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Prepare yourself for limitless innovation and higher levels of productivity with #AzureAI. Leverage years of groundbreaking exploration, responsible AI practices, and flexibility to deploy strong AI solutions that will modernize your organization. Learn more: https://aka.ms/EOAI-Info-w6

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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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How H&R Block uses Azure AI to transform tax returns

When 21 million clients rely on the tax professionals at H&R Block, providing individualized support for each client’s unique needs is paramount. And whether clients come in with a shoebox full of tax forms or file online, H&R Block is using Microsoft technology to transform the tax filing experience.  

 

With AI-powered services like Azure Form Recognizer and Azure Cognitive Search, H&R Block tax professionals can spend more time building meaningful, personalized client experiences—and helping each client get the most out of their tax return. Learn more 

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H&R Block delivers scalable, multichannel tax preparation services

The tax industry is continually changing. H&R Block stays ahead of those changes at every stage to provide seamless multichannel experiences. The company started using Azure back in 2019 by moving various workloads to Microsoft SQL Server 2017 and Azure and using Azure data services. As a result, the tax provider was able to enhance service delivery, scale to meet peaks in demand, and accelerate innovation. Read more. 

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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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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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Mr. Turing speeds cognitive search, extends Elasticsearch with Azure AI

Alan, a SaaS product from Brazilian company Mr. Turing, is an intelligent #BusinessAssistant that uses AI to reference a large set of documents to find the best answers to a problem. To support the ongoing version of Elasticsearch, their main data store, Alan migrates to #Microsoft #Azure within a few days. This has helped the company gain confidence to try new things, all while increasing efficiency, reducing operational costs, and putting #security as its priority. Learn more about this extraordinary customer story here: https://aka.ms/EOAI-CSw5
 

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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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GitHub Copilot is your time-saving AI pair programmer

Code confidently with the help of #GitHub #Copilot, your new sidekick. Spend less time writing repetitive code patterns, and more time focusing on what’s essential. This AI pair programmer, trained on billions of lines of code, offers autocomplete-style suggestions that can integrate directly into your editor. Simply write a comment describing what you want to code to receive suggestions. Code fast, innovate faster with: GitHub Copilot #SoftwareDevelopment

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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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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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Microsoft Security Copilot empowers your defense at the speed of AI

#Cybersecurity professionals need solutions that enable them to step up their game against attacks that grow more sophisticated daily. #AI empowers defenders by enhancing speed and scale advantages. Microsoft joins forces with OpenAI GPT-4 to bring #Microsoft Security Copilot. Large language models combined with the security and privacy capabilities of #Azure shape a closed-loop learning system that responds to incidents within minutes. Read the article to learn how Copilot plus human creativity can help protect your organization from security threats: https://aka.ms/EOAI-TL2w4

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Enable data security, productivity, and innovation with Microsoft and AI

The #MSCloud and #AzureAI enable new ways for organizations and teams to create, simplify, and collaborate. Click the image and let us guide you through a unique innovation journey.

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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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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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How FUJIFILM Business Innovation is leading in the digital era

FUJIFILM is transforming its business structure by staying ahead of change with help from #MicrosoftAzure and #Dynamics 365. Learn how they built an AI system for #CashApplication to reduce manual workload and increase their return on investment through automation and digitization. Read the full article here: https://aka.ms/EOAI-CSw4

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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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Work Trend Index Annual Report. Will AI Fix Work?

Businesses worldwide are feeling the crunch of increasing digital debt even as they undergo a seismic shift to AI. The need for adaptation is urgent, and questions about how to achieve it are valid. But there are hopeful signs too, as workers grow less apprehensive about their future and more favorable toward an AI-as-copilot future. Look into the findings of the Work Trend Index Annual Report from Microsoft and get insights for quickly implementing #ResponsibleAI solutions that resonate with you. Download the report here: https://aka.ms/EOAI-TL1w4 #MicrosoftAI #DigitalDebt #AISolutions

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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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Power your apps with large-scale AI models

Use #generativeAI models with deep understanding of language and code to build cutting-edge apps. #Azure #OpenAIService can help unlock new insights to personalized business needs such as writing assistance, code generation, and applying principles of responsibility to content moderation. Go over the infographic to learn more

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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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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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Zammo.ai is taking conversational AI to the next level with Azure

#Zammo aims to help businesses revolutionize conversational AI experiences. With the help of the combined capabilities of #MicrosoftCloud services, this #ConversationalAI platform can create robust and efficient solutions that help save time and resources, all while ensuring scalability and security. Learn more: Zammo.ai #DigitalAssistant

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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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Why we should care about responsible AI in the age of the algorithm

Governments and organizations around the world are working to make #ResponsibleAI an essential approach to a new era of technology. Learn how your company can contribute to responsible, ethical, and trustworthy AI from the very beginning, and ensure that competitiveness and compliance go hand in hand as your business transforms: https://aka.ms/EOAI-TLw2

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