Cisco On-Premises Calling End-of-Life Options and Next Steps
By Taki Gikakis |
The Cisco On-premises Calling end-of-sale date for Version 12.5 is August 31, 2023. Here are your best next steps to upgrade your collaboration capabilities.
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In this March 2023 update of Microsoft Teams, we highlight many new features (like Team Premium and AI) and cover how they impact your day-to-day work.
Machine Learning Requires a Strong Data Foundation
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Machine learning isn’t a magic wand. It’s a tool that requires a strong data foundation. Here’s how to build that foundation so you can get to machine learning.
How to Prepare Your Company for a Changing IT Landscape
By Paul Ozanich |
Prepare your organization for an ever-changing information technology landscape and leverage the competitive advantages that come with increased functionality.
New Microsoft Teams Updates for Commercial, Education, Government
By Karen Dredske |
February’s updates are all part of meetings with education and government customers seeing more features – bringing more parity between the cloud environments.
How to Turn Your Software Licensing into a Strategic Asset
By Brian Williams |
Software licensing isn’t glamorous, but it’s critical to compete. Following these 3 steps can move your licensing from a business pain to a strategic asset.
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Here are 10 recommended steps to help you organize and facilitate a successful requirements gathering and elicitation meeting.
Agile User Story Splitting by Happy / Unhappy Paths & Operations (CRUD)
By Strategic Services Team |
Good user stories and acceptance criteria will address both happy and unhappy paths of the story. The Happy Path represents the perfect situation where there are few (or no options) and nothing ever goes wrong.
Async, Await, and ConfigureAwait – Oh My!
By Dan Lorenz |
In .NET Framework 4.5, async/await keywords were added to make async programming easier to work with. However, there are a few gotchas you may not know about.
Azure Tips & Tricks: Preventing Headaches with Cosmos Document IDs
By Todd Taylor |
The following simple tip regarding Cosmos DB’s document identifier property may help you avoid creating a hard-to-find bug in your code.
How Aggregation Tables Improve Performance for Power BI Reports
By Data Team |
This dive into aggregation tables will help you decide when to use them in Power BI to improve your data model and query performance.
How to Identify Good and Bad Agile User Stories
By Strategic Services Team |
What Makes a Good User Story? The most common checklist that is applied to identify a GOOD user story was coined by Bill Wake, and it is the acronym INVEST. It stands for: I – independentN – negotiableV – valuableE- estimableS – smallT – testable Let me briefly explain each of these, and how it relates to the…
Knowing When Is Your App Too Complex for Power Apps
By Libby Fisette |
Power Apps is a great solution for simple applications for your business. Learn when it’s best to use Power Apps or when it’s time to build a custom app.
Managing Web.Config Settings For Multiple Environments
By Steven Nelson |
The web.config transformation process that occurs while publishing an ASP.NET web app is a compelling model for management automation.
Office 365: Single Sign-on vs. Same Sign-on
By Modern Workplace Team |
When going to a sign-on solution it is good to weigh your options and pick the choice best suited for your business needs.
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How to Manage Your Hybrid Workforce with Compliance
By Chris Reinhold |
If your organization is struggling to transition to a secure hybrid workforce, here’s how you can leverage compliance policies to secure and manage endpoints.
Best IT Blogs: Our 10 Most Popular Blogs of 2022
By Core BTS |
As 2022 wraps, our 10 most popular blogs show that business leaders and influencers want to know how to make the most of their technology investments.
The 6 Major Stages of a Successful Cloud Migration
By Jesse Drugan |
By following these proven major stages of a successful cloud migration, IT leaders can provide a path to a more flexible, responsive, and agile organization.
Connect Teams Users to PureCloud Help Desk Agents with Azure Bots
By Core BTS |
We recently helped one of our clients to create an experience where both end users and Help Desk Agents can remain in the tools where they are most productive.
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Prepare your organization for an ever-changing information technology landscape and leverage the competitive advantages that come with increased functionality.
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February’s updates are all part of meetings with education and government customers seeing more features – bringing more parity between the cloud environments.
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By Brian Williams |
Software licensing isn’t glamorous, but it’s critical to compete. Following these 3 steps can move your licensing from a business pain to a strategic asset.
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By Chris Reinhold |
If your organization is struggling to transition to a secure hybrid workforce, here’s how you can leverage compliance policies to secure and manage endpoints.
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By Alejandro Vazquez |
Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 extended support ends October 2023. Here are the business implications, your options, and how to find your best path forward.
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By Karen Dredske |
In our January 2023 update of Microsoft Teams, we preview Teams Premium and highlight 4 new features and cover how they impact your day-to-day work.
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