Tuesday, March 31, 2020

How Small Businesses Can Increase Their Digital Capabilities

As an SMB, improving your digital capabilities can be an affordable way to cut costs and reach customers. Few solutions can compete with the simplicity, performance, and cost savings of Microsoft solutions. Modernizing your data platform can be challenging. That's why Aksara United is here to help. With the right tools and expert know-how, we can help your business integrate and implement these solutions today. Contact us to find out how.

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Customer story: Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM)

With the desire to modernize their court system, Abu Dhabi Global Market Courts (ADGM) implemented tech tools to achieve the only free platform for civil and commercial courts in the world. While your goals for modernizing your data platform might not be as lofty, your business can certainly leverage the same tools. It's time for you to create a digital data platform that will enable your business to scale securely. Aksara United wants to help. Contact us to find out how we can help you adopt Microsoft solutions.

Microsoft Education: Every Student Has a Voice

Children across the globe share a love of learning and a love of doing. From art to science and beyond, with the right tools in hand, there's no telling what they will accomplish.

Thursday, March 26, 2020

Azure SQL or SQL Server: Which one is right for you?

What makes Azure SQL different from SQL Server? Learn the technical differences, the reasons behind them, and the potential impact on your business in this article.

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Microsoft Managed Desktop

The "Microsoft Managed Desktop" infographic shows the current state of IT challenges, according to technology decision-makers. See how third-party managed desktop services can fill key gaps in employee experience and security needs. For more information on Microsoft nonprofit solutions, contact us today.

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Why a 'Personal' Customer Experience Is Critical to Your Business' Success

This article highlights a few key reasons why businesses should embrace personalization as a powerful tool to stay competitive with customers and to differentiate themselves from competition. 70% of consumers say a company's understanding of their individual needs influences their loyalty. Consumers expect personalized experiences, and they build trust with those that are transparent about the data they collect.

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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central capabilities doc

This document outlines the key benefits and capabilities of Dynamics 365 for SMBs across all aspects of their business.

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Customer story: Miral

An Abu Dhabi leisure company, Miral, recently embarked on a digital transformation journey to make Yas Island a top travel destination. With Microsoft Cloud technology, the company is using data insights to understand customer behavior and to create seamless and personalized customer experiences.

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Microsoft 365 Holistic Security

From privileges to passwords, check out how Microsoft 365 delivers comprehensive security for employees who are always on the go.

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Disaster recovery chatbots

A chatbot was designed to help disaster-relief organizations quickly offer assistance. Direct Relief developed the bot to answer questions on Facebook after realizing that its response time was getting dangerously high. Now it's making the technology available to any nonprofit that needs it. For more information on how Microsoft can bring exciting new technologies to your nonprofit, contact us today.

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Mapping Data Protection Strategies For The New Year

Even when Lewis and Clark set out to find the Northwest Passage, they had to keep business continuity and disaster recovery top of mind. Like those explorers, business owners and IT teams must put plans in place to mitigate unforeseen dangers and risks, while protecting data.

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What is Azure Backup?

Azure Backup simplifies data recovery into a cost-effective, one-click solution that's simple to implement. In less than 2 minutes, this video will show you how Azure Backup can help eliminate infrastructure costs, protect against ransomware, and simplify data protection. For more information about migrating your nonprofit customers to Azure, contact us today.

Making the Shift to a Modern Desktop with Microsoft 365

Making the shift to a modern desktop helps your nonprofit customers foster a highly secure workspace, empowered by the latest productivity, teamwork, and collaboration experiences. Download "Making the Shift to a Modern Desktop with Microsoft 365" for the step-by-step guidance on making the shift to a modern desktop. Contact us today for more information on empowering your workforce.

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Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Stayin' Alive - Keeping Your Data Safe During Disaster with Azure

Watch this webcast to learn more about how Azure can augment (or replace) your existing backup and disaster recovery (BCDR) strategy. For more information on Microsoft Azure solutions for nonprofits, contact us today.

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Microsoft SQL Server 2019

With SQL Server 2008 coming to the end of its life cycle this summer, it's time to modernize your data platform to Microsoft SQL Server 2019. Power your organization by providing a data hub that you can use to access data sources from across your entire data estate through a consistent interface. If you want a hand in making the transition, you know we are always here to help. Contact us for more information on the benefits and specifics on how to upgrade to SQL Server 2019 today.

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The Total Economic Impact of Microsoft 365 Education: Improving student learning while reducing cost and effort

Forrester interviewed five large school districts to discover what impact moving to Microsoft 365 had on their budgets and, more importantly, the experiences of their students and teachers. The results are significant.

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How cloud-based PBX and PSTN save Microsoft more than $120,000 per day with Skype for Business

Communication is key for any modern agile business. As a large company, innovation is more cumbersome and saving money can be tough. Yet, by changing the way they pass information and enable employees to have more flexibility to communicate from wherever they are in the world, Microsoft saves more than $120,000 a day. With the Skype platform, their employees can leverage the benefits of a modern digital workplace. Your business can do the same. Contact us to find out how we can help.

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Customer story: Zespri

Zespri International markets and sells kiwifruit to retailers around the world. After business was disrupted by an earthquake and plant virus, the New Zealand grower moved business-critical SAP workloads to Microsoft Azure, reducing IT costs, promoting scalability, ensuring business continuity, and enabling the company to focus on what they do best--growing and selling kiwifruit.

Monday, March 23, 2020

3 reasons to modernize your data estate

Still using an out-of-date data platform? There are major benefits awaiting organizations that modernize their data estate, including enhanced security and compliance, significant cost savings, and the ability to empower employees with business insights and advanced analytics capabilities. That all sounds great, but how does a business go about that modernization? We want to help you figure it out. Contact us to learn more.

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Why Cloud Customer Flyer

If you're still using an old, outdated email platform, you could be losing a considerable amount of time every week and opening your email content to malicious actors. With the capabilities of modern email platforms, you can access email on the go with flexible usage options and sync your email, calendar, and contacts wherever you go. It's one way in which you can build a modern agile workplace for your employees. Curious on how to adopt a new email platform? Contact us to find out more information and learn how we can help.

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More time for teachers. More savings for the district. More opportunities for students.

Check out the highlights from a recent Total Economic Impact study on the implementation of Microsoft 365 in schools, examining everything from financial savings to teacher and student experiences.

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Customer Story: SitePro - part 6

Take a closer look at the ways in which SitePro is able to save their customers valuable time by transporting data almost instantly over the cloud.

Friday, March 20, 2020

How four nonprofits accelerated their missions through the cloud

Nonprofits of all sizes are looking to technology to help maximize shrinking resources. A growing number of companies are turning to the cloud to increase security and stability, reduce costs, and gain analytical tools that allow them to respond quicker and more effectively to needs. This eBook outlines the key benefits of moving to the cloud and points your customers to several offers and resources that can make the cloud more affordable, accessible, and relevant to your mission.

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Business owners guide E-book

This E-book outlines common problems that start to occur for small businesses as they outgrow their current systems and what business owners should keep in mind when looking for potential solutions.

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Outgrowing Quickbooks?

Manage your entire business with an all-in-one business management solution.

How Modern Infrastructure And Machine Intelligence Will Disrupt The Industry

This article points to the emergence of containers, microservices, and cloud-native architecture as trends in the next generation of modern IT infrastructure. It also explores machine intelligence, the convergence of cognitive computing and IoT, as a second disruptive trend that platform companies, ISVs, global SIs, and emerging startups must keep top of mind to stay relevant in an ever-changing industry.

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The millennial arrival and the evolution of the modern workplace

The modern workplace is characterized by cloud-based collaboration tools, untethered workspaces, and more and more, by millennials. In fact, millennials will make up 75% of the workforce by 2030. This article explores how businesses continue to evolve in step with a workforce that prioritizes work-life integration and expects access, flexibility, and technology that will not only contribute to personal growth but enable them to change the world.

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Thursday, March 19, 2020

Managing the enterprise cloud with Operations Management Suite

With cloud-based monitoring, Microsoft can keep watch over their entire IT operations environment, from the cloud to the datacenter, using the Operations Management Suite (OMS). With OMS, Microsoft doesn't need to add on-premises infrastructure. They can automate tasks and analyze logs and reporting across multiple platforms--including Azure and Windows Server. Your business can do the same. Contact Aksara United to find out more information.

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Listening to customer feedback with Azure Machine Learning

Examining years of customer data isn't easy, that's why Microsoft uses Machine Learning to help with the process. They set out to gain a better understanding of their business through data and create benefits for their organization. It's just one way that Microsoft uses technology to help their employees achieve more. You can enable your employees in the same way. Contact us to learn more.

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Wednesday, March 18, 2020

What is Microsoft Azure?

Azure is a flexible, open, and secure platform. It grants you access to a broad collection of tools you can integrate into your IT environment. With 70+ compliance offerings, and 95% of Fortune 500 companies on board, you can be sure that the services Azure provides are secure and offer the largest portfolio in the industry. Contact Aksara United to find out more on how we can help you integrate Azure solutions into your business.

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Business central capabilities

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central acts as an all-in-one business management solution. It allows you to connect business financials, sales, service, and operations, streamlining business processes. With a secure platform to automate supply chains and optimize inventory levels, your business will be set up for success. If you want to sell smarter and improve customer service, contact us today to find out how we can help you integrate Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central today.

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Customer story: Special Olympics

The Special Olympics, a global nonprofit that celebrates differences and promotes acceptance, inclusion, and healthy competition, is using technology to achieve more. The organization uses the Microsoft Cloud to track and access data for nearly 5 million athletes in 170 countries. Cloud technology has freed up innumerable hours that have been reinvested to empower athletes and change the world.

Customer story: Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev)

AB InBev, the brewer and marketing force behind one-third of the world's beer products, is on a digital transformation journey to move 80% of its workloads to the cloud by 2020. With Microsoft Azure, the company has built a global analytics platform, broken down data silos, and reduced IT costs, while increasing insights and agility.

Microsoft 365 ROI Estimator

Use this interactive tool to estimate the economic impact of migrating from on-premise third-party and Microsoft solutions to Microsoft 365 with Windows 10 and Office 365 ProPlus deployed. Contact us today for more information on this valuable tool for your organization.

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Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Assess your apps, data, and infrastructure with Azure Migrate

Learn how Azure Migrate can help you discover and assess your on-premises environments to enable successful Azure migrations. For more information about migrating your nonprofit customers to Azure, contact us today.

SQL Server and Azure SQL Database GDPR Guidance

The task of GDPR compliance can be overwhelming for businesses but it doesn't have to be. This guide is intended to help businesses better understand what GDPR entails and begin the process of adapting their current security measures to meet the new requirements. Luckily for small and large businesses alike, Microsoft has done a lot of the heavy lifting when it comes to preparing the infrastructure for successful compliance.

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Delight your company with a modern workplace

Nonprofits face more challenges than ever before, and your ability to address their challenges can open the door for you to engage in new conversations. By focusing on modern desktop solutions, you can help accelerate your customers' digital transformations as you create new revenue streams for your practice. Contact us today for more information on modernizing your desktop with Microsoft solutions.

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Cloud Adoption Framework

The Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure is a comprehensive set of tools to enable your nonprofit customers to implement the change management and governance structures needed to support a compliant and easy-to-manage environment. It provides best practices, documentation, and tools that cloud architects, IT professionals, and business decision-makers need to achieve their short- and long-term objectives. The "Cloud Adoption Framework" infographic provides a quick overview of the framework and its modules, along with the assessments and resources to complement each step. For information on the cloud adoption framework, please contact Microsoft today.

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Intelligent security for the modern workplace

Microsoft 365 E5 security covers a broad range of functions that work together to produce an easy-to-implement, effective, and cohesive system that is backed by continuous learning through ever expanding data.

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Monday, March 16, 2020

Growing SQL Server: Features from 2008 to 2017

As the end of service approaches for SQL Server 2008, let's take a moment to reflect on where we have been and the exciting new innovations available with SQL Server 2017.

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The Unsung Volume 1: The Gripping Security Story of Microsoft 365

Explore the story of The Unsung, the security heroes who ensure our data remains safe and secure from "faceless foes," those who steal or corrupt corporate data for their own personal gains.

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You Can Speed Grade Assignments With Microsoft Teams

Watch how seemingly small features in Microsoft Teams, such as the ability to leave in-program comments and set built-in rubrics, can dramatically reduce grading times for busy teachers.

Customer Story: SitePro - part 5

SitePro is pushing the boundaries of what's possible for their oil and gas customers. To do this, they needed to be as agile and as informed as possible. They moved to Azure to enjoy the freedom and possibilities of the cloud.

Thursday, March 12, 2020

Microsoft Azure for your cloud platform - what it is and how it works

Nonprofit organizations often operate in a world of highly constrained resources. Doing more with less requires changing how you work. This webcast, "Microsoft Azure for your cloud platform - what it is and how it works," shows how your nonprofit customers can free themselves from constantly managing infrastructure to focus instead on delivering higher-impact applications with Azure. Contact us today to learn how the Azure cloud can transform your organization.

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Three steps to a new paradigm for disaster recovery and backup

Ransomware is putting entire systems at risk. You can't afford to let that happen to your business. Prevent attacks by taking a proactive approach. With Azure Backup, protect your on-premises virtual machines, physical servers, and files to Azure. With your data in Azure, you have the flexibility to restore your data to a specific period in time to keep your business moving.

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Transforming The Customer Experience: Personalization

In a world of instant gratification, customers expect more from the businesses they patron. That's why you need a CRM solution that's more than just a CRM platform. You need an all-in-one business management solution to streamline and connect business processes with customer experience. It's the way of the future for a demanding generation of customers. Deliver the level of service and experience they deserve with Microsoft Dynamics 365.

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It's time for small and midsized businesses to finally move beyond information silos

Learn how the integrated Dynamics 365 Business Central opens the door for small and medium size businesses to make the most of their data and avoid troublesome inefficiencies.

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Kelly Roofing - Providing excellent customer service with the support of Microsoft Dynamics

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central offers the unique ability to run all aspects of a business through a single, customizable system. For Kelly Roofing, this means a platform that can grow with them, allowing them to provide the best possible service to their customers at all times.

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

THE MICROSOFT DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION SERIES Part 1: Digital Transformation Opportunity

The digital transformation has already begun. By 2020, 60% of all enterprises will have fully articulated an organization wide digital platform strategy. Where will your business be by 2020? Don't fall behind. Bring your enterprise up to speed with Microsoft Azure. Contact us to learn more on how we can help you adopt this transformative solution for your business.

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How Microsoft planned and deployed Skype for Business to the Office 365 Enterprise E5 cloud

The cloud offers you the opportunity to save on IT infrastructure costs, improve employee and customer satisfaction, and accelerate time-to-market for many products, and that's not all. But simply discussing a move to the cloud won't get you those benefits or any others, that's why you need to act and begin the journey. And Aksara United is here to help. Contact us today to find out how we can assist you on your journey to the cloud.

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Customer story: Maersk

You can't do everything on your own. Having a team of professionals with in-depth experience can revolutionize your business. Since integrating with Microsoft Services, Maersk, a logistics company and global container shipping leader, has dramatically reduced their time to market and improved their performance and reduced their operational risk. 

Customer Story: 24 Hour Fitness

With Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Adobe Marketing Cloud, 24 Hour Fitness helps engage with customers to give them the tools they need to stay focused on their fitness goals. With an in-depth customer data profile, they can tailor a customer's journey to ensure they receive the guidance and encouragement that keeps them coming back for more.

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SQL Server runs best on Azure Virtual Machines

Developing capabilities in the cloud is becoming increasingly more common. With the many databases available to consumers, SQL Server is the most used database in the world. SQL Server helps organizations reduce capital expenditures and configuration, as well as enable elastic scale and rapid deployment alleviating--and in some cases negating--many of today's IT challenges.

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Tuesday, March 10, 2020

5 Reasons your organization should move to the cloud

With the proliferation of cloud technology, it's now easier than ever to migrate to a cloud services platform. With Microsoft cloud services, you can increase security, flexibility, communication, and business intelligence, and gain a host of tools you'll need to create a modern digital workplace. Contact Aksara United today to find out how we can help you with the transition.

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Tech4Dev helps women in Africa develop their technical skills to help empower the next generation of workers

"Tech4Dev helps women in Africa develop their technical skills to help empower the next generation of workers" showcases how Tech4Dev, a Nigerian nonprofit organization, was able to equip women with technical skills and experiences to build the technology of the future. Office 365 helped Tech4Dev give access to the right tools and knowledge to women in underserved communities so that they could develop skills to achieve financial freedom. For more information on Office 365 solutions for nonprofits, contact us today.

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Don't let Cloud security fall through the cracks

This article explores the shared responsibility between cloud and app vendors and enterprises when it comes to the security of an enterprise's cloud information. Who is responsible for what, and what can you do to ensure your name is kept out of the headlines?

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Nonprofits Should Develop Their Tech Fluency

"Nonprofits Should Develop Their Tech Fluency" is an article from Forbes about how improving tech fluency can be vital in achieving the mission of nonprofit organizations. Included are suggestions to build tech fluency for specific roles, such as executives, marketers, fundraisers, and finance professionals. Contact us today for more information about Microsoft cloud services.

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Sustainability Calculator

The Microsoft Sustainability Calculator is a Power BI Pro application for Azure enterprise customers that provides new insight into carbon emissions data associated with their Azure services. For the first time, those responsible for reporting on and driving sustainability within their organizations will have the ability to quantify the carbon impact of each Azure subscription over a period of time and data center region, and to see estimated carbon savings from running those workloads in Azure versus on-premises data centers. This data is crucial for reporting existing emissions and will help drive additional decarbonization efforts. For more information on cloud computing and sustainability, contact us today.

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Monday, March 9, 2020

Get the most out of Microsoft 365

"Modern Workforce Training: Get the Most from Office 365" is a helpful article (plus video!) that highlights all the benefits a modern workplace can expect from implementing the communication, collaboration, and productivity tools found in Microsoft 365. Modernized for the modern workplace, Microsoft 365 has all the tools nonprofits need to take productivity and collaboration to the next level. For more information on how Office 365 can benefit your nonprofit, please contact us today.

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Leveling the playing field with Microsoft Learning Tools

In order to answer the questions teachers care about most when considering bringing a new tool into their classroom, Microsoft implemented Learning Tools into eight classrooms across multiple grade levels. Check out those answers and the encouraging results here. Microsoft implemented Learning Tools in eight classrooms across multiple grade levels to find out whether it really does support learning, especially in the areas of reading and writing. The results are encouraging.

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SQL Database Engine Blog: What is Azure SQL Database Managed Instance?

Curious about the new Azure SQL Database Managed Instance? This article covers specifics about the offering, including features, security, scalability, and architecture.

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Customer Story: Kier Group PLC

As part of its plan to move toward becoming part of the FTSE 100, Keir Group PLC knew that it needed to overhaul its IT systems. Watch how Microsoft 365 E5 was able to meet their security needs while still providing an accessible and easy-to-use system for their largely remote workforce.

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Saturday, March 7, 2020

Learning Tools For Microsoft OneNote May Be One Of The Most Disruptive Education Technologies Yet

Applications like Learning Tools bring innovative solutions that can help kids across the entire range of learning needs all through a single platform.

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Friday, March 6, 2020

Roadmap of Learning Topics

Here's a quick glance of the 10-week program we have developed with you in mind. Our partners deserve clear communication, quality marketing materials, and organized delivery. We hope we've delivered. Get ready to improve your marketing mojo.

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Dynamics 365 better together with Office 365 E-book

Learn how Dynamics 365 Business Central can help small businesses eliminate redundancy, increase effectiveness, and decrease response times at every level.

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3 ways to protect yourself from a ransomware disaster

IT security and data protection are your only ways to combat ransomware. In today's digital age, your data is the lifeblood of your organization. Don't fall victim to ransomware attacks that could threaten your business and customers. With Azure, identify new threats and respond quickly with services that are informed by real-time global cybersecurity intelligence delivered at cloud scale.

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Modern Digital Workplace: 5 Current Trends Making Waves In The Office

Modernizing your workplace needs to happen, but how do you go about doing it? When it comes to having a modern workplace, nothing says you're on the ball like integrating Microsoft cloud services. With Azure solutions, you can manage data with ease, and with Office 365, you can share and send documents while not having to worry about version control. It's the ease of use, familiarity, and trust you need in a cloud solution. Contact us today to learn more about Microsoft cloud services.

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Protecting Azure resources with Recovery Services vault

Like many businesses, as their organization began rapidly migrating and deploying solutions to Azure, the demand for data protection in the cloud has also increased. That's why Microsoft developed Azure Recovery Services vault to help manage their backup and disaster recovery needs natively in the cloud. Contact Aksara United to find out more on how we can help you use this same solution to meet your data recovery needs.

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Thursday, March 5, 2020

Dynamics 365 automates complex transactions and business processes

Microsoft developed COSMIC (Customer Obsessed Solution Management and Incident Care) to help streamline the tasks required to complete a transaction. It provides a clear view of the case as it progresses and uses defined stages to show status from start to finish. It's one tool of many that your business can leverage with Microsoft Dynamics 365. Contact us for more.

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Customer Story: Kelly Roofing

Watch Kelly Roofing weather even the toughest business challenges using the efficient and integrated Dynamics 365.

Backup and Disaster Recovery

You need to back up your data. But you shouldn't use just any service, you need a platform your team is already familiar with, a platform you can trust. You need Microsoft Azure. Azure offers an effective solution with enormous capacity for storage, built-in security, and cloud datacenters all over the world. At Aksara United, we want to help you adopt the solution you need with Azure. Contact us for more information.

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Customer Service Key Capabilities

Digital innovation has changed the landscape of every industry. With increased customer knowledge and commoditized products and services, businesses are focusing on customer experience to develop key differentiators from their competition. Microsoft Dynamics 365 enables consistent experiences across any combination of self- and assisted service engagements, so your customers can get a quality experience every time and Aksara United can help. Contact us today.

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Customer Story: Taylor Wessing

With the world and nature of customer interactions changing rapidly, international law firm Taylor Wessing needs an IT solution that can keep up. With Azure cloud services, Taylor Wessing has the flexibility and speed they need to service customers. With advanced security benefits they can be sure their customer data will be secure.

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Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Customer story: Hershey

Hershey has a lot of data that they need to share across their enterprise. Keeping their workforce mobile while being able to access that data can be tough, that's why they moved to the Microsoft cloud. With Microsoft, you can migrate to simple, distributed, cross-platform file storage without changing code. It's the first step in modernizing your IT infrastructure and business.

Nonprofit iRespond creates biometric ID technology with Azure

Enjoy this customer story about how iRespond, a small nonprofit organization, is helping refugees and displaced people with reliable identification using Microsoft Azure. Contact us today for more information on Azure for nonprofits.

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Increasing productivity with Office 365 Webinar

Increasing productivity with Office 365. Looking for ways to increase productivity and remain connected? This webcast, "Office 365—How Your Organization Can Be Productive from Field to Office," will show you how Office 365 can increase your impact. To learn more on how Office 365 can improve your productivity, contact us today.

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WS + SQL 2008 Extended Security Updates FAQ

As the end of support for Windows Server SQL Server 2008/2008 R2 approaches, questions will undoubtedly arise, especially relating to the Extended Security Updates offered by Microsoft. This document is here to answer those questions.

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7 ways to work smarter in the cloud

"7 ways to work smarter in the cloud" is an eBook that shows your nonprofit customers how they can improve communication and teamwork to accelerate their mission and drive greater impact. Microsoft Office 365 makes it easier to create, share, and work together wherever they are, on any device. For more information on Microsoft nonprofit solutions, please contact us.

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Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Secure score calculator

Help your customers take the guesswork out of workload security vulnerabilities. Azure's Secure Score reviews security recommendations and prioritizes them, so your nonprofit customers know which security measures to perform first. This helps your customers find the most serious security vulnerabilities so that they can prioritize investigation. For more information on Azure for nonprofits, contact us today.

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Discover the benefits of modernization and save with Azure SQL Database Managed Instance

Why move your on-premises SQL Server to the Azure cloud? Check out this infographic to learn about the savings and latest technological benefits of switching to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance.

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How to fight back if you've been hacked

There is more than one stage in a cyberattack. Utilize this resource to learn how to protect yourself at each level and how to identify if you have been hacked.

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Karrick Learns to Read with Immersive Reader

Watch Immersive Reader become a game-changing tool for a second grader with dyslexia.

Monday, March 2, 2020

Customer Story: SitePro - part 4

SitePro is harnessing the power of technology through the IoT and cloud capabilities to help their customers create safer, more efficient work environments.

Beyond overhead: Donor expectations for driving measurable impact with technology

Microsoft conducted an extensive survey and found that donors and funders are more likely to contribute to a nonprofit that can show how it is using technology to run its programs in a better way. This report summarizes the results of this global survey, provides examples of nonprofits investing in technology, and explores how technology is contributing to organizational impact. Additionally, "Beyond overhead..." offers actionable guidance for building a technology investment strategy that meets the needs of the nonprofit organization and its donors. It should be downloaded and reviewed by your team, and also shared on social media with customers.

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