Wednesday, 27 March 2024

Start building your future with AI

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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Tuesday, 26 March 2024

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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Thursday, 21 March 2024

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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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