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Unraveling the Azure Maya Mystery and building a world 

Last Hallowe’en, it was my pleasure to help launch the Azure Mystery Mansion, a text-based game built using Twine. Users explore the various rooms of an old house, picking up keys that allow final access to the attic where they claim the deeds to the house. In the process, rooms are unlocked by discovering solutions to small

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NTT DATA drives team skilling with competition using the Cloud Skills Challenge 

When it comes to comprehensive digital business solutions, few companies in the world offer the portfolio of services that NTT DATA does. Headquartered in Plano, TX, NTT DATA manages a worldwide team of 50,000 employees that help their customers through their digital transformations. From cloud migration to infrastructure upgrades and business process optimization, NTT DATA

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How the NYC Department of Environmental Protection connects employees with Windows Virtual Desktop 

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection delivers over a billion gallons of water to 9.6 million New Yorkers every day. The agency is responsible for treating 1.3 billion gallons of wastewater every day and maintaining 14 plants, 96 pumping stations, and 7,500 miles of sewers across New York City. As COVID-19 derailed daily operations, the DEP leveraged Windows Virtual Desktop and its existing Microsoft Azure subscription to quickly stand up remote working environments for agency employees.

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The companies leading with AI are also leading with skilling 

Companies today are focused on keeping employees safe while trying to still meet the essential needs of their customers. But we know from our conversations with our customers and partners throughout the United States that business leaders are also beginning to think about how best to adapt and drive recovery as we emerge from this crisis.    The business world is changing at an extraordinary pace. As Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently observed during our earnings announcement, “we’ve seen two

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Stay competitive with new skills: Four emerging technologies 

It’s no secret that right now businesses are rapidly shifting priorities and strategies and some development teams have been downsized as a result. Developers are going to play a key role in imagining what’s possible and accelerating recovery and innovation. To prepare for that role, developers will want to level up their skills on the

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Customer intimacy at a distance 

Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker defined intimacy as follows: “Intimacy means deeply knowing another person and feeling deeply known.”1 We may not be able to precisely define intimacy, but it’s a feeling we know when we experience it.   With the backdrop of human intimacy, what is customer intimacy? Ashley Greene defined customer intimacy as “a measure of your awareness of — and alignment with — your customers’ needs

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Business resiliency and elastic infrastructure in financial institutions 

Business resiliency and elastic infrastructure in FIs           The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to be felt by financial institutions (FIs) around the world. Operational challenges resulting from increased demand for certain services, social distancing and remote work are pushing resiliency plans to their limits. While many institutions have responded quickly to protect their

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Meet your next black swan with agility 

Characterized as a rare, “black swan” event, we are facing unprecedented disruption globally, and across all industries and markets. For now, businesses in the manufacturing sector are assessing and refocusing around a few key objectives to manage through the crisis: Safety, health, and immediate care of workforce. Assessment of impact to infrastructure, community, and business.

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Join the Livestream to Learn About DevOps Integrations and Security in Azure 

What is Azure DevOps? Azure helps developers and IT professionals streamline DevOps application workflows so that they can build better software for their customers over iterative timescales. This includes tools for full project visibility for team members, full-stack monitoring and alerts, multiple delivery pipelines, and automated development and testing capabilities through Visual Studio and GitHub.

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Innovating in a period of uncertainty 

As an on-going celebration of growth, innovation, and acceleration across the finance industry, this year’s  Money Management Institute Summit focused on The Value-Add Imperative — how financial service providers can go beyond their traditional services to positively impact the lives of their customers. In this time of COVID-19 Summit’s core goal of empowering attendees with