Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Benefits of using Windows Server and SQL Server on Azure

This whitepaper highlights why Azure makes sense for applications that rely on SQL Server or Windows Server, based on four themes: security, innovation, hybridity, and cost.

View: Benefits of using Windows Server and SQL Server on Azure

Adapt to supply chain disruptions and ensure business continuity during distress

Subscribe now to learn more.

View: Adapt to supply chain disruptions and ensure business continuity during distress

The Empower Process

Modern ERP systems offer built-in intelligence to help guide users to optimal outcomes. However, selecting the best business management solution isn't always a straightforward task—factors like digital transformation, partners, and mapping should be considered. Learn the 7 steps to help select the right business management solution.

View: The Empower Process

3 fundamentals for a successful hybrid cloud

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

6 ways to kickstart DevSecOps

DevOps methodologies provide businesses with a faster and more efficient way to create and deliver code—and organizations are turning to DevSecOps as the solution to harden security and address compliance at the same time. Sign up to stay connected. We'll show you 6 ways to kickstart DevSecOps and integrate security into your practices.

View: 6 ways to kickstart DevSecOps

How blockchain will transform the modern supply chain

Contemporary supply chains have opened up a world of connected commerce far beyond what previous generations imagined possible. Traditional methods for managing shared processes - such as manual inspections, after-the-fact audits, and record reconciliation - are expensive, time-consuming, and error-prone. Modern supply chains demand a better solution. Blockchain is a secure, shared, distributed ledger that allows for supply chain visibility. It is uniquely positioned to help create trust, transparency, and accountability between many parties in supply chain scenarios.

View: How blockchain will transform the modern supply chain

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central overview

The business landscape is changing, and you need a system that allows for change. To stay on top in your industry, it's essential to be prepared to take on anything that comes your way, including meeting customers' needs. Successful SMBs are embracing digitalization with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Powered by the cloud, data, and business intelligence, it lets you unify assets in a single location to help you adapt faster, work smarter, and perform better. Business Central gives you flexible deployment options and innovative solutions that grow with your business for limitless possibilities and potential.

Social Asset 3: Subscribe now!

Maximise the value of Microsoft Teams for your business. Get started today to adopt the latest features into your organisation. Subscribe now!

View: Social Asset 3: Subscribe now!

Pandora streamlines global operations using Microsoft technology

Pandora is disrupting and transforming the jewelry industry by making beautiful jewelry an affordable luxury. Experiencing explosive growth, the company turned to Microsoft to help it establish global processes, streamline operations, and gain business insights. With Microsoft cloud services - including Microsoft Azure, Office 365, and Microsoft Dynamics solutions - Pandora better connects and serves its retailers, wholesalers, franchisees and consumers worldwide to further its competitive edge.

Read More...

Alaska Airlines makes shopping easier with faster flow of new e-commerce features

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.

Monday, September 27, 2021

Law firm runs better with server on Azure

Why run Windows Server on Azure? Ellen Kirby, senior manager of Technical Operations and senior enterprise architect at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, talks about the benefits of running the law firm's Windows Servers on Azure and about leveraging Windows Admin Center for better management and automation.

Security Fortify infographic

Maximize threat detection during attack stages with Microsoft's comprehensive suite of security solutions. Unmatched volumes of data inform Microsoft security solutions. Learn how you can harness decades of security experience with Microsoft Advanced Threat Protection.

View: Security Fortify infographic

Ste. Michelle Wine Estates ensures business continuity with Dynamics 365

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.

Pivoting to an intelligent supply chain

Currently, enterprises suffer from latency in their production process. AI can intelligently predict and simulate scenarios, enabling a responsive system. Pivot from manual and paper-based processes to AI-augmented solutions.

View: Pivoting to an intelligent supply chain

Low code vs. no code and the future of application development

Low code and no code platforms make app and software development accessible to non-developers. With pre-built templates and boilerplate code, businesses save time and money. Low code or no code platforms can help organizations build and deploy apps without always relying on an engineering team.

Read More...

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Migrate Web Apps

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

The future of supply chain: Taking a new approach

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

Building Intelligent Cloud Applications

This eBook provides a step-by-step guide for building and deploying scalable deep learning and machine learning models using serverless architectures with Azure. Learn to code machine learning into your projects using Python and pretrained models that include image and speech recognition and classification. Explore issues around deployment and continuous delivery, including scaling, security, and monitoring.

View: Building Intelligent Cloud Applications

Solution overview video

Learn about the features and benefits of Microsoft Teams - the single, unified communication and collaboration platform that integrates natively with the productivity tools you depend on every day. This video discusses key aspects of the Teams Platform such as meetings, in-app group whiteboarding, Microsoft 365 integration, and more.

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Enhance supply chain visibility

Harness data in the cloud to uncover the insights needed to increase the resiliency of your supply chain. This infographic outlines five benefits of improving supply chain visibility.

View: Enhance supply chain visibility

Improve observability, strengthen security, and proactively remediate vulnerabilities

There are DevOps tools for every phase of the app lifecycle. Use Azure to implement DevOps practices throughout application planning, development, delivery, and operations. By applying the right combination of DevOps technologies, culture, and processes, you can achieve continual software delivery and offer better value for your customers. Sign up to stay connected. We'll help you learn more about using Azure DevOps with GitHub and Visual Studio from Microsoft.

View: Improve observability, strengthen security, and proactively remediate vulnerabilities

Hybrid Environments

Secure hybrid environments for the lowest TCO with an integrated solution. Learn more about simplifying and fortifying with Microsoft security. Subscribe here!

View: Hybrid Environments

Stay productive while working remotely

Microsoft aims to keep teams connected while they work apart by making Microsoft Teams available to as many people as possible. In this article, learn how Teams allows you to chat, meet, call, learn, and collaborate all in one place. You will also find resources on getting started with teams for free, best practices on running virtual and inclusive meetings, and tips to foster community while working remotely.

Read More...

Dow uses vision AI at the edge to boost employee safety and security with Azure

Dow is a leader in materials science, focused on delivering innovative and sustainable customer-centric solutions. An important priority for the chemical company is safety, and Microsoft Azure played a crucial role in enabling preventative leak detection with the goal of zero safety-related events at its facilities. The initial solution leverages Azure AI to analyze live video and uses an app to trigger notifications to the operator if it detects a possible leak. Azure Video Analyzer, coupled with Azure DevOps, provided a quick, low-latency, low-resource, and easily scalable solution. Machine learning ensures the model is continually refined, so it gets better with each interaction. Best of all, this model can be leveraged for other applications, such as detecting when employees aren't wearing proper PPE in industrial locations, and security monitoring.

Read More...

Top trends that will reshape supply chain and logistics in 2020

Efficient logistics are important for a growing supply chain. It's important to recognise what trends will affect 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...

Leveraging your Microsoft assets in this remote access world

More of the workforce is working remotely than ever before. Organizations are adapting and implementing new remote access solutions. Now is the time to evaluate the Microsoft tools you already have at your fingertips and leverage the built-in remote work security features and capabilities. Read more in this article from National Law Review.

Read More...

Azure helps companies power their hybrid cloud migration

The hybrid capabilities from Microsoft Azure fuel innovation and delivers great business outcomes to companies such as, J.B. Hunt, KPMG, Allscripts, and Chevron. By meeting them where they are, Microsoft improves the cloud migration experience and helps companies reduce overall costs. Watch to learn how these Fortune 500 companies used Microsoft Azure to power their hybrid cloud strategies and move their businesses forward.

Low Code

Create at the speed of innovation with Power Apps low-code tools. This infographic shows how you can build custom apps in hours - not months - that connect to your existing data and systems to solve problems faster and drive efficiency.

View: Low Code

Finding magic in the mix of innovation, technology and flavour

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...

Monday, September 20, 2021

Systems Imagination uses SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters to deliver cutting-edge medical insights

Systems Imagination uses big data to discover new tiers of medical insights unobtainable through conventional means. In order to gain the distributed computing power it needed, the company adopted Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters. Now, it delivers results based on petabytes of data to its customers within hours while simultaneously keeping operating costs low.

Automate and streamline your supply chain

Modernize 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.

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

eBook: The ultimate guide to Windows Server 2019

Take full advantage of your on-premises investments with Windows Server 2019. Learn how to extend your on-premises environments to the cloud with the Windows Server 2019 advanced hybrid capabilities. Additionally, learn how to add additional security layers and update your applications and infrastructure when you connect to the cloud.

View: eBook: The ultimate guide to Windows Server 2019

Security Power

Securing your systems with a data driven, human guided security approach allows you to detect and respond to attacks more quickly and accurately. This infographic outlines how the global network of real time threat intelligence from Microsoft continues to evolve, anticipate, and stay ahead of risks.

View: Security Power

Microsoft Azure cloud migration: 3 success stories

Learn from three Microsoft customer success stories to understand how to make a valid business plan for your cloud migration. This article describes each way J.B. Hunt, H&R Block, and A.P. Moller - Maersk are using Microsoft to move their applications and systems to Azure.

Read More...

6 ways to win back your post-pandemic customers

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 organising calls with your top customers.

Read More...

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Supply chain maturity: Harnessing the power of data and AI

Over the next seven years, AI and Machine Learning will spur the industry toward supply chain maturity. This infographic outlines the various digital technologies respondents plan to invest in in the next three years, including analytics, AR/VR, and cloud.

View: Supply chain maturity: Harnessing the power of data and AI

10 reasons why every enterprise needs a DevOps strategy for 2021

The world is changing fast, and enterprise needs to keep up with new digital business models. With a DevOps strategy, development and operations teams are committed to a collaborative approach—delivering faster results to threats and opportunities. DevOps delivers strength to any organization willing to make it a core part of its DNA.

Read More...

BP deploys Microsoft 365 to improve user experience and security

Every day, BP manages the difficult business of finding, producing, marketing, and moving energy around the globe. Core to success is the modernization and digitization of the business, while being able to defend a vast digital perimeter against cyberattacks. This video shows how BP is migrating its work environment to Microsoft 365 Enterprise E5 to take advantage of a platform approach.

Read More...

Alcoa puts Frontline Workers at the centre of its digital transformation

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...

Improve supply chain and cross-channel visibility as you enhance demand planning

With Microsoft, improve supply chain and cross-channel visibility as you enhance demand planning.

View: Improve supply chain and cross-channel visibility as you enhance demand planning

Social Asset 4: Subscribe now

Subscribe now!

View: Social Asset 4: Subscribe now

Overcoming security challenges with DevSecOps

Throughout the years, software development practices have evolved to serve the needs and the speed of business. However, digital leaders are still facing challenges with security and development. The solutions to these challenges are collaboration, tooling, and DevSecOps best practices. Sign up to stay connected. We'll help you navigate the world of DevSecOps and understand how to successfully adopt it.

View: Overcoming security challenges with DevSecOps

Descartes migrates to Azure SQL Database for growth and flexibility

Discover how Descartes, a global leader in logistics and supply chain solutions, helps keep goods flowing smoothly for businesses. Descartes wanted to move its MacroPoint solution to the public cloud to provide greater flexibility for customers and to focus internal resources on extending product value. After choosing Microsoft Azure as its preferred platform, the company successfully migrated the solution to Azure SQL Database.

Social Asset BYL 10: Subscribe now!

Frontline Workers are often the first to engage with your customers, to represent your brand, and to see products in action. Empower your Frontline Workforce with @Microsoft Teams, which empowers your entire organisation.

View: Social Asset BYL 10: Subscribe now!

Deliver intelligent supply chain | NRF 2020

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.

Monday, September 13, 2021

Solution overview video

Learn about the features and benefits of migrating to Windows Server and SQL Server on Azure. This video discusses key aspects such as preventing the loss of valuable data and getting the lowest cost of ownership.

This expert says business will secure stronger supply chains post-pandemic

This article from Forbes details the effects of the pandemic on companies that did not use intelligent supply chains. Insufficient data makes it difficult to recognize areas of the organization that are now at risk. Forbes Technology Council member Amit Ojha predicts that more businesses will leverage data to better prepare for disruptions in the future.

Read More...

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Innovate Infographic

Moving Windows Server and SQL workloads to Azure provides flexible, scalable, and highly available cloud infrastructure. It also supports rapid innovation and digital transformation, freeing you to innovate. This infographic presents the benefits of running Windows Server and SQL Server on Azure.

View: Innovate Infographic

Emerging data trends in supply chain management

This infographic visually describes the findings from a 2019 report, "putting customers at the center of the OEM supply chain." Ninety-nine percent of OEMs believe that the digital transformation of their supply chain is important to meeting their organization's strategic objectives.

View: Emerging data trends in supply chain management

Security beyond Microsoft products

With Microsoft, security can be simple once again. Microsoft 365 provides an intelligent security hub that works seamlessly across platforms, going far beyond Microsoft—to Linux and Mac, to AWS and beyond, so you can manage mission critical workloads with the right tools at your fingertips. Watch the video to learn more.

Migration strategies

This infographic outlines the four different strategies available to migrate your apps to Microsoft: rehost, refactor, rearchitect, or rebuild.

View: Migration strategies

Remote developer productivity

The way people work and live changed drastically during 2020. As companies had to quickly transition to remote work, the challenges became clear. From adopting a new culture to overcoming collaboration and remote shipping challenges, there had to be an integral solution for these types of issues. The customers' objective is to enable a remote Development paradigm that allows their developers to invent with purpose as effectively (if not more so) as before this situation. They expect any investments they make in the cloud now to accrue benefits to the way they'll continue to operate after the world has transitioned to the new normal. Fortunately, Microsoft offers a wide variety of tools and platforms, from Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, Azure, GitHub, and Visual Studio—helping companies build business resilience. Subscribe to stay connected—we´ll help your development teams code, collaborate, and ship their internal and customer-facing apps even while working as a remotely distributed team.

View: Remote developer productivity

HRI uses Microsoft Teams to streamline research

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.

Subscribe Now

Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn, and subscribe for news, articles, tips, and tricks on Microsoft Security solutions.

View: Subscribe Now

The best way to add value to your growing business? Invest in supply chain leadership

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...

Azure Migrate: The hub for cloud migration

In this video, you'll learn about Azure Migrate, Microsoft Azure's central hub for data centre cloud migration. Azure Migrate helps you discover, assess, and migrate workloads to Azure with integrated first and third-party tools.

Integrate

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 organisation's hub for teamwork.

View: Integrate

Monday, September 6, 2021

Itaú Unibanco boosts service availability and data processing with SQL Server 2019

As a banking leader in Latin America and one of the largest banks in the world, Itaú Unibanco handles thousands of transactions every second. Operating on an aging data infrastructure, the bank found it difficult to expand its digital services without breaking SLAs or putting its guarantee of continuous service availability at risk. Since it migrated database services to Microsoft SQL Server 2019 based on Intel datacenter technologies, Itaú Unibanco can confidently scale data collection and infrastructure maintenance while it delivers the high level of service its private and commercial banking customers rely on.

Solution overview video

This video highlights how building a resilient supply chain with Microsoft can help your organization stay on track during a crisis, providing end-to-end visibility that allows for data-based decisions that improve response time.

Get the most out of Microsoft Azure with Visual Studio

If you have a Microsoft Visual Studio subscription, make sure you explore the benefits that come with it—or you may be leaving value on the table. Use your monthly Microsoft Azure credits and Azure training, DevTest pricing, Azure DevOps, support, and more. Get an overview of all your benefits and even project ideas for how to use your credits.

Modernise your supply chain with Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management

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 modernise business logistics, deliver proactive customer responses, and unify processes from sales to fulfillment.