Tuesday, July 30, 2024

OpenShift Virtualization: Unleashing the power of virtual environments

Despite the race toward cloud and cloud-native implementations, most IT workloads are hosted in virtual machines (VMs) and will continue to be. But as virtualization enters its fourth evolutionary epoch, those working with it face challenges like vendor lock-in. Read this blog to learn how Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization empowers IT teams to integrate their workloads with more modern technology and capitalize on all virtualization has to offer. Connect with us at to navigate this technological advancement effectively.

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Copilot in Teams and Intelligent recap | After the meeting

Watch this short demo video for a look at how quickly Copilot in Teams builds on the highlights available from Intelligent recap and helps you dig deeper into the meeting context so you can stay in sync on what comes next. Ready to make Copilot in Teams a permanent member of your hybrid workforce? Contoso Technical Solutions can help you get started.

Monday, July 29, 2024

Onward with security that lets HUG HUB bring insurance into the digital age

Windows 11 Pro is more than just a simple upgrade from Windows 10. Read this absorbing customer story about how HUG HUB, an innovative London-based insurance platform, has used Windows 11 Pro to build its successful portal allowing customers to buy and manage policies on their own.

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Connect your hybrid cloud environment with IT automation

Organizations across industries are digitally transforming to meet rising demands for new services and innovation. IT automation is emerging as a solution for connecting traditional and cloud-native environments with speed and accuracy. Download this eBook to explore the benefits.

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Copilot in Teams | Get meeting overviews

With so many meetings and so little time, organizing meeting action items so you can get to what's important quickly is essential. Watch this video for a demo of how Copilot in Teams works to create a meeting overview almost instantly—if not sooner.

Introducing Surface Pro 9

This stunning video shows this beautiful tablet and laptop PC and describes its power and performance features.

Introducing Copilot in Windows 11, new AI tools, and more

The new Windows 11 update brings nearly 200 new features to your business, but the most exciting is your everyday AI assistant: Microsoft Copilot. Watch this engaging video highlighting how using Microsoft Copilot will add to your Windows 11 experience and increase your productivity and efficiency.

Microsoft Surface Pro 9 Promotional Flyer

This flyer provides details on the Surface Pro 9 discount available through September 30, 2024.

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Microsoft 365 Copilot | Get up to speed

Watch this brief video to learn how Copilot can spare you embarrassment and keep you up to speed even when you log in late for a meeting. Contact Contoso Technical Solutions to make Microsoft 365 Copilot a permanent Teams member.

Dad Joke Bot

Tech life is easier when it's automated. When Ana calls in with a bitcoin problem, Sean shows us how to access an automation hub and resolve the challenge. Curious how a Dad Bot fits in here? Tune in to see how Ansible Automation Platform helps you automate for impact and empower your business and customers.

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Monday, July 22, 2024

The Automated Enterprise

No matter the complexity of your environment or where you are on your IT modernization journey, an IT operations automation strategy can help you improve existing processes.

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Copilot in Teams: Discern Opinions Quickly

Watch this brief video for a demonstration of Copilot in Teams capability to discern and summarize quickly and concisely the concerns and perspectives of meeting participants. Contact Contoso Technical Solutions to get started with Copilot in Teams.

Surface Pro Copilot+ PC Product Spec Sheet

This datasheet highlights the new Surface Pro, a PC powered by the Snapdragon® X Elite and Plus processors, for high productivity, on-device and exceptional, all-day battery life.

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Introducing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Copilot

Get ready for the next generation of AI with Dynamics 365 Copilot. Watch this informative video showing how this handy tool helps drive efficiency, improve customer experiences and deliver insights into your enterprise.

Surface & ARM flyer

This flyer provides an overview of the Copilot+ Surface PC with the Qualcomm® Snapdragon® X series processors for high-performance, AI-ready capabilities.

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Copilot in Teams: Ask Better Questions

When it's time to kickstart your brain cells into action, turn on Copilot for a list of insightful questions to ask in a pitch meeting or creative brainstorming session. Watch.

Research shows that IT automation is becoming extremely important for organizations. ❓Have you embarked on an automation journey❓ Reply to share your discoveries and successes with your peers here!

Research shows that IT automation is becoming extremely important for organizations. ❓Have you embarked on an automation journey❓ Reply to share your discoveries and successes with your peers here!

Monday, July 15, 2024

Taking the Lead on Automation: IT Leaders as Evangelists for Their Automation Strategies

For decades, automation was considered an obscure and secondary technology. Not any longer. Today, IT automation is taking the main stage as foundational for consumer lifestyle and enterprise solutions, and leaders are realizing it needs to be a strategic priority. As a leader in IT, it's time for you to share that realization with your organization and advocate its position as a business imperative. Download this report as a blueprint for advancing your advocacy by highlighting how automation goes beyond just saving costs and time to drive velocity, agility and business survival.

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Top 3 tips for using Microsoft Copilot in Teams

Watch this tutorial to learn how Microsoft Copilot in Teams can help catch you up when you're running late, inspire discussion topics, and even recommend ideas to help break the awkward silences. Contact Contoso Technical Solutions to get started with Copilot in Teams.

Modern devices for government flyer

This flyer highlights the value of the Surface device portfolio for government agencies, including AI experience, chip-to-cloud security, and easy IT management.

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How Microsoft 365 Copilot works

Are you looking ahead to the solutions of tomorrow? Get a look at them today by watching this eye-opening video showing how large language models work. See what happens when you can connect them to your organization's data in a manner that's safe and aligns with your organization's security, compliance and privacy policies.

Surface for Government Overview eBook

This eBook describes the value of the Surface device portfolio for government employees and the citizens they serve.

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Microsoft Teams: Building a Foundation for the Future

Teams has grown to serve over 320 million monthly active users across 181 markets and 44 languages. Today, more than 75% of monthly active users are using the new built-from-the-ground-up desktop app for Windows and Mac. But a new era is on the way. Read this blog for a deep dive into the many investments Microsoft is making across the board in the fundamentals of Teams, setting a new standard for performance, reliability, and simplicity. Contact Contoso Technical Solutions to get started with the new era of Microsoft Teams.

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IT automation: 12 free webinars you can watch right now

Whether you're an expert, or you're just starting out in your IT automation journey, this blog from RedHat shares 12 webinars that you can watch right now. Visit the blog and watch the webinars most relevant to you.

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Tuesday, July 9, 2024

AI in telecom: Past, present and future

From reducing manual operations to more strategic initiatives, AI's impact on telecom offers critical lessons for other industries.

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Mastering the Hybrid Work Model: Strategies for Success

This year, CEOs mandated their employees to return to the office, only to face the repercussions of dissatisfaction from their workforce.

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Surface Repairability Product Overview

This datasheet displays the latest product line of Surface devices and the many repair components that are readily available.

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The Total Economic Impact of Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams provides a versatile, feature-rich integration platform for enterprises to streamline workflows, digitize and automate processes, and connect and empower employees across departments and locations to strengthen strategic alignment, engagement and productivity. Read this Forrester Analytic Report for everything you need to know about cost savings and business benefits enabled by Teams as a unified platform for communication and collaboration. Download it today. Contact Contoso Technical Solutions with questions and comments.

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Tailor AI to your unique needs

As you sort through the scores of AI solutions flooding the market, it may be difficult to pinpoint a solution that addresses your unique strategic or operational needs. We can help you navigate this critical process. Book a free consultation today.

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Monday, July 8, 2024

Announcing Microsoft Copilot, your everyday AI companion

Businesses are entering a formidable new era where employee teams are challenged to increase productivity and efficiency. Read this eye-opening blog about how Microsoft 365 Copilot uses the context and intelligence of the web as well as your work data and insights to give employee teams the assistance they need for a competitive edge.

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Cloud-Native Development Readiness Review

Cloud-native database and analytics development require a flexible, secure foundation. Meet with one of our experts to see how your team can optimize appdev in the cloud.

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Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot: Your Copilot for Work

Picture your employee teams accessing a new knowledge model that helps create a powerful productivity tool. Watch this video about Microsoft 365 Copilot, the new AI solution that uses the power of large language models with your data in the Microsoft Graph and Microsoft 365 apps to improve your daily operations.

Top considerations for cloud-native databases and data analytics

Understand the importance of using the right platform to speed workload development, leverage contains and Kubernetes, and set a foundation for cloud-native databases and data analytics.

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Announcing new Copilot in Microsoft Teams enhancements

Customers around the world are already unlocking Microsoft Copilot to more value and learning the power of generative AI at work with Microsoft Teams. In this blog, you will discover exciting new Copilot in Teams enhancements that will supercharge collaboration, save time and make your company's hybrid meetings better. You'll also learn about MS's ongoing and future efforts to improve Teams performance, reliability and ease of use. Contact Copilot AI tech specialist Contoso Technical Solutions for assistance integrating AI-powered collaboration with Microsoft Teams into your organization.

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Surface Repairability eBook

This eBook describes the repairability options that customers have with Surface devices and the ease of making simple repairs with readily available components.

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Saturday, July 6, 2024

Data Management: Cloud Technology or Data Centers?

Cloud technology and data center services help business leaders with data management. But which is right for you?

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How AI Enhances Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) for Stronger Cybersecurity

Bill Doerrfeld explains how AI is improving endpoint threat detection and accelerating response times.

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What Is Happening Now In Tech Services Spend?

After months of companies tying their IT spending to how to do more with less, sentiment is shifting to spend in order to drive business value. Where will IT spending occur for the rest of 2023, and what are the implications?

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Friday, July 5, 2024

Elevate your data management game—free consultation

Overwhelmed with managing the exponential growth in data? Schedule a free consultation with one of our experts to discover the #cloudcomputing tech that can take your data management game to the next level.

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Book a free demo of a powerful AI cybersecurity solution

If you're finding it increasingly difficult and time consuming to defend against today's cyberthreats, we have a cost-effective AI-powered cybersecurity solution that can significantly enhance your defenses. Book your free demo today.

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Assess your tech stack—free consultation

Is legacy infrastructure crippling your ability to grow and innovate? Schedule a free consultation with one of our experts to assess the state of your tech stack.

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Accelerating AI in the workplace with the all-new Surface Laptop and Surface Pro

This blog discusses the AI-ready Surface for Business devices and how they are designed to leverage the power of the Copilot+ PC platform.

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Thursday, July 4, 2024

Empowering Provenance Research in the Age of Big Data and (Re)Generative Artificial Intelligence

Six years ago, I started a project called ReMasterpieces that used some of the leading AI techniques of that time to recreate works of art that were stolen and subsequently lost or destroyed by the...

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Hybrid Cloud Is the Future of Data Management

Running workloads on a mix of platforms is more complicated, but also more powerful.

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How Generative AI Will Remake Cybersecurity

IT and cybersecurity vendors are rolling out generative AI security tools. Learn more about LLM security tools and trends.

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Enabling enterprise growth with data intelligence

It's becoming more critical for organizations to organize data and put data infrastructure at the forefront of their data strategy, says Bharti Patel, SVP of product engineering at Hitachi Vantara.

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Supporting a hybrid workforce

The now permanent shift to cloud services and the necessity of dealing with a hybrid workforce have changed modern IT

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Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Top 5 considerations for your AI/ML platform

This checklist offers 5 tips for MLOps processes for creating secure, data-driven apps using containers and a hybrid cloud strategy.

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Surface for Business—AI Focus

This eBook provides details on the AI readiness of the Surface for Business portfolio, including components, benefits, and features.

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What is the one area where you think AI will have the biggest impact on your business or industry? #AIusecases

What is the one area where you think AI will have the biggest impact on your business or industry? #AIusecases

If cloud computing has had a significant impact on #datamanagement at your organization, we'd love to hear your story! Please share 👇

If cloud computing has had a significant impact on #datamanagement at your organization, we'd love to hear your story! Please share 👇

Has your organization incorporated AI into its cybersecurity strategy? What were the results and was the investment worth it?

Has your organization incorporated AI into its cybersecurity strategy? What were the results and was the investment worth it?

Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Thinking about either your organization or industry, what do you consider to be the biggest obstacles to business growth?

Thinking about either your organization or industry, what do you consider to be the biggest obstacles to business growth?

How does your organization ensure that remote workers remain as productive and engaged as their in-person counterparts? #HybridWorkStrategies

How does your organization ensure that remote workers remain as productive and engaged as their in-person counterparts? #HybridWorkStrategies

Top considerations for building a production-ready AI/ML environment

This eBook discusses the critical elements to be considered before building an AI/ML environment, including how specific industries can benefit from the shift, common challenges for AI/ML deployments, and considerations for containers, app management, hybrid cloud and more.

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AI In Clinical Research: Now And Beyond

The use of AI in clinical research is progressing and will improve the way drugs are tested

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3 ways collaborative apps like Workday in Microsoft Teams boost engagement and productivity

Apps that meet users in their natural flow of work are most likely to engage employee teams. Read this informative blog about how Workday, a leading enterprise cloud software provider for HR and finance built a collaborative app for Microsoft Teams that engages with employees organically.

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How Cloud Computing Enhances Data Science Workflows

Cloud computing offers the efficiency, scalability, and security data science workflows need. Discover how it provides these benefits here.

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What is the Right Way to AI?

Wondering how to get the most effective AI for your organization? You'll need a unique strategy to deploy and drive adoption. Check out this solution brief for the guidance you need to do AI the right way. Contact Contoso Technical Solutions for assistance rolling out your AI adoption with Copilot.

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Monday, July 1, 2024

AI Investment: Axonius Cybersecurity Executive Says Less Is More

Artificial intelligence-based tools clearly have benefits in automating various security and IT tasks. But where should companies actually be adopting this new technology?

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The New Performance Equation in the Age of AI

Clear communication between management and the workforce boosts profits, increases employee retention and prepares organizations for future growth. Read this Microsoft Work Trend Index Special Report to see how next-generation AI can help employee engagement and help organizations prepare their workforces in the years ahead.

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Four Short Lessons On Growing From A Startup To An Enterprise CTO

Think First. Plan Second. Act Third. Your guide to business growth:

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Building a mission critical application platform

Organizations need highly resilient application platforms that give them the ability to scale while enabling security and compliance. Is it possible to find one platform that meets all of these needs? Read this blog to learn about Red Hat's "OpenShift on OpenShift" solution, which utilizes a highly available architecture, including infrastructure and tenant clusters, and automation through Red Hat Ansible and GitOps, providing a platform that meets all of today's needs.

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How to be better at hybrid work, according to research

Here's how to ensure productivity among remote workers doesn't plummet:

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AI Data Drop: The 11 by 11 Tipping Point

Recently, Microsoft conducted a study of more than 1,300 early Copilot adopters across multiple industries to discover what their early behaviors could teach them about the good and bad effects of adopting and rolling out AI. Read this blog post for an analysis of what "the 11-by-11 tipping point" means for your Copilot users in terms of improved productivity, work enjoyment, work-life balance and the ability to attend fewer meetings. Ready to adopt and roll out AI? Microsoft Copilot expert Contoso Technical Solutions can help get you started.

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