In recent years, the global business landscape has witnessed a significant increase in cloud adoption. This has created significant value over traditional datacenters via greater scalability, cost-efficiency, and other performance improvements. Yet cloud migration requires careful planning. For a migration to be successful, it’s important for the business to come up with a strategy that also covers the end cloud environment, training, and—most importantly—the readiness of workloads and applications.

In this eBook, you’ll discover the key preliminary steps to consider in evaluating a cloud migration, as well as the various approaches for rehosting, refactoring, rearchitecting, and rebuilding your workloads for the cloud. You’ll also learn about some useful tools that you can use to accelerate your migration project and get tips to help you ensure post-migration success by using Microsoft Azure.

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As if managing the sales cycle wasn’t already complex, the limitations of a world restricted by COVID-19 makes it all that more challenging! The truth is, the fundamentals and responsibilities of selling largely remain the same, and sales teams are expected to reach their goals to keep the business intact. Therefore, your customers are likely wondering, just how can I continue to meet my sales goals?

The answer to this is that virtual engagement and digital sales must become a priority. The companies that quickly learn to leverage their digital arsenal will come out on top. In this insightful blog, customers learn how Microsoft too, faced this challenge head-on and the steps they’ve taken to adapt.

Thanks to a full-fledged deployment of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales Insights, Microsoft Digital Sales were able to scale to demand and continue supporting customers without disruptions. Learn more about these tools and how equipping teams with the power to leverage data and digital tools will drive improved customer experiences—now and into the future.

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Considering modernizing and moving your business to the cloud? You’re not alone. You’re also not the one thinking about security and compliance.

Microsoft Azure has advanced security features and more compliance certifications than any other public cloud provider. Full back up and recovery to the cloud and built-in security features across on-premises and cloud deployments. Single sign on (SSO) for each employee, extending local user identities and permissions to the cloud.

For the best in security and compliance, Microsoft Azure sits alone.

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Ready to move your applications to a modern cloud?

The Modernization Solution from Microsoft Services provides a thorough approach to move applications, data and infrastructure to an enterprise-ready cloud.

While migration requires commitment, Microsoft Services provides unparalleled guidance and support during the entire process.

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For modern organizations to truly take advantage of digital transformation, they need to be able to obtain, process, and extract insights from as much data as possible. This often puts a strain on businesses’ IT departments as they struggle to update legacy software and equipment to better handle the massive amounts of information available. Fortunately, the cloud has allowed businesses to move away from outdated technology and opened new opportunities for innovation.

Subscribe now to learn how the cloud, AI, and the data management capabilities of Microsoft Azure are driving increased efficiency at today’s leading businesses and organizations.

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What is Microsoft Teams? It’s a collaboration hub—a place to conduct 1:1 and group chat and to engage in powerful online meetings. It has Enterprise calling and voice with built-in Office 365 apps. Teams’ versatility is stronger than ever, while maintaining enterprise-grade security and compliance that customers rely on. App integration is also built in—and there’s a steady increase in organizations utilizing apps with the tool. There’s a reason it’s the fastest growing business application in Microsoft history.

Subscribe now to learn how digital collaboration powered by Microsoft Teams is the answer to modern workplace needs this year.

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Are you exhausted at the end of your workday, trying to sort through of all of the information being thrown at you? In our modern age of distraction, there’s no question that focusing on what’s most important can be a challenge! There are so many systems to sort through and often expectations are unclear. If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. According to TOPO, 60 percent of companies lack a well-defined sales process.

In this week’s video, you’ll learn how Dynamics 365 Sales Professional is a single, integrated platform that cuts through the complexity and gives you the power to focus on what’s most important. Contextual, real-time dashboards show you which metrics to focus on, which puts you firmly in the driver’s seat. Now you can take informed and specific action toward your business’s goals and eliminate the guesswork once and for all!

SitePro is a software company with a mission to enable the digital oil field. In this video, discover how Microsoft Azure helps SitePro harness the power of data to drive transformation for its oil and gas company customers.

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Data is vital to scientific research. Without the ability to quickly process and analyze large amounts of data, breakthroughs and publications take longer. This increases administrative tasks and can even lead to projects going over budget. To avoid these pitfalls, modern researchers have begun turning to artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud-based technology, which enable the researchers to avoid the time and expense of setting up and configuring servers, leaving them to focus on their scientific goals.

In this video, you’ll see how researchers at Australian National University (ANU) conduct cutting-edge genome research by using Microsoft Azure to commission a data science virtual machine that allows them to instantly process large amounts of data. You’ll also learn how, thanks to the data management capabilities of Azure, ANU is now able to use unprecedented volumes of data and new analytical frameworks to decrease admin time and maximize the university’s research capabilities.

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.