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More and more retailers are using smart store analytics to build long-term relationships with customers. If you’re not already using technology that enables this type of insight, here’s why you need to start doing so today. #analytics  #retail  #smarttech  #data 

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CarMax puts customers first with car research tools powered by Azure OpenAI Service

With a nationwide reach of more than 45,000 cars available at any given time, CarMax needs to have online details available for all inventory, plus sales tools for information to help customers buy vehicles. To help the CarMax content team organize, publish, and update its, the company turned to Azure OpenAI Service. In the process it has disrupted the retail industry with cutting-edge digital innovations and capabilities. 

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Azure Migrate: Business case analysis capability

You know it’s time to modernize your infrastructure—but you might need to make a solid business case that quantifies the benefits for your organization.   
 
That’s where Azure Migrate comes in. This free feature can be used to generate hard numbers to show that it makes business sense—and then understand what is the best migration strategy for your particular company. 
 

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100-Year-Old Retailer Canadian Tire Modernizes Data Platform with Azure Synapse Analytics and Power

Canadian Tire Corporation (CTC) includes more than 1,700 retail and gasoline outlets across Canada. Wanting to improve retail experiences and better serve its customers, CTC shifted their data to the cloud to take advantage of real-time insights and improve data-driven decision-making. CTC is excited about how this new modernized platform will help revolutionize the way the organization operates within the retail space 

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Cloud migration in the Cloud Adoption Framework

The hardest part of a cloud migration is often just getting started—especially when it comes to deciding how much you want to invest in different workloads. Fortunately, the Cloud Adoption Framework provides a clear path forward. Learn more about the different approaches you can take—and how to maximize business success by allocating resources effectively. Learn more.  

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Resilient Retail

In 2023, retailers in every category will need to weave technology into the fabric of their business so that they can do more with less. At the foundation of this transformation is data. Most retailers, however, are only set up to leverage a fraction of the data that is available. They’re going to need to become much resilient if they want to stay ahead of the competition. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/retail/2023/01/10/resilient-retail/ 

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NBA accelerates modern app time to market to ramp up fans’ excitement

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is dedicated to delivering compelling experiences for its fans off the court as well as on. During the pandemic, it continued to engage fans and help them feel connected to the game through virtual simulations. It also launched an app for referees called REPS (Referee Engagement and Performance System) that supports the fans’ experience.  
 
Together with Microsoft, the NBA is continuing to create customized, dynamic, virtual experiences to enhance the excitement of the NBA both during and beyond game-time. Read the full story. 

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IDC InfoBrief: Frictionless Customer Journeys

Retailers today realize that they must innovate to better serve their customers and drive growth. Investing in AI-enabled technology in support of an intelligent store increases customer engagement and accommodates changing customer needs. To learn more, download the IDC InfoBrief: Frictionless Customer Journeys. 

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The Business Value of Migrating and Modernizing to Microsoft Azure

Successful organizations are modernizing their applications so that they’re cloud-native. According to IDC, those who choose Microsoft Azure are realizing significant value—including substantial cost savings, higher efficiency, and an impressive return on investment. Get the full report. 

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Forrester study finds 228% ROI when modernizing applications on Azure

What happens when you use Azure as a platform for your modern cloud-based apps? According to Forrester, you can get a 228% return on investment while increasing speed of app development by 50%. And that’s not all. Learn more. 
 

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Empowering store associates with an intelligent store​

Store Operations Assist reduces the time that store associates spend on tasks that aren’t customer facing, enabling them to spend more time delivering personalized customer service. Innovative technology to streamline operations and lowers attrition by giving your workforce the resources they need to succeed. 

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Migrate & Modernize Infra Datasheet

Today’s businesses are moving their infrastructure to the cloud. The right cloud can help you optimize costs, improve efficiency, accelerate innovation, and scale. Learn why you should securely migrate and modernize to Microsoft Azure.  

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GNC puts customer needs first as part of a digital transformation with Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Az

For retailer GNC, its success in selling health and nutrition-related products requires a personal connection and understanding of each customer. Wanting to elevate the connection with consumers, the company transformed it technology with intelligent technology that takes advantage of the cloud. It’s already seeing its investment pay off, helping it further its journey to become a primary destination for health and wellness customers.  

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NTT Ltd. achieves unified, global cloud transformation with Azure

NTT Ltd. services more than 75 percent of the top 100 companies on the Fortune Global 500 list with business expertise in networks, security, managed services, and other areas. But its distributed digital estate made it challenging to allocate resources effectively or see areas for improvement in governance and financial control. 
 
That’s why NTT turned to Microsoft and the Azure cloud platform to build a blueprint for transformation. See how NTT is saving money and becoming more efficient by centralizing its IT infrastructure. Learn more.   

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Data is knowledge. For retailers, an intelligent store uses data to provide engaging omnichannel experiences and personalized service that help you exceed customer expectations and grow your brand. It also helps you create meaningful shopping experiences, in any channel, that speak to customers as individuals and delight at scale. If you haven’t considered an intelligent store before, you should start now. 

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An intelligent store

Intelligent stores are reinventing retail and generating new sales with personalized shopping experiences based on AI-enabled intelligence. They’re elevating the shopper experience with smarter, more connected stores, unified commerce across diverse channels, smart advertising solutions, and seamless customer service. Look at our infographic and see how you can grow your business. 

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Businesses are accelerating their digital transformation—and a huge part of that is shifting to cloud-centric infrastructure and applications. Are you wondering how to get started? 

 

Sign up for our mailing list to read our free ebook about why Azure is the right cloud to simplify your migration and modernization efforts.  

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Security that drives trust and innovation

The rise of hybrid working and new cloud technologies in the workplace have made securing today’s digital estate more challenging than ever. Yet it also is a great opportunity. It’s a chance for leaders to rethink their organisation’s cybersecurity culture and open it up to greater productivity, agility and innovation. In this e-book, discover the changing world of work and the security challenges it presents, including an increasingly complex threat landscape. Learn about the evolving world of security, the importance of culture and how a unified, Zero Trust approach can help you grow and scale.

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Frasers Group fearlessly scales with a modernized Microsoft Purview solution

The largest sporting goods retailer in the United Kingdom made a radical shift to leaner IT infrastructure so it could onboard different systems and business units more effectively. Microsoft Purview provides the foundation for security. Why does Fraser Group trust Microsoft to help prevent loss of its massive amount of data and 15,000 endpoints around the world?  Find out now. #microsoftsecurity #microsoftpurview 

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Introducing Adaptive Protection in Microsoft Purview—People-centric data security for a multiplatfor

The theft or loss of personal data and intellectual property can cripple a business. But how do you balance user productivity with stringent data security policies that help secure your sensitive data? The answer is in Adaptive Protection. Now you can detect and mitigate the most critical risks automatically. Learn more.  
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Enable Adaptive Protection with Microsoft Purview

Data risk is dynamic, with various types of content and many users who interact with it across environments. That means data security needs to be dynamic too. Microsoft Purview can help you optimize data security automatically, without sacrificing productivity. Read about Adaptive Protection now.  
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St. Luke’s University Health Network makes compliance painless with Microsoft Purview tools

When it comes to data security, healthcare providers have obligations to keep patient data secure while meeting stringent regulatory requirements. Find out how St. Luke’s University Health Network spot risky activities that may lead to potential data security incidents while respecting user privacy. Learn more.  
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Data doesn’t move itself. People move and interact with data, and that's where the majority of data security risks stem from. Managing insider risk is an often-overlooked aspect of data security. Your customers need an integrated security solutions that help secure data, protect privacy, and mitigate risks. Sign up for our mailing list to explore how a comprehensive approach to security can help your business. Let’s stay connected!  
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Building a Holistic Insider Risk Management Program

When it comes to data security, businesses need to consider building an insider risk management program. But how do you include the right people, processes, training, and tools? Here are five elements that help companies achieve stronger data security while protecting user privacy and trust. Read more. 
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Quickly assess risks in your environment with Insider Risk Management analytics

Do you know what employees are doing with your sensitive company data? Addressing insider risks is a lot simpler than you might think. With Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management, you can quickly get actionable insights and recommendations. Learn more. 
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Rabobank balances the books with Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention

International financial organization Rabobank navigates a complicated data protection matrix that includes overlapping regulations, global and regional company policies, and demanding business requirements. That’s why it turned to Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention, along with other Microsoft technologies, to help secure more than 42,000 endpoints and curtail inappropriate data sharing. Read more.  
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Fortify data security with Microsoft Purview​

Where does your sensitive data reside? Who can access it? The fact is, your data is everywhere, and there’s more of it than ever. Old security strategies don’t work anymore. That’s where Microsoft Purview can help. Download the ebook to learn why this single unified solution helps you secure data wherever it lives, prevent data loss with the right policies, and even manage insider risk. You’ll also get details on how to use Microsoft Purview to automate data security too. Get the ebook now. 
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Data Loss Prevention: From on-premises to cloud

Traditional data loss prevention solutions don’t always work in the cloud. Read this special report from Microsoft to see what hundreds of security leaders around the United States have to say—and what we can do to help. Learn more. 
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Fortify data security to secure your most sensitive data

Data security incidents are a keystroke away. If you need to prevent data loss, it’s time to start identifying risky or unauthorized use before they become data breaches. Learn how Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention gives you the layers of security you need to navigate today’s complicated data security landscape. Learn more.  
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EY teams synchronize collaboration for over 300k users with modernized identity and data governance

With more than 300,000 professional services consultants, EY is a busy, collaborative company with reams of confidential information its mandated to protect. Fortunately, this professional services company found the ideal data security strategy using Microsoft Purview. Find out more. 
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We want to show you how modern data security is within your grasp. Sign up for our mailing list to see why Microsoft Purview Information Protection gets “Outstanding in Functionality” in the KuppingerCole Market Compass for Secure Collaboration. Plus, you’ll learn why it’s the only company to be awarded the highest possible scores in all five categories: security, deployment, interoperability, usability, and market standing. Learn more. #microsoftsecurity #microsoftpurview 

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4 things to look for in a multicloud data protection solution

Do you use multiple clouds in your business? Chances are, the answer is yes. The next question is how are you securing your sensitive business data? Here are four things you need to know. Learn more 
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KuppingerCole rates Microsoft as outstanding for secure collaboration

More accolades for Microsoft data security solutions! Microsoft Purview Information Protection gets “Outstanding in Functionality” in the KuppingerCole Market Compass for Secure Collaboration. Plus, it’s the only company to be awarded the highest possible scores in all five categories: security, deployment, interoperability, usability, and market standing. Get the details. 
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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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Get the Most Out of Azure with Your Visual Studio Subscription

A Visual Studio Subscription gives you a wide range of benefits that help you explore cloud development with Azure. Watch this three-minute video to see how a subscription allows you the freedom and flexibility to explore development and productivity, helping you do more with less.

We’re here to help you find the best solutions to add even more productivity to your development processes. Let’s talk.

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Get started with GitHub and Azure DevOps

Adopting the tools and mindset of DevOps in the right manner can facilitate development efficiency, boost productivity, and increase the rate at which products can be brought to market. Sign up to stay connected. We’ll help you navigate the world of GitHub and Azure DevOps and share helpful tips to get started.

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Azure DevOps vs. GitHub: Comparing the Microsoft DevOps tools

When diving into the world of DevOps tools, it’s important to remember that Microsoft Azure DevOps and GitHub each offer unique value and overlapping capabilities. They can be used separately or together, so there’s even a “why not both?” scenario. Learn the history of these two DevOps tools, the specific advantages of each, and how to get started using them.

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Fujitsu Now Scales in Minutes, Reduces Upgrade Costs with Move to Azure

Fujitsu, a leading full-service IT provider based in Japan, wanted to improve the scalability and efficiency of its online presence to advance its brand. After comparing Azure with other hyperscale cloud providers, Fujitsu selected Azure.

The company found both Azure High Priority and FastTrack for Azure to be highly valuable as it began migrating, and it had regular calls with the Microsoft team to ensure success.

Selecting Azure keeps Fujitsu in sync with its customers’ needs.

Is your business looking for more development flexibility and productivity? Azure may be the right fit. Let’s talk.

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Get more productivity, better security, and cost savings when you maximize the value of your technology investments with Microsoft 365.

No matter how you run your business or your team, Microsoft 365 is the cloud-first platform that enables all the ways people work today – wherever, whenever, and however.

Sign up for our mailing list to learn why Microsoft 365 is a better way to work for your small business. We can help you do more with less. Let’s stay connected!

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Microsoft 365 for Small Business

It’s hard to overstate the impact of having secure and reliable productivity and collaboration tools. It’s these tools that enable the communication, flexibility, and innovation that keep businesses thriving in this new era of hybrid work.

Small- and medium-sized (SMB) businesses are no exception, but they need tools tailored to their unique needs and challenges. Microsoft 365 for Business can help your business do more with less.

See how.

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5 Pitfalls to Avoid When Migrating to the Cloud

Digital transformation and cloud migration can be a complex process. It takes comprehensive planning, successful execution, and ongoing maintenance after everything goes live.

In this article from the San Francisco Business Times, read about the advantages of moving to the cloud, and five pitfalls to avoid as your business builds its plan for digital transformation.

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Elite Construction + Development Builds Success and a Connected Workplace with Microsoft Teams

Elite Construction + Development, a small Washington company, owes much of its success to unfettered collaboration and a communication-first approach, which is now at the center of the company’s enthusiastic adoption of Microsoft Teams.

When Elite became overwhelmed with a dozen or more overlapping technology platforms, it decided to consolidate to Microsoft 365, retaining only one third-party solution—its specialized accounting software. Elite uses Microsoft 365 apps for every other function in the company—creating content, managing projects, scheduling, collaboration, and even telephony.

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Keep Up With the Latest News

Get more productivity, better security, and cost savings when you maximize the value of your technology investments with Microsoft 365.

No matter how you run your business or your team, Microsoft 365 is the cloud-first platform that enables all the ways people work today – wherever, whenever, and however.

Sign up for our mailing list to learn why Microsoft 365 is a better way to work for your small business. We can help you do more with less. Let’s stay connected!

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Enable Hybrid Work With Windows 365

As workplaces and world events continue to evolve, so do the needs of your employees and business. Windows just keeps getting better for businesses, with new experiences designed for hybrid work.

Windows 365 creates a new hybrid personal computing category called Cloud PC, which combines the power of the cloud with the device’s capabilities to provide a full, personalized Windows experience.

See how the new Windows 365 can help your business do more with less.

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3 Business Efficiencies to Keep Your Company Recession-Resistant

Remote work, managed services, and technology solutions that help your business do more with less – according to Entrepreneur.com, these are just a few of the ways you can incorporate efficiencies into your business to help keep it recession-proof.

Read more to learn strategies that can help you increase efficiency, decrease overhead, and bolster your business to weather a recession.

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Singaporean cloud communications provider makes security a team sport with Microsoft Defender

As a leading communications provider in the Asia-Pacific region, Toku helps companies streamline their workflows and optimize customer experiences by moving their business communications to the cloud.

They needed a cost-efficient endpoint security solution that would help them implement a zero-trust strategy company-wide. They turned to Microsoft 365 Defender to eliminate cyber threats.

Today, Toku enjoys enterprise-grade protection against cyberattacks and boasts high scores on IT security and compliance, cementing trust among its customers as a result.

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The Total Economic Impact™ Of Microsoft 365 For Business

Small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) must successfully manage many of the same collaboration challenges that face larger enterprises—but with lower budgets.

Microsoft commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study and examine the potential return on investment (ROI) SMBs can realize by deploying Microsoft 365 for business.

This eBook covers nine customers’ investments in Microsoft 365 for business, and the resulting organization-wide improvements to productivity and reductions to travel and technology expenses.

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Consolidate So You Can Do More With Less

There's no shortage of technology to answer virtually every work-related need, but this disjointed landscape of apps from different vendors can add up financially. Simply consolidating to a single all-in-one platform eliminates the possibility that you're paying for redundant capabilities or overlapping services.

Microsoft 365 can help meet every work-related technology need. You can also save by consolidating point solutions and replacing third-party security and identity applications. Microsoft 365 is your one solution to do more with less.

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15 Smart Ways for Businesses in a Growth Stage to Save Money

For businesses in start-up and growth periods, staying lean to ensure healthy growth is crucial.

Here, Forbes offers 15 ways to save money when a business is in a growth stage – including automating processes with cutting edge technologies – that can be used for any business interested in working smarter and doing more with less.

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Consulting firm delights customers and finds growth with Microsoft Teams Essentials

Every Morning Consulting, a small sales consultancy based in Madrid, Spain, works to help SMB clients achieve growth and improve profitability.

During pre-pandemic times, most meetings with clients were in person, and traveling was the norm. When COVID-19 hit, the firm turned to the free version of Microsoft Teams, and later adopted Microsoft Teams Essentials for its expanded capabilities.

With Teams Essentials, Every Morning Consulting is now closer to their customers and more flexible in day-to-day day activities. And they see new avenues of growth for the future.

 

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Meet the Security Experts - Anne Woodley

Meet Anne, a Microsoft Security Specialist. She is passionate about her job and helping her customers improve their security and productivity. To be secure in an ever-evolving threat landscape, she believes organisations must integrate their digital estate with intelligent security solutions to gain visibility and be more proactive.

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Microsoft Defender for IoT

Organisations are relying more on intelligent devices to optimise efficiency. In fact, experts predict CISOs will soon be responsible for securing an attack surface 3x larger than just a few years ago. These devices are often unmanaged, unpatched, misconfigured, and unmonitored – making them ripe to be exploited. Microsoft Defender for IoT is an agentless solution for unified asset discovery and security monitoring across all types of unmanaged devices across your IT/OT landscape. It can: -Discover IoT/OT devices -Manage IoT/OT vulnerabilities -Continuously monitor, detect and respond to threats -Increase operational efficiency -Unify IT/OT security and governance Defender for IoT offers agentless, IoT/OT-aware network detection and response (NDR) that is rapidly deployed and provides unified security across diverse IoT and industrial devices. It shares data seamlessly with Microsoft’s SIEM and XDR platforms—Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft 365 Defender—and interoperates with other SOC tools such as Splunk, IBM QRadar, and ServiceNow.

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Keep Up With the Latest News

Get more productivity, better security, and cost savings when you maximize the value of your technology investments with Microsoft 365.

No matter how you run your business or your team, Microsoft 365 is the cloud-first platform that enables all the ways people work today – wherever, whenever, and however.

Sign up for our mailing list to learn why Microsoft 365 is a better way to work for your small business. We can help you do more with less. Let’s stay connected!

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Microsoft Defender for IoT

As organisations increasingly rely on intelligent devices to optimise efficiency, experts predict CISOs will soon be responsible for securing an attack surface three times larger than just a few years ago. These devices are often unmanaged, unpatched, misconfigured, and unmonitored, making them ideal access points for attackers looking to compromise organisations of all kinds. Microsoft Defender for IoT is an agentless solution for unified asset discovery and security monitoring across all types of unmanaged devices. Get continuous visibility into IoT/OT assets, vulnerabilities, and threats, integrated with Microsoft SIEM and XDR solutions to enable rapid detection and response across IT/OT networks.

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Unify your OT and IT

When global lime and minerals producer Lhoist’s united its IT security and industrial automation teams with Microsoft Azure Defender for IoT, they saw powerful asset discovery, vulnerability management, and threat monitoring capabilities. As a result, they are building a safer, more resilient and more efficient operation. “OT and IT share the same goal of ensuring production availability, delivering for our customers, and maintaining the health and safety of our co-workers,” says Clément Herssens, CISO. Even Lhoist automation staff who weren’t focused on cybersecurity soon recognized the operational efficiency benefits from the wealth of monitoring information now available to them, now bringing major cost and time savings along with overall increase in ROI.

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How Microsoft 365 Improves Productivity

With Microsoft Teams and familiar Office apps, people can connect using one-on-one conversations and group chats, and they can easily access files, chats, and apps in one workspace. Coworkers can make faster decisions, with real-time sharing in meetings, instant feedback and collaboration. And they can share, edit, and co-author documents wherever, whenever.

Microsoft 365 makes productivity easy. See how it can help you do more with less.

 

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Microsoft Security Webinar: Unifying Operational Technology and IT Security

In an ever-changing threat landscape, most organisations are looking to understand their digital estate and modernise their IT security in response. Whilst this strengthens your security posture and reduces risk, IT security is still just one piece of the puzzle. The world of Operational Technology (OT) is often managed separately. Without integration and visibility across the entire estate, organisations are opening themselves up to increased vulnerabilities that can be exploited. In this webinar, we will discuss how organisations can be confident in their OT security. Join us to discover how IT and OT security can integrate to discover, secure, protect, detect and manage threats.

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Meet the security expert: Rosen Georgiev

Meet Rosen Georgiev. As Security and Compliance Technical Specialist, he is on the frontline, building secure solutions that help organisations build trust. He talks about why he became a cybersecurity professionals, and what he thinks are key to building a trusted relationship between business and customer.

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Simplifying the complex: Introducing Privacy Management for Microsoft 365

Staying ahead of privacy regulations can be complicated, but with Privacy Management for Microsoft 365, we can help you safeguard personal data and build a privacy-resilient workplace. Learn how to: -Identify critical privacy risks and conflicts with an aggregated view of their privacy posture, including the amount, category, and location of private data, and associated privacy risks and trends over time. -Automate privacy operations and response to subject rights requests. Deliver actionable insights that allow privacy administrators to automate privacy policies by using an out-of-box template or create a custom policy to meet an organisation’s specific needs. -Empower employees to make smart data handling decisions eliminating the need to choose between privacy and productivity. Plus, access partner solutions that will extend your capability beyond your Microsoft 365 environment, and leverage APIs to integrate your existing processes within Privacy Management to ensure you meet regulations now and in the future.

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Microsoft Ignite 2022: Top Security Announcements

This article from CRN highlights the most recent security announcements from Ignite 2022. Read on for the biggest updates, as well as perspectives from customers and partners who are doing more with less, and “going all-in on Microsoft.”

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Microsoft's Surface family of products

Shakespeare Martineau wanted greater agility and freedom with improved end-point security, flexible productivity and practicality. When they migrated to Surface devices, they got that and more. Improved morale, increased productivity, reduced downtime, an increase in billable hours and enhanced client satisfaction. “Microsoft Surface complimented our strategy and was the device of choice to support our Positive, Passionate, People. The product is very good – in style, different ways of working and real performance – and it gives our staff the agility and freedom to work in a way that suits their lives whilst maximising productivity and effectiveness,” says Dal Virdi, IT Director.

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Equitable Bank Thwarts Red Team with Comprehensive Microsoft Security Solutions

Equitable Bank (EQB), seeks to drive change in Canadian banking to enrich people’s lives, and this mission comes down to one thing: trust.

When a Mandiant Red Team cybersecurity test revealed weaknesses in its security defenses, EQB took action. It replaced two security and event management solutions with Microsoft Sentinel and deployed Microsoft 365 Defender solutions to cover endpoints, identities, and cloud apps.

After experiencing startlingly improved results in a follow-up test a year later, EQB knows it’s on the right track. Its Microsoft deployments—and its innovative spirit—continue.

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Microsoft Privacy Management

Hybrid work has caused organisations to fluidly transition between work and personal activities. As a result, more personal data is being generated, retained, shared, and accessed across a multitude of devices and clouds, making the data susceptible to attacks. In fact, 58 percent of data breaches in 2020 involved personal data and there are growing concerns over trust in technologies and organisations that handle personal data and the data privacy regulation landscape is more complex than ever and staying ahead of it can feel impossible. But this work is critical— to safeguard people and the tools they use to stay connected, get work done, and thrive in today’s hybrid environment. In this digital event, Microsoft simplifies some of the complexity around data privacy. Explore Microsoft’s Privacy Management for Microsoft 365 and learn more on:  • Identifying critical privacy risks and conflicts • Automating privacy operations and responding to subject rights requests • Empowering employees to make smart data handling decisions

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Meet the Microsoft Security Experts

Meet Danielle Racher, Microsoft UK’s lead for Media and Telecoms Services in Enterprise Security. She shares her top tips of driving an effective security strategy and why she believes security is an enabler of innovation. Learn the foundations of security, why MFA is one of the most important layers of protection and how Microsoft solutions can enable organisations to achieve more.

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Get more productivity, better security, and cost savings when you maximize the value of your technology investments with Microsoft 365.

No matter how you run your business or your team, Microsoft 365 is the cloud-first platform that enables all the ways people work today – wherever, whenever, and however.

Sign up for our mailing list to learn why Microsoft 365 is a better way to work for your small business. We can help you do more with less. Let’s stay connected!

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Improve Security and Reduce Your Bottom Line

Microsoft 365 provides a holistic approach to security, helping you protect identities, data, apps, and devices across on-premises, cloud, and mobile environments. This approach addresses the four foundations of computer system security: Identity and access management, threat protection, information protection, and security management.

See how your business can build a culture of security, all while saving money with Microsoft 365.

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Charity enhances security and compliance, saves costs with Microsoft 365 security

Derby County Community Trust (DCCT) aims to improve people’s lives using the power of sports. With Microsoft 365 security and compliance technology, DCCT is now empowered to fully realise its security goals across its entire device estate. With a strong endpoint and identity-based zero trust approach, employees can now securely access their work from anywhere. Plus, by consolidating and unifying their security tools, they’re able to benefit from cost savings. “We wanted all employee devices, along with our entire device estate, to be compliant, secure, and centrally managed. DCCT handles a lot of information on behalf of schools, colleges, and other customers. It’s essential that information is classified appropriately and is kept secure, ” says Simon Carnall, Head of Community

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Securing your organisation from anywhere with endpoint security

The shift to hybrid work means organisations need new and more efficient ways to secure employee devices from anywhere. Microsoft Surface can help simplify device deployment and management, while driving productivity and security. In this webinar, join Microsoft Surface security experts to learn: • The latest tech to help set up and configure Surface devices right out of the box. • Real-world use cases of securing device deployment at scale and in the cloud. • The steps Surface engineers take towards firmware protection and device security. • Key resources to implement new, agile device provisioning and distribution methods.

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3 ways to build a strong security culture to reduce insider risk

Whether accidental and incidental, insider risks can pose a threat to your organisation. According to the 2020 Ponemon study, The Cost of Insider Threats, the average cost of an insider risk has increased 31 percent since 2018 to about £8.2m per incident. Due to the rise of hybrid working, leaders and IT teams must have visibility over insider risks. In this blog, Microsoft’s Dan Cousineau shares the tools organisations can use and how to build a culture of trust that will reduce the risk of insider threats.

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Microsoft CEO: 'Software is ultimately the biggest deflationary force' for businesses

Today’s macro-economic environment affects businesses of all sizes and is forcing change globally.

In this Yahoo Finance article, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shares his perspectives on the economy, how the right technology is the ultimate productivity tool, and how Microsoft is adjusting.

“All of the macroeconomic headwinds that all of us face — none of us are immune — the tailwind we at least as a company have is our ability to deliver these solutions. Software is ultimately the biggest deflationary force businesses can use,” Nadella says.

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Drax Group adopts a holistic security stance with Microsoft integrated threat protection

As a part of the critical infrastructure in the UK, electricity generator Drax Group is a significant target for would-be attackers. To give them a single view over their security infrastructure, Drax began adopting a holistic security ecosystem based on Microsoft integrated threat protection. “What I came to understand is that using multiple solutions increases integration complexity between 400 and 500 percent and can also triple the costs of adoption,” says Martin Sloan, Security Director. By standardising on Microsoft integrated threat protection, Sloan was able to reduce the budget of Drax’s security transition by 75 percent in the same time frame. Drax considers the ever-evolving Microsoft security infrastructure as more than a series of products to adopt. “The key thing we wanted from a strategic partner in the security space is an organisation that’s dedicated to continuous improvement and also infuses that expertise into a familiar platform and interface,” says Sloan. “Microsoft consistently delivers superior solutions for identifying threats, protecting us from harm, detecting irregularities, responding rapidly to issues, and helping us recover from potential breaches.”

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Floral retailer uses Microsoft Teams to make business bloom

House of Lilac, a premium flower company based in Miami, delivers bouquets and arrangements across the city and ships gifts nationwide. 

House of Lilac’s digital transformation was the pivotal factor that helped them adapt during the COVID-19 pandemic. From the outset, the company invested in its digital presence as a flower retailer, and the payoff shows.

House of Lilac uses Microsoft 365 to consolidate everything under one application. It helped owner Melanie Fernandez organize the company, reduce costs, and increase efficiency and productivity—resulting in a business that’s blooming.

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The threat within your business: protecting data from insider risks

The accelerated use of hybrid work means your organisation needs to safeguard its data against attacks from within. While most insider attacks are unintentional, they can happen at any time. In this e-book, The Threat within Your Business: Protecting Data from Insider Risks, explore three inside risks financial institutions must defend against: 1. One-time accidents that are usually the result of oversight. 2. Systematic risks stemming from shortcuts or workarounds. 3. Purposeful theft or sabotage by an employee or contractor. Learn what it takes to develop strong and effective policies that provide strict guidelines to help keep your data secure, maintain trusted customer relationships, reduce your risk and adhere to regulations.

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