Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Four ways to maximize your business intelligence investments

If your organization is like many others, you are making efforts to maximize the investments you have made in your data program. Explore how nonprofits like yours solved their data challenges and created new opportunities. In this e-book, you will learn how to:  Drive innovation with data migration.  Unify your data onto a single platform.  Bring data insights to everyone.  Connect data analysis and profitability.  When you are ready to take the next step in your transformation, Analytics in Azure offers breakthrough performance, security, and speed.

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The Empower Process

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

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6 ways to kickstart DevSecOps

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

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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central overview

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

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Monday, September 27, 2021

Maximize Your Power BI, Tableau, and Qlik Investments

It can be challenging for organizations to make data-driven decisions quickly. For many, there is no alignment between the enterprise data warehouse and the big data systems, so it is hard for business analysts to query data to obtain insights flexibly and quickly. Fortunately, Microsoft's Azure Synapse Analytics enables limitless analytics and offers a unified experience for aligning data for easy visualization in enterprise business intelligence tools such as Tableau, Qlik, and Power BI. 

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

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

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Tuesday, September 21, 2021

The scientist, the engineer, and the warehouse

Too few organizations have given thought to supporting data science as both technical and business practice. This e-book helps define deliberate steps towards a new strategic environment utilizing data scientists and data engineers. We will explore how we can serve these new roles, and how the modern cloud data warehouse plays critically in this space.

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Improve observability, strengthen security, and proactively remediate vulnerabilities

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

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

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

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Monday, September 20, 2021

UNDP drives innovation in fleet management through IoT

With vehicles connected to the cloud, the UN organization can track its fleet of roughly 3,000 vehicles—improving efficiency and security. 

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Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Azure Synapse Analytics: Key service capabilities

Bringing together data integration, enterprise data warehousing, and big data analytics, Azure Synapse Analytics is a limitless analytics service. This infographics covers the key service capabilities, with details for each of the 10 areas.

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Data and AI tech talk

This on-demand, demo-rich virtual event will help you learn how Azure Synapse Analytics and Power BI can work together to deliver actionable insights with sub-second performance over massive data sets. You will see how Power BI simplifies data modeling and visualization of valuable and often overlooked data hidden within your enterprise data warehouse. You can share insights across your organization and unlock modern analytics in ways that were previously impossible.

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10 reasons why every enterprise needs a DevOps strategy for 2021

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

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Intelligent, trusted, flexible

This infographic offers an in-depth look at how Microsoft business analytics and AI is intelligent, trusted, and flexible. This service produces faster, more accurate insights and predictions. It also offers the most secure, compliant, and scalable system. Finally, it works with what you have.

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Overcoming security challenges with DevSecOps

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

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Monday, September 13, 2021

Toolkit: Get started uncovering critical insights with Azure Synapse Analytics

Get everything that you need to start using Azure Synapse Analytics in just a few minutes—and start gaining valuable insights faster.  Download this toolkit to access a collection of technical resources about Azure Synapse. You will discover new ways to quickly pull insights from complex data.

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Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Seven key principles of cloud security and privacy

Discover ways to take advantage of the flexibility of a cloud data warehouse, while still protecting your data. Read this e-book to learn best practices for designing a comprehensive, sustainable strategy for security and privacy. You'll see how having a robust analytics strategy helps you avoid future disruptions and make your organization more resilient.

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Remote developer productivity

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

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Custom Air Products & Services manage HVAC manufacturing process using the Power Platform

Custom Air Products and Services is an HVAC company that needed a customized solution to track the entire lifecycle of units from "cradle-to-crate." Microsoft Power Platform had the tools they needed to fully digitize without expensive custom software. Read here to learn how the Power Platform transformed their business across 30+ usage needs.

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Security and privacy for cloud data warehouse

Turn your organization to cloud-based security and address data capacity and infrastructure requirements to solve cloud challenges. This free webinar will highlight what you need to know about security, privacy, and the cloud.

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Powerful alone, better together

Together the Microsoft Power Platform empowers you to create solutions that accelerate business. The platform connects powerful tools to analyze data, automate processes, create virtual agents, and more. Find out here how your team can benefit from this powerful platform and build end-to-end business solutions.

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Monday, September 6, 2021

Get the most out of Microsoft Azure with Visual Studio

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

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