Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Free Azure Virtual Desktop Demo

Try before you buy is always good advice. That's why you should take advantage of this free demonstration of the Azure Virtual Desktop solution in action. You can ask questions from our Azure experts and experience first-hand what Azure Virtual Desktop can do. Sign up for the Free Azure Virtual Desktop Demo today.

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How can the experts from Inner-City Cubes help protect your business from cyber threats? Reply to learn about our offerings from Microsoft Security for Business. #cybersecurity @msftsecurity

How can the experts from Inner-City Cubes help protect your business from cyber threats? Reply to learn about our offerings from Microsoft Security for Business. #cybersecurity @msftsecurity

Hybrid Work Consultation

How do you give employees purpose and clarity in your hybrid workforce? We recommend reviewing your processes and programs to ensure clear guidelines. Receive a free consultation with one of our Hybrid Work consultants when you schedule direct.

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Cloud Migration Cost Assessment

Cost optimization in Azure can be a complicated process requiring significant effort from contributors across the enterprise. A Microsoft partner, Inner-City Cubes uses lessons learned from successful Azure cost-optimization journeys to help our customers simplify the path. Receive a free Cloud Migration Cost Assessment when you schedule direct.

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Delivering Personalized Experiences in Times of Change

Providing an exceptional, relevant customer experience is no longer an option, it's a necessity. Businesses need critical insight to attract new customers, keep existing ones happy, and optimize business operations. This eBook explains how to collect and learn from your customer data, and what Microsoft Dynamics 365 can do to make it possible. Read the eBook here.

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Monday, April 24, 2023

Valencia CF Creates Meaningful, Hyper-Personalized Fan Experiences with Dynamics 365

All businesses need to understand their customers to be successful. The Valencia Club de Futbol (CF) club leveraged Microsoft Dynamics 365 to gain actionable insights into what their fans want. From deploying an app to speed food orders in the stadium to checking-in with 1,500 season ticket holders who missed in-person games during the COVID-19 lockdowns, Valencia has used the insights from its customer data to make fan experiences more rewarding. Learn what and how the Valencia CF accomplished in this customer story. Read it here.

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Collect and Query Graphics Data for Azure Virtual Desktop Connections

Graphics data logs for Azure Virtual Desktop are in public preview. You can set up the diagnostics table in Azure Log Analytics and collect graphics data for your Azure Virtual Desktop connections. The graphics data table generates information whenever end-to-end delay and dropped frames percentages fall below a healthy threshold for Azure Virtual Desktop. This table helps administrators understand performance factors across the server, client and network that could be contributing to slow or choppy end-user experiences. Read the article here.

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Microsoft Security

Discover how Microsoft Security for Business can help protect your organization from cyber threats. As the threat landscape continues to evolve, businesses must remain vigilant against potential attacks. Our comprehensive security solutions are designed to safeguard your business and help you stay ahead of the latest threats. Visit our website now to learn more and get access to our powerful security tools including Microsoft Security Copilot.

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Hybrid Work is Just Work. Are We Doing it Wrong?

On the topic of hybrid work, employees and employers are divided. Employees are embracing hybrid work and its benefits. Many employers on the other hand, are yearning for a return to pre-Covid office life while dealing with challenges such as shrinking budgets and tight talent markets. To help leaders balance employee interests and organizational success, Microsoft surveyed 20,000 people worldwide and analyzed trillions of Microsoft 365 productivity signals, LinkedIn labor trends and Glint People Science findings. The data points to three pivots leaders must make to empower people for new ways of working. Read this blog to explore three pivots to help employees thrive and organizations succeed.

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Implementing Azure cost optimization for the enterprise

Cost optimization in Azure can be a complicated process that requires significant effort from across the enterprise. At Microsoft Digital, the solution for reducing Azure costs involved data-driven cost-optimization techniques, investing in central governance and driving modernization across all Azure workloads. This blog describes how Microsoft Digital approached its cost optimization journey, the benefits gained and lessons learned along the way. Read the blog and use it as a blueprint to guide your organization's digital transformation journey with Microsoft Azure.

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Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Azure Virtual Machines with Ampere

Microsoft has unveiled its latest Azure Virtual Machines {VMs} featuring the Ampere Altra Arm-based processor. The three new VMs in the Azure Virtual Machine series are built on the Ampere Altra processor and are engineered to efficiently run scale-out, cloud-native workloads. In addition, the Arm-based VMs can be included in Kubernetes clusters managed using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). Read about the new VMs and their capabilities here.

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Optimize Your Supply Chain with Priority-based Planning

Priority-based planning can help businesses optimize supply chains while increasing service levels and reducing inventory levels. Learn more about priority-based planning by reading this Microsoft article on the benefits and features of the new Planning Optimization module in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management. You can read the article here:

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Monday, April 17, 2023

Secure everything. Limit nothing. Be fearless.

Introducing Microsoft Security for Business. Protecting your business from cyber threats has never been more important. As the threat landscape continues to evolve, businesses must remain vigilant against potential attacks. Our comprehensive security solutions are designed to safeguard your business and help you stay ahead of the latest threats. Discover how our powerful security tools can help protect your organization from cybercriminals, ransomware, and other malicious attacks. Visit our website to learn more by catching highlights from Microsoft Secure and getting access to the latest security tools including Microsoft Security Copilot.

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Listening to millions of IoT building sensor readings with load testing

Making sure all the experiences your employees encounter during a given workday are seamless and productive is crucial to your organization's success. Read the blog to gain insight on how Microsoft is empowering every person and every organization around the globe to achieve more with transformative new technologies.

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Is your #supplychain optimized for high performance and efficiency? Not yet? Reply to ask us how our priority-based planning can help. @Microsoft

Is your #supplychain optimized for high performance and efficiency? Not yet? Reply to ask us how our priority-based planning can help. @Microsoft

How Microsoft Azure Helps Drive Agility and Optimization for Your Business

For many Microsoft Azure customers, the "how" of cloud migration is top of mind, especially for mission-critical workloads. Microsoft announced over a dozen new or updated capabilities for Azure to help you migrate workloads, manage hybrid environments, improve security, integrate third party tools, and gain greater cost efficiencies. You can learn about many other useful updates and features in Azure by reading the article here.

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Protecting your business from cyber threats like ransomware has never been more critical. Reply to discuss strategies and security solutions with one of our experts. @msftsecurity

Protecting your business from cyber threats like ransomware has never been more critical. Reply to discuss strategies and security solutions with one of our experts. @msftsecurity

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Migration Guide: VMware Horizon Cloud and Azure Virtual Desktop

Many companies are moving to virtual desktops both for workplace flexibility and to build the resilience to withstand office disruptions. This eBook is a detailed guide to the benefits and "how-tos" of moving to Azure Virtual Desktop and VMware Horizon Cloud Service on Azure. Download the eBook with our compliments.

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2023 Identify Security Trends and Solutions from Microsoft

Discover the latest trends and solutions for identity and security from Microsoft. Learn about the innovative technologies and strategies that are keeping you and your business secure. Read the blog, "2023 identity security trends and solutions from Microsoft" to stay ahead of the game in the ever-evolving world of security.

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Inventory Management Back on Track for Retailer with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central POS Solution

When a midwestern retail chain wanted to improve the performance and scalability of inventory and POS systems, it turned to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. With a Business Central-driven ERP and POS, the company has been able to optimize accounting, warehouse and retail operations. Get the story.

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Monday, April 10, 2023

Free Cloud Migration Consultation

Migrating to a cloud infrastructure can be a challenge. It's worth the effort, but you may want some expert advice along the way. You receive a complimentary Cloud Migration Consultation when you schedule direct.

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Isn't it time you made the move to modern endpoint management?

Microsoft Surface reduces endpoint-management complexities while helping to ensure that hybrid and remote workforces always have seamless, easy access to the information they need. What are the results? This infographic provides an at-a-glance of benefits and quantifiable results including hours saved and reductions in help-desk support call times, security breaches and remediation costs. Have a look.

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Journey to the cloud via Microsoft Azure and lessons learned along the way

Longtime Microsoft veteran Pete Apple, a principal service engineer in Microsoft Digital, discusses how the company has benefitted from moving to the cloud and running on Microsoft Azure. Watch the video to gain insight on lessons learned about easy wins, top security considerations and best practices, cloud optimization approaches, segmentation, iterative processes and more.

Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Supply Chain Planning Optimization Consultation

How are you approaching priority-based Planning for your supply chain? How can we help you optimize planning with Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management? Schedule a free Supply Chain Planning Optimization Consultation with one of our experts.

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Monday, April 3, 2023

How We Keep the Microsoft Cloud Up and Running

Curious to see where, and how, the Microsoft Cloud operates? The video we've included here takes you behind the scenes to Microsoft's operations rooms where highly trained technicians and AI monitor the data center's critical infrastructure. Customers like you expect a resilient and secure computing environment. Microsoft helps us meet your expectations with teams of cyber security experts monitoring trillions of threat signals daily, as well as software engineers worldwide who track response times and performance as well as power, cooling and other data center systems. Watch the video. Reply to this email to discuss how our team of Microsoft experts can help you benefit from a secure, resilient computing environment in the Microsoft Cloud.

Comparing Windows 365 vs. Azure Virtual Desktop

If you are considering a move to virtual desktops, then you need to know about Microsoft's virtual desktop options. Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop both provide virtual access to work content and use the Azure cloud. But there are major differences. Learn the pros and cons of each. You can read the article here.

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Planning Optimization Support for Priority-Based Planning in Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management

Priority-based planning prioritizes replenishment orders to ensure that urgent demand is prioritized over less-important demand. For example, a stockout replenishment order will be prioritized over a standard refill replenishment order. Watch the video to see how priority-based planning works in supply chain management and explore benefits including higher service levels and reductions in inventory.

Sanofi Gains Speed And Agility with an Azure Hybrid Cloud Strategy

When pharmaceutical firm Sanofi decided to move off its on-premises infrastructure, because it was limiting Sanofi's ability to innovate and respond quickly to business needs, the company opted for a hybrid cloud strategy. With help from its partner Mobiz, Sanofi settled on a digital transformation plan that included migrating more than 15,000 servers and 1,800 apps over the next few years to Microsoft's Azure cloud platform. The results? For one, Sanofi has experienced fewer outages and faster recovery times, reducing their mean time to recovery (MTTR) by 300-500 percent. Overall, these improvements allow Sanofi to manufacture and deliver high-quality medicine without interruption. Read how they did it here.

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Free Digital Transformation Readiness Assessment

Are you faced with planning a digital transformation project possibly involving multiple technologies and solutions? Before you set your plans in stone, let us provide you with a free Digital Transformation Readiness Assessment. Our cloud experts will evaluate your current IT assets, business goals and organizational needs to provide a strong foundation for your existing IT infrastructure. Sign up for your free assessment today.

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