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How to Transfer Your Azure Subscription to CDW

New options enable customers to move Azure to our Cloud Solution Provider program.

By Jay Ritchie
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September 17, 2020
Services, Cloud

With Azure, organizations have many choices to make, from which services to use to how to purchase, manage and govern its use. In October 2019, Microsoft announced changes to the volume licensing programs in ways that affected a customer’s ability to acquire Azure. Specifically, Microsoft:

1. Will no longer write new Azure-only Server and Cloud Enrollment (SCE) agreements
2. Will no longer renew Azure-only SCE agreements and subject any extended contracts to a 3 percent administrative fee
3. Will no longer allow Azure to be added to existing Enterprise Agreement (EA) contracts

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What CDW’s Recognition as an Azure Expert MSP Means to Customers

Reaching Microsoft Azure Expert Managed Service Provider status highlights our growing expertise in the cloud journey, and demonstrates just how hard we work for our customers.

By Dan Lausted
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August 5, 2020
Services, Cloud

Becoming an Azure Expert MSP required a companywide effort spanning multiple teams, bringing together expertise from across our global organization. We worked extremely hard to demonstrate to an independent third party that our experience in these solutions is best in class.

So what does this status mean for customers? That through our CDW Amplified™ Azure Managed Services, we provide consistent processes, tools, skills and technology to ensure successful delivery of repeatable, complex solutions based on Microsoft Azure. Learn more about our three-step approach.

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Why Companies Opt for a Cloud Migration — Part 1

A closer look at the specific business needs that are driving organizations to move data to cloud storage.

By Yagna Pant
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April 21, 2020
Cloud, Data Center

Due to various factors such as cost-efficiency, flexibility and availability, organizations are trying to leverage the infrastructure from various cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, Google and IBM. Within the CDW cloud practice, we are finding that organizations are taking different paths. Some organizations are in an early experimental stage as they try to understand the various capabilities provided by the cloud, while other customers are fully operating in the cloud.

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How to Decide Between a Hybrid Cloud and Multicloud Environment

Before IT managers can arrive at answers about an optimal cloud environment, they need to be asking the right questions.

By Tim Hanrahan
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February 26, 2020
Cloud, Data Center

Judging from search engine traffic — and from the calls I receive — there’s some confusion out there about hybrid cloud and multicloud. In truth, both are completely viable models, with various organizations relying on each to achieve significant business benefits. But before IT and business leaders can decide which approach makes the most sense for them, they need to step back and ask themselves what outcomes they are trying to achieve.

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Remote Desktop Services: The Benefits of Windows Virtual Desktop

Microsoft’s Windows Virtual Desktop offers a fresh alternative to Remote Desktop Services.

By Donna Ryan
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October 31, 2019
Software

Microsoft recently released Windows Virtual Desktop and CDW is one of Microsoft’s few partners that is already delivering projects with this technology. I am one of the engineers who has been working with WVD and this blog post will cover what can be expected from it. Getting Started with Windows Virtual Desktop If you are…

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3 Options to Deal with the Windows Server 2008 End of Support

Organizations have several ways to prepare for the deadline, but they need to act soon.

By Richard Coile
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May 13, 2019
Data Center, Cloud

If you’re not ready for the Windows Server 2008 end-of-support deadline in January 2020, you’re not alone. From my conversations with customers, it seems that many organizations are putting off preparations, prioritizing the urgency of day-to-day tasks over the looming deadline. This often happens when IT infrastructure falls into extended support, and it’s natural for…

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