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Spotlight on ‘Teams as a Platform’ at Virtual Microsoft Build 2020

You may be hearing buzz about announcements made in late May about Microsoft Teams and especially its integration with Power Platform.

In his article, “Spotlight on ‘Teams as a Platform’ at Virtual Microsoft Build 2020,” Patrick Moorhead explains highlights, such as app development and management and scheduling improvements within Teams. For example, users in Power BI can click Share to Teams to import and share reports (or parts of reports). “By integrating these two tools [Teams and Power Platform], Teams is now essentially a full-blown platform,” writes Moorhead. Read his entire article for all the highlights!

Remote developer productivity

The way people work and live changed drastically during 2020. Companies quickly transitioned to remote work, adopting a new culture to overcome collaboration and remote shipping challenges. Fortunately, Microsoft offers a wide variety of tools and platforms, from Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, Azure, GitHub, and Visual Studio—helping companies build business resilience.

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Introduction to Power Apps – Learn

Your business is unique, and so are your challenges. Discover the right app for you with Microsoft Power Apps. Power Apps connects to common data sources so you can integrate easily. Read about the process, watch a video, and learn from a customer success story in this insightful manual:

Benefits of Microsoft Teams

The chat feature in Microsoft #Teams is designed for the modern worker. It’s rich text capable and supports @mentions to ensure quick notification. Users can chat (and call and meet) across devices, including mobile.

Check out this flyer for more details about the collaboration, meetings and calling features. Teams is the hub for teamwork that brings everything together!

Kelly Roofing uses PowerApps to capture photos at work sites

Microsoft Power Apps fixed a business traffic jam for Kelly Roofing. This company was overloaded with paperwork and broken communication lines due to their vast client territory. But with Power Apps, they created a custom app that integrated photos, reports, scheduling, and client info for hundreds of employees to access. Read their success story here:

Get the most out of Microsoft Azure with Visual Studio

Are you getting the most out of your Microsoft Visual Studio subscription? Be sure to claim monthly Microsoft #Azure credits, Azure training, DevTest pricing, Azure DevOps, support, and more. Explore all of the benefits included with your subscription and get some ideas on the types of projects where you can use your credits.

Digital collaboration is key to success in the modern workplace

Over 500,000 organizations use Microsoft Teams, the fastest growing business application in Microsoft history. Why? It’s a collaboration and communication hub like no other—with applications built right in. Meeting the needs of today’s modern workforce is easier when Teams is the backbone of the organization. Subscribe to SCT iT Solutions to learn more.

Accelerate developer velocity using any platform, any language, and any cloud

Teams that adopt DevOps culture, practices, and tools become high-performing—building better products faster for greater customer satisfaction. This improved collaboration and productivity is essential to achieve business goals such as accelerating time to market, adapting to the market and competition, maintaining system stability and reliability, and improving the mean time to recovery.

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Three ways to make an app

App development as easy as one, two, three. Microsoft Power Apps has three simple ways you can launch your app quickly. Start with a blank slate, use a data-driven model, or leverage existing templates. With Power Apps, your team can deploy apps fast and seamlessly. Learn how you can get started today:

NSW: Investing in education technology

Let’s face it. Today’s students are already immersed in technology outside of school; offering them access to the business world’s best applications exposes students to future workforce possibilities. An organization in New South Wales, Australia deployed #Teams as its hub for educational collaboration and communication for students and staff. Watch this video to see how it’s working.