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The growing demand for remote work has solidified the need to deliver a hybrid workplace, making desktop and app virtualization more critical than ever. What deployment options are available to help your organization benefit from desktop and app virtualization? Download the infographic for an at-a-glance of the basics — including how you benefit. View: Desktop and Virtualization 101: - Understanding VDI and DaaS

VMware Horizon VDI and DaaS bring you a modern desktop and app virtualization solution to support remote work. Together, they form a modern architecture for delivering the best experiences no matter where users are located. Watch this video for an overview of how VMware Horizon VDI and DaaS enable you to simplify management of virtual desktop and app environments. Read More...

Howard University, a leading historically Black college in Washington, DC, doubled its security score in less than a year after expanding its use of Microsoft Azure. After suffering a ransomware attack in 2021, the university sought to strengthen its security with Microsoft solutions. In just three weeks, Howard restored all core IT services, increased efficiency, boosted security and saved money, Read the full story to learn what they accomplished and how. Read More...

Watermarking printed documents and PDFs is a common practice to keep them from being copied. Now you can also watermark digital screen views and screen shots with the new Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop Watermarking feature. Watermarking is an optional protection feature to Screen Capture in Virtual Desktop. Read how to access support for the Watermarking feature in this article. Read More...

The desktop as a service (DaaS) market continues to grow, as does the need by organizations for flexible and secure remote access. In this free copy of Gartner's inaugural Magic Quadrant for DaaS, you'll read about the key DaaS solutions and providers - and learn why Gartner rated Microsoft a "Leader." Read More...

Eurowings, Lufthansa Group's low-cost airline, serves more than 40 million customers at 100 destinations around the world. When the company's on-premises server farms, which provide application access and security to thousands of external and contract employees, needed upgrading, Eurowings decided to ditch its on-prem servers and embrace the cloud with Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop. Tim Thomer, Enterprise Architect at Eurowings explains:. "We wanted a cloud VDI solution capable of running modern authentication, and which could match our existing infrastructure in terms of security and reliability. That's how we found Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop." Read the Eurowings story of cloud adoption in this Microsoft article. Read More...

Georgia Banking Company in Atlanta, GA has grown from a $600 million bank to a $1.5 billion phenomenon in only two years. That kind of rapid growth is good news for the company but challenging for its IT security staff. Fortunately, the bank's plans called for enhanced security. Georgia Banking Co. adopted Microsoft Azure with VPN Gateway, Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, Purview Data Loss Prevention and other Microsoft security solutions. The highly bankable result? Substantial savings, best-in-class user experience for employees and customers, and heightened security draw rave reviews from IT and other employees. Read this interesting story. Read More...

Organizations need to protect sensitive data including intellectual property, trade secrets, customer data and personally identifiable information from both insiders and external cyber attackers. A complex regulatory environment makes the protection of sensitive data and prevention of data exfiltration all the more urgent. To help customers navigate complex data landscapes, Microsoft focuses on delivering secure and intelligent, user-centric solutions to improve visibility and mitigate risk. We are excited to share that Forrester listed Microsoft as a Leader in its 2023 WaveTM for Data Security Platforms. Read this blog for a summary of the report which provides a detailed overview of vendor offerings, strategies and market presence. Read More...

Good news! You can now preview Microsoft's Personal Desktop Autoscale, which is Azure Virtual Desktop's native scaling solution that automatically starts session host virtual machines according to schedule. With Personal Desktop Autoscale, you can save costs by shutting down idle session hosts while ensuring session hosts can be started by users when needed. Find out more in this article. Read More...

You need to know the pros and cons of the leading desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) solutions before you buy. Read the full inaugural Gartner Magic Quadrant for DaaS vendors, including digital workplace leaders like Microsoft Virtual Desktop. Get the free report. 👉 Read More...

The risk landscape has changed dramatically with the growth of the digital landscape. The amount of data captured, copied and consumed is expected to rise to more than 180 zettabytes in the near future. Traditional ways of identifying and mitigating risks simply don't work. Historically, organizations have focused on external threats; however, risks from within can be just as prevalent and harmful. These trends make it imperative to think about insider risk as a core part of your data protection strategy with a holistic approach including the right people, processes, training and tools. The Microsoft Security report, "Building a Holistic Insider Risk Management Program: 5 elements that help companies have stronger data protection and security while protecting user trust," provides insight. Download the report for an inside look at how Microsoft shifted from focusing solely on risk management to thinking about building value and security culture and benefits it gained as a...

Growth in remote work, mobility and hybrid cloud have made technology modernization to drive business outcomes and ensure security an imperative. With VMware Horizon, your IT organization gets a modern platform for delivering desktop and application management capabilities across on-premises, hybrid cloud and multi-cloud environments. This results in faster, easier application delivery cycles that maximize digital workspace experiences. Download this datasheet for an overview of benefits, the latest enhancements and deployment options. View: VMware Horizon: A modern platform for secure delivery of virtual desktops and apps

The Suffolk County Clerk's Office is the busiest in New York State, managing vast volumes of records and generating USD $700 million in annual real estate revenue from USD $60 billion in real estate transactions. To mitigate business continuity risks from natural disaster, the office launched a go-digital strategy, centered on VMware technology, to build a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) on a secure network for 700 employees. Read this customer story to learn how the office's VMware-based VDI enabled it to pivot to remote work in a matter of hours when the pandemic hit. Get ideas from the office's experience capitalizing on its success by scaling up the VDI to support 10,000 remote users across the state of New York. View: Suffolk County Protects USD 60 Billion of Real Estate Transactions

When Centro Hospitalar de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro needed a way to protect sensitive, highly confidential patient data and applications in its hybrid environment, it chose Microsoft Security solutions. Get the story for lessons learned on the hospital system's future-forward strategy based on a dynamic, cloud-based security approach that stays on top of threats and positions the provider for cloud migration. Learn what the provider gains by having a centralized view of security events with Microsoft Sentinel, increasing frontline defense with Azure Automation and Microsoft Defender for Cloud. Read the full story on the hospital's experience selecting and implementing Microsoft Security solutions. Read More...

Cybersecurity professionals need to keep up to date on the latest cyber-threat trends. This report from Microsoft analysts covers the threat landscape from IoT and infrastructure threats to disinformation campaigns, ransomware, and guidelines for thwarting these complex new threats. Each chapter provides the key lessons learned and insights based on Microsoft's unique vantage point. The trillions of signals that Microsoft analyzes from its worldwide ecosystem of products and services reveal the ferocity, scope, and scale of digital threats across the globe. You and your security team can read this comprehensive report on threats and Microsoft technologies that identify and block billions of phishing attempts, identity thefts, and other cyber-threats to Microsoft customers. View: Microsoft Digital Defense Report

Discover how the NHS transformed patient care with Surface devices. Get the inspiring story of how it overcame digital challenges and improved healthcare outcomes. Learn how Microsoft's technology empowered healthcare providers to enhance collaboration, streamline workflows, and deliver efficient care. Read the blog and take a deep dive into this remarkable customer story to gain insights into the power of technology in healthcare. Unlock the secrets behind the NHS's success and get in touch to discuss how Army Of Quants can help you apply lessons learned to revolutionize your own organization. Read More...

VMware App Volumes is an application layering technology for VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) and virtual apps and desktops environments. With one of its latest enhanced features, Apps on Demand, App Volumes offers customers more flexibility and tools for managing Windows applications. This blog post describes how Apps on Demand eliminates limitations in prior versions of App Volumes. Read the blog post for a walkthrough of enhancements and available App Volume resources. Read More...

The Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 offers multitasking speed powered by 12th Gen Intel® Core™ processors, up to 17 hours of battery life, Windows 11 and a vibrant touchscreen. Watch this video to be inspired by how sleek and beautiful it is. Better yet, it comes in your choice of size and color!

Since sewing its first bib overalls for railroad workers in 1889, Carhartt has built a reputation as an American apparel icon. Today, the privately owned company operates sites and employs thousands worldwide. It migrated its SAP environment to Microsoft's Azure VMware Solution when continued growth started to strain its aging infrastructure. Read this customer story to explore the factors that motivated Carhartt's decision to choose Azure VMware such as cost savings and efficiency benefits. Contact us to learn how Army Of Quants can help your organization benefit from similar results by modernizing IT with an Azure VMware Solution. View: Carhartt Gears Up for Growth with Azure VMware Solution

Need help learning to use the new Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop Watermarking feature? We have it here! Watermarking is an optional protection feature to Screen Capture in Virtual Desktop that acts as a deterrent for data leakage. This watermarking capability was first introduced in Feb 2023 via Public Preview of Windows Desktop clients. With General Availability, we're introducing support for Azure Virtual Desktop web client. Read how to access Watermarking support in this article. Read More...