We’re continuing our “Learning from cloud” blog series this week, and we want to start today’s post with a question that is on every IT professional’s mind: “In a cloud first, mobile first world, how should my approach to infrastructure change?”  READ MORE

This week, we’re kicking off a blog series called “Learning from Cloud.”  The purpose of this blog series is to provide you with a guided tour of the infrastructure innovation that Microsoft is delivering today.  We want to show you how it all fits together, and how cloud can change the way you think about your IT strategy. READ MORE

In many ways, Access and Information Protection (AIP) are two sides of the same coin. When you think of the term access,you may first think of access controls—that is, permissions and other constraints—but that’s not how users think of access. They simply think of wanting to access “their” data and the applications that they need to work with, no matter where, no matter when, no matter what device they happen to be using. READ MORE

Today we are launching a four-part blog series on desktop virtualization. Desktop virtualization is an essential IT service for most organizations, regardless of their size. There are a number of reasons for deploying desktop virtualization, such as the ability to run Windows apps on a variety of devices and simplifying the installation and management of resources in your environment. So, if you haven't already, you need to plan, deploy, and manage a desktop virtualization solution for your organization. READ MORE

Today Microsoft and SAP announced the general availability of Power BI connectivity to SAP BusinessObjects BI. This joint business intelligence interoperability solution is delivered in Microsoft Excel, Power BI for Office 365, and SAP BusinessObjects BI. With this solution, users can seamlessly connect to SAP BusinessObjects BI Universes as another supported data source in Power Query for Excel, enabling them to access and analyze data across the enterprise and share their data and insights in the cloud and any device through Power BI. READ MORE