Last spring, the global pandemic forced schools around the world to experiment with online learning. Schools that leverage technology to elevate education are finding the most success with this transition. Microsoft Hong Kong’s #FutureReady Limitless Learning Program supported over 50,000 teachers and 800,000 students from all 1,000 primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong. Read this blog to see how they did it.
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Deliver fast, efficient product innovation with a best-in-class build for open source.
Protect the Privacy of Your Microsoft Teams Meetings
With the increased usage of Microsoft Teams to conduct virtual meetings, the need for tactical best practices to protect your privacy from intruders is also on the rise. This thought leadership article explores how to protect the privacy of your Microsoft Teams Meetings with easy ways to mitigate the risk of such problems by updating your settings.
Cloud lessons learned: four companies that migrated their Windows Server and SQL Server workloads to Azure
Read the success stories of companies that increased workload performance and cut costs by moving Windows Server and SQL Server to Azure. Download this eBook to learn about the different cloud migration paths that Allscripts, Carlsberg Group, Epos Now, and TraXall France used. See how Azure helps to smoothly migrate legacy data and keep pace with innovation, among other features.
Fresno & EdWeek on hybrid learning
“If we had known the pandemic was coming, we probably wouldn’t have done it much differently than we did,” shares Kurt Madden of the Fresno Unified School District, the fourth-largest in California. In this webinar, Madden and his colleague Philip Neufeld share how their school district was already implementing elements from the Microsoft Class of 2030 Report and the Microsoft Education Transformation Framework to address future readiness. They were in the midst of transitioning their teaching and learning when the pandemic hit. Even with 90% of their students at poverty level, the district managed to minimize disruption and positioned themselves to successfully navigate with a focus on overall well-being, quality teaching, and health and safety. Listen to this webinar for inspirational insight. You also have the option of reading the transcript of the webinar.
GEICO turbocharges insurance innovation in the cloud
By adopting a DevOps development strategy and transitioning development to Microsoft Azure, GEICO is working to engage customers more personally and dynamically. With the help of partner Applied Information Sciences, GEICO is moving to the cloud with a focus on increased efficiency, greater application availability, and lower costs.
Create and use private channels in Microsoft Teams
With Microsoft Teams private channels, you can have focused, private conversations with specific people on your team. This Microsoft Teams tutorial video will show you how to create private channels as you’re working remotely.
Carlsberg Group follows a recipe for success with Microsoft Azure, SAP, and a cloud-first strategy
Discover how the Carlsberg Group has successfully migrated SAP to Microsoft Azure. Migrating their environment to the cloud has helped them drive business performance and achieve digital transformation by streamlining their IT infrastructure.
Education reimagined
We are experiencing a paradigm shift in education. Fueled by a continually-increasing demand for student centered learning and continuing advances in digital technology—and now healthy and safety concerns by the fallout of COVID-19—stakeholders are transforming education across entire systems.
This paper explores the changing landscape of education. It navigates the disruption, transition, and reimagining phases of teaching and learning, with data, examples, and recommendations for each step.
Remote learning tips playlist
This series includes just over 50 short “how to” video tutorials that tackle specific remote learning tasks and tips, such as how to create a class Team, how to create an attendance report in Teams, how to add a quiz or poll and more. Great reference videos—you’ll want to bookmark these!