Microsoft Ignite is taking place in Orlando this week. As expected, there have been numerous announcements that will have wide-ranging impacts on the industry going forward. As I did last year for Ignite 2016, this post is a collection of observations and my thoughts on what some of this means for the industry. This is…
Small to midsize businesses have small staffs, so they’re profoundly dependent on technology that enables their employees to be productive all day, every day — whether they’re in the office, on the road or working from home. Software solutions that support this level of mobility have become must-haves for such businesses, enabling small teams to…
A common oversight I’ve seen customers make in my role as a Senior Software Services Manager at CDW is they often develop a business plan for adopting a new solution and show an attractive return on investment (ROI) dependent upon increased productivity, but they lack a plan to ensure their users adopt the solution in a…
Every day we talk with customers about making decisions regarding what I.T. services to maintain on-premises and which ones to shift to the cloud. This can be a somewhat daunting task, but I.T. professionals want and expect services to help them manage the decisions, transitions and ongoing operations.
At this month’s annual Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, corporate vice president John Case announced their new E5 Suite for Office 365, available to eligible partners and their customers by year end. The new E5 suite underscore Microsoft’s mobile first, cloud first strategy by adding features that enhance real-time, day-to-day business communications; improve data analysis and…
Previous posts: Part One: Single Sign-On Versus Same Sign-On with Office 365 and Active Directory Domain Services Part Two: Single Sign-On Versus Same Sign-On with Office 365 and Active Directory Domain Services Let’s talk about the columns three and four of the Office 365 Login User Experience Matrix found below. Active Directory Federation Services (“AD FS”)…
