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Proactive decision making begins with understanding customers and understanding customers begins with making the most of data. Subscribe now to learn more! View: Use proactive market insights to drive better decision making

Gartner Peer Insights compares vendors' customer relationship management (CRM) systems, which can then be used to determine best practices for your own business. This study in statistics provides insight on the best ways to capture and manage leads. Read More...

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To efficiently and effectively assist as many constituents as possible, organizations need to make every minute count and every constituent or donor engagement shine. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is an all-in-one business management solution that helps organizations manage financials, sales, and service, and it makes operations easier and faster from day one. This e-book explores how the solution integrates with Office 365 to connect business processes and personal productivity like never before, bringing insight and efficiency to your daily tasks. View: Reinvent business productivity with Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Office 365

Finding ways to increase productivity within your organization can mean the difference between struggling to keep pace or soaring to new heights.    Access this webinar to learn how Dynamics 365 Business Central and Office 365 enable organizations to drastically increase productivity. Find out how this technology can help your staff members complete their key business processes without ever leaving the apps they use every day. Read More...

A world top ten university, with an international reputation for excellence in teaching and research, Imperial College London now uses Microsoft Teams to teach and connect in a time of COVID-19. In this video, see how the college is now relying on Teams for the delivery of its lectures and its remote labs, as well as a "virtual common room" where students and faculty can interact. Staff now have the fluid integration of shared files, scheduled events, and the students' use of the virtual learning environment, providing opportunities to respond to students in a way never done before. Read More...

With over 13,000 engines in operation around the world, Rolls-Royce provides services that maintain them all at peak performance. Each engine has sensors that produce terabytes of data over long flights so making sense of that data is critical. This video highlights how Rolls-Royce utilizes Microsoft's Azure platform and Azure IoT solution accelerators to transform how they view data to improve customer relationships. Read More...

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Team Rubicon is a volunteer-led nonprofit organization that responds to natural disasters and humanitarian crises around the world. The organization created their volunteer-management system on Microsoft Dynamics 365. This cloud-based solution has enabled them to better address their volunteer deployments and respond rapidly and efficiently to urgent needs. Read More...

TGI Friday's popular and rapidly growing restaurant franchise in the UK wanted a more scalable, flexible platform for core business processes. To support its ambitious growth, the franchise is consolidating business operations starting with financial management on Microsoft Dynamics 365. Built-in functionality and ease-of-use mean that TGI Friday's can continue to onboard more business processes while expanding its franchise. Benefits include lower costs, easier access to data, and better insight.

This thought-provoking article from Forbes reports findings based on insights from the Dresner Advisory Services' 2020 Self-Service Business Intelligence Market Study examining market trends in BI. It highlights that self-services are an essential consideration for businesses wishing to leverage information resources and expertise to drive better decisions. Read More...

Go beyond transactions and interactions to give your buyers unique experiences that build trust. Transform the sales experience with Dynamics 365 Sales. Features include enabling smarter selling with contextual AI, increasing sales profitably with advanced insights, and improving coaching and sales performance. View: Buying is a journey

Leonard Cheshire is using Microsoft Dynamics 365 and the Microsoft Power Platform to streamline its processes and create smarter apps to make great care services easier to access and deliver. Discover how this organization enables independent, rewarding living more accessible to all. Read More...

This video explains how Allstate is transforming customer support with AI. With Azure Cognitive Services, Allstate is capturing insights from customer calls to enable a seamless customer experience.

Historically, industries have been shaped long-term by the short-term changes taken during global crises. Disruptions introduced by COVID-19 are already showing signs of accelerating long-term changes. This thought leadership piece explains several trends and major shifts in manufacturing that may result from short-term responses to the pandemic. Read More...

Make work more engaging, productive, and enjoyable. Here are five templates that can help you get started right away with Power Apps and Teams. View: 5 templates to improve productivity with Microsoft Power Apps and Microsoft Teams

You need to connect people, systems, and operations in new ways. With low-code app development you can rapidly adjust to the new environment and accelerate your digital transformation affordably and with ease. This e-book explores three ways low-code app development can help.   -Get up and running fast  -Empower everyone to build their own apps  -Use app innovation to drive better decisions View: 3 ways low-code app development can help with immediate response

Although Garner Foods is based in South Carolina, they sell hot sauce and Green Mountain Gringo brand products all over the world. With digital tools, their projects are easily managed remotely, and team members can work from anywhere. Garner Foods chose to partner with Microsoft 365 Business to easily onboard new employees and to secure company data stored on countless devices. With employees and sales representatives traveling all over the United States, being able to securely work and collaborate from any device has played a huge role in the company's ongoing success.

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 wit

In today's content and product saturated marketplace, personalization is the key to standing apart from the competition. This infographic highlights the benefits of implementing an organization wide personalization strategy at scale. View: Personalized Experiences

This video provides an overview of the sales accelerator in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales Insights. You will learn how to maintain business continuity with the sales accelerator, a digital-first experience that enables salespeople to work remotely.

The COVID-19 pandemic introduced unprecedented change and disruption in 2020 for the manufacturing industry. In this video, Microsoft's Çağlayan Arkan and special guest Enno de Boer from McKinsey & Co. look back on this unprecedented year and offer predictions for 2021. Understand the four durable shifts that need to be top-of-mind for the industry, learn what other leaders are doing to drive success and business resiliency, and gain new strategies to accelerate transformation and innovation in 2021.

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Microsoft is helping ABB maximize their digital transformation by connecting manufacturing solutions to innovative cloud capabilities. But Microsoft doesn't stop there. Microsoft Consulting Services has helped ABB transform their staff with educational resources to improve customer experiences and opportunities. Learn how Microsoft has helped ABB transform their capabilities and drive staff expertise. Read More...

This infographic summarizes the benefits for ERP systems to supercharge your nonprofit organization. View: Connect your organization to drive productivity and reduce costs

This report gives detailed information on how to safeguard your customers' data from viruses, phishing, and ransomware, plus a common security threat you may have overlooked. The global average cost of a cyberattack is $3.6 million. But awareness is the first step in security and prevention. Check out this e-book and contact our team to learn more about how to defend your company against cyberattacks. View: Protect your business: Recognize the top three security threats, plus one you may not know about

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!

In this thought leadership piece, Gartner advocates for organizations to define their ethical framework when broaching data driven initiatives. Gartner and Microsoft both stand for ethical use of data, advocating for transparency. This article clearly defines how to avoid overt or subtle missteps that may create long term reputation impacts. Read More...

This infographic introduces the unique features that set Microsoft apart, including the most comprehensive set of compliance offerings, leadership in hybrid cloud solutions, and being on the leading edge of technological development. Microsoft has hundreds of thousands of partners and is the industry leader in IoT solutions. View: Microsoft proof points for manufacturing

Supercharge your nonprofit with an all-in-one solution. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is a comprehensive solution that helps small and mid-sized organizations connect their financials, sales, services, and operations to streamline and secure business processes, improve donor and beneficiary outreach, and make better, data-driven decisions.  View: Drive productivity and reduce costs​

The global average cost of a data breach is $3.6 million. Is your company prepared to deal with the aftermath of a cyberattack? Many businesses struggle with preventive measures that block the sharing of sensitive information or prevent unauthorized users from viewing sensitive documents. It's no wonder that protecting against data leaks is a daunting task. With the rich security features available in Microsoft 365 Business, you can easily protect your company's sensitive data. Check out this infographic for a quick overview of industry trends, business pains, proof points, and more on how you can prevent data leaks. View: Prevent data leaks

TGI Friday's popular and rapidly-growing restaurant franchise in the UK wanted a more scalable, flexible platform for core business processes. To support its ambitious growth, the franchise is consolidating business operations starting with financial management on Microsoft Dynamics 365. Built-in functionality and ease-of-use mean that TGI Friday's can continue to onboard more business processes while expanding its franchise. Benefits include lower costs, easier access to data, and better insight.

In this video, hear from executives about why they chose Microsoft solutions like Azure IoT. Microsoft is scalable, meets security requirements, and provides special features to help businesses stay ahead of the rapid pace of manufacturing innovation.

Imagine your business has a new sales opportunity. Different teams need to work together to build a presentation to capitalize on the opportunity. If your business applications work in silos, it's up to individual employees to compare and consolidate feedback. Additionally, it can be very difficult to ensure everyone is working in the most up-to-date version. Imagine how collaboration workspaces can totally change the game. Without leaving a workspace, your team members can access connected data and insights to create the presentation. They can easily bring together relevant customer or financial information. And, there are never any issues with version control. Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Office 365 work together to make collaboration and sales processes painless and seamless. In this eBook, customers learn how Microsoft Dynamics 365 works with Office 365 to unite people and processes. Learn from practical examples how to streamline sales processes, capitalize on digital se

Digital transformation in healthcare is revolutionizing how we perceive our interactions with technology. Telemedicine, medical devices enabled by artificial intelligence (AI), and blockchain electronic health records (EHRs) are just some of the technologies that are helping improve patient-provider interactions. With the overall goal of enhancing patient care, the modern healthcare industry is seeking to streamline physicians' work, optimize systems, improve patient outcomes, reduce human error, and lower costs via amazing web and mobile experiences. Subscribe now for the latest insights into how Microsoft for Healthcare is empowering providers via better tools and more efficient solutions to increase patient satisfaction. View: Don't miss another post! Subscribe now.

Read this report from PSFK to discover ways to maximize your success with digital transformation. You'll see how intelligent business applications can help you create autonomous supply chains and explore ways to prepare for the future, such as building a more skilled workforce and prioritizing sustainable practices. Read More...

Do you know the difference between security and privacy? Although these terms are often used interchangeably, they are quite different. And both are crucial to business longevity. Check out this thought leadership article to help you get started. Read More...

Organizations using on-premises solutions are stuck battling yesterday's problems. But when you upgrade your enterprise resource planning (ERP) to the cloud, you're setting up your nonprofit for future success.  Here are  seven benefits to moving your ERP to the cloud. View: The cloud advantage: 7 benefits of moving your ERP to the cloud

This video shows an overview about how Power BI from Microsoft transforms data into useful information for businesses to make smarter decisions and run better. Power BI is a suite of business analytics tools to analyze data and share insights that can be accessed anywhere, with anyone, and is automatically updated in real time.

Forward-thinking vendors are now focused on cloud-based ERP solutions that deliver outcomes for their nonprofit. This e-book  provides a framework for evaluating modern ERP that extends beyond a checklist of features and functions into the more useful and mature territory of ensuring ERP impact. View: A new approach to evaluating ERP

COVID-19 has brought disruption to many areas of life, including manufacturing. In this thought leadership piece, learn about the importance of opportunities for increased innovation in crisis response and recovery, as well as the need for a more sustainable future. Read More...

Is your organization evaluating whether to transition your ERP solution to the cloud or stay on-premises? To determine whether this transition is right for your nonprofit,  calculate your  Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) to determine your  economic value of investment against your total direct and indirect costs over your system lifecycle. This flyer showcases how the  TCO estimate considers the six cost areas every organization needs to evaluate when visualizing their transition to the cloud. View: Have you looked at Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of transitioning your ERP to Cloud?

Sydney-based company Presentation Studio specializes in writing and designing sleek, professional presentations across the Asia-Pacific region. As the company expanded in proportion to the demand for its product, company leaders at Presentation Studio knew they needed to upgrade to a secure, cloud-based platform, so they partnered with Microsoft 365. They are using productivity and collaboration tools that allow employees to work remotely and work together across a multitude of apps and devices, plus enterprise-grade security features keep sensitive data safe from cyberattacks.

This infographic highlights the many benefits of using Microsoft's cloud-based services within Power BI. With multi-layered security, quick threat detection and response from AI signals, and the ability to proactively safeguard your data and streamline compliance to meet regulation needs, you can feel confident about where your data is being stored and secured. View: Proactive insights compliance regulation infographic

Digitally transforming public services to make them accessible to everyone who needs them as quickly as possible is key to building trust in public agencies. But to do so effectively, governments need to ensure that their applications and websites remain as accessible and user-friendly as possible, which requires that they streamline processes, choose stable platforms, and follow the best development methodologies. If these new apps are adopted correctly, they can provide governments with universally accessible two-way channels for interacting with citizens that lessen reliance on physical interaction, while providing government employees more and better information about their cases. Watch this video to learn how an agile approach to app development combined with Microsoft Azure is changing the way the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) in Victoria, Australia, is delivering IT to its department and the entire state.

This blog explains Microsoft's commitment to the #CreatorsWanted movement, which seeks to fill the skills gap and inspire a diverse workforce with intelligent and data-driven manufacturing. Learn about the practical ways Microsoft supports responsible and sustainable manufacturing in their mission to empower people to achieve more. Read More...

Transform your valuable insights into powerful actions. Subscribe and stay informed with O Consulting (Pvt.) Limited to learn more about building a long-term relationship with your customers and selling smarter. View: Create enterprise grade semantic models and build powerful BI reports

To quickly respond to changes in environment, customer preferences, competitive forces, or unforeseen crises, manufacturers must embrace technologies that deliver supply chain agility. This infographic explains the Microsoft solution, the technologies involved, and the benefits they provide. Read More...

Technology is rapidly advancing, creating both great opportunities and great needs in the nonprofit sector. This document summarizes the research findings of over 2200 individual donors, volunteers, or funding decision-makers to understand what motivates them to support organizations. As donor expectations change with the digital landscape, nonprofits face an increasingly urgent need for technology that can align with and enable their organization's mission. View: Beyond overhead  Donor expectations for driving measurable impact with technology

Access this webinar, featuring guests from Forrester, to learn about the commissioned Forrester Consulting Total Economic  Impact™ (TEI) study examining Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations. You'll learn how a modern enterprise resource planning (ERP) strategy can drive success.  Find out how seven organizations replaced their legacy, siloed ERP systems with a cloud deployment of Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations to modernize and simplify their ERP environments. Read More...

43% of cyberattacks are targeted at SMBs. Most small and mid-size businesses understand cybercrime is a problem, but they underestimate the severity of the threat. That's why we recommend that all businesses prepare to contend with a security threat, regardless of the size or scope of the company. Check out this Microsoft e-book to learn more how you can make sure your security measures are a force to be reckoned with. View: The state of security for small and mid-size businesses

Great food and good beer are always on the menu at Marston's. With nearly 200 years of experience and 1,500+ pubs in the UK, Marston's knows how important social and leisure time is, and they strive to deliver the best customer experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Insights. See how they do it in this video.