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Forrester Study Finds 228% ROI Modernizing with Azure PaaS

Modernizing applications on Azure’s cloud-native services can provide up to a 228% ROI. That ROI is a major finding in a recent Forrester Study on the economic impact of the Azure services. Forrester found organizations embracing modernization in cloud-native services saw a 228% ROI over three years, an average payback period of 15 months, a …

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New Features and Capabilities of Microsoft 365 Announced

New features and capabilities have been announced for the Microsoft 365 services. Microsoft Teams will be getting the new Games for Work app bringing small, social games into Teams, scheduled send for messages to control delivery, and a new sign language view in Teams Meetings. Microsoft Whiteboard is getting a new Follow feature to help …

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Microsoft Supply Chain Platform Announced

Microsoft is expanding its capabilities with the new Microsoft Supply Chain Platform. The Supply Chain Platform brings together existing investments in ERP systems with Microsoft’s AI, collaboration, and low-code solutions. The platform provides data and supply chain orchestration, a Supply Chain Center offering a command center experience, Data Management to ingest and integrate data across …

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Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services Updates Announced

Several new services and capabilities have been announced for Microsoft’s Cloud for Financial Services. Microsoft’s Industry Clouds program brings the capabilities of Microsoft’s three clouds (Azure, Microsoft 365, and Dynamics 365) together with industry specific apps and services. The Financial Cloud platform has been updated with new compliance tools including risk and control mapping and …

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Microsoft 365 Announcements at Ignite

At the Ignite event, Microsoft announced many new features for Microsoft 365. Some of the announcements include a new Microsoft 365 app, Cisco meeting devices now Teams Room certified, a new Teams Premium licensing option with features like live translations for captions, integration between Teams and Meta’s Quest platform, hours and location support in Outlook …

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Windows 11 2022 Update Released

New experiences and enhancements have been released for Windows 11 as part of the 2022 Update. Some of the new experiences include tabbed File Explorer, a new Suggested Actions tool to provide rapid actions, a Taskbar Overflow feature to better manage spacing, expanded Windows share experiences, a new Photos app, integration with Apple’s iCloud photo …

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Microsoft 365 Data Residency Enhancements Announced

With expanding data residency laws from around the world, Microsoft is announcing plans to offer more data residency locations for Microsoft 365 services. Microsoft 365 is expanding from 15 country locations to an additional 13 locations in the near future. Part of this announcement also includes an EU Data Boundary for the Microsoft Cloud. Microsoft …

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Azure Managed Grafana Now Available

The new Azure Managed Grafana service is now generally available. Azure Managed Grafana brings the latest Grafana 9.0 platform into a managed Azure service allowing organizations to deploy and leverage Grafana without the underlying infrastructure management. The Azure version of Grafana provides integrations between Grafana and Azure Monitor as well as support for Azure Container …

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Azure Space Expands Capabilities

Microsoft is expanding the space and Azure network capabilities. First Microsoft is introducing the Azure Orbital Cloud Access bringing Azure connectivity from anywhere on the planet and building on the SpaceX Starlink service. The service is a monthly subscription. Second, the Azure Orbital Ground Stations are now generally available. This service is a fully managed …

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