Whether you are a US-based company, a non-US-based company, or have multiple companies of each type, you probably just answered this article's title with an emphatic "Yes!" Especially in the areas of banking and taxation, there are many US-based business processes that are a bit of a mystery. Many of these processes are often based […]
Every day, partners are integral to helping organizations across the globe transform their business—providing end-to-end, intelligent business applications that help to optimize operations, empower cross-functional teams, and better engage customers. Microsoft Inspire is the annual event where we all join together—the Microsoft team and the global partner community—to identify and create opportunities to drive the […]
Samsung and Microsoft announced a new collaboration, teaming up in a bid at digital transformation for real estate development and property management. The partnership will involve leveraging Azure IoT with Samsung's SmartThings platform and smart devices, focusing on areas like equipment maintenance, building operations, asset performance and energy performance—particularly for commercial, residential and hospitality buildings. […]
If it's time for Microsoft Inspire, that means it's also time for the Microsoft's annual Partner of the Year awards. Today, Microsoft announced the 2020 winners and finalists. The annual awards recognize Microsoft partners that demonstrate excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology. The award winners and finalists from around […]
As lockdowns ease in some places and new Covid-19 cases flare in others, many in the Northern Hemisphere are taking the opportunity to enjoy summer weather. The Azure team in the US marked Independence Day and issued fewer updates over the past week. Citing research about the quickening pace toward digital transformation and the "Fourth […]
Microsoft Azure pros share their insights on routing table changes, multi-factor authentication dos and don'ts, App Service Diagnostics and ways to programmatically managed Container Instances. Shifting multi-factor authentication trusted IPs to Conditional Access Named Locations Microsoft MVP Sander Berkouwer, writing on The Things That Are Better Left Unspoken took a closer look at Azure Multi-Factor […]
In this week's Microsoft Dynamics partner news roundup: Episerver launches Intelligence Cloud and closes Q2 with double-digit growth driven by digital acceleration Trueblue announces integration with Microsoft Dynamics 365 to enhance customer engagement in the life sciences market ClickDimensions announces 2020 top-performing partner award winners Microsoft Dynamics channel veteran, joins Western Computer as customer success […]
In this week's Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operation blog roundup: Useful new features under project accounting module of Dynamics 365 Finance Azure AD groups in D365FO Additional 'settlement' type transactions on customer and vendor transactions page in D365FO– why do you see these and how to fix it? Azure Functions and D365FO Useful new […]
In a pre-recorded message to attendees of World AI Conference in Shanghai, Tesla’s flamboyant CEO Elon Musk bragged that the company has pretty much figured out self-driving. The company is “very close” to having a fully autonomous, no-driver required vehicle. According to a Bloomberg report, Musk claimed that the company has resolved many of the […]
In a new test, Google Maps is showing the location of traffic lights in cities around the US in its Android app. The feature was initially spotted by Droid Life, and its existence has since been confirmed by Google. “To help people stay better informed on the road, we’re testing a Google Maps feature on […]
AWS today announced that CodeGuru, a set of tools that use machine learning to automatically review code for bugs and suggest potential optimizations, is now generally available. The tool launched into preview at AWS re:Invent last December. CodeGuru consists of two tools, Reviewer and Profiler, and those names pretty much describe exactly what they do. […]
Lululemon, the company behind trendy fitness apparel, is getting into the hardware business with Mirror. The fitness lifestyle company announced on Monday it would spend $500 million to acquire the startup, which sells a $1,495 reflective display so subscribers can exercise while simultaneously streaming workouts and watching themselves. The apparel company’s CEO Calvin McDonald tells […]