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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. Read More...

Disaster recovery chatbots

A chatbot was designed to help disaster-relief organizations quickly offer assistance. Direct Relief developed the bot to answer questions on Facebook after realizing that its response time was getting dangerously high. Now it's making the technology available to any nonprofit that needs it. For more information on how Microsoft can bring exciting new technologies to your nonprofit, contact us today. Read More...

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As the world becomes increasingly connected, continuous product innovation in the Modern Workplace provides growing opportunities for today's organizations to deliver customized business solutions to their customers. In this digital landscape, the demand for unified solutions is stronger than ever, with 88 percent of Microsoft customers agreeing that having all their solutions together in one place saves them time. These same companies also estimate that they've saved nearly $5 million over three years from not having to switch back and forth between apps. So how exactly are organizations adapting to these trends? Subscribe now to get the answer to this question and many others regarding Modern Workplace, digital collaboration, and Microsoft solutions. View: A single digital workspace that connects ideas, projects, and people. Subscribe to learn more about Microsoft Teams.

What is Azure Backup?

Azure Backup simplifies data recovery into a cost-effective, one-click solution that's simple to implement. In less than 2 minutes, this video will show you how Azure Backup can help eliminate infrastructure costs, protect against ransomware, and simplify data protection. For more information about migrating your nonprofit customers to Azure, contact us today.

Security Solution Overview

With data growing increasingly valuable and harder to protect, Microsoft provides security solutions across identity and access management, information protection, threat protection and security management. Harness integrated, comprehensive security with Microsoft Advanced Threat Protection,  Azure Security, and Azure Sentinel to identify and repel more threats than ever before and safeguard your organization, without sacrificing productivity.

The Digital Sales Guide: Transform Your Business

Paper-driven sales result in $63.31 in lost revenue per contract. Printing, faxing, scanning, mailing, then waiting days--or even weeks--for approvals and signatures are even more costly. But with DocuSign, sales teams can save time, reduce costs, and improve visibility. They can automate workflows, eliminate paper, and easily connect to pre-built integrations and APIs for improved efficiency and security. Read this e-book to learn how you can sell smarter with DocuSign. View: The Digital Sales Guide: Transform Your Business

Greater security at lower cost with the expertise and power of Microsoft Security solutions

Securely harness the power of the cloud with Azure Advanced Threat Protection. This infographic outlines how your organization can trust Azure Advanced Threat Protection as it provides real-time security at enterprise scale, detect threats quickly, and allows your organization to stay focused on what's important. View: Greater security at lower cost with the expertise and power of Microsoft Security solutions

Sales Efficiency

The contract approval process causes deals to stall 87% of the time. And contract cycles can take weeks to complete--unnecessarily. With DocuSign eSignature, sales teams can close deals in minutes instead of days and revise contracts with the click of a button. eSignature seamlessly integrates with the most popular CRM solutions to provide real-time status and reduce entry duplication and errors. Check out this infographic for a quick view of industry trends, pain points, proof points, and more on why you should go digital with DocuSign to improve sales efficiency. View: Sales Efficiency

Dynamic team structures will become the norm

Graphic shows finding from 2018 Upwork small business report indicating owners understand that dynamic team structures will become the norm.

Securely harness the power of the cloud with Azure Advanced Threat Protection

Securely harness the power of the cloud with Azure Advanced Threat Protection. This infographic outlines how your organization can trust Azure Advanced Threat Protection as it provides real-time security at enterprise scale, detect threats quickly, and allows your organization to stay focused on what's important. View: Securely harness the power of the cloud with Azure Advanced Threat Protection

Accelerate Sales Efficiency with DocuSign

Sign contracts and close deals wherever you are with DocuSign eSignature. Your sellers can prepare, manage, and sign documents and contracts from anywhere in the world on practically any device. With eSignature, they can automate contracts, modify terms, and adjust documents electronically--saving time, removing hassles, and minimizing errors. eSignature also centralizes data and integrates into most CRM systems, including Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Salesforce.com, so you can seamlessly connect contracts with accounts. Close deals in minutes instead of days with DocuSign eSignature. Check out this video to learn more. Read More...

HRI uses Microsoft Teams to streamline research

Medical researchers have one of the most critical jobs in the world. It's imperative, therefore, that every second of their workday is dedicated to discovering new ways to improve human health. Likewise, enabling researchers to effortlessly share their work with colleagues around the world can make a huge the difference. Watch this video to learn how Health Research Institute (HRI) is using Microsoft Teams to enable its researchers to seamlessly communicate, collaborate, and help each other in over 150 international projects per year.

How four nonprofits accelerated their missions through the cloud

Nonprofits of all sizes are looking to technology to help maximize shrinking resources. A growing number of companies are turning to the cloud to increase security and stability, reduce costs, and gain analytical tools that allow them to respond quicker and more effectively to needs. This eBook outlines the key benefits of moving to the cloud and points your customers to several offers and resources that can make the cloud more affordable, accessible, and relevant to your mission. View: How four nonprofits accelerated their missions through the cloud

HPE GreenLake Explainer

The HPE GreenLake Explainer video walks through the main benefits of the HPE GreenLake Hybrid Cloud including its everything-as-a-service pay-as-you-go model. The video includes mentions of dozens of apps that are supported by HPE GreenLake to highlight its full potential.

Sign Here: How e-Signatures Make Sales Teams More Productive While Reducing Risks

Manual and paper-based sales processes can be costly and compromise productivity. They pose security and compliance risks and can frustrate customers. With paper processes, sales teams often spend valuable time waiting--on emails, phone calls, and approvals. And they waste valuable resources printing, scanning, and manually sending contracts back and forth. But with e-signature technology, sellers can make up for lost time and missed opportunities. Check out this article for more on how sales teams can minimize lag time, close deals faster, and manage multiple accounts securely and remotely. Read More...

Millennials Trade Benefits for Flexible Work Options

Graphic highlights a statistic showing that most millennials favor flexible work options over benefits.

Cloud Adoption Framework

The Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure is a comprehensive set of tools to enable your nonprofit customers to implement the change management and governance structures needed to support a compliant and easy-to-manage environment. It provides best practices, documentation, and tools that cloud architects, IT professionals, and business decision-makers need to achieve their short- and long-term objectives. The "Cloud Adoption Framework" infographic provides a quick overview of the framework and its modules, along with the assessments and resources to complement each step. For information on the cloud adoption framework, please contact Microsoft today. View: Cloud Adoption Framework

Why Remote Work Trumps Being in the Office

It's no secret that when implemented with the right vision and control mechanisms, remote collaboration provides outstanding benefits for both employees and organizations. Workers enjoy greater flexibility plus the satisfaction of better work-life balance, while organizations obtain unparalleled scalability and increased efficiency across projects. In this article, we'll put you in the shoes of a passionate work-from-home advocate to discover the main reasons why this benefit is sought after by professionals in every industry. You'll also learn why, in these digital times, remote collaboration is not only an option, but THE best option for companies that wish to empower and motivate today's diverse and inclusive workforce. Read More...

8 ways to rethink virtual events for the age of social distancing

"8 ways to rethink virtual events for the age of social distancing" provides nonprofit organizations with useful ways to rethink the process of hosting virtual events in the age of social distancing and how to make large-scale online meetings work effectively. For more information on Microsoft solutions that facilitate the hosting of online events, contact us today. Read More...

Microsoft Teams at 3: Everything you need to connect with your teammates and be more productive

Microsoft Teams continues to invest in experiences that will make it easier for teams to communicate and collaborate. This article by Jared Spataro, Corporate Vice President for Microsoft 365, informs how new capabilities reflect commitment to two things: building the very best online meeting experience for customers and bringing technological solutions to traditionally underserved professionals, including Firstline and healthcare workers. The latest features include new integration between Teams and RealWear head-mounted devices, real-time noise suppression during meetings, booking apps, pop out chats, the raise hand feature, and more Read More...

The Odigo Group streamlines sales with DocuSign

The Odigo Group uses DocuSign to streamline sales and kick off projects with each of their clients--from small startups to some of the world's largest enterprises. They send statements of work, get approvals, compile signatures, and store files--all electronically. With DocuSign, they save time over manual paper-based processes. It's easy for the Odigo team to prepare and manage contracts, seek approvals, and close deals--even when clients are traveling or documents require multiple approvers. Read More...

The 4 defining characteristics of effective digital workspaces

Not so long ago, it was believed that for teams to be productive, they required long hours confined in a physical office space with constant face-to-face interaction. To be fair, given the primitive state of digital collaboration tools at the time—which was pretty much limited to emails—there wasn't really a solid alternative to this scheme, so companies worked with what they had. Today, digitalization has made it possible for several people to seamlessly work together while being halfway across the world from each other. Exponential advancements in virtual workspaces have not only enabled teams to work as well as they did when they spent all day in the office, but have also proven that people are actually more productive the less they have to deal with alienating cubicles and two-way trips along traffic-congested highways. Not all digital workspaces have been equally effective, however. Yet decades of iterating and optimizing have finally given us a solid idea of the most i

A digital workspace that transforms ideas into revenue. Subscribe now to learn more about Microsoft Teams.

Innovative ideas are an organization's greatest asset. Yet these assets need the appropriate space to grow, evolve, and transform into revenue-generating initiatives. Whether digital or physical, today's workplaces need to harness the synergy of everybody involved and empower them to share and collaborate in an environment that fosters productivity. These workplaces also need to adapt to everybody's needs and remain intuitive for the entire team, regardless of age, background, or gender. Subscribe now to stay current on the latest digital workplace trends, and discover how you can foster inclusion and innovation across your business with the help of Microsoft. View: A digital workspace that transforms ideas into revenue. Subscribe now to learn more about Microsoft Teams.

Microsoft Azure for your cloud platform - what it is and how it works

Nonprofit organizations often operate in a world of highly constrained resources. Doing more with less requires changing how you work. This webcast, "Microsoft Azure for your cloud platform - what it is and how it works," shows how your nonprofit customers can free themselves from constantly managing infrastructure to focus instead on delivering higher-impact applications with Azure. Contact us today to learn how the Azure cloud can transform your organization. Read More...

Plan your upgrade webinar

"Plan your upgrade webinar" helps nonprofit organizations discover everything they need to facilitate a successful upgrade to Microsoft Teams. For more information on collaboration solutions provided by Microsoft, contact us today. Read More...

Getting started with your Microsoft Teams upgrade

"Getting started with your Microsoft Teams upgrade" provides an upgrade framework to guide nonprofits through the Microsoft Teams upgrade process—whether upgrading from the online or on-premises version of Skype for Business. For more information on collaboration solutions provided by Microsoft, contact us today. Read More...

Global Workforce Trends

Graphic highlighting statistic on global remote work trends.

Sustainability Calculator

The Microsoft Sustainability Calculator is a Power BI Pro application for Azure enterprise customers that provides new insight into carbon emissions data associated with their Azure services. For the first time, those responsible for reporting on and driving sustainability within their organizations will have the ability to quantify the carbon impact of each Azure subscription over a period of time and data center region, and to see estimated carbon savings from running those workloads in Azure versus on-premises data centers. This data is crucial for reporting existing emissions and will help drive additional decarbonization efforts. For more information on cloud computing and sustainability, contact us today. Read More...

Teams Tools Interactive eBook

This eBook delivers an overview of breakthrough tools and tips that can help empower nonprofit teams to do more with Microsoft Teams. For more information on the collaboration solutions provided by Microsoft solutions, contact us today. Read More...

How Digital Transformation Gives SMBs the Agility Advantage

With the right tools in place, SMBs can streamline processes, improve customer service, and strengthen partnerships. Small and midsized businesses that take time early on to design thoughtful, scalable processes can gain an edge over more established competitors. This white paper explores how using e-signatures to take contracts and other documents paperless may be one of the best tech investments SMBs can make because the results are so immediate. It details how making this investment can move businesses forward in customer experience, business partnerships, and internal productivity. View: How Digital Transformation Gives SMBs the Agility Advantage

Go Digital

Going digital can help businesses save time, money, and trees. In fact, the World Economic Forum estimates that digital transformation will contribute more than $100 trillion in value to businesses and society by 2025. $100 trillion! Going digital with DocuSign can help you increase sales efficiency and customer experience with paperless, sustainable solutions. Check out this infographic for more industry trends and customer stories and see why DocuSign is the industry leader in secure e-signature. View: Go Digital

Mercy Housing keeps residents safe at home using Microsoft Teams

When the pandemic ushered in a new reality of social distancing, Mercy Housing was able to continue supporting the residents and communities it serves while keeping everyone safe using Microsoft Teams. This customer story video outlines when COVID-19 created a tremendous need for a tool that can maintain personal connection, Teams has allowed the company to maintain reaching residents and serving its communities, growing the business while working remotely, all while supporting highly secure environments for remote work.

Go digital with DocuSign

Digital transformation is a leading trend across all industries. In fact, IDC predicts that 55% of all businesses will be digital by 2020. With DocuSign eSignature, you can close deals faster and sign contracts from almost anywhere in the world. Paperless solutions can save your business time and money, keep customers happy, and minimize environmental impact. Going digital is easy with DocuSign! If you're ready to accelerate your digital transformation, we can help. Contact our team at GingerSec to learn more about our eSignature solutions. Read More...

Schneider Electric | How Microsoft Teams helped create a successful HR marketing campaign

Diversity is a defining characteristic of today's global workforce. With teams working on projects around the world, it's critical to have different perspectives on the work being done to ensure an inclusive final product or service that all users can relate to. To that end, Schneider Electric wanted to create a Human Resources campaign that would bolster its reputation as a company that prides itself on being diverse and recruiting the best talent from around the world. It was only appropriate, then, that during the creation of such an important campaign, the company would include as many voices as possible to ensure an adequate representation of its multi-ethnic workforce. In this video, you'll learn how Schneider Electric used Microsoft Teams to ensure constant collaboration and provide a digital workspace where ideas could be polished into final concepts. You'll also discover how even complex projects that span multiple teams across various regi

The Changing Face Of Digital Transformation

What is digital transformation? How has it changed? Who drives it? Digital transformation is more than just a tech upgrade. It requires an understanding of internal users and end customers. And for many businesses, it means changing the way they do business to serve a new generation of consumers. Check out this article to explore these questions further. Read More...

How Younger Generations are Reshaping the Future Workforce​

Slide showing fact from the Upwork survey, Future Workforce 2019: How Younger Generations are Reshaping the Future Workforce.

Microsoft's Teams Is Its Slack Competitor for Office 365

It's no secret that Slack has taken the corporate world by storm. This successful collaboration app has managed to find a home in the offices and laptops of startups and multinational companies thanks to its intuitive, chat-based functionality. However, today's highly fluid, complex, and remote workforce requires more than just chat-based collaboration—it needs native integration with crucial productivity apps, as well as a secure, flexible document repository that enables multi-team and project cooperation. This is where Microsoft Teams excels. In this article, you'll learn the competitive advantages of Teams over competing tools, and how Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Office 365 corporate vice president Kirk Koenigsbauer have learned from industry pain points to create a fully integrated, holistic collaboration software solution that is empowering companies to scale and expand across the world. Read More...

Secure score calculator

Help your customers take the guesswork out of workload security vulnerabilities. Azure's Secure Score reviews security recommendations and prioritizes them, so your nonprofit customers know which security measures to perform first. This helps your customers find the most serious security vulnerabilities so that they can prioritize investigation. For more information on Azure for nonprofits, contact us today. Read More...

Top 5 ways Azure AD can help you enable remote work

This blog shows how Microsoft Azure Active Directory helps nonprofit organizations pivot to remote work by implementing the appropriate controls for maintaining collaborative, productive, and secure work environments. For more information on secure remote working solutions provided by Microsoft, contact us today. Read More...

Now is the time for Microsoft Teams

This infographic outlines how you can stay in touch with the hub for teamwork in Office 365. With Microsoft Teams you can connect, collaborate, and come together securely by meeting with your peers and getting work done anywhere - even remotely. View: Now is the time for Microsoft Teams

Crash Course in Azure Active Directory for Nonprofits

This presentation shows nonprofit leaders how Microsoft Azure Active Directory helps ensure secure access to data while also providing a simple, elegant way to deliver effortless user experiences and unlock IT efficiencies. For more information on the secure productivity solutions provided by Microsoft solutions, contact us today. View: Crash Course in Azure Active Directory for Nonprofits

The Odigo Group goes digital with DocuSign

Every aspect of business at The Odigo Group is going digital. The firm creates and publishes digital content for global clients from a small island near Seattle. And they're growing--fast. The Odigo Group uses DocuSign to manage client contracts and employee HR files in a secure cloud location. They can sign contracts, hire team members, and keep processes moving from anywhere. With DocuSign, this small business remains nimble and productive as it grows. Read More...

3 characteristics that define the modern workplace

Today's diverse and intergenerational workforce is most productive when it has adequate channels to collaborate in a seamless and effective way. There's a catch, however: teams are far more diverse and remote than ever before, and each organization requires its own distinct approach to digital collaboration. In other words, your workplace tools and applications must be customized based on your teams' diversity, location, and work methods. With this infographic, you'll learn about the three main characteristics that define our modern workplace and gain insight into what drives productivity and efficiency in today's organizations. After reading it, you'll have a better understanding of current trends and can keep these in mind when creating or modifying your organization's work environment. View: 3 characteristics that define the modern workplace