This is how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing influencer marketing

AI is a complicated learning system that requires continuous human vetting and iteration. While it has improved the influencer marketing game, it’s still only as good as the instructions the marketer gives it. AI can also correct mishaps with brand names and logos, and automatically redirect posts to the company's social media page. Learn what leaders in the industry are saying about why it’s important to pay attention to how AI bots field interactions with consumers when it comes to sales.

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Virgin Atlantic reaches new heights with innovations powered by the Microsoft Cloud

Virgin Atlantic chose Microsoft 365 as the platform for its digital transformation to support the digitalization that will keep the airline at the forefront of the industry. With security top of mind, they created an app using Teams to help them better manage their fleet and get a better picture of potential maintenance delays. Virgin was able to speed up processes and improve tasks after going through this transformation phase—including the adoption of security tools like Microsoft Defender. Having access to a wide range of modern collaboration tools and quick solutions helped them coordinate their workforce. Microsoft Teams now plays a vital role in their hybrid workforce. Read the customer success story and learn how Microsoft 365 can help improve the overall efficiency and work processes of any organization.

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Microsoft 365 & Dynamics 365Sales Professional - Better Together Part I

Understanding customers is essential when personalizing sales. In this partner-facing-only infographic looks at how to have conversations with customers about new Dynamics 365 applications, especially with sellers targeting SMBs. Get ahead of the curve with a list of differentiators and the accompanying conversation starters you can use to address them. Learn about how Microsoft 365 works with Dynamics 365 Sales Professional regarding Outlook, Word, Teams, Excel, Power BI, and SharePoint. Also—get a link to a video about how to accelerate digital selling with Dynamics 365. (Note: this infographic is NOT intended for customer use.)

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How Rockwell Automation used Microsoft 365 to bolster more than a century of success

Rockwell Automation, the world’s largest industrial automation and information company, serves more than one hundred countries, with more than 23,000 people serving the connected enterprise. Since COVID-19 hit the manufacturing sector hard, Rockwell’s challenge was to help automate tasks and collaborate more. Rockwell embraced Microsoft 365, which helped them pivot to remote work quickly. With employees suddenly working from home, safety and security were of utmost concern. The embedded security structure within Microsoft Teams alleviated those fears and allowed Rockwell to step up without missing a beat. Power BI enabled them to automate systems, saving countless hours of employee time they could put towards other innovations.

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Five Ways To Reduce Your Cloud Security Blast Radius

Cybercriminals keep developing sophisticated methods for overriding cloud defenses and gaining access to sensitive information. Moreover, the complexity of cloud frameworks makes it extremely difficult to detect these problems in time. In most cases, cyber attackers are looking for flaws in the structure that will allow them to start mining data and wreaking havoc. With the right tools, technologies, and framework in place, it is possible to detect and mitigate the damage caused by an attack and shut it down. Learn about five steps business leaders can take to help their organization reduce the risk of a cloud attack and minimize the damage if one occurs.

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Customer stories showcase traction for Microsoft’s business apps division

Rapid digital shifts in the business market have forced organizations to up their cloud game and application services. Sales teams need to discover changes in customer intent and act quickly to remain competitive. Business apps such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform have been successful because of the pre-trained AI models within the application, which makes it easier to deliver in right time experiences (RTE). RTE are products, services and applications which provide the right information to the right person at the right time on their device of choice. To create RTEs, a company must connect real-time data, partner with, and open data via AI-driven analytics.

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Harness the power of the cloud and ground your security model strategy in Zero Trust

With 43 percent of cyberattacks targeting small and medium businesses, data security is a top priority. You can protect your data, systems, and employees with tooling from Microsoft Security and the solutions within Microsoft 365. Learn how to use Microsoft Security to implement a Zero Trust security model in your organization and significantly reduce data breach risks across all devices and from any location. Subscribe and stay connected—we’ll help you understand how to modernize security and defend against threats with Microsoft Security.

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PROTORIA effectively modernizes its IT infrastructure with Microsoft Azure

Today’s security solutions begin in the cloud. PROTORIA, Samsung's retail service provider in Ukraine, reviewed its digital assets and applied a layered approach to update its long-term strategy as part of managing its multichannel retail challenges. Read about how they landed on Microsoft Azure and the tooling solutions within Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Power BI that helped them save 20% on costs each year, not to mention helping establish threat protection, protect critical data, and manage access with full control. Are you ready to modernize and migrate to the cloud? We’re here to help you manage the tools to develop and launch successful security-focused solutions.

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Hybrid work and the Great Resignation lead to cybersecurity concerns

When employees leave an organization and take company data with them, they pose an increasingly serious insider security threat. Outgoing employees can compromise company data and intellectual property. Businesses are concerned that the Great Resignation is a facilitator for departing employees to unintentionally or intentionally expose, leak, or exfiltrate intellectual property, which has created major challenges in keeping sensitive data safe. One way to fight this is by implementing additional training to make a business workforce aware of the security hazards of hybrid work. But is that enough? Learn about what technology business leaders are saying.

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Activate Digital Selling: Connect with customers through their preferred channel

 The global pandemic gave way to new priorities shaped by a year (and then some) of crisis. With the acceleration of hybrid work, sellers now understand they need to help customers be better buyers. But how? The shift in B2B buying has reconfigured B2B selling, and sellers can focus on connecting with customers through their preferred mechanism. Review the infographic to learn about individualizing selling at scale, including ways to unlock data to discover opportunities.

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SIEM and XDR Your ally against ransomware II

Many businesses are not yet protecting their cloud assets to the same extent that their on-premises assets are protected. On top of that, hiring security talent is a challenge. Microsoft has a unique approach to threat protection that empowers organizations to get ahead of today’s complex threat landscape using an integrated security information and event management (SIEM) and extended detection and response (XDR) toolset. This infographic illustrates how to empower defenders to hunt and resolve critical threats faster. Sign up to stay connected. We’ll help you combine SIEM and XDR to increase efficiency and effectiveness while securing your digital estate.

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An elevated Surface experience

The new Microsoft Surface Management Portal is a centralized solution for IT administrators to self-serve, manage, and monitor Surface devices at scale in Microsoft Endpoint Manager. Help reduce IT costs with insights into the health and status of Surface devices. Self-service efficiently with an easier way to manage warranties and support requests. Experience a streamlined management solution by reducing manual work in Microsoft Endpoint Manager. Support multiple form factors by streamlining management of Surface devices through Intune and hybrid managed devices. Receive regular updates to Microsoft Surface Management Portal. Contact us to learn more about the Microsoft Surface Management Portal.