In the world conference of Microsoft partners held last July, Microsoft introduced Cortana Analytics Suite, A new service that brings together technologies such as cloud Azure Machine Learning, Power BIStorage Big Data and processing with perceptual intelligence like vision, the face and the analysis of language.
 

In the words of Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, Cortana Analytics is designed to help any business to transform itself through the power of data, enabling them to make intelligent action from the data they collect.

The new suite will be available through a monthly subscription during the autumn and in this article will move its main features:

Integration with Cortana
As the name suggests, the new suite is integrated with Cortana, the personal virtual assistant Microsoft using individual users of mobile devices and desktops, now focused to the business world. This implies that the way to interact with these services will be very intuitivita as it will be possible to use natural language to ask questions about data.

With this major step Microsoft puts his personal assistant to a higher level, ahead of companies like Apple with Siri or Google with its Google Now.

Transform your data into intelligent actions
The data are key assets for any company strategy because everything that happens around it produces information that can help us create new business models and stay ahead of our competition. However, analyzing the large volume of data generated by a company and extract valuable information is not a trivial task and we need appropriate tools and techniques as we offer Cortana Analytics.

The suite allows the company to analyze large amounts of information, helping to understand based on data collected through technology Machine Learning (Machine Learning) and predict the coming events and to act accordingly trends.

The service can analyze data from structured databases and unstructured data and based on the Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Subsequently, these data can be organized and displayed by Microsoft BI Power, which makes it possible to analyze in more simple to understand format.

If you want an example of how Cortana Analytics helps companies can view this video Health center Dartmoutch-Hitchcock. The hospital is developing Cortana Analytics Suite with a remote monitoring solution and predictive analysis called ImagineCare

Microsoft, using the power of Azure, makes advanced data management techniques are available to everyone and Softeng as specialist partners solutions in the cloud Microsoft, we help you get your full advantage.

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Microsoft launches today the latest and most advanced version of its operating system, Windows 10, which combines the best elements of Windows 7 and Windows 8 and many new features. The new version reaches more than 190 countries as a free upgrade for users of versions are 7, 8 and 8.1 of the operating system.

The operating system will run on more devices than ever: Computer mobile devices (laptops, tablets and mobile phones), consoles, television and wearables (glasses, watches or bracelets smart).

The company announced that this new version is a complete turnaround of its operating system, fulfilling its goal of providing a more personal computing, defined by confidence in how to protect and respect the personal information of its users, enhancing mobility experience Through its wide range of mobile devices and offering natural interactions with all devices, including voice, touch and holograms are.

Major developments
Among its many new features include the return of the traditional start menu from previous versions, the new Edge browser, which means the disappearance of the classic explorer, and Cortana, the voice assistant Microsoft equivalent of Google Now and Siri, Apple:

• Start Menu: Windows 10 reintroduces the start menu through which users can access the applications and functions they use and who had disappeared in the previous update of the operating system.
• Microsoft Edge is a browser created from scratch, designed to make online tasks in new ways, with integrated annotations on the web – via keyboard or handwriting – to share comments, and a view that makes reading websites faster and easier. With integrated Cortana, Microsoft Edge delivers results quickly and content based on your interests and preferences.
• Cortana: The Microsoft voice assistant learns user preferences to provide relevant recommendations, quick access to important information and reminders. The interaction is natural and easy through the voice or writing.

Staggered update
The first to receive the update to Windows 10 users will belong to the Windows program Insider have been testing pre-release versions of the operating system. Then Microsoft will continue enabling free upgrade to Windows 10 users who booked your copy via the icon that appeared in Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. If you want more information on how and where to download Windows visit the page that Microsoft has designed the new operating system

To learn more about Windows 10, you can view this video:

Having used the operating system for 6 months in a special Microsoft Partner Program from Softeng we must recognize that Microsoft has done a phenomenal job with this new version and we predict a resounding success.

Those who have a legal version of Windows 7 and Windows 8, you will not regret … Seize the opportunity !!

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Since last month productivity platform in the cloud, Office 365, includes a new capability that legal compliance with IT managers in your company can do advanced searches in a much faster and easier way around the contents of Office 365.

Did you have to prepare ever electronic documentation for an audit? Need identify documents that do not meet the standards of your company? You want to know if your employees are sending sensitive company information via email? You can get answers to these and other needs with this new search feature called compliance. This service, based on eDiscovery (central eDiscovery Office 365) but with new and improved scaling and performance capabilities, companies can identify, retain and export content found in Office 365 with a view to an internal investigation by the company or a legal request.

What is the fulfillment center Office 365?

The fulfillment center Office 365, located in the Office 365 portal, containing key features needed to help IT managers in your organization to meet the needs of legal, regulatory and organizational compliance in Exchange Online and SharePoint Online.

Selecting the left menu Search will access the screen from which you can perform new searches or manage existing compliance.

Search All Office 365 data without limits
Compliance with the search you’ll find data in Exchange mailboxes, SharePoint sites, stored onedrive for Business and business Skype conversations.

There is no limit on the scale of these searches, your managers can search both the number of mailboxes they want and the number of SharePoint sites. Also, when further consultation you have the option to search whole or in mailboxes, sites or groups of distribution.

Get a preview of the results and analyzes information

After creating a new search, you can preview the results to verify that your query is working and to start analyzing and managing information.

  This new functionality is a step 365 Office in relation to the commitment of Microsoft to facilitate compliance with new legal requirements or regulations existing in your company or industry organizations.

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An increasing number of employees accessing sensitive company information through mobile devices is higher. This new trend, compounded by the fact that many users want to work with their personal devices (Bring Your Own Device or BYOD), represents a significant threat to the security of company data.

Therefore having a system that controls access to information from any mobile device (Mobile Device Management or MDM) has become a key element for the security of all companies.

In this sense, Microsoft Microsoft Intune, which provides complete management of devices (mobile and PC) with advanced management and enterprise application with which you can control and manage access of your employees from any device offers.

However, Microsoft recently surprised us by including in Office 365 device management capabilities (MDM) to help companies manage iOS, Android, and Windows Phone. These features are available at no additional cost to customers with business plans, education and government as previously required purchasing Intune.  

What MDM provides Office 365 for enterprises?

MDM allows administrators to control which devices have access to data from Office 365, providing the possibility of eliminating corporate data device from the management console if necessary.

Then his features are as follows:

• Authorized devices: You can set security policies that determine the types of devices that can access corporate information. With this feature, both emails and documents of all kinds can only be used by authorized company devices.

• Device Management: You can also create security policies such as Require a password to operate the device, not allowing screenshots, block the use of USB connections and many other all designed to protect information and prevent access to users authorized.

• Reports: In the Administration Center Office 365 you have reports with which you can obtain valuable information about the devices that access the data of your company.

• Selective delete data: With this feature, if a device is lost, stolen or if the employee is no longer part of the organization, administrators can wipe corporate data was inside the device, optionally can do without deleting data personal user.

How to manage devices from Office 365

IT administrators can manage and configure security policies for devices (Windows Phone, iPad, iPhone and Android) from the administration portal Office 365 through a user-friendly interface and without impacting employee productivity.

Companies that need protection beyond what Office 365 includes the possibility of hiring have Microsoft Intune for additional management capabilities of devices and applications. However, Microsoft has announced that they are working on a future version in which Office 365 customers may apply the MDM capabilities of Office 365 for some users and provide complete management capabilities Microsoft Intune to other users within the same contract .

And when we will need more than 365 Office offer?

When we want to also manage the PC’s of our company, from health to deploy applications and manage your virus protection centrally … Intune comes in

Microsoft Intune is a cloud-based service that helps your company to not only protect mobile devices and computers but also tablets (running a professional edition of Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.1) Service, even though these have not been attached a domain so it is ideal for companies whose staff are mobile or are geographically distributed.

Intune includes all MDM capabilities of Office 365 and:

• Application Management: IT administrators can deploy and manage both corporate applications such as control of app stores on mobile devices and to apply certain restrictions such as not allowing copy, cut, paste and save as.

• Navigation control: You can restrict the sites employees can visit your company.

• Advanced security management: You can deploy and manage profiles certified devices, email, VPN and Wi-Fi.

• PC’s management: Manage devices without cloud infrastructure required to manage PCs, as their health status, alarms in case of problems, virus protection and more.

• Inventories of hardware and software: You can gather information about the hardware and software used in your business to help you plan an update cycle or to determine if you have installed unwanted software on managed devices.

Conclusion

The new features to Office 365 still add more value to the platform and provide enough to meet the needs of security, mobility and productivity demanded by business and changing market capacity, rapidly differentiating from other market solutions . And if you still need more … well here it, Intune;)

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A few weeks ago Microsoft announced the previous version of Skype for Business, which will replace the application online Lync unified communications as a tool for Office 365 and comes with powerful new features with which the Redmond company aims to revolutionize the world of business communications.

What’s new offer?
Skype for Business offers the best of both worlds: the simplicity of using Skype, the popular video call system that millions of people use to connect with friends around the world and friends, along with enterprise communications platform Lync Online in They trusted by millions of businesses and offering robust features of presence, instant messaging and videoconferencing. All they integrated with productivity tools of Office 365.

The ability to make video calls to anyone else on Skype, whether or not part of your organization, combined with the robust performance of Lync Skype for business make a powerful business communication tool. Also, this new version will offer IT departments a set of enhanced features for security, compliance and control at the enterprise level.

Real-time communications
If that you think you have enough, we are pleased to announce that Skype for Business offering business voice services and audio conferencing for Office 365 customers These services are based on an intelligent real-time network covering all global data centers of Microsoft, which means that Skype users for business and Office 365 will benefit from the experience of real-time communication of voice and high quality video.

This new service will begin in preview phase in the US this summer and will continue its global deployment later this year.

More productive meetings

Another important new feature is that Microsoft is working with its network of partners UC solutions in the design of a line of devices that integrate with Skype for Business and that will suit meeting rooms of all sizes.

If you want to know the news of this new platform we encourage you to visualize this video Welcome to the new era of business communications!

The final version of Skype for business start to be available in the coming weeks but … You have a great opportunity to learn and see it in action in our next event in Office 365 .

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Thesecurity, & Nbsp;PrivacyThecommitment and thetransparency were so far some business concerns when the possibility arosemigratetheirservices tocloud.

One of the commitments that Microsoft has with respect to its platforms in the cloud, Office 365 and Azure, is to ensure the security and privacy of customer information to use it, and it is guided by the following principles of trust :

Security
Security for Microsoft is an ongoing effort that combines experience, qualified and powerful technology. Office 365 and Azure store the data in its own network of data centers strategically located worldwide and provides integrated security features to all customers and optional controls so that they can customize the security preferences.

Integrated security features available

• Physical data centers monitored 24 hours a day.
• Logical data isolation between different clients.
• Administrative access to Office 365 controlled by a process based on roles.
• Separation of the internal network of data centers and the external network and encrypting data transmitted over networks.
• Encrypted mail data with BitLocker encryption 256 bits and SSL / TLS encryption of data in transit.
• Applications designed following the development life cycle of security by ensuring the safety and privacy from software development to launch the service.

Personalized security features:

• Advanced encryption with Rights Management Service that allows administrators to encrypt elements selectively.
• Control user access through identity services such as Active Directory, Azure Active Directory Federation Services Active Directory.
• Ability to enable compliance features such as data loss prevention to prevent confidential information from leaving the organization.
• Legal Hold features, government and archiving sensitive data which they hold for legal purposes and archiving.
• Easy to quickly find items in SharePoint Online, Exchange Online and Lync Online for auditing and security.
• Your business managers can easily customize features and antimalware protection against spam.

Privacy
Microsoft is constantly working on technologies that improve and respect the privacy of their services. Customers Office 365 and Azure taken into account at all times that your data belongs to them and that:

• The data is not removed to create advertising products: e-documents or to make analysis, extract data, advertising or improve service are not considered.
• The data do not mix: Office 365 lets you always keep your customer data separate from consumer services.
• The data is yours and can move: the client data belonging to Office 365 customers, who can remove their data whenever they want.

Commitment
Office 365 and Azure are provided with capabilities that help companies to adapt to external industry regulations and meet internal safety requirements.

Quality control in Office 365
Office 365 will adhere to global industry standards, including ISO 27001, ISO 27018 standard, the EU model clauses, the agreement BAA HIPAA and FISMA law. Additional subjected to third-party audits by internationally recognized auditors in order to obtain an independent witness of compliance with policies and procedures for security, privacy, continuity and regulations.

Quality control in Azure
Azure Cloud is the first platform to adopt the ISO 27018 standard, the first international regulations on privacy in the cloud.

Transparency
Customers cloud Microsoft can always know where your data is, what business users can access them and what they do with the information.

In addition, corporate managers may choose to receive updates concerning any changes in location of data centers and information security, privacy and auditing.

With Office 365 and Azure powerful solutions have total confidence and reliability for your business.

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Apple users with Office 365 subscription, are in luck!

Microsoft has just announced the availability of OneDrive for Business, the business version of its service cloud storage for Mac and integration in OneDrive App for iPhone and iPad devices.

Updating the OneDrive App for iOS, allows iPhone and iPad users access both storage OneDrive staff and the business through a single application. The update is now available on the App Store.

This same integration was published a few months ago for customers of Android and Windows Phone.

For Mac users, the company has released a preview available in the Download center of Microsoft. It is a sync client that provides a simple and secure manage and synchronize files through explorer Mac usual manner.

In addition to these great new features, Microsoft has announced that they are working on improvements and new features for users of Apple and Microsoft cloud to be published in future updated versions and on which I will discuss in future articles.

Softeng your trusted partner in Office 365

Softeng, is one of the partners of Microsoft’s solutions Spaniards Office 365 and Azure deployed and one of the first to get competition from Microsoft Gold Cloud Productivity. This allows us to offer full warranty service.

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When a company will fail their systems and therefore users can not work with business applications, absolute chaos reigns. At that time, we would be willing to “sell our soul to the devil”;) to keep them running again because the opportunity costs of having our users unable to stand their jobs are simply dramatic.

Therefore, modernize your infrastructure and have a plan to protect our business systems (services, applications and data) against incidents or disasters that disrupt the business of our companies (technical, human or natural errors) is critical to any organization.

To do this, relying on Microsoft Azure, we created solutions disaster recovery to protect applications, services and more critical data that you have on your company, “duplicating” in the cloud (and keeping them in sync at all times), so you have a exact replica and ready for action. Thus, when systems fail you have in your company (applications, services and data), the replica that is in the cloud automatically begin to serve your users, non-stop service.

These solutions help ensure the continuity of your business (your data and applications being more available) because your company is tolerant to typical IT problems so that it more productive and therefore more competitive.

Security and tranquility for your business with our solutions in Azure

Microsoft Azure has been established as the most comprehensive cloud platform market by offering capabilities that allowed us to create services that meet the needs of your company.

Solutions protect and recover applications and data from your company that offers Softeng are safe and flexible working perfectly with your local infrastructure and the scalability to satisfy any requirement that a business at all times.

On the other hand, geographical replication incorporating Azure provides data redundancy between regions to ensure access to them if a local disaster.

Solutions Azure Softeng meet the needs of your company

• Your business needs a more reliable storage system? Our solution Microsoft Azure provides unlimited secure storage for your files, avoiding investment in disk arrays and backup systems. Thanks to its flexibility you can go quick and easily provisioning storage as needed and pay only for what you’re using.
• Have your outdated infrastructure and / or need to expand? The solution, instead of making a large investment in infrastructure renew or extend, maintain, use energy and have an outdated and inflexible solution is to create that renewed infrastructure but cloud paying only for what they need at all times.

• Want forget backup tapes? One of the most important points for companies is to have well resolved the backup strategy. Backup services on the Azure cloud allows your company protect the data that you have at home in another location and cost, pudiéndolos recover quickly and easily. In addition, incremental backups, only transferred to the cloud changes made to files, thus optimizing storage and bandwidth. Forget the tapes, devices, backup, backup licenses and having to take the tapes to the bank. Now with Azure, the bank is in the cloud!

• Your business need protection from disasters? As mentioned, we offer a solution for simple and automated recovery in the cloud that helps protect the availability of your applications (who want to stay at home) against failure of all kinds. Recovery plans to suit your needs and help you restore service automatically, even in the case of complex workloads.

What helps you Softeng?

Softeng helps you map out and agree on & nbsp; the most suitable strategy for your company is up to the cloud gradually, in stages, no headaches, safely and beginning to have advantages, benefits and savings from & nbsp; the first time!

For example, if your company still has all its applications at home and are thinking of upgrading to new versions of Microsoft productivity products like Exchange, Lync, Office and SharePoint (or purchasing for the first time), no doubt you want to know Office 365. Office 365 provides these cloud applications directly as a service, so you should not worry about infrastructure issues, maintained or updated. Never again.

Subsequently or in parallel, we help you do without the IT infrastructure that you have in the company, but …

What servers / applications / data that “at present”;) You want to stay home? Softeng offers business continuity solutions and custom recovery helping to protect your local infrastructure, your applications and your data as you have explained in this article.

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The easiest time to make the leap to the cloud part is deciding on the Microsoft cloud.

Indeed, Office 365 and Azure accumulate both value and benefits that Microsoft puts us really easy. However, because these platforms are constantly evolving, choose the best partner to help you make the leap to the cloud successful of all the partners of Microsoft, is a principal task.

To help in the selection process we’ll list three key points you should consider when choosing your Microsoft Partner specializing in the cloud:

1- Capacity

A migration to Office 365 requires a good evaluation plan that do not have it, can cause delays and failures that negatively impact the activity of your company. Tasks such as migration of users, mailboxes, archiving …. plans require prior evaluation and proper management of the project, so you should be wary of quick fixes and a inverosím cost il.

The key is that the Partner understands your business needs to offer the right solution.

2- Experience

All Microsoft partners have the same goal, to ensure your business one step at a successful cloud, but what difference have faced virtually any situation (from migrations from Google, Lotus Notes or Linux mail servers through all kinds scenarios and problems), thus providing more value to customers.

On the other hand, it is very important that the partner has certified Gold Cloud Productivity, it is the highest honor awarded by Microsoft, certifying not only the ability but also the experience in Office 365 deployments for medium and large companies.

Any company can discuss their virtues and knowledge without control so it is important that you can compare the experience of partner to make a good choice. Check success stories, references and customer reviews is key to deciding who to entrust the service.

3-Accompaniment

Another aspect that differentiates a good partner is the treatment and support that offers customers both in the process of implementation and adoption phase.

It is therefore very important that once the implantation, the Partner will accompany maintaining consistent communication, providing training and support when you need it.

How can you help Softeng with Office 365 and Azure?

Softeng analyzed and plotted with their clients the best strategy to get on the cloud, in stages, without headaches, safely and starting to get benefits from the outset.

Additionally, Softeng is one of the Spanish companies that most solutions Office 365 and Azure deployed and one of the first partners of Microsoft in getting Microsoft Gold Cloud competition, backed by clients medium and large enterprises in which Softeng has Office 365 successfully implemented and official certifications obtained by our specialist engineers in cloud solutions from Microsoft. This allows us to offer full warranty service.

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Sometimes, companies do not have their software properly licensed through ignorance or neglect and are not aware that the Spanish legislation considers the use of unlicensed software as a serious infringement.

The final draft amendment of the Criminal Code, recently approved by the Council of Ministers, provides for sentences of up to one year in prison for administrators of companies that make use of unlicensed software correctly.

  Here is a summary of some of the implications of this reform:

• Direct responsibility of trustees sentences:

• Up to one year in prison or a fine of 12 to 24 months

• Disqualification of up to two years for the exercise of industry or commerce

• Obligation for all companies, regardless of size, to implement compliance programs, such as the legality of its software

• Obligation to establish organizational and management models that include efficient surveillance and control to crime prevention

• Obligation to have a disciplinary system that appropriately sanctions the breach of the measures established by the management model and organization.

Besides economic sanctions, companies that use software not licensed are more exposed to critical bugs in their systems and data loss due to risk of containing viruses.

In situations of improper licensing, solve the problem by buying the latest versions of software can be extremely expensive and this is where the cloud can help us, avoiding that investment and legalizing the company automatically.

Furthermore, Softeng we help you boost productivity and saving solutions that facilitate collaboration of all your computer using Office 365 and Azure.

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