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Managers are at the forefront of making hybrid work, work. To do so, they need organizational and technological support to play this key role in fostering well-being, sustaining performance, and cultivating belonging in your organization. Previously, organizations could count on a full onboarding system, where many people contributed to the onboarding success of a new employee. In a hybrid environment, “the full-service concierge” is now your manager. Learn more about how digital employee experience platforms like Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Viva can empower your managers to lead the shift. Read More...

Staying current with today’s changing security landscape can be daunting. Now is the time to protect your multicloud resources, workloads, and apps. We can help. Sign up for our mailing list to explore how the world’s most comprehensive approach to security can keep your business competitive. Let’s stay connected! Read More...

In the era of the human-centered corporate culture shift, what key practices set certain companies apart from complete cultural collapse? Strong, highly functional cultures will succeed no matter when or where employees work. To do this, companies will need the right tools and technology to embrace asynchronous communication and collaboration, make communication boundaries clear to prevent employee burnout, and champion documentation and the production of artifacts. Let us show you how Microsoft Teams can help your company find alignment for sustained success. Read More...

Today, every company is a multicloud company. And while multicloud brings increased resiliency, flexibility to optimize performance, and cost control, security issues can loom. In this article from Solutions Review, read about three major things you need to consider for protecting and securing multicloud environments. Read More...

Staying current with today’s changing security landscape can be daunting. Now is the time to protect your multicloud resources, workloads, and apps. We can help. Sign up for our mailing list to explore how the world’s most comprehensive approach to security can keep your business competitive. Let’s stay connected! Read More...

Cybersecurity threats today are increasingly sophisticated – and are intensified by the complexity of hybrid and multicloud environments. Integrated protection for your multicloud resources, apps, and data is more important than ever. Use this infographic to get a deeper understanding of the state of cybersecurity today, challenges organizations like yours are facing, and how you can work to protect your multicloud estate.  Read More...

The landscape of what we call the office has changed. What does it mean for organizational leaders navigating the shift? How do they accommodate people’s needs meanwhile maintaining a culture of excellence? The fundamentals of what transforms a group of people into an outstanding team haven’t changed much over time. However, the tools we have at our disposal and the environment that these events transpire in have changed dramatically. Learn more as Microsoft CEO, Sadya Nadella, shares his key insights on the future of work. Read More...

Hybrid work has changed the way we work and communicate, and Microsoft Teams is the tool that can help you make the most of it. We understand that there is more to communicating than merely spoken word, which is why we use AI and machine learning in our strategy for continual improvement. Learn more about how Microsoft Teams can improve and enhance call quality and meeting experiences for your team. Read More...

Is your virtual tropical beach backdrop or blurred background a distraction for others? Research consistently shows that human beings rely on subtle physical cues in our communication, which doesn’t stop just because we’re no longer in the same room. In fact, the better that technology can transmit those cues, the better we can communicate. Together mode in Microsoft Teams combines decades of research and product development to place all participants on a video call, together in a single virtual space. Allowing the special centers of the brain to function more naturally not only reduces video call fatigue, but improves overall communication and cohesion in a virtual setting. Learn more about how Microsoft Teams is consistently working at improving user experiences. Read More...

As a species, our highly evolved brains respond to and process visual data better than any other type of stimulus. Subconsciously, we are constantly assessing and interpreting even the slightest social cues. Learn how Microsoft Teams makes even the most remote interactions a natural experience. Read More...

Microsoft Teams has grown to be the tool that companies rely on to communicate and collaborate. As employee adoption rates increase, and more of the enterprise is shifted to Teams, what is the economic impact on the business? This research from Forrester provides a framework for assessing the potential impact of Microsoft Teams on businesses. Increased productivity for employees and the enterprise, efficiencies from process automation, and cost saving from a reduction in help-desk tickets are just some of the emerging impacts that were observed. Sign up and download the e-book to learn about the economic impact of Microsoft Teams. Read More...

Goodyear is more driven than ever to keep people moving. When travel restrictions said “no,” Goodyear – with the use of Microsoft Teams – was able to say “go, go, go!” In 2020, the company’s 2500 engineers could no longer travel to factories for equipment installation or troubleshooting. So, Goodyear turned to Microsoft Teams running on RealWear assisted-reality wearable computers to bring the engineering experts into the plants virtually. Not only did this reduce their dependency on travel and its associated costs, but the company was able to deliver solutions faster. Read More...

By providing an integrated collaboration solution, and safeguarding information all in a compliant environment, Microsoft Teams support your business goals towards global growth across multiple locations and time zones. During a financial analysis study measuring the economic impact of Microsoft Teams, findings indicated that that organizations experienced a $30.3 Million return on investment over three years, resulting in an 832% ROI. The array of collaboration tools makes it an essential tool in business today. Learn more. Read More...