Microsoft Overview
At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our mission is grounded in both the world in which we live and the future we strive to create. Today, we live in a mobile-first, cloud-first world, and the transformation we are driving across our businesses is designed to enable Microsoft and our customers to thrive in this world. We do business in 170 countries and are made up of 144,000 passionate employees dedicated to fulfilling our mission of helping you and your organization achieve more.Company Snapshot
- Cloud Revenue (as of 03/31/2024):$33.7B
- Cloud Services:SaaS,PaaS,IaaS
- CEO:Satya Nadella
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AI and Copilots
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Business Apps
On Day 3 of the Community Summit NA 2024, education sessions continued, offering key insights across Dynamics user groups, including Business Central, Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Microsoft Copilot, with takeaways on rigorous testing, strategic project management, reporting tools, and security...
AI and Copilots
By agreeing to pay publishers for content feeds into Copilot, Microsoft removes a looming source of friction and addresses intellectual property considerations.
AI and Copilots
Alfredo Ramirez highlighted the potential of AI tools, such as Microsoft Copilot, to revolutionize processes, functions, and customer interactions.
Business Apps
SummitNA opening keynote highlights partnerships, Dynamics ecosystem diversity, Dynamics 365 F&O innovation, and Copilot use cases.
Innovation & Leadership
The 2024 Cloud Wars CEO of the Year will honor a visionary leader driving transformative growth and innovation in the cloud industry.
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A look at five cloud CEOs reveals their leadership and strategic successes as they are considered for the 2024 CEO of the Year award.
AI and Copilots
AI Copilot event at Community Summit delivers Copilot perspectives from Microsoft as well as customers and partners, who highlight near-term opportunities and challenges.
AI and Copilots
Marketing leader explains how Finastra's CEO has pushed for use of AI; the company has trained 8,000 employees through an intense onboarding process.
AI and Copilots
James Oleinik provided insights on the Microsoft Dataverse and Copilot Studio as it enables to reach new levels of efficiency, during the AI Copilot Digital Summit.
AI and Copilots
As demand planners face ongoing disruptions, copilot technology can assist with enhanced visibility, understanding of a wide set of variables, and robust forecasting.
AI and Copilots
During the AI Copilot Digital Summit, Prashant Bhoyar provided insights on building custom Copilots using Copilot Studio.
AI and Copilots
Enterprise architect explains how document co-creation in Copilot saves hours and details potential new Copilot use cases addressing core business functions.
Business Apps
Leader of a Dynamics GP VAR and ISV advises customers and other partners not to panic in the wake of changes announced by Microsoft and reinforces his company's commitment to the software.
Business Apps
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A recent keynote revealed Larry Ellison's vision for an applications cloud similar to the multi-cloud infrastructure deals that he drove.
AI and Copilots
Latest enhancements increase accessibility and interactivity of Copilot software, while data security and user privacy considerations are addressed proactively.
AI and Copilots
Dewain Robinson defined Copilot Studio and ways that users can apply the technology to achieve the best end-to-end results during the AI Copilot Digital Summit.
Cloud
The European Commission has received a complaint from Google Cloud alleging that Microsoft charges European customers inflated fees when using Windows Server on non-Azure platforms.
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Google Cloud has filed a complaint with the European Commission alleging that Microsoft's licensing practices impose excessive costs on European customers who use Windows Server on non-Azure platforms.
AI and Copilots
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Cloud Wars Minute
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AI and Copilots
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AI and Copilots
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Cloud
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Microsoft faces scrutiny over its commitment to enhancing cybersecurity, as it announces new security priorities while grappling with past failures and ongoing challenges.
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AI and Copilots
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AI and Copilots
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Cloud Wars Minute
Agent Wars is the emerging competition among top cloud companies to lead the new AI agent market, with customers expected to be the biggest winners.
AI and Copilots
Donald Kossmann kicked off the AI Copilot Digital Summit with his "State of Microsoft Copilot" keynote, discussing how Copilot has enabled customers to reimagine their business processes.
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Currys is modernizing its operations with Microsoft and Accenture's AI technologies to enhance productivity, customer service, and future AI applications, aiming to lead in AI-enabled retail products.
AI and Copilots
Discover the current state of Microsoft Copilot technology, the most impactful current and future use cases, and where this innovative technology is headed.
AI and Copilots
New canvas for collaboration, Copilot functionality delivered natively across enterprise apps, and agents make it easier to capitalize on corporate data.
AI and Copilots
Oracle is capitalizing on its booming cloud infrastructure and strategic multicloud deals to drive substantial revenue growth and innovation across its portfolio.
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CloudWorld keynotes from CEO Safra Catz and Chairman Larry Ellison put a sharp focus on multi-cloud customer benefits, AI opportunities, and the "effective contrarian" approach that has defined Ellison's career.
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Oracle's multi-cloud strategy, now expanded with AWS joining Microsoft and Google Cloud, is reshaping traditional business practices and delivering significant benefits to customers.
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Larry Ellison announced plans for Oracle's new gigawatt-plus data center, powered by modular nuclear reactors, showcasing his bold vision and Oracle's continued innovation in the cloud industry.
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AI and Copilots
Dynamic Communities announces Vik Singh as keynote speaker for the upcoming Community Summit North America event in San Antonio.
Cybersecurity
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AI and Copilots
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AI and Copilots
The escalating costs of powering AI advancements have pushed Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Oracle to invest massively in cloud infrastructure.
Cloud Wars Minute
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Founded in 1975, Microsoft is among the largest enterprise-technology companies in the world and is the largest enterprise-cloud vendor in the world. It has been #1 on the Cloud Wars Top 10 rankings for more than 2 straight years. Playing at all 3 layers of the cloud—IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS—Microsoft is able to address what it calls “the entire digital estates” of its business customers around the world. Since Satya Nadella become CEO in 2014, Microsoft has surged to the top of the cloud-computing industry by combining a broad and deep product lineup, an early and totally uncompromising commitment to hybrid-cloud computing, and highly innovative go-to-market strategies. Those include some unprecedented situations in which Microsoft first helps its corporate customers build unique applications or other solutions around Azure, and then helps those corporations sell their unique IP to other companies, thereby turning IP into revenue.