Issy-les-Moulineaux, the 15 July 2020 – A l’occasion of l‘edition 2021 from Microsoft Inspire, annual conference dedicated to the partner ecosystems from Microsoft of 14 at 15 July, Microsoft unveiled “Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability”, a new Cloud offer destiny especially at reduction of the carbon footprint of its customers. To meet the challenges of hybrid work and to offer new growth opportunities for partners, Microsoft also have announcedIt’s the start from Windows 365, a new cloud service offering a full and personalized Windows experience on any device, the integration of Dynamics 365 in Microsoft Teams or even the arrival from new partners in Microsoft Viva, serving an enriched employee experience.
Give organizations the means to calculate and from reduce their carbon footprint, with Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability
- Microsoft unveils Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability, a new Cloud offer available in preview, designed to support companies in all sectors to achieve their environmental objectives thanks to a set of integrated and automated data. The Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability offer thus allows organizations to access real-time data, facilitate the creation of reports, provide precise carbon accounting and more effectively measure the performance of actions taken in order to reduce their environmental footprint. . For example, CIOs can easily report on IT carbon emissions from the cloud, devices and applications as part of their organization’s environmental footprint. Our partners can see today how Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability is enabling new innovations for the good of the planet. To better understand the impact that this announcement could have on all industries, discover the dedicated blog post, as well as our page microsoft.com/sustainability.
- Microsoft is also announcing a 100/100/0 commitment. By 2030, Microsoft commits that 100% of its electricity consumption, is compensated 100% of the time by non-carbon energy purchases.
Getting the most from the hybrid workplace with Windows 365
- Designed to provide a complete and personalized Windows experience on any device, Microsoft introduces Windows 365, a new service developed on the basis of the principle Zero Trust, which secures and stores information in the cloud. Windows 365 will allow users to distribute all of their applications, tools, data and settings from the cloud to any device.
- Windows 365 also allows the creation of a new category of hybrid operating system called Cloud PC, that uses both the power of the cloud and the power of the device being used to provide users with a complete and personalized Windows experience.
Securely access Dynamics 365 data in Teams
Microsoft Teams customers will now have access to Dynamics 365 data in Teams without additional fees, whether or not they have a Dynamics 365 license. Dynamics 365 users can now invite any collaborator de the company to consult and collaborate on files directly from a conversation or a Teams channel, without having to navigate between different applications and data sources. at service can be configured to ensure that only users authorizeds can access to data.
Offer new growth opportunities to partners
- In the space of a year, the number of marketable applications on Microsoft’s marketplace has increased by 70%. With more than 30,000 applications and services available and more than 4 million customers, it is the most complete marketplace in the sector. To meet growing software needs and to simplify the deployment processes of our partners, Microsoft announces the reduction of fees to 3% for every transactional app available, including Azure Marketplace and Microsoft AppSource.
- Microsoft enriches the employee experience with 21 new integrations in Microsoft Viva and 20 new partners to allow all organizations to seamlessly connect to the systems and tools their employees use every day: Workday, Qualtrics and ServiceNow join SuccessFactors, Cornerstone OnDemand, Headspace, and many more.
- Availability in public preview de Microsoft 365 Lighthouse to help partners secure user data for small and medium-sized businesses.
- The start of the “Orland” project en private preview to support partners in the development of their activity related to cloud computing and improve the management of their customers’ accounts by receiving specific recommendations, such as the conversion potential of customers who have benefited from a trial offer or those who need commercial follow-up.
And like every year, awards were given to our partners. The French winners are as follows :
- Partner of the Year 2021 – Global – Country Partner of the Year: Devoteam M Cloud (winner)
- Partner of the year 2021 – Global – Analytics, Financial Services, Global SI Digital: Capgemini (winner)
- Partner of the year 2021 – Global Financial Services: Shift Technology (finalist)
- Partner of the year 2021 – Global – Modern Workplace for SMB: Becloud (finalist)
- Partner of the Year 2021 – Global – Meetings, Calling & Devices for Microsoft Teams: Orange Business Services (finalist)
- Partner of the year 2021 – France – Modern Work: Insight
- Partner of the year 2021 – France – Security: Exakis Nelite
- Partner of the year 2021 – France – Business Applications: MASAO
- Partner of the year 2021 – France – Intelligent Cloud: Tata Consultancy Services
- Partner of the year 2021 – France – Growth & Disruption: Lectra
- Partner of the year 2021 – France – SMB: Tech Data
- Partner of the year 2021 – France – Action Start-Up: In The Memory
- Partner of the year 2021 – France – Industry: Shift Technology
- Partner of the year 2021 – France – Technical Skills: Prodware
- Partner of the year 2021 – France – Sustainability: Capgemini
Finally, a long-standing player committed to more inclusive digital technology with all of its partners and for the first time during the Inspire 2021 France session, Microsoft awarded three Women Role Model Awards 2021 to three women of the Microsoft Partner ecosystem:
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