Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Hybrid productivity without sacrificing security
In a hybrid work environment, you know how tough it can be to:
Connect. Make meetings inclusive and collaborative by giving attendees tools that help them participate more effectively, wherever they are.
Co-create and collaborate. Share ideas and enable creation to facilitate innovation.
Stay productive. Employees want to co-author and share files with colleagues and customers.
Stay secure. Shared data and information need to be protected.
Microsoft Surface Hub 2S is a solution that can help overcome hybrid work challenges and empower teams with meetings that are more inclusive, flexible, and secure.
Want to know how? Check out the solution guide, “Microsoft Surface Hub 2S in the hybrid workplace.” You’ll learn how Surface Hub 2S can help bridge the digital and physical divide in your hybrid environment.
Read the solution guide
Monday, October 10, 2022
Create a hybrid workplace that works for everyone
Bring your team together to improve connection, inclusivity, and collaboration from anywhere with the flexible Microsoft Surface Hub 2S.
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Help employees overcome the challenges of hybrid work
Are you struggling with implementing a hybrid work strategy for your organization? You’re not alone. According to recent research, 80 percent of companies are considering remote work for employees at least part of the time.1
Creating a successful hybrid work environment can be challenging, as employees need ways to connect and collaborate with colleagues and customers wherever they work. Organizations are overcoming the challenges of the hybrid workplace with technology solutions like Microsoft Surface Hub 2S, which can help them:
Dissolve physical boundaries. Virtual meetings should be engaging and should make all participants feel connected, whether they’re sitting a few feet away or hundreds of miles apart.
Be flexible and more inclusive, so everyone gets a front-row seat. The ability to meet in different workspaces with real-time file sharing and collaboration is paramount. Agility makes time together—whether virtual or physical—more productive.
Protect people’s ideas and data. No matter where the workplace is, data should always be protected with built-in security.
For more ways Surface Hub 2S can help bridge the divide between your hybrid teams and your customers, read the e-book:
Bring teams together with Surface Hub 2S
1 Microsoft. “The Next Great Disruption Is Hybrid Work—Are We Ready?” March 2021. https://ms-worklab.azureedge.net/files/reports/hybridWork/pdf/2021_Microsoft_WTI_Report_March.pdf
Monday, October 3, 2022
Enable inclusive collaborative meetings even when teams are miles apart
Are your hybrid workers feeling left out of brainstorms? Give remote workers a seat at the table with Surface Hub 2S.
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
New AI-capabilities to empower teamwork anywhere
Give everyone an equal opportunity to co-create and collaborate in real time—no matter where they work.
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Hybrid meetings should include everyone
Dissolve meeting boundaries for hybrid teams so they can inclusively engage everyone’s voices, faces, and ideas—whether they’re remote or in the room.
Monday, September 26, 2022
Experience a more inclusive way to meet and co-create
The hybrid workplace is putting new demands on your teams and technology. Give everyone an equal opportunity to create and collaborate in real time—no matter where they’re working. The latest Surface Hub 2S enhancements offer in-office and remote team members a more inclusive way to meet and co-create. -Offer a dynamic view of in-room interactions with AI-powered Surface Hub 2 Smart Camera1 that adjusts the video feed, re-framing the view when a presenter interacts with content on the display, more people come in, or when someone leaves. -Windows keeps operations safe and secured, and the Microsoft Teams Rooms Management suite of tools offers options for centrally and remotely managing Surface Hub devices.2 -Show remote attendees in a people-first video gallery, while interacting with content or conducting a collaborative whiteboard session with Surface Hub 2S and Microsoft Teams Rooms. Contact us to find out what’s possible with Surface Hub 2S. 1 Surface Hub 2 Smart Camera sold separately, dynamically adjusts the video feed for remote participants. Surface Hub 2 Smart Camera will be included in the box with Surface Hub 2S 85” starting in May 2022. 2 Software license required for some features. Sold separately.
Friday, September 23, 2022
Monday, August 29, 2022
Maximize your ROI with Microsoft Surface
In today’s modern work environment, organizations are thinking about the right technology investment. Businesses are looking for hardware solutions where employees can remain productive, communicative, and secure from any location. More than ever, making smart investments can have a big impact on keeping businesses thriving.
According to a new Forrester study*, Microsoft Surface and Microsoft 365 improve performance across three key areas of organizations:
Help employees be more productive
Help IT be more efficient
Helps businesses stay secure and reduce costs
Watch this video to discover a how Surface and Microsoft 365 can unlock new levels of productivity and drive long term value for your business.
Read the full study to learn more. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/surface-it-pro-blog/maximizing-your-roi-from-microsoft-365-enterprise-with-microsoft/ba-p/1740437
*A commissioned Total Economic Impact™ study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Microsoft, July 2020. “Maximizing Your ROI From Microsoft 365 Enterprise With Microsoft Surface.”
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Unlock more value for your business with Microsoft Surface
Surface delivers the best of Microsoft to meet the needs of your business. Surface enables people to work however they work best, offering flexibility, power, and style. Paired with Microsoft 365, Surface helps customers save time and money with streamlined deployment, modern management, and enterprise-level security.
Learn how you can create efficiencies and savings with Surface and Microsoft 365. #SurfaceForBusiness
Read the guide: Microsoft Surface business value
Monday, August 22, 2022
Microsoft Surface business value
What is the ROI you expect from your hardware investments? Are your teams using the right devices to see a real impact? Surface, combined with Microsoft 365 for enterprise, increases the efficiency of deploying, managing, and securing devices while keeping teams productive and reducing your cost of risk. Surface is more than just a device; it's a tool for success. Contact us to learn more about Microsoft Surface for Business.
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
CLA amplifies family culture and client support with Microsoft 365 tools
CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA) is a professional services firm with 120 locations across the United States. Their mission to elevate members as they help build careers inspired them to select Microsoft 365 to jump-start their organization’s digital transformation.
After COVID-19 restrictions sent everyone home to work remotely, members immediately started using Teams to continue engaging with learning solutions and driving the organization’s competitive advantage through a close-knit culture. Using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint also helped them protect the organization. And, they're expanding their use of Dynamics 365 to map their clients’ journeys, using data to generate insights.
Monday, August 1, 2022
Enabling teams to do their best work with cloud technology
Every customer is in a different place in their hybrid work journey. Whatever unique hybrid work pain points have been identified, Microsoft Modern Work solutions can help.
With an end-to-end, integrated portfolio of cloud solutions across Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and Azure, Modern Work solutions are built on a foundation of security and privacy to help every organization in every industry build resilience and improve the bottom line.
To thrive in this new hybrid world, people and organizations need solutions that are fluid, dynamic, and cloud-powered. With 73% of employees saying they want flexible remote work options to stay, leaders need to pay attention.
Sign up and stay connected. We can help secure your journey to the cloud.
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
How To Transition In An Increasingly Populated Cloud
When the entire economy was disrupted by COVID and operations migrated online, one of the primary elements that kept enterprises viable was cloud migration. It's no surprise that businesses are fast adjusting to this multibillion-dollar market, especially in the aftermath of the epidemic.
Because of the enhanced capabilities and benefits provided by the cloud, businesses are increasingly reconsidering every operation in favor of it. Virtually any company of any size can quickly transition to the cloud with the right provider, enhancing productivity, availability, and saving money on operations. Read the Forbes article to learn what leaders are doing to join the craze that has been dubbed the new normal.
Monday, July 25, 2022
Transition to Cloud with Microsoft 365
Be more productive from anywhere, secure your business with technology you can trust, and get one cost-effective solution for secure collaboration.
Microsoft 365 is uniquely positioned to help you build more resilience, streamline IT operations, consolidate vendors, and enable higher employee productivity.
Check out an infographic illustrating how to empower users with devices designed to meet the ways you work. Learn about cost savings and benefits of Microsoft 365 +Surface.
Examples are:
-Flexible, premium devices designed to maximize productivity and collaborative experiences
-Zero-touch deployment and unified management drive down costs and complexity for a distributed workforce
-Security from chip-to-cloud with a zero-trust security model
Sign up to stay connected. We’ll help you become a leader in digital transformation and the future of hybrid work.
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
Using Microsoft Teams and Power Platform Integration to create collaborative apps
In today’s hybrid world of work, people have a multitude of collaboration tools and apps that they can use to get work done. There’s an opportunity for organizations to create purposeful collaborative platforms that can integrate various apps and provide people with a new way to work without switching between applications and processes.
In this Microsoft-produced e-book, learn about how Microsoft Power Platform’s set of low-code tools for building and deploying complex business solutions also function for analyzing and visualizing data, automating business processes, and interacting with virtual agents. Learn about how Teams and Power Platform integrate various capabilities for developers, as well as how it simplifies and increases developer productivity.
Sign up to stay connected. We’ll help you to improve your business efficiency and gain the competitive edge you need.
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
Korean biopharma company enters into the next phase with big tech
Microsoft’s ‘modern workplace’ is a hybrid business model that makes use of cloud-based Microsoft 365 tools and services to create an agile system that can help any company evolve. IT leaders are embracing modern by doing the following: migrating company data and tools to the cloud; moving from classic to modern SharePoint; flattening site architecture and getting rid of subsites; and connecting modern team sites to Microsoft 365 groups and teams. Learn about the top reasons why teams using modern workplace strategies have increased collaboration, contentment, and learning.
Monday, July 18, 2022
Transition to Cloud with Microsoft Teams
Cloud transformation has become a top priority for industries. A recent survey showed 80% of customers intend to accelerate their digital transformation and 60% indicate security and compliance budgets have gone up to better defend customer’s infrastructures in these remote or hybrid work scenarios.
Microsoft Teams is the hub for teamwork that helps drive more effective and secure meetings—and since participants can dial in from anywhere, it extends itself in becoming an inclusive part of the new workspace. This infographic illustrates how Teams enables collaboration with capabilities for chatting, meetings, and files access from any device, from anywhere. Get a link to a 2021 Gartner report and learn how Microsoft was recognized as a leader for meeting solutions.
Sign up to stay connected. Microsoft 365 is uniquely positioned to help your organization build more resilience through cloud solutions.
Monday, July 11, 2022
Be productive from anywhere with industry-leading apps
Companies are under pressure to stay relevant and efficient in the digital business era. Microsoft 365 is uniquely positioned to help organizations of all sizes build resiliency through cloud solutions that enable higher employee productivity and satisfaction—and improve their bottom line by streamlining IT operations and vendor consolidations. Learn about how to keep customers safe through state-of-the art security solutions and the newest applications that make it all possible.
Sign up and stay connected. We’ll help you increase your company's momentum by gaining secure access to applications, products, and services from anywhere in the world at any time.
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
4 reasons remote teams should go all in on Microsoft’s modern workplace
Microsoft’s ‘modern workplace’ is a hybrid business model that makes use of cloud-based Microsoft 365 tools and services to create an agile system that can help any company evolve. IT leaders are embracing modern by doing the following: migrating company data and tools to the cloud; moving from classic to modern SharePoint; flattening site architecture and getting rid of subsites; and connecting modern team sites to Microsoft 365 groups and teams. Learn about the top reasons why teams using modern workplace strategies have increased collaboration, contentment, and learning.
Monday, July 4, 2022
Major mineral water producer boosts productivity and saves costs by creating reports in the cloud
"IDS Borjomi Ukraine is a leader in the natural mineral water market in Ukraine. As the company is constantly expanding its services, it needed to scale up its server performance. To generate daily reports, the team wanted modern digital tools that would enable faster data processing and scaling on demand.
The shift to Azure Synapse Analytics made all that possible. In addition, Power BI integrated data about sales teams’ activities, stock-keeping units, product orders and much more. The cloud solution not only saved time but cost as well. The company has saved more than 30 percent of the budget compared to expanding its on-premises resources and can scale it up whenever needed. "
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Microsoft Services & Fast Track for Microsoft 365
"Transition to Cloud means moving from on-premises to a cloud or hybrid environment. It also means helping employees be more productive from anywhere and delivering cost-effective solutions for secure collaboration.
In this infographic, get tips on how to begin your modern transformation, such as:
- Evaluate where you are right now versus where you want to be
- Use an iterative approach centered around employee experiences
- Focus on key workplace transformation areas like remote work, frontline empowerment, and security
Learn about the 4-step Microsoft approach and process to empower organizations to put innovation into practice. Find out more about how to move confidently to the cloud and accelerate adoption with Microsoft FastTrack services.
Sign up and stay connected. We’ll help you innovate with Microsoft 365 to deliver modern cloud experiences. "
Microsoft Services & Fast Track for Microsoft 365
"Transition to Cloud means moving from on-premises to a cloud or hybrid environment. It also means helping employees be more productive from anywhere and delivering cost-effective solutions for secure collaboration.
In this infographic, get tips on how to begin your modern transformation, such as:
- Evaluate where you are right now versus where you want to be
- Use an iterative approach centered around employee experiences
- Focus on key workplace transformation areas like remote work, frontline empowerment, and security
Learn about the 4-step Microsoft approach and process to empower organizations to put innovation into practice. Find out more about how to move confidently to the cloud and accelerate adoption with Microsoft FastTrack services.
Sign up and stay connected. We’ll help you innovate with Microsoft 365 to deliver modern cloud experiences. "
Giant Eagle reimagines communications, supports hybrid work model with Microsoft Teams
Socially conscious grocery retailer Giant Eagle adopted Microsoft Teams and used Teams live events to host a large-scale event addressing the social unrest spreading throughout the country in 2020 and beyond. With Microsoft Teams already in place, they were easily able to use their existing infrastructure to invite all 17,000 employees to watch presenters at two store locations. Arlo Sivak, Manager of the Modern Workplace team at Giant Eagle, said it was “about as smooth as a first-time event of that magnitude could have gone.” Learn about how the corporate staff quickly proved they could use Teams as a remote work platform at the onset of the pandemic, and how and why the company really hasn’t looked back.
C.H. Robinson keeps its supply chain experts connected with Microsoft 365
"In today’s global business market, the ability to provide on-demand, real-time visibility for customers has become more important than ever, and C.H. Robinson has been at the forefront of the digital transformation in the supply chain industry.
The company accelerated its modern workplace plan after implementing a remote work environment in response to COVID-19, including quickly deploying Microsoft 365 and its integrated portfolio of solutions.
What’s more, by implementing Microsoft Teams, they enabled virtual collaboration spaces where teams can have open conversations and are able to interact while working on their new produce brand, Robinson Fresh®."
Monday, June 27, 2022
C.H. Robinson keeps its supply chain experts connected with Microsoft 365
"In today’s global business market, the ability to provide on-demand, real-time visibility for customers has become more important than ever, and C.H. Robinson has been at the forefront of the digital transformation in the supply chain industry.
The company accelerated its modern workplace plan after implementing a remote work environment in response to COVID-19, including quickly deploying Microsoft 365 and its integrated portfolio of solutions.
What’s more, by implementing Microsoft Teams, they enabled virtual collaboration spaces where teams can have open conversations and are able to interact while working on their new produce brand, Robinson Fresh®."
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Transition to Cloud: Secure your business with technology you can trust
Today’s complicated virtual business reality makes it difficult to secure fragmented IT or cloud point solutions. As we’ve seen, natural disasters and political tensions require always-on from anywhere tech solutions. We know that Microsoft 365 helps businesses stay agile in these uncertain economic times with cost savings and cloud advances. Need proof? This infographic illustrates how organizations further along in their transition from on-prem to the cloud are more likely to report positive experiences among employees and end users about securing data and personal privacy.
Monday, June 20, 2022
Fast forward: How cloud computing could transform risk management
Attitudes toward the shift to cloud computing are changing—even in the banking world, which has been reluctant to make the transition from on-premises to the cloud due to customer data security concerns. The chief information officer (CIO) at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston noted recently that ignoring the cloud may introduce security vulnerabilities as on-premises vendors discontinue support for their products. Learn what executives are saying about how and why risk management needs to act now. Get up to speed on the benefits across the six stages of the life cycle for risk model development, and how Microsoft 365 can help build cloud computing infrastructures.
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Transition to Cloud: A journey to Modern Work with Microsoft 365
The digital transformation of the business world has pushed businesses to address new challenges: remote work, cloud migration, and device security is the new normal. Today’s decision makers need to create people connections, address burnout, and work toward consolidating apps.
With Microsoft 365, you get a platform boosted with industry-leading apps, intelligent cloud services, and world-class security. You can download and sync devices, detect threats before issues occur, simplify through vendor consolidation, and so much more.
This infographic explains the 6 ways Microsoft 365 apps and services can ease your organization’s journey to modern work.
Sunday, June 12, 2022
Transition to Cloud Deployment checklist
Businesses rely on cloud transformation for the stability and agility it offers to their operations. Microsoft 365 enables this transformation by realizing modern work environments where users are productive and secure while working from anywhere. Review the infographic and get started today with this 5-step deployment checklist. Learn how you can rapidly deploy Teams, secure access, provide employees with adequate support, and more.
Saturday, June 11, 2022
Sleek and light for work anywhere
Equip your people with the sleek new Surface Laptop Go 2. It delivers productivity in a lightweight laptop with the power to tackle tough tasks anywhere they need to get work done. Take on your everyday tasks Get results that matter, with comfortable typing, crisp and clear video calls, and long battery life* to stay productive on the go. Design that works for you Be productive anywhere with a 12.4" PixelSense™ touchscreen1 optimized for Windows 11 experiences. Give IT peace of mind Keep data safe and secured. Surface Laptop Go 2 is a Secured-core PC—the most secure Windows 11 devices for workers handling the most sensitive data—and enables One Touch sign-in on select models. Flex to meet any situation Whatever the day brings, Windows 11 and Microsoft 3652 offer more ways to access the right people, information and systems. Today, hybrid work is about more than work from anywhere. It’s about your teams doing better than ever before. Empower them to go beyond their own expectations. See how Surface Laptop Go 2 improves employee productivity and focus whether they're on Windows 10 or Windows 11 Pro. Contact us to learn more. www.siliconpower.in #Chirag limbani
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Security and privacy with an integrated portfolio of cloud services
Businesses rely on cloud transformation for the stability and agility it offers to their operations. Microsoft 365 enables this transformation by realizing modern work environments where users are productive and secure while working from anywhere. Secure your business with technology you can trust, ensure only the right users have access without affecting productivity, and protect your data through security best practices and easy-to-use policies that prevent accidental data leaks.
Sign up to say connected—we’ll help you learn more about making the transition to the cloud and into a more secure environment.
Monday, June 6, 2022
Goodyear drives more remote collaboration to keep plants running with Microsoft Teams
As a company dedicated to keeping people moving, Goodyear tire company wasn’t about to slow down because of global travel restrictions due to COVID-19.
When engineers could no longer travel to factories for equipment installation or troubleshooting, Goodyear turned to Microsoft Teams running on RealWear voice controlled, assisted-reality wearable computers to bring the engineering experts into the plants virtually—enabling instantaneous collaboration from remote locations, and saving money on travel costs.
Monday, May 30, 2022
Cloud migration top priority for businesses, despite growing security concerns
Fact: 7 in 10 IT leaders believe cloud migration is a priority when future-proofing digital infrastructure. Also fact: 37% of companies plan to move business critical applications to the cloud in 2020-21. And almost half (47%) of IT infrastructure globally is already on the cloud, despite ongoing concerns over security. Growth in the number of user devices and cloud resources mean organizations must be aware of distributed security risks such as DDoS attacks. Which is why digital leaders are prioritizing improving their organization's cybersecurity.
Sunday, May 29, 2022
Building a Resilient Organization through Integrated Cloud-based IT
The results of a double-blind, online survey of 500 IT decision makers responsible for device, productivity, collaboration, and endpoint management tools, showed an increase efficiency and drove business growth by harnessing organizational knowledge to provide rich insights.
Learn about the three general stages of Microsoft 365 adoption regarding your business’s IT device management approach in this case study.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Fluid, dynamic, and cloud-powered solutions
Microsoft is uniquely positioned for partnership with any organization’s modern digital transition journey. Solutions like Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 provide an end-to-end, integrated portfolio of cloud solutions. Built on a foundation of security and privacy, the Azure platform helps businesses in every industry build resilience and improve the bottom line. Communication is seamless, dynamic, and collaborative.
Sign up to say connected—we’ll help you learn more about making the transition to the cloud.
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
How To Get Your Cloud Migration Strategy Right
Industry leaders are working hard to compete with digital upstarts that develop their business exclusively in the cloud. Business infrastructure has become more complex, and to keep up to date, companies are digitizing their operations—looking for agility and insights from data and analytics.
IT business partners must demonstrate the ROI of switching from "owning" to “renting” infrastructure. It’s now critical to monitor performance across different cloud frameworks with tools that collect and correlate data from every location. Leaders understand there is a
before, during, and after migration strategy for making the switch successful.
Monday, May 23, 2022
Special Olympics leaders use Microsoft Teams to build community and shape the future
When Grace, a Special Olympics athlete and global youth leader from New Zealand, heard that a friend of hers had to miss a long-awaited competition due to transportation issues, her response was to help build an app that ensured other athletes wouldn’t run into similar problems. She teamed up with fellow global youth leader Jack, and the pair worked on a project designed to connect Special Olympics athletes with transportation.
When COVID-19 threatened to stall the project’s momentum, the duo quickly turned to Microsoft Teams to collaborate and continue developing their app, making sure their inclusive initiative didn’t miss a beat. Teams enabled them to communicate across continents and stay on track with their plans.
Sunday, May 22, 2022
Hybrid Work: A Guide for Business Leaders
The pandemic has fundamentally transformed the way we work, do business, and meet customer (and employee) needs. With data showing that all parties want flexibility, the shift to hybrid work is a strategic business opportunity for every organization—one that requires a new operating model.
The customers’ objective is to lead this change within their business and embrace innovation and the hybrid work opportunity—the inevitable way of the future. Fortunately, Microsoft has been a trailblazer in this transition, and has a guide to share what they’ve learned at scale about people, places, and processes.
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Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Reimagine the flow of work in the new hybrid work reality
Flexibility is a must in the new post-pandemic work world. Hybrid work continues to evolve, and business leaders are looking for a new operating model. Technology is the binding factor to create inclusive meetings that keep employees engaged and inspired. Updates to Teams like PowerPoint Live, the Teams camera feed, Microsoft Whiteboard—and devices like Surface Hub—encourage digital collaboration.
Endpoint Manager combines services like Microsoft Intune, Configuration Manager, Desktop Analytics, co-management, and Windows Autopilot to help secure access, protect data, and respond and manage risk.
Sign up to say connected—we’ll help you better connect and create new experiences throughout your organization with Hybrid Meetings.
Sunday, May 15, 2022
The NFL huddles with Microsoft Teams to digitize collaboration for game day
Everyone knows that teamwork is vital in the National Football League (NFL)—on the field and off. The arrival of COVID-19, however, pushed the league to reimagine how to collaborate behind the scenes. Executing hundreds of live events while preserving the gameday experience for online fans and business partners was a new challenge.
In exchange for the traditional high-touch, in-person communication culture at league offices, the organization adopted a virtual home field. Microsoft Teams helped the NFL stay connected and safely execute all 270 combined regular season and playoff games and Super Bowl LV—despite the collaboration challenges brought on by the pandemic.
Thursday, May 12, 2022
New laptops from Surface, now with Windows 11
The new Microsoft Surface portfolio boosts productivity with high-performance chip sets, multi-touch screens, inking and crystal-clear audio and video. Increase employee performance, freedom, and satisfaction with these new and innovative devices. So let’s dive in.
• Connect to a deeper level of collaboration from anywhere with hardware and software that’s specifically designed to bring people together.
• Free your IT team for real innovation and reduce IT complexity and re-imaging by shipping and deploying straight to users with Windows Autopilot zero-touch deployment experience.
• Rely on powerful, unified protection to work securely work anywhere with Microsoft one-click device management, and protection. Surface with Microsoft 365 offers chip-to-cloud security no matter where your people find themselves.
• Take your pick of operating systems on the new Surface for Business portfolio. Now you can choose either the current Windows 10 or new Windows 11 operating systems.
Contact us to learn what's news and amazing with Surface. You’ll discover Surface devices that go beyond the daily task to fill a role in your vision for the hybrid future.
1Surface Headphones 2+ require use of the included Microsoft Surface USB Link to achieve Microsoft Teams certification, only available on Windows and macOS.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Microsoft Teams innovations designed for hybrid work
Microsoft Teams empowers employees to interact on the spot with people all over the world. New features like chat, live reactions, and Whiteboard make the Teams meetings experience uniquely modern. Intelligent in-office cameras designed to enhance the presence of people can produce multiple video streams and create unique experiences for both presenters and attendees.
The culture of hybrid work is here to stay, and the innovations Microsoft Teams is making offers employees choice and flexibility—including a new way in Outlook to organize and display your hybrid office hours or join a meeting using companion mode on your mobile device.
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Speed Up Your Computer Upgrade Your Computer SSD
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
If your computer isn't FAST, you're doing
it wrong. These days, a FAST computer is not only affordable - but easy to
achieve. However, there are several different ways we can try to speed your
computer up.
Replacing your hard drive with an SSD
(solid state drive) is the most universal way to increase your computer's
speed, but a RAM upgrade or reinstall could also be the solution you're looking
for.
Luckily, if you bring it to our store, we can take a look at it and figure out
what's holding your computer back, and go from there!
Speed Up Your Computer
Upgrading to an SSD has never been easier
or more affordable, and the impacts really can't be overstated. If your
computer is just feeling slow and clunky, but you don't want to get a new
computer - the SSD is definitely the answer.
Moving from an HDD to an SSD is a fairly simple
process, but it can speed up your computer 5-10x overnight, giving you a
computer that feels new. Not only that, but we can clone your data as it is
right now, so we can give you your machine just like it was when you brought it
in, except it'll boot up in a few seconds instead of several minutes.
If you're interested in giving your
computer a second life, come see your local store and we'll work on getting
your computer up to speed in no time!
Increase Storage
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If you've been running out of storage space
and need a bigger hard drive (or solid state drive!) we've got you covered. We
can either upgrade your current hard drive to one with more storage, upgrade
you to an SSD (you won't believe how fast it will be) or set you up with an
external hard drive if you just want it for backup purposes. Whatever solution
is best, we're here to help.
Get More Power
We offer more than just storage and RAM
upgrades - we can upgrade or replace any part of your computer. That means GPU
(graphics card) swaps, power supply replacements, or even CPU and motherboard
replacements in extreme cases! We can help put together custom PCs, or we can
give you a hand when something goes wrong with yours.
Monday, March 14, 2022
What Is Network Infrastructure?
our network is at the heart of your business. But in order for it to be able to function properly, it needs the right support — in the form of effective network infrastructure. What is network infrastructure exactly? And how can you ensure that you’re getting the most out of it?
n this digital age, an organization’s agility and productivity depend on more than just hardworking employees and excellent equipment. Running a smooth operation also requires a robust, clean and secure network infrastructure. Without the right network infrastructure in place, you may suffer from poor user experience and security issues that can impact employee productivity, cost you money and damage your brand.
As such, it’s critical for business executives to understand the importance of network infrastructure and be aware of the challenges and opportunities it presents. With this knowledge and the right tools in place, you are taking the first steps to ensuring optimum productivity and helping your organization maintain peak levels of performance.
What Is Network Infrastructure?
Network infrastructure refers to all of the resources of a network that make network or internet connectivity, management, business operations and communication possible. Network infrastructure comprises hardware and software, systems and devices, and it enables computing and communication between users, services, applications and processes. Anything involved in the network, from servers to wireless routers, comes together to make up a system’s network infrastructure. Network infrastructure allows for effective communication and service between users, applications, services, devices and so forth.
What Is the Difference Between Network Infrastructure and IT Infrastructure?
Network infrastructure and IT infrastructure are similar. However, while they may at times refer to the same thing, there can also be subtle differences between the two. Often, IT infrastructure is seen as the larger, more encompassing term. IT infrastructure (or information technology infrastructure) defines a collection of information technology elements foundational to an IT service. Often, information technology infrastructure refers to physical components like hardware, but it can also encompass some network or software components.
Network infrastructure may be seen as a smaller category within the larger IT infrastructure definition. A sound network infrastructure supports the success of the broad IT infrastructure. A company needs both a solid IT infrastructure and network infrastructure to have cohesive solutions and sustained success.
Why Network Infrastructure Is the Most Important Component of IT Infrastructure
It’s important to have a reliable IT infrastructure and also qualified people, but neither of those are sufficient without a well-built network infrastructure. A network infrastructure enables connection and communication, each of which are critical to the success of a business. Simply put, without a sound network infrastructure, IT components including hardware and software aren’t much use. Making sure your network infrastructure is robust, secure and clean is critical to organizational excellence.
What Are the Main Challenges Surrounding Network Infrastructure?
There are a number of challenges in regards to running a network infrastructure model. Some of the top three network infrastructure challenges are:
- Centralizing traffic
- Dealing with duplicate data
- Sending the right data to the right tool
1. Centralizing Traffic
Within an organization, there are often multiple different subnets and locations or sites. Without a centralized hub, network visibility, monitoring and management can become near impossible. Many companies use network infrastructure solutions to centralize traffic to better understand and monitor the data traversing their networks. This enhances their security posture and helps network operations teams address performance issues.
2. Dealing with Duplicate Data
In some cases, duplicate data can comprise 50 – 66 percent of network traffic. Removing duplicate data is critical, particularly when it comes to the effectiveness of network security solutions. If the security solutions get too much duplicate data, they may be slowed down and less effective in detecting threats.
3. Sending the Right Data to the Right Tool
Many organizations use a number of different cyber security tools and providers. Many security providers often charge based on how much data they need to process. As such, sending the right type of data to the right tool is a critical aspect of infrastructure networking. Sending data from many different sources all to the same tool might be ineffective and costly, particularly if one tool is best suited to one type of data and another tool to another type.
How Does silicon power Help?
Keeping a clean and efficient network infrastructure is no small feat. That’s why it’s helpful to have a company with deep networking and security expertise on your side. Network infrastructures simply aren’t as cut and dried as they used to be; they are now often a mix of on-premises and cloud. And even within on-premises networking, there tends to be a mishmash of different types of networks and vendors.
Inorganic growth and mergers and acquisitions can further muddle the network infrastructure. The result is that companies can end up with five separate tools that all monitor and manage one large hybrid network. For companies that want to keep their network safe and operating at peak performance, this is not ideal. Establishing one centralized hub for network visibility is critical and so is the ability to direct the right traffic to the right tools. That’s where silicon power dot.in comes in.
The Importance of Network Visibility
Maintaining full visibility across your whole network infrastructure is key for both performance monitoring and threat detection. And dealing with network blind spots is a major pain point for many organizations. Gaining broad network visibility enables you to uncover those blind spots, so threats from all sources can be identified and remediated more quickly. SPS has the tools and capabilities you need to establish a robust network security infrastructure.
Streamlining the Data Going to Your Tools
SPS can help you greatly improve the efficiency of your network and security tools by removing duplicate data usually sent to these tools. SPS also enables intelligent traffic filtering so only the appropriate traffic is sent to the right tools. For example, email traffic is sent to email security tools, but video traffic is not.
With SPS, you can free up expensive storage and processing resources used to handle redundant or irrelevant data. Therefore, you can delay future investments and/or leverage existing tools to cover more of your network.
Take Away
Network infrastructure is the foundation upon which a successful organization builds. That said, protecting and cultivating a healthy network infrastructure can be a tall task. It’s also one that might be often overlooked. Cleaning up your network and making sure it’s strong and secure is an important endeavor. Get the right tools and solutions on your side and you’ll build a strong base that will keep your network running smoothly for years to come.
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Monday, February 28, 2022
Cloud PaaS experience for data workloads on-premises, in multicloud, and at the edge
Easily organize and govern Windows, Linux, SQL Server, and Kubernetes clusters across data centers, the edge, and multicloud environments right from Azure.
Sign up to stay connected! We'll help you accelerate innovation with Azure Arc.
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Maximize your ROI with Microsoft Surface
In today's modern work environment, organizations are thinking about the right technology investment. Businesses are looking for hardware solutions where employees can remain productive, communicative, and secure from any location. More than ever, making smart investments can have a big impact on keeping businesses thriving.
According to a new Forrester study*, Microsoft Surface and Microsoft 365 improve performance across three key areas of organizations:
• Help employees be more productive
• Help IT be more efficient
• Helps businesses stay secure and reduce costs
Watch this video to discover a how Surface and Microsoft 365 can unlock new levels of productivity and drive long term value for your business.
Read the full study to learn more. https://stuf.in/b8y90hArray
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*A commissioned Total Economic Impact™ study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Microsoft, July 2020. "Maximizing Your ROI From Microsoft 365 Enterprise With Microsoft Surface."
EY extends app management and security beyond the cloud with Azure Arc
As a global leader in strategy, taxes, and consulting, EY has a cloud-first strategy for its global data centers.
Using Microsoft Azure Arc, EY is able to run data systems on-premises and in all its different clouds from a single pane of management—in full accordance with compliance and regulatory requirements.
Azure Arc helps EY automate its operations— no small challenge in dealing with a hybridcloud.
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Unlock more value for your business with Microsoft Surface
Surface delivers the best of Microsoft to meet the needs of your business. Surface enables people to work however they work best, offering flexibility, power, and style. Paired with Microsoft 365, Surface helps customers save time and money with streamlined deployment, modern management, and enterprise-level security.
Learn how you can create efficiencies and savings with Surface and Microsoft 365. #SurfaceForBusiness
Read the guide: Microsoft Surface business value
View: Unlock more value for your business with Microsoft Surface
Monday, February 21, 2022
Azure Arc-enabled data services
There are multiple on-premises challenges that range from patching and upgrading to data security and governance. With Microsoft Azure Arc-enabled data services, your company can get Azure innovation, cloud benefits, and flexible cloud billing across its data estate—with better cost efficiency and from anywhere in the world.
Sign up to stay connected. We'll help you innovate with Azure Arc to deliver the right cloud experience for your data workloads.
Microsoft Surface business value
Azure Arc—the future of hybrid and multicloud
What is Microsoft Azure Arc? It's a game changer for developers, IT, and database administrators. Now, rather than managing separate resources individually, they can be collected in Azure Resource Manager—unlocking governance and policy tools across the entire disparate infrastructure. Fully manage on-premises, edge, and hybridcloud from one place.
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Modernize Endpoints A Zero Trust approach
The approach to modernizing endpoints is realized with Microsoft 365—and Microsoft Zero Trust is the model for security. With Zero Trust in place, employees can perform from anywhere in the world while maintaining tight control over core security needs. Let the Microsoft intelligent security cloud and endpoint leadership be your guide. Take a look at this infographic and advance your journey toward the Zero Trust model.
Cloud migration essentials
The key to successful cloud migration is breaking the process into steps—regardless of why your organization wants to move or how complex your current environment is.
The benefits of migration can be immediate in terms of time and budget. Just remember, whether you're in the early stages of assessment or fully planning your approach, migration is always easier with a trusted provider like Microsoft.
Sign up to download the "Cloud migration essentials" e-book and discover an essential guide to successful migrations of servers and virtual machines.
Monday, February 14, 2022
Meet Microsoft Surface Pro 7+. It's all about adaptability.
How Microsoft and Grundfos work to provide safe drinking water to the world
GRUNDFOS is looking to play a key role in helping cities reduce their energy usage and hit environmental sustainability targets. Learn how Microsoft Azure plays a crucial role in this effort.
A First Device Supported by Microsoft Endpoint Manager for Frontline Workers
In today's fragmented technology environment, it's important for leaders to support the frontline workforce with a customized user experience. Microsoft Endpoint Manager plays an important role in large scale projects requiring a secure environment to operate efficiently, such as with RealWear's assisted reality wearable device—controlled by using simple voice commands, which frees the hands for the job. Its reliable features enable businesses to configure, manage and gather data from their devices with simple security and device management.
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Three simple ways to migrate your web applications to Azure App Service
Migrating your applications using Microsoft Azure App Service can be simple. Redeploy code using your existing CI/CD pipeline, containerize your application, and deploy using Docker Imager—or use the Migration Assistant tool.
Would you like to learn more about Azure App Service? Sign up to stay connected so we can keep you up to date on the fastest ways to migrate your applications using the latest cloud computing technology.
View: Three simple ways to migrate your web applications to Azure App Service
Mitigating the hidden risks of digital transformation
As companies plan their digital transformation strategies, it is crucial to keep in mind four key areas where these efforts can introduce risk: multicloud or hybrid cloud infrastructure, digital supply chains and sales channels, Internet of Things (IoT), and automation and analytics. Discover how risks can be mitigated to prevent innovation from becoming a hazard.
Reimagine your digital endpoint estate
Growing concerns about employee experiences—including securing mobile devices and working with flexibility—call for endpoint modernization. The value in Microsoft 365 is its innovation in secure, cloud-connected management as well as its awareness of employee satisfaction (including the acceleration of onboarding of all workers). Take stock in your endpoint estate and start using modern products like Cloud Configuration and Endpoint Manager to manage Windows devices on-premises today.
Review this infographic and discover the key components that enable unified device management.
Monday, February 7, 2022
The new Anywhere Office
Employees may work from a different location every day - from the office, to home, to a customer site, or in the field. Help them work from anywhere with devices they love while reducing complexity for IT. Support your teams and simplify IT while they use the devices they love in the new Anywhere Office. Learn how Microsoft Surface devices enable your Anywhere Office with our new guide.
Read the new Anywhere Office benefits guide.
Microsoft Surface enables teamwork anywhere
Deploy and protect endpoints for hybrid and frontline work
Today's transforming business scenario calls for an innovative approach. With a higher number of hybrid employees and a growing frontline base, it's more important than ever to secure endpoints, especially mobile.
You can future-proof your business and mitigate risks with Microsoft 365. Key capabilities of products like Endpoint Manager, Microsoft Defender, and Azure Active Directory include broad device support, automatic enrollment, configured shared devices, custom device experiences, and more. Review the infographic to learn how to implement and protect every endpoint for remote and hybrid staff and frontline workers.
View: Deploy and protect endpoints for hybrid and frontline work
Wednesday, February 2, 2022
Unify management and security with Microsoft cloud, apps, and endpoints
Today's workers require adaptability since they often use various devices to accomplish tasks. Microsoft cloud, apps, and endpoints combine services you may already be using, such as Microsoft Intune, which are part of the Microsoft 365 stack designed to help secure access, protect data, and respond and manage risk.
Use Endpoint Manager to deploy and configure apps to keep teams connected, apply Azure Virtual Desktop for fast, familiar access to internal resources, access Surface Hub to support a vast device ecosystem, and secure conditional access to mobile apps with Azure Active Directory.
View: Unify management and security with Microsoft cloud, apps, and endpoints
Open up to new mobile potential
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
A win-win device for your frontline workers
Step up to the next phase of hybrid work
Redefining how you work and do business
Microsoft accelerates telco transformation
Security, agility, collaboration, and productivity—learn why telecommunication companies are embracing the cloud to take their industry to the next level.
Monday, January 31, 2022
What's new in the Surface for Business portfolio
Microsoft Azure supports your Java workloads and processes
Microsoft Azure can help achieve your goals with the freedom and flexibility to build, manage, and deploy Java applications anywhere. Sign up to stay connected so we can help you modernize your Java apps and stay up to date on the latest cloud computing trends.
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REI embraces hybrid work with Microsoft Teams and Surface Hub
REI is the largest consumer cooperative in the United States specializes in camping gear, outdoor apparel, and equipment. The popular Northwest company uses Microsoft Teams Connect capabilities to simplify how employees collaborate with external parties outside the company—with Microsoft Endpoint Manager and Intune key to its strategy for protecting mobile devices.
During the pandemic, REI sold their campus and were fully committed to a hybrid work strategy. The fact that they had implemented products within the Microsoft 365 platform helped ensure their success in their new workplace environment.
Saturday, January 29, 2022
Seize the power to multitask anywhere
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
How to migrate to the cloud
The transition from local servers to the cloud is a multistep process that requires preparation. The steps are similar—they just vary depending on the size, infrastructure, and cloud migration goals of each company. Compliance with this basic checklist should ensure a smooth transition. This article offers a step-by-step guide on how to correctly migrate to the cloud.
Monday, January 24, 2022
Four strategies for modernizing your business applications
Among the options for application modernization is a spectrum—running from a simple lift-and-shift of the application to a new platform to a full rewrite. Each of these strategies responds to specific situations and requirements, so it's important to understand which one is best for your business.
Subscribe to learn about the four strategies for modernizing your business applications. We can help you stay connected and up to date on the latest cloud computing trends.
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Protect your endpoints with top EDR software
Companies must now consider endpoint detection and response software (EDR) with AI and machine learning capabilities, as well as threat intelligence databases, to function in a safer, evolving digital environment.
However, most of the features users expect from popular EDR tools, such as device control, advanced threat targeting, and rollback, are either unavailable or require an additional fee.
Microsoft Defender for Endpoints (formerly Defender Advanced Threat Protection) integrates into the source code of Windows, making it an obvious choice for its devices. (It's also available for Mac and Linux.)
Defender for Endpoints simplifies management while also providing strong security and a wide variety of standard features.
The Total Economic Impact™ Of Microsoft Endpoint Manager
Microsoft Endpoint Manager is a solution that provides on-premises and cloud-based devices with tools (as well as the ability to co-manage with them) to provision, deploy, manage, and secure endpoints. It also enables insights into endpoint health and performance and remediates vulnerabilities in multiple areas—all while significantly reducing costs.
It gives organizations the enhanced control and monitoring to support employees with minimal impact on user experience while preventing data loss and applying Zero Trust best practices.
Subscribe to stay connected—we'll help you ensure a more secure, productive work environment throughout your organization.
View: The Total Economic Impact™ Of Microsoft Endpoint Manager
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Deploy and protect endpoints for hybrid work environments
Digital transformation is accelerating and keeping up with advancements adds complexity for workers, technology, and security teams. With an ever-expanding attack surface, leaders are challenged to manage a growing number of devices and endpoints.
Meet the evolving needs of today's business world with modern endpoints built on the Microsoft 365 and intelligent security cloud. You can build security into apps and device experiences that help reduce the threat of endpoint vulnerability, including adoption of Zero Trust and Secure Endpoints for Frontline workforce devices.
Sign up to say connected—we'll help you learn more about how to deploy and protect endpoints for hybrid work environments.
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Employ flexible, open hybridcloud solutions—transform customer engagement
Enable remote work, take advantage of cloud innovation, and maximize your existing on-premises investments by relying on an effective hybrid and multicloud approach. Sign up to stay connected so we can help you modernize your .NET apps on Microsoft Azure and stay up to date on the latest cloud computing trends.
View: Employ flexible, open hybridcloud solutions—transform customer engagement
Monday, January 17, 2022
The new normal: Hybrid work means greater focus on endpoint security
We used to think of network security as a perimeter issue, but with so many endpoints, the perimeter no longer exists. Employees now work from various locations using different devices, making it is close to impossible for any single IT team to confirm that they're using protection mechanisms.
Employees require safe, versatile endpoint experiences to perform at their best from anywhere in the world. How can organizations protect themselves? Endpoint security seeks out viruses, malware, and other risks and, if it finds them, it works to mitigate the risk to the rest of the network by keeping it locked down.
Helping customers across every industry prepare for the future
Seven of 10 board directors accelerated digital initiatives due to COVID-19, executing two years' worth of digital transformation in two months. Learn how Microsoft is helping customers across every industry prepare for the future.
Microsoft Edge as default browser for access to legacy web apps and better security
Today's users are looking for more ways to remain productive while working on any device. Businesses have security top of mind, and so with those two goals, Global healthcare company GlaxoSmithKline chose Microsoft Edge as its single web browser.
The IT team responsible for the Microsoft Edge deployment of over 130,000 employees enrolled every Windows 10 device in Microsoft Endpoint Manager. With Microsoft Edge now on their internal store, end users could install it on-demand—a perfect solution for employees who are asking for more ways to work the way that they want. With a consolidated default browser, legacy web apps are secure.
Monday, January 10, 2022
What's driving application modernization?
Digital transformation—the adoption of leading-edge technologies to improve business value and increase customer success—is seen by most organizations as more critical than ever and accelerated by the effects of the pandemic.
Application modernization is driven by the need for transformation, privacy, remote work, government regulation, risk assessment, worker productivity, data growth, and the need to stay competitive.
Sign up to stay connected so we can help you understand what's driving enterprises to modernize their .NET apps by migrating to the cloud with Microsoft Azure.
Strengthening connection with remote communities with Windows 365
Nunavut, located in the northernmost region of Canada, has a large population under the age of 25, distributed across remote communities with no connecting roads.
The IT team in Nunavut's government collaborated with Microsoft on a pilot rollout of Windows 365 to help maintain remote government operations during COVID-19 and as part of a larger strategic initiative to provide more efficient community services to all its citizens.
With Windows 365, Nunavut can deploy virtual endpoints to a government employee's device using Microsoft Endpoint Manager—no small challenge in dealing with getting users up and running with personalized, highly secure cloud PC service.
The future of cloud in a post-pandemic world
COVID-19 dramatically changed the way people work. There were severe shifts in the cloud sector caused by changing work patterns, and this forced C-suite executives to fast-track their cloud migration plans. While the cloud was a lifeline for many of these organizations, they now must prepare to continue this transition. Companies must work towards cloud modernization in partnership with their CIOs and IT departments.
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Transition to Cloud: Secure your business with technology you can trust
Today's complicated virtual business reality makes it difficult to secure fragmented IT or cloud point solutions. As we've seen, natural disasters and political tensions require always-on from anywhere tech solutions. We know that Microsoft 365 helps businesses stay agile in these uncertain economic times with cost savings and cloud advances. Need proof? This infographic illustrates how organizations further along in their transition from on-prem to the cloud are more likely to report positive experiences among employees and end users about securing data and personal privacy.
View: Transition to Cloud: Secure your business with technology you can trust
Monday, January 3, 2022
Use popular frameworks to build and deploy with Microsoft App Service
Quickly build, deploy, and scale web apps and APIs on your terms. You can work with popular frameworks like .NET, Java, Ruby, PHP, or Python using Microsoft App Service. Sign up to stay connected so we can help you modernize your apps on Microsoft Azure.
View: Use popular frameworks to build and deploy with Microsoft App Service
CONA Services optimizes SAP landscape with Microsoft Azure NetApp Files
Coca-Cola wanted increased productivity, a boost in sales fulfilment, and reduced costs, and that's what CONA Services delivered when it moved the company's SAP landscape to Microsoft Azure. Discover how on this video.
Fast forward: How cloud computing could transform risk management
Attitudes toward the shift to cloud computing are changing—even in the banking world, which has been reluctant to make the transition from on-premises to the cloud due to customer data security concerns. The chief information officer (CIO) at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston noted recently that ignoring the cloud may introduce security vulnerabilities as on-premises vendors discontinue support for their products. Learn what executives are saying about how and why risk management needs to act now. Get up to speed on the benefits across the six stages of the life cycle for risk model development, and how Microsoft 365 can help build cloud computing infrastructures.
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