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5 Reasons to Move to the Cloud with Azure SQL Database
As an alternative to expensive, relatively inflexible onsite database solutions, database-as-a-service (DBaaS) providers offer flexible, cloud-based databases as a subscription service. One of the most widely used and trusted DBaaS platforms is Azure SQL Database. There are at least five compelling reasons to transition to the cloud model for your SQL database with Azure: cost savings;…
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How to Supercharge Your E-Commerce Efforts With Azure Services
As we move deeply into the holiday season, the possibilities and limitations of e-commerce are once again becoming clear. Consumers across industries increasingly shop online; in fact, the majority of Americans now prefer to do so, that number goes to 67 percent for younger generations. Of course, that increased desire for online shopping has also increased competition.…
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Leveraging Predictive Analytics with Azure Machine Learning Studio
In recent years, AI has been playing an increasingly central role in the development of both consumer and enterprise solutions. Nonetheless, up to this point many businesses have shied away from leveraging this emerging technology because the learning curve has been too steep, and the barriers to entry too high, for their teams. However, Microsoft’s…
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Using Azure Application Insights to Understand What Your Users Are Doing
The rate of innovation happening today on Microsoft Azure is incredible. Over the last year alone, they’ve added a lot of new features enabling a better understanding of what your business and customers do. One of the best of these features is Application Insights, giving you a window into how users interact with your business…
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7 Reasons Azure Backup is an Affordable Option for Cloud Backup
For businesses and organizations across industries, data backups are vital. You have to make sure that even in the event something happens to your sometimes confidential data, you can quickly restore it to prevent significant hurdles to continuing your normal operations. If no backup solution is in place, even getting back to regular business ops…
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Microsoft Cloud Resources for Non-Profits are Making a Difference
Technology has enabled companies in every industry to simply do more with less. That has been great news for businesses everywhere with perhaps one exception, non-profit organizations. What is ironic but hardly funny about that is this, of all the companies and organizations that could most benefit from being able to do more with less,…
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How Microsoft Cloud Resources Can Help Non-Profits Improve Their Operations
In many ways, the operations of non-profit organizations like yours differ from its for-profit counterparts. Your goals (and value propositions) tend to be related less to helping stakeholders maximize income and more to helping your community and other social causes. Of course, that dedication also tends to come with its limitations. Managing a non-profit tends…
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Using Automation with Azure Services to Make Your Business More Efficient
One of the things that Azure services are known for is providing automation for your business. Here are some examples of their services, including how you can use them to help enhance your business and increase your margins. Get Full Management for Your Internet of Things Swarm The Microsoft IoT Hub through Azure makes it so that…
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Which Azure Region is the Best?
When looking at hosting on Azure, the first question you’ll undoubtedly have is which region is the best? The fact of the matter is there are some 26 different regions you can host in Azure and not all regions are equal. Here’s a quick 5 step approach to help you decide which Azure Region is…
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