Monday, November 30, 2020

Create a smarter farm powered by sustainable energy and artificial intelligence. Learn more about Microsoft Azure AI.

When it comes to digital transformation, becoming more efficient has always been a top priority, especially with regard to natural resources. Here, smart farming has allowed the industry to evolve in an exponentially more sustainable way while also delivering innovative solutions to issues such as population growth, climate change, and livestock nurturing. Subscribe now to get the latest news on how you can start creating a smarter farm, fueled by sustainable energy sources and powered by the intelligence of Microsoft Azure AI.

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Gartner Peer Insights 'Voice of the Customer': CRM Lead Management

Gartner Peer Insights compares vendors' customer relationship management (CRM) systems, which can then be used to determine best practices for your own business. This study in statistics provides insight on the best ways to capture and manage leads.

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Digital transformation has become one of the keys that modern healthcare providers use to unlock increased efficiency and dramatically improve their patients' experiences. From applications that enable patients to solicit their services from any location to collaboration software that allows providers to increase the effectiveness of existing services, digital is transforming the industry in ways that were previously unthinkable. Subscribe now to stay up to date on the latest insights and trends in the digitization of healthcare, and see how Microsoft technology can be used to provide patients with enhanced services.

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Friday, November 27, 2020

Meet Surface Studio 2 for Federal

Microsoft can help organizations like yours develop and execute technology strategies that enhance productivity with improved security. The new Surface Studio 2 for Federal optimizes a zero-gravity, counterbalance hinge that allows you to move seamlessly from Desktop to Studio Mode. It truly transforms your workspace! Along with high level security and capabilities to support professional-grade software, Surface Studio 2 for Federal is the most powerful Surface yet. Look at this document for more details!

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Construction giant gains competitive edge with zero-trust approach to security

When The Walsh Group—one of the largest construction contractors in the United States—moved to the cloud, it realized it needed better ways to manage who accesses its systems. The company set up identity as the control plane—with Microsoft Azure Active Directory at the center and a zero-trust security stance to better protect access to all its resources. Now, The Walsh Group CIO says the company leads the industry in securing access to its hybrid environment, giving it a competitive advantage. Read the article for more.

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Government data protection—earning and retaining the public's trust with Microsoft 365

More and more organizations are pivoting to a "Zero Trust" security model. This means that all users and devices, both inside and outside of the network, receive the same security checks with regard to data, applications, devices, and users. Read this blog by Senior Director of Industry Marketing Diana Pallais to better understand the increased security measures that organizations are adopting in order to build citizen confidence and trust in government institutions.

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Thursday, November 26, 2020

SunCulture: Helping to weather the dry seasons

Sometimes, having access to the right data at the right time can enable life-saving decisions. If you don't believe so, just ask Monica, a Kenyan farmer who has to leverage water from a well in her back yard to irrigate her crops as well as provide her family with drinkable water. Due to climate change, rainy seasons have become more and more scarce, forcing her to carefully manage her water output depending on the weather patterns in her region. Watch this video to learn how solar-powered digital transformation and Microsoft Azure are empowering farmers like Monica with easily accessible, accurate data that allows them to effectively predict rainfall, control their irrigation systems, and increase yields.

Innovator's Guide to Remote Working

This guide will walk you through some of the key concerns company leaders and managers have identified with remote working and give you some information to consider as you strive to stay competitive and manage change with the latest technology.

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NSW: Investing in education technology

For educators, digital transformation isn't just students having access to computers and googling information. It's introducing young people to the increasingly advanced technological capabilities that surround them—and will be a part of their working future. To kick off our video series, we go to New South Wales, Australia, where technology is shaping the ways students learn and teachers teach. With Microsoft support, over 400,000 devices can be supported within one organization. It's geographically encompassing and developed for anytime-anywhere teaching and learning. It saves users time and money. Have a look!

DHHS: Department of digital transformation

Improving operational efficiency is at the core of enabling better outcomes for patients. By freeing employees from manual intensive tasks and outdated legacy technology, organizations can focus on optimizing their processes and improving patient experiences. For the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) in Victoria, Australia, part of this process meant eliminating the agency's dependence on paper and improving its employees' ability to collaborate and share critical information. Watch this video to learn how digitization based on Microsoft technology has enabled DHHS to be more efficient, eliminating more than 80,000 paper faxes per year and enabling seamless collaboration that empowers data-driven decision-making.

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Security intelligent infographic

Identify and repel more threats than ever before with Microsoft Advanced Threat Protection, Azure Security, and Azure Sentinel. Take a look to learn more about intelligent security solutions for your entire enterprise.

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Buying is a journey

Go beyond transactions and interactions to give your buyers unique experiences that build trust. Transform the sales experience with Dynamics 365 Sales. Features include enabling smarter selling with contextual AI, increasing sales profitably with advanced insights, and improving coaching and sales performance.

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Introducing Microsoft Surface Hub 2S

Microsoft Surface Hub 2S bridges all devices together into a flexible, collaborative workspace, allowing teams to dynamically work together and share.

Shift to a modern desktop

Microsoft can help organizations like yours develop and execute technology strategies that enhance productivity with improved security. The new Surface Studio 2 for Federal optimizes a zero-gravity, counterbalance hinge that allows you to move seamlessly from Desktop to Studio Mode. It truly transforms your workspace! Along with high level security and capabilities to support professional-grade software, Surface Studio 2 for Federal is the most powerful Surface yet. Look at this document for more details!

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Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Expand your offerings portfolio with innovative digital solutions. Get started with Microsoft Retail Solutions.

Merchandise and customer service have traditionally been the main focus of the retail industry's portfolio. Digital transformation now allows retailers to expand on their main capabilities and develop innovative solutions that boost their bottom line, as well as that of their partners and clients. Digital is reshaping retail into a more diverse, tech-infused industry where innovation is king and disruption creates new collaboration opportunities. Subscribe now to learn how to get the most from your existing retail applications by leveraging Microsoft technology to diversify your service portfolio.

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Make Remote Work with Surface Pro 7

Read this guide and discover how the Surface Pro 7 empowers the remote workforce.

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Retail as a service

Innovative solutions that increase revenue and generate industrywide disruption are the Holy Grail of digital transformation. Developing such solutions isn't simple, though. It requires accurate insights, significant research and development (R&D), and a stable, accessible platform that can make the solution easily available to partners and clients. The effort can be well worth it, as groundbreaking applications can open up new revenue streams, enable complementary capabilities, and foster long-lasting partnerships that can elevate a business to new heights. In this video, you'll learn how the Kroger Co. technology division is leading the industry by leveraging Microsoft tools to provide its own innovations as a new offering: retail as a service.

How to accelerate digital selling with Dynamics 365

This video provides an overview of the sales accelerator in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales Insights. You will learn how to maintain business continuity with the sales accelerator, a digital-first experience that enables salespeople to work remotely.

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Largest and most trusted

Microsoft 365 guards your data as a valuable asset. With security built-in, not bolted on, integration and deployment are simplified. Subscribe now to learn more.

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Security Solution Overview

With data growing increasingly valuable and harder to protect, Microsoft provides security solutions across identity and access management, information protection, threat protection and security management. Harness integrated, comprehensive security with Microsoft Advanced Threat Protection, Azure Security, and Azure Sentinel to identify and repel more threats than ever before and safeguard your organization, without sacrificing productivity.

Map to Your Customers' Sales Expectation

What do your customers expect from sellers? Wouldn't it be great to easily answer this question! This infographic includes powerful statistics and insight into the minds of customers. According to McKinsey, the top customer request is to speed up interactions with sellers. This was mentioned two times more often than price. What's more, according to TOPO, 60 percent of companies lack a well-designed sales process. Great news! Dynamics 365 Sales Professional helps your sellers stay engaged with customers and provides virtual collaboration via Teams.

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Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Northrop & Johnson boosts sales and marketing efforts with Dynamics 365

Marketing technology is not something that has been widely adopted in the luxury yacht industry. Yet, targeting this niche demographic requires precision and little room for mistake. Watch as Northrop & Johnson, a luxury yacht company, implemented Dynamics 365 Sales Pro and achieved a 70% increase on their charter sales. Dynamics 365 gave them a real competitive advantage, providing them with a window into the customer the entire way through the sales cycle. Use this testimonial video to demonstrate to your customers how one company easily implemented Sales Pro and was able to strengthen customer relationships, predict buying behaviors, and be much more precise in their marketing activities.