Eurowings enhances security, will reduce operating costs by 50+ percent with Azure Virtual Desktop

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Eurowings, Lufthansa Group’s low-cost airline, serves more than 40 million customers at 100 destinations around the world.

When the company’s on-premises server farms, which provide application access and security to thousands of external and contract employees, needed upgrading, Eurowings decided to ditch its on-prem servers and embrace the cloud with Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop.

Tim Thomer, Enterprise Architect at Eurowings explains:. “We wanted a cloud VDI solution capable of running modern authentication, and which could match our existing infrastructure in terms of security and reliability. That’s how we found Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop.”

Read the Eurowings story of cloud adoption in this Microsoft article.

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The Total Economic Impact™ Of Microsoft Teams

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In today’s hybrid workplace, organizations are searching for ways to reduce costs, improve workflows and drive better outcomes. Microsoft Teams provides a versatile, feature-rich integration platform that streamlines workflows, automates processes and connects employees. By consolidating collaboration tools onto one platform, organizations can save money, promote efficient information sharing and enable faster collaboration. Microsoft commissioned a study that shows the potential financial impact of Teams on organizations. With Microsoft Teams, employees can easily switch from chat to calls or team meetings, staying connected and productive wherever they work. Teams also offers new experiences like Microsoft Teams Rooms to transform traditional conference rooms. Read an executive summary of The Total Economic Impact™ of Microsoft Teams from Forrester for insight.

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Georgia Banking Company turbocharges growth

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Georgia Banking Company in Atlanta, GA has grown from a $600 million bank to a $1.5 billion phenomenon in only two years. That kind of rapid growth is good news for the company but challenging for its IT security staff. Fortunately, the bank’s plans called for enhanced security. Georgia Banking Co. adopted Microsoft Azure with VPN Gateway, Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, Purview Data Loss Prevention and other Microsoft security solutions.

The highly bankable result? Substantial savings, best-in-class user experience for employees and customers, and heightened security draw rave reviews from IT and other employees.

Read this interesting story.

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Microsoft recognized as a Leader in the Forrester Wave: Data Security Platforms, Q1 2023

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Organizations need to protect sensitive data including intellectual property, trade secrets, customer data and personally identifiable information from both insiders and external cyber attackers. A complex regulatory environment makes the protection of sensitive data and prevention of data exfiltration all the more urgent. To help customers navigate complex data landscapes, Microsoft focuses on delivering secure and intelligent, user-centric solutions to improve visibility and mitigate risk. We are excited to share that Forrester listed Microsoft as a Leader in its 2023 WaveTM for Data Security Platforms. Read this blog for a summary of the report which provides a detailed overview of vendor offerings, strategies and market presence.

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Is a Return to Office a Return to Creativity?

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In the aftermath of Covid-19, many professionals, including researchers, have transitioned to hybrid work. A concern arising from this trend is the perceived cost to creativity. To test the validity of the perception, the Microsoft Research team interviewed 24 researchers at different levels of seniority across various disciplines and research labs about their hybrid work habits and inspirations for creativity. The report — “Is a Return to the Office a Return to Creativity? — highlights findings. Download the report for an understanding of how hybrid work is turning long-held beliefs about creativity and productivity on their head.

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Announcing Public Preview of Personal Desktop Autoscale on Azure Virtual Desktop

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Good news! You can now preview Microsoft’s Personal Desktop Autoscale, which is Azure Virtual Desktop’s native scaling solution that automatically starts session host virtual machines according to schedule.

With Personal Desktop Autoscale, you can save costs by shutting down idle session hosts while ensuring session hosts can be started by users when needed.

Find out more in this article.

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3 trends will shape the future of work, according to Microsoft’s CEO

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Microsoft’s CEO on the future of work and technology that will shape it. Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft shared his views on the future of work at Davos 2023. This blog post from the World Economic Forum (WEF) reveals the trends topping Nadella’s list of predictions. Read the blog for insight from one of the world’s most influential tech business leaders and innovators as well as findings from the WEF’s Future of Jobs report.

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