Modern workplaces prioritize employee creativity and innovation. Over 80% of business leaders plan to increase investments in modern workplace technologies in the next two years to empower employees and adapt to changing business needs. As information becomes more abundant and networks more dynamic, organizations are shifting from competing individually to collaborating collectively and experimenting to effectively achieve outcomes.
11. Modern workplace is top of
mind for business leaders
Average cost of a data breach
$4M
of business leaders say it is very important that technology
empowers employee creativity and innovation
72%
of business leaders plan to increase their modern workplace
investments in the next 2 years
81%
* Multiple industry sources.
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Information scarce
Static hierarchies
Compete to win
Individual productivity
Focus on planning ahead
Efficiency of process
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Information abundant
Dynamic networks
Collaborate to win
Collective value creation
Experiment, learn and respond
Effectiveness of outcomes
16. Microsoft 365 Life
Organize
your life
Pursue your
passion
Secure peace
of mind
Unlock your
creativity
Make the most of your time to experience more
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Increase in worldwide data usage by 2025
- IDC
82% of organizations will invest in AI by 2020
- Deloitte
$1.29 trillion
the IoT market size by 2020
- IDC
Our mission — to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more — acts as the North Star in everything we do, every product choice we make, how we show up with customers it’s not just a set of words.
When we talk about empowering people we simply mean that with the right tools, anyone can become anything.
But perhaps “on the planet” is the most important and interesting idea in our mission. Our technology doesn’t just touch folks in Redmond, or the northwest, or even in the western hemisphere. At Microsoft, we aim to empower every person and every organization ON THE PLANET.
We have unprecedented power, offset by untapped potential.
This mission is big—and bold—and with it, comes great opportunities to share stories of our mission in action …
In this photo are Beatrice Ndorongo, (pronounced “n’rongo”) the principal of Gakawa Secondary School in Nanyuki, Kenya. She’s an amazing woman, head of an amazing school with wonderful kids. To her left is Tabitha Wanjiku Kieru, a 17-year-old student. That mast behind them may look insignificant, but it’s changed their lives. And the lives of an entire community.
At the top of the mast is a microwave receiver. Below that, a satellite dish. Below that lies the real magic. It’s a Wi-Fi antenna – much like the one you have at home. But this antenna, with the help of underutilized broadcast bandwidth, can beam Wi-Fi for 10 miles in any direction. That’s roughly the distance from the women in this picture to the hill in the distance. This technology, known as TV white spaces, is also reliable and inexpensive. And it’s changing the lives of students like Tabitha in schools like Gakawa and beyond.
It means Tabitha and her friends can access the wealth of information on the Internet and graduate for University because of it. The school improved its results from a mean score 2.95 in 2013 to 3.46 in 2014 – which Beatrice attributes to this connectivity as students now don't have to relay fully on text books and gather more information from the Internet through the lab that was donated by Microsoft.
It means that down the street, Benson Maina can run an Internet café from a shipping container where farmers research crop prices on the Internet and Chris Baraka earns a living online as a writer, while training others to do the same.
Mawingu means cloud in Swahili. It’s also the name of a small group of entrepreneurs who partnered with Microsoft to deploy TV White Spaces technology to bring the Internet to the region. While others consider floating balloons or flying drones to bring Internet access to the world, Microsoft is doing it today: Over 200k people across five continents and 15 countries are now connected because of this technology.
Microsoft’s core mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. TV white spaces — and the lives this technology is changing in Nanyuki — is proof of this mission in action.
Feature story:http://news.microsoft.com/features/empowering-kenya-and-the-world-with-high-speed-low-cost-internet
Microsoft and its partners are using smart traps to capture mosquitoes and sequence their DNA to fight disease. With the Microsoft Cloud, what used to take 30 days now takes 12 hours. Learn more at: http://microsoftcloud.com
URL: https://youtu.be/FMi3HlW6jCs
Phulukisa Health Solutions is using the Microsoft cloud to expand access to healthcare in South Africa.
We are living in the era of the intelligent cloud and intelligent edge.It’s being driven by rapid advances in three underlying technologies:
First, computing is becoming ubiquitous and distributed – with the ability to adapt to a wide range of inputs, whether that is touch, speech, vision or gesture.Second, AI is becoming infused into every experience, mediating our interactions and distilling knowledge from everything around us.And, third the interaction model we have with computers and computing is no longer device-first, it’s human-first and includes all the devices in our lives.
The next wave of computing is already taking shape around us – from smart devices and sensors that can speak, listen and action with the power of AI, all the way to compute enabled in remote parts of the globe – without requiring “always on” connectivity to the cloud to make real-time, context-aware decisions. This is the intelligent edge, and it will define the next wave of innovation – not just for business but also how we address some of the world’s most pressing problems.
By bringing the power of the intelligent cloud to the edge, we create this incredible opportunity for devices to be adaptive and responsive in their environments and at the most critical decision moment – an autonomous vehicle knowing when to turn, a piece of factory equipment shutting off before it’s a safety hazard, or a medical device continuing to operate – even when connectivity is limited.
The intelligent edge, with the power of the intelligent cloud, can and is already driving real-world impact. By moving AI models and compute closer to the source, we can surface real-time insights in scenarios where milliseconds make a critical difference, and in remote areas where “real time” has not been possible.
It is our belief that the intelligent edge, with the power of the intelligent cloud, will transform the way we will interact with digital information and further blend the physical and digital worlds for greater societal benefit and customer innovation.
Microsoft has developed a strategy for the intelligent edge to meet both current and future-state needs. Underpinning this strategy are these key differentiators:
Consistent app platform across cloud and edge. We’ve built Azure to provide consistency in programming models, data services, AI, and DevOps to simplify cloud/edge app development and ensure on-going app management is efficient. For example, you can develop an event-based application with Azure Functions that runs on Azure, on Azure Stack and on any device with Azure IoT Edge.
Artificial Intelligence. Tapping into the contextual insight from the edge provides Machine Learning models more robust data and thus better results. Azure enables you to combine data in the cloud and from the edge to develop ML models. Then, the same ML models developed and tested in Azure can be distributed to run across a massive set of certified devices running with Azure IoT Edge.
People-centered devices. This opportunity isn’t limited to a single device or collection of devices, or even a single sense. The edge, powered by the cloud, enables us to evolve the notion that the ‘world is a computer’ such that we are beginning to interact with computers in a way that doesn’t feel like computing at all, with gesture and touch, voice and pen, and mixed reality, which blends the physical and digital worlds with devices and sensors that perceive their environments-- building on the contextual insights gained at the edge.
Remember that Computing is no longer just an interface that you go to. Instead, it’s embedded everywhere — in places, things, our homes and cities – working across your devices and the cloud cooperatively.
Powered by the Intelligent Edge and Intelligent Cloud, Microsoft’s 6 solution areas are what help us deliver on the promise of digital transformation.
Modern Workplace As technology reshapes the face of business, every organization of every size, across the globe, is tasked to keep pace with an unprecedented rate of change - to reimagine how they empower their employees, engage their customers, optimize their operations, and transform their products.
Organizations that continue to use outdated technology to address modern problems are experiencing a sense of urgency to evolve. At the same time, companies that have committed to their digital transformation are seeing tremendous pay off, in the form of more engaged employees, easier access to data insights, and faster pace of innovation.
Because of our breadth and scale in delivering the technology that powers businesses of all sizes across the globe, Microsoft is in a unique position to help companies empower their employees and unlock this business growth and innovation. Today there are more than 120 million commercial monthly active users of Office 365, and more than 600 million Windows 10 devices in use. Based on the transformation of the workplace, and that this transformation affects organizations of all sizes and across industries, Microsoft has had to rethink our approach to delivering technology for the modern workplace.
As companies embrace more dynamic forms of teamwork and open information sharing, it becomes even more important for organizations to protect company assets and sensitive customer data. They can no longer rely on the traditional model of just securing the organizations’ perimeters. Sustaining this new culture requires a new way to secure and protect. Security needs to be rooted in identity, and also be more comprehensive and sophisticated, identifying breaches quickly and stopping them before they spread.
The days of information scarcity, hierarchies, competing to win through individual heroes and inefficiencies are over.
With the new culture of work, organizations are shifting to an environment in which information is abundant, work structures are dynamic, employees are collaborative and work together to creatively drive value. There is a spirit of experimentation, learning and refinement and there is a greater emphasis on efficiency in outcomes.
Organizations that make this shift will ultimately be more resilient, responsive and will effectively compete in an increasingly competitive marketplace.
This is the framework by which we communicate the products and services that drive the Modern Workplace. Microsoft 365 is a complete, intelligent secure solution to empower employees. We communicate the products and services through a framework that has 4 pillars.
Creativity and teamwork are about unlocking the potential of every individual, to drive innovation in the organization.
And we are focused on creating the lowest TCO environment by integrating for simplicity, and having intelligent security, built-in.
All-up modern workplace sizzle with customer examples:
https://msit.microsoftstream.com/video/32e22940-f156-49a5-9641-6b2e2c02835c?list=user&userId=68549f40-e4ce-4784-83f3-acebd0b20c83
This notion of the connected digital world extends beyond the office to all of the touchpoints of your life, saving you the most precious commodity: time.
We recognize our incredible opportunity AND responsibility as a technology company to empower, not overwhelm. While other companies make great innovations in the areas of music, video, commerce, or social media, at Microsoft, our passion and strength is in productivity. We believe that technology can help you give you back more of the most precious resource: time.
The world we live in today is truly a different time than just a few years ago. We move fluidly between our work and personal lives as technology is always with us. Computing, in the era of the intelligent edge and intelligent cloud (as we mention before) is embedded in our world. It’s no longer just on a PC or a phone. We wear devices on our body. We talk to devices when we walk into our kitchens. Our cars today get software updates, and can even drive themselves. This pervasiveness of technology has led to digital transformation that spans both our home and work lives.
At Microsoft, we are technology optimists. We built our technology to empower everyone to live a Microsoft 365 life and make the most of their time to experience more.
Organize your Life: Because nothing is more valuable than your time, we will use our unique strength with Outlook and calendar, and our understanding of your time spent at work, to help you organize and balance across your whole life. We are also integrating To-Do’s and Cortana to help you manage your time better than ever before.
Pursue your passion: There is an increasing desire for meaning and purpose in our work and personal lives. Success has been redefined. It’s no longer just about money or progressing on the career ladder. Rather, it’s about a career lattice, where we can grow from new experiences, and pursue multiple passions.
Secure peace of mind: Peace of mind can be as simple as the security of your data and identity, to being fully present at the dinner table with your family, free of distraction. We will leverage our enterprise-class Intelligent Security Graph and machine learning to ensure the security of your family, your identity, and your data. We are also increasingly designing our software and experiences to maximize your focus and help you get back your attention.
Unlock your creativity: Life is not a solo act, and our best moments are when we create and collaborate with others. In a world dominated by consumption, we will utilize the power of AI, the innovations in our devices such as the Surface pen and dial, and our collaboration tools to unlock your creativity in completely new ways.
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There are so many things we want to achieve, but we often lack the means to juggle what we already have going on. Watch how technology empowers people from all walks of life to stay connected, organize their lives, and solve modern day problems.
Running a modern day company calls for easy to use, interconnected business apps. We’ve created a biz apps suite that encompasses everything an org needs to thrive in today’s market: modern, unified, intelligent, and adaptable. Microsoft’s biz apps are made to empower people in all occupations at all times, whether you’re a CEO, recruiter, data analyst, marketer, small business owner, etc.
No business is static. And no business is the same.
We must move away from monolithic suites, and adopt, deploy and gain the benefits of more modern, modular applications.
We need to be able to customize, to have customization frameworks that are captive, and a common data model and ability to build these data applications is key.
That’s what’s motivating Microsoft to take Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 and LinkedIn and enhance the power of the connected graph.
The world that we live in today is fast and ever evolving. Business requirements are driven by highly informed customers that have access to pervasive information.
Not only do customers have more access to data – but organizations can learn more about their customers real time.
Because products are now designed to be directly connected to customers, we need to create an ‘always-on connection’ that gives us real time insights.
And it’s not just about the volume of data.
It’s about being able to reason over this data, which gives organizations the ability to garner insights and take intelligent actions.
This is why data has become the new currency for organizations.
In order to leverage this data and break down organizational siloes, you must transform your business with a 360-degree view across:
Your customers and how you engage with them,
Your operations and how to optimize there,
Your employees and how you empower them
And your products and how you constantly innovate.
And with intelligence, all of your data is synthesized to provide actionable insights that power transformed systems and experiences.
These experiences in turn provide new data to further refine interactions, which is what we call a digital feedback loop.
Organizations of all sizes can now digitize business-critical functions including relationship sales, talent and people processes, operations, customer service, field service and more.
With this integrated approach, we can lead in this new paradigm of business applications and we will prioritize our efforts across both product and go-to-market strategies.
Instead of sales management, it’s social selling; instead of people administration, it’s employee engagement.
It’s about reframing what you want to achieve, and having the tools and the infrastructure to help you achieve this new outcome.
Applications & Infrastructure
Cloud computing is the foundation for enabling digital transformation for any organization. Organizations want a cloud solution that supports their real-world needs, meets evolving regulatory requirements, enables consistent identity, developer extensibility, and security across their applications. Windows Azure is solving today’s data storage and infrastructure challenges and find development tools that enable innovation with cloud services.
Data & AI
The core currency of any business going forward will be the ability to convert their data into insights and intelligence with AI, driving a competitive advantage. Microsoft is democratizing AI, so every company can be an AI company – harnessing its power to consolidate siloed information, make smart data-driven decisions, and get people the information they need when they need it.
The simple fact is that the Digital Transformation opportunity IS the Azure opportunity. We are all about “winning together” in this cloud-first world, which can be done if we focus on the 3 following areas.
The total addressable market for Azure is unlimited. All of the world’s apps whether they run on Windows, Linux, iOS/Android, all database SQL or noSQL, any analytics systems– anything in between can be powered by Azure.
Azure has the full set of application services, data services and dev tools to enable every app to be a modern app.
AI is the conversation every customer wants to have, but it all comes back to data. Data is necessary on the journey to AI, and innovation.
There are three main solutions you can build with Azure AI.
Build apps that have the ability to interact with users naturally, with pre-trained AI models and bots
Unlock insights lying latent in your content
Build your own AI machine learning and deep learning solutions
After cloud migration, the next phase is App Modernization. Among today’s enterprise organizations alone, there are 9.5M legacy apps that need to be modernized
This legacy keeps companies from realizing potential opportunities for digital transformation… Azure AI can help unlock this.
Title: Ebiya (Satya Nadella 2019 Inspire+Ready Corenote Video)
Description: Ebiya is 100-year-old restaurant in Ise, Japan. This is the story of Akiyoshi Shinobu who started as a waitress at the restaurant, but intrigued by the owner’s push for digital transformation decided to learn how to use computers for the first time. Within 1 year, she learned how to code and build her own AI models to forecast customer visits and reduce food waste. Her models have been so successful that Ebiya is now consulting for major enterprises all over Japan.
Video: https://microsoft-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/p/pcock/ETi16sUTcYdAvnYNLu1DqXYBCrDpLQJK4pHz6lJyLtso1g?e=WzOubk
Gaming is no longer defined by the hardcore gamer.
Our beachhead in gaming continues to be our console.
But as we think about NEW GROWTH, we have shifted our perspective
FROM… A console-centric view where we are competing to earn as large a share of that particular part of gaming as possible
TO… A user-centric view where we enable any and all gamers to play + watch + communicate across a range of devices (including the console!)
This makes the entire market addressable to us.
And we have decided on 3 growth bets, each of which we are making steady progress on…
CONTENT: Games are the strategy asset in this category… and we believe that packaging games in a subscription can be powerful 7 studios, XGP
COMMUNITY: More time is spent watching, chatting and reading about games as playing them Mixer
CLOUD: We believe a strong cloud infra can a) help us unlock many more endpoints for our experiences xCloud ; and b) create new oppty for us with game devs Playfab