Growing SQL Server: Features from 2008 to 2017

Over the past nine years, Microsoft has been working hard to continually improve its SQL Server offerings to ensure SQL Server is ready to meet the opportunities and challenges of the modern age.
It has embraced the benefits of cloud computing by adding cloud as a deployment option, risen to modern security challenges by implementing multiple levels of protection centered around safeguarding data, and reimagined queries in the face of ever-expanding data to return critical information faster than ever before.
Check out this infographic to learn more about these and other improvements available through SQL Server 2017.
What is Teams?

Learn why you’ll have the best work collaboration with @Microsoft Teams Meetings and Calling. This video shows you all the features you need to bring your team together:
Customer Story: SitePro – part 5

Running a business, you have enough to worry about. With the enterprise-grade built-in high availability of Azure Database, you never have to spend the time or money updating your software again.
Instead, you can always enjoy the latest innovations on a platform that is always ready to grow to meet your needs and the needs of your customers.
Check out this video to watch how moving the cloud allowed SitePro to maximize the potential of their software and their business. Interested in what Azure could do for your business? At Lane Technology Solutions, we are too. Contact us to learn more.
Microsoft Talentsoft Dior Partner Story

The combination of fashion and technology is not something you see every day. But then again, the most unexpected combinations often produce the most spectacular results. Watch this video to see how #MachineLearning and #Microsoft #Teams are being used to elevate Dior’s talent acquisition to new heights.
Run effective meetings with Microsoft Teams

Even if you and your team are working from home, you still need meetings to keep the business moving. However, meetings—both in-person and virtual can too often be unproductive. As all meetings move remote, it’s more important than ever to keep them engaging and productive. Microsoft can show you how. This virtual class from a Microsoft training specialist covers tips to make the most of your Microsoft Teams meetings from beginning to end.
How to Create Content that Generates Exposure, Loyalty and Sales

If you’re working towards better relationships with your customers (and who isn’t?), share relevant content with them. They want to interact with you, and good quality content enables them to trust and want to talk with you, according to Cheryl Snapp Conner, CEO of SnappConner PR. She and Jeremy Knauff, CEO of Spartan Media, team together in “How to Create Content that Generates Exposure, Loyalty and Sales” to offer fresh perspectives on basic content marketing advice. It includes specific examples of how investing in content for your customers will produce ripple effects for your company. Check out the article!
Why Your Elevator Pitch Isn’t Working

It’s a simple question that pops up suddenly and usually from a stranger. How prepared are you when asked the question, “What do you do?” or “What’s your business?” Although we know it’s coming, too often too many responses are not on point. Elevator pitches take time and thought-process to formulate, and there are definite ways of gauging how the recipient is understanding your response. Author Anna Johansson shares unique ways of looking at your pitch—with suggestions on how to differentiate yours from the rest. Read her article, “Why Your Elevator Pitch Isn’t Working.”
Social Asset BYL B: Unify workplace collaboration

Microsoft Teams is the one-stop digital hub for teamwork—where teams can meet, call, and chat from anywhere. Subscribe here.
Get started with Microsoft Teams quick start

Microsoft Teams can help your remote employees feel more connected and be more productive regardless of department. In this guide, you’ll discover actionable tips and tricks to make the most of Teams for all your employees—marketing, sales, finance, HR, IT, engineering, and project management. Learn how now.
Unblocking Teamwork: four tools and strategies to improve collaboration

Collaboration is becoming increasingly important in workplace culture, but COVID-19 is isolating employees and collaboration could be more of a challenge. Microsoft Teams can help. This Microsoft eBook shares tips and tricks on how you can use Teams to overcome blockers to collaboration—like too many apps and tools or inefficient virtual meetings. Discover how you can drive collaboration with this tool.