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Help customers do more with less
Microsoft 365 E3 continues to be critically important in helping customers do more with less, and Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) partners are essential in helping us reach more customers.
Licensing
Licensing
Licensing
Licensing
Help customers do more with less
Microsoft 365 E3 continues to be critically important in helping customers do more with less, and Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) partners are essential in helping us reach more customers.
Licensing
Experience Microsoft Teams Premium
The new offering from Microsoft - Teams Premium - builds on the current Teams experience, incorporating additional features to help make Teams meetings even more personalised, intelligent, and secure. We go through the list of features, including virtual appointments and webinars.
Licensing
Compare plans for your modern workplace
Microsoft 365 has so many different flavours and suites within suites that it can often be difficult to find the right fit for your modern workplace. That's where expert advice from Umbrellar Powered by Pax8's Sasha Vovchenko comes in.
Licensing
Azure Hybrid Benefit for Windows Server
Umbrellar Powered by Pax8 help a lot of customers with Azure migrations and management so they can get the most out of their subscriptions. One way you can save dollars on Windows Server is to take advantage of Azure Hybrid Benefit. Read on to find out what it is and how much you can potentially save.
Modern Workplace
Enabling the hybrid workplace: 5 data-driven insights
Guest contributor Dan Owen, Digital Transformation General Manager NZ at NTT Ltd, shares the five data-driven insights NTT's Global Workplace Report uncovered when looking to enable the hybrid workplace.
Modern Workplace
Rethinking where we’re going to – the new world of work
"Going back is not really an option. So what we need to rethink is where we're going to." - Jane Mackarell, Microsoft Business Group Lead, Modern Work and Surface. Watch this special event on reengineering the employee experience.
Licensing
Help your customers grow with Microsoft NCE discounts
Starting January 1, 2023, only New Commerce Experience (NCE) subscriptions will earn incentives through the Microsoft Commercial Incentives program, and Resellers will lose Legacy CSP incentives and rebates.
Licensing
SQL Server 2022 general availability and price increase
Microsoft have announced the availability date and price increase for SQL Server 2022. We break it all down for you.
Licensing
Microsoft releases new add-on for Defender for Business
Microsoft recently announced the availability of Microsoft Defender for Business Servers - an add-on to Defender for Business that enables you to secure your server operating systems with the same protection you get for client devices. We unpack what that means, licensing and subscription costs and why you should consider it for your business.
Licensing
Pax8 brings security platform Todyl to A/NZ CSPs
Cloud commerce marketplace Pax8 has signed a partnership with security company Todyl, offering a suite of security and networking capabilities to mitigate security risks to Australia and New Zealand cloud service providers (CSPs).
Licensing
Microsoft 365 – which license do I choose?
Having trouble deciding which Microsoft 365 bundle to choose for your business needs? You're not alone - at least, not anymore! Umbrellar's Microsoft Licensing Lead, Sasha Vovchenko, takes us through a simplified overview of Microsoft 365 bundles to help make your decision easier.
Microsoft 365
Turning custom apps into affordable reality
The Shed Shop are a well-established business delivering custom garden sheds all over the North Island. With recent expansions highlighting risks and inefficiencies in their paper-based system, they reached out to Teal Software for a digital solution.
Modern Workplace
Mobile Mentor and Zero Trust: a modern workplace methodology
The biggest challenge for organisations today revolves around avoiding a data breach. Recent events in Australia - Optus, the second largest telecommunications company in the country, had identifying details of up to 9.8 million customers stolen from their database - only serve to highlight the importance of protecting your customer data.
Microsoft 365
Enlighten Designs announces new strategic partnership with Powell Software
Enlighten Designs' new partnership gives them the ability to expand their expertise in providing modern workplace solutions.
Biz Apps
Windows 11 2022 update now available
Windows 11 is leveling up to bring users closer to what they love.
Microsoft 365
Avoiding the traps of low-code apps
Interest in low code apps is booming. This is generally good news as there’s a lot of value to tap into. However, with the popularity of these new tools is a hidden cost, the likes of which we have seen before. Rhys Glidden, Client Director at Enlighten Designs, takes us through the potential risks of low/no code apps and how to sidestep the traps that businesses often fall into.
Modern Workplace
A portal for real people: Fidelity Life’s Hononga transforms two organisations
Fidelity Life, with the help of modern workplace experts Deptive, launched a unique design process to manage the transition to Microsoft’s SharePoint and Viva Connections in a way that put people first. The result changed the way both Fidelity Life and Deptive work - for good.
Power Platform
Enlighten Designs recognised for Power BI expertise
Being listed as a finalist for the Power BI 2022 Microsoft Partner of the Year award is an outstanding achievement for the NZ company that punches way above its weight and consistently demonstrates excellence in innovation and implementation of Power BI solutions.
Power Platform
Latest features part of Binokula update
Binokula, created by Stellar Consulting Group, offers Power BI users important functionality that allows you to securely share Power BI reports beyond your firewalls. We highlight recent updates to the platform that make your data and analytics life even easier.
Biz Apps
Podcast: CodeHQ’s Digital Debrief with Cecilia Robinson
We're excited to share this episode from CodeHQ's Digital Debrief, the podcast that invites experienced New Zealand business leaders to share what they did, why and how they did it, and what they'd do differently next time.
Biz Apps
Podcast: CodeHQ’s Digital Debrief with Tower
We're excited to share this episode from CodeHQ's Digital Debrief, the podcast that invites experienced New Zealand business leaders to share what they did, why and how they did it, and what they'd do differently next time.
Microsoft 365
The underlying principles of Zero Trust
Mobile Mentor is a global leader in the endpoint ecosystem and Microsoft’s 2021 Partner of the Year. Certified by Microsoft, Apple and Google, their engineers live and breathe endpoint security and work tirelessly with clients to balance endpoint security with an empowering employee experience.
Biz Apps
Do you feel disrupted? Ten tech trends that defined 2021
Before we flop onto a beach towel to recover from another exhausting year living in the shadow of Covid, it's worth reflecting on a remarkable year in the world of technology.
Biz Apps
‘Hope is not lost’ – 2021 saw governments start to take cybersecurity seriously
Microsoft’s Digital Defence Report for 2021 is a sobering read. Over its 134 pages, it catalogues the sophisticated playbook of a global network of cybercriminals.
Biz Apps
Bosses – don’t turn into Big Brother in the era of hybrid working
As employers get to grips with staff working from home on a regular basis, there’s the potential for bosses to take on the characteristics of Big Brother.
Licensing
Microsoft’s move to simplify its Open License program and how it affects you
Created 20 years ago, The Microsoft Open License program was designed for small and midsized customers to buy multiple perpetual software licenses at a volume price. In a recent announcement, Microsoft is transforming its commerce platform to benefit both customers and partners alike.
Biz Apps
AI is growing up – four key trends transforming its use in business
Artificial intelligence has come a long way in the last few years, making meaningful contributions to automating mundane and time-consuming tasks and generating insights for data-driven decision making.
Biz Apps
What Amazon’s $7.5 billion investment means for NZ’s cloud computing market
It’s a rare event to see a multinational tech company announce a multibillion-dollar investment in New Zealand.
Biz Apps
The hybrid dilemma – navigating Delta and the great work reshuffle
When you are the biggest software company in the world, employing 180,000 employees and touting a product line-up of hybrid working tools, the pandemic is a perfect opportunity to eat your own dog food.
Biz Apps
Fortinet’s plan to train one million cybersecurity workers
Cybersecurity specialist Fortinet has pledged to train one million people in five years in a bid to help meet a global cybersecurity skills gap.
