Cut through the hype. Understand what AI means for your non-profit
AI is transforming the way organisations operate, but what does it really mean for non-profit organisations? Watch our three-part webinar series designed specifically for the non-profit sector. We’ll break down what matters, address common misconceptions, and help you understand where AI fits into your mission.
Across these sessions, hear from sector experts and industry leaders as we explore the practical steps you can take to build your AI readiness, secure funding, and drive impact without losing sight of your purpose. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to refine your approach, this series will give you the clarity and confidence to make informed decisions about AI.
Managing hybrid and multi-cloud environments can be complex. Azure Arc simplifies it by extending Azure management and services to on-premises and multi-cloud workloads – giving you flexibility, security, and control. Whether you’re optimising costs, ensuring compliance, or leveraging multiple cloud providers, Azure Arc helps you stay agile and efficient.
Learn how Microsoft funding can help you modernise, migrate, and optimise your IT environment.
In a series of three videos, Cloud Evangelist Leon Godwin and Data & AI Practice Lead Dan Knott explore what Microsoft’s push towards Fabric means for you, actions you need to take, and the benefits you’ll see as a result.
Our first video looks at the changes concerning Power BI Premium, and actions you may need to take regarding your license if you are an existing user. The pair then move on to discussing Microsoft Synapse, and the wider scope of possibilities following a migration to Fabric, before eventually zooming out to take a more holistic view of the Microsoft Fabric platform.
Discover how modernising applications with Azure can streamline processes, boost efficiency, and drive sustainable growth.
Organisations that embrace application modernisation report increased agility, lower costs, and a 31% boost in productivity, demonstrating its significant value. Learn strategies for modernising applications with Azure services.
We’ll share real-world examples and practical insights into adopting cloud-native architectures. Discover how to streamline the management of data and applications while unlocking analytics tools that drive smarter decisions and foster growth.
Want to find out how your financial services business can use innovative cloud data tools to overcome common data challenges?
Watch the recording of our latest webinar and hear from industry and Microsoft experts about how your financial services business can modernise its data warehousing, open doors for data lakes and adopt cutting-edge data and AI solutions; like Microsoft Fabric, that can help drive strategic decision-making.
It’s no secret that businesses are producing more data than ever, and you will only be able to drive greater efficiencies and enable innovation once you have a clear strategy with the right tools in place.
Earlier this year, Microsoft launched Fabric, their all-in-one data solution, for general availability. Microsoft Fabric combines some of Microsoft’s most powerful tools, such as Data Factory, Synapse Analytics, Data Explorer, and Power BI into a unified, cloud-based platform to help simplify your data workflow. The combination of the tools will enable you to innovate with AI safely and securely by managing your data in a single user-friendly platform.
In an interactive session hosted at ZSL London Zoo, we spoke to customers and prospects about the capabilities of AI and what it could bring to their businesses. We talked through how to kickstart your journey to AI, the need to innovate in 2024, and the seven stages to adopting AI – as well as looking at some real world use cases.
Join Cloud Evangelist Leon Godwin and Enterprise Data Architect Dan Knott to explore…
- An introduction to artificial intelligence
- The importance of people and building a data culture for success
- What AI can look like in your specific business context
- The seven steps to successfully adopting artificial intelligence
There’s plenty more data content on the Learning Hub, and we’ve got more events in the pipeline.
At our latest breakfast briefing, we’re delighted to be joined by James Hardy, former Chief Resiliency Officer at State Street Bank and industry thought leader on how organisations can manage the intricacies of operational resilience. James has decades of experience empowering global financial service providers in grappling with the toughest resiliency challenges and how their organisations may be impacted.
What we’ll cover in this event:
- The dual perspectives of protection vs restoration
- How financial-sector organisations can take the lead in DORA compliance
- Having a resiliency mindset in your operational strategy
- Necessity of solid service recovery planning
- Implications of large-scale outages on business operations and client relationships
Join James and speakers from Microsoft and Cloud Direct as they explore the challenges and best practices in managing operational resilience, ensuring that your financial services business can navigate disruptions and maintain continuity in an increasingly complex and dynamic environment.
As digital transformation and AI adoption continue to deliver important new benefits for businesses, a corresponding and increasingly urgent concern has emerged: the risk of highly disruptive and costly adverse events, such as cyber-attacks and unintended downtime.
Almost all businesses now rely on innovative technology to manage their operations. However, this can grind to a halt without proper business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) strategies in place.
In partnership with Microsoft, we hosted a webinar to help businesses realise the benefit of Microsoft Azure Backup and how you can implement a strong BCDR plan. We want to ensure you remain operationally resilient while safeguarding your mission, data and infrastructure.
Leverage Microsoft Funding and Migrate to Innovate.
Are you looking to leave on-premise infrastructure and move towards an AI future?
Our experts, Leon Godwin and Oliver Norton hosted a webinar to help you understand what’s available for your business and how to leverage the available funding.
Who is this video for? IT professionals looking to understand the resources available when planning their IT strategy over the next year.
We’ve spoken to many IT leaders in education. Their common goal is to modernise their data estate for machine learning, automation, and AI. But the challenge is knowing where to start and the steps to take. Our seven-step roadmap can guide you. While each education organisation is at a different stage, we aim to help you identify your position and what you need to do to progress.
In session one of our Microsoft Cloud Bootcamp for Education, our Microsoft Azure Practice Lead Richard Cheney discusses the first three steps of our seven-step Data and AI Roadmap. We take a deep dive into what a successful Azure migration looks like, tips and tools on how to optimise and get your cloud costs under control and how to get your security cloud performance in order.
In session two of our Microsoft Cloud Bootcamp for Education, our Cloud Evangelist Leon Godwin discusses steps four and five of our seven-step Data and AI Roadmap. We take a deep dive into two important steps before using AI and your data: the importance of having modern data apps in the cloud and implementing a data strategy.
In session three of our Microsoft Cloud Bootcamp for Education, our Cloud Evangelist Leon Godwin and Data and AI Practice Lead, Dr Victoria Holt discuss steps six and seven of our seven-step Data and AI Roadmap. They take a deep dive into how to improve your data quality and governance, having a strong data architecture for using AI and the key elements to implementing an AI strategy.
The rise of security threats is increasing daily. Now’s the time for you to start looking at improving your security posture if you want to stay safe from any threats. Microsoft has invested over $20 billion in security, to help you stay secure. And we’re here to help show how you can leverage Microsoft’s Toolkit in your Security Strategy.
During this event, we dive into how you can build the following Microsoft Tools into your security strategy:
🤖 Learn about Microsoft’s latest addition to their Security Toolkit – Copilot.
🛡️ Discover how Microsoft Defender can help your business stay protected from cyber threats.
🔒 Understand how you can monitor and manage threats with Microsoft’s Cloud-Native SIEM, Sentinel.
📈 Explore how you can govern, protect, and manage data with Purview.
In the UK, 68% of large businesses have adopted at least one AI technology in the past year. The other 32% are losing ground.
Implementing AI into organisations is a hot trend right now, but there’s a clear difference between simply deploying AI and truly leveraging its potentials.
Is your legal firm ready to deploy AI?
However, deploying AI without a strategy and the right governance could waste the time and effort of your IT Team and deliver underwhelming results.
Hosted by Microsoft and Cloud Direct, this in-person event will provide actionable insights and strategies for deploying Microsoft AI Technologies to enhance efficiency, productivity and client satisfaction.
Ready to take your law firm to the next level with the ultimate remote work solution?
In November, Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, valued at $69 billion, drew significant attention. In January, the announcement that 56 of VMware’s products and services would be axed raised alarm bells. That long list of offerings included VMware Horizon, a popular product among many law firms that will now no longer be available to provide them with virtual desktop infrastructure.
Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) is suitable for law firms of all sizes, and comes with a wide range of benefits from better cost efficiencies and improved collaboration, to greater agility and increased data security amongst many others. Together with Nerdio, let’s explore them each in a bit more detail in this webinar!