work done without any lags or setbacks. Subscribe now to get the latest insights into how digital collaboration powered by Microsoft 365 is creating more efficient, faster-growing businesses worldwide. View: Don't miss another post! Subscribe now.

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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. View...

Audi technology partner EFS is developing cutting-edge autonomous driving technology. Using Microsoft Azure, EFS was able to create a deep learning AI solution that analyzes high-resolution images of roads, improving road-analysis and propelling EFS toward the goal of safe autonomous travel. Read More...

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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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

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