Cloud Migration Checklist: Simple steps to start your migration today

This migration checklist provides easy, step-by-step guidance on the tools, planning, and resources you'll need to migrate your apps, data, and infrastructure to the cloud with confidence—no matter where you currently are in the process.

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Why choose .NET?

Learn the basics of .NET with Microsoft's .NET Core 101. This eight-video series discusses what .NET is, what its benefits are, who builds it, and more. Learn how .NET helps you develop high-quality applications faster. You will also learn how to install, debug, and publish apps.

What's driving application modernization?

Digital transformation—the adoption of leading-edge technologies to improve business value and increase customer success—is seen by most organizations as more critical than ever and accelerated by the effects of the pandemic. Application modernization is driven by the need for transformation, privacy, remote work, government regulation, risk assessment, worker productivity, data growth, and the need to stay competitive. Sign up to stay connected so we can help you understand what's driving enterprises to modernize their .NET apps by migrating to the cloud with Microsoft Azure.

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Why use .NET on Azure?

When you use Microsoft .NET apps, you get Visual Studio tools and over 100 cloud services. You also benefit from faster, simpler development.

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Use popular frameworks to build and deploy with Microsoft App Service

Quickly build, deploy, and scale web apps and APIs on your terms. You can work with popular frameworks like .NET, Java, Ruby, PHP, or Python using Microsoft App Service. Sign up to stay connected so we can help you modernize your apps on Microsoft Azure.

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The AI-enabled future

This article from Forbes explores Cognilytica's four-part AI enabled vision of the future. In that vision, there are four main areas in which AI will impact our future lives: the way we work, the way we live, the way we experience the world and our interactions with each other, and the relationship we have with data.

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6 ways digitalization Is empowering women around the world

Digitalization is breaking the barriers for women across the globe. From rural education to entrepreneurship, digitalization is giving a voice to those who previously didn't have one—reducing the gap between men and women and empowering them to build communities, develop ideas, and strive for excellence in all areas.

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Host your .NET application and data on the most cost-effective cloud

Optimize costs so your resources are better spent on increasing operational efficiencies, supporting new business priorities, and improving customer experiences. Sign up to stay informed on the latest cloud computing trends and learn more about migrating your apps and data to Microsoft Azure— the most cost-effective cloud.

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Built-in hybrid

Microsoft is committed to enabling a seamless hybrid approach to cloud adoption. Azure was designed and built to natively support hybrid environments from its inception. This infographic  introduces more about the hybrid value you can benefit from when you choose Azure. 

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Our approach to responsible AI

This video highlights six important principles Microsoft considers before pushing their AI products to production.

Predictive Analytics

This infographic is an overview of how Azure Machine Learning is the best way to transform your business with the power of AI. This tool highlights the growing market opportunity and how Microsoft itself has leveraged AI into ongoing momentum for its own business.

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The power of AI comes with a powerful responsibility

This blog article from Microsoft discusses how AI has the potential to transform the future of work, and it is critical that businesses foster a culture that includes everyone as they incorporate AI strategies.   The biggest potential that AI holds is its ability to help us work together to tackle our toughest problems and it requires the shared responsibility to think about not just what AI can do, but what it should do.

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3 Smart Ways to Exceed Your Customers' Digital Expectations

Customer experience (CX) is taking the forefront as businesses discover its strong correlation to revenue growth. The drive to become an experience-focused business doesn't just come from the C-suite. Anyone with a deep understanding of today's digital mandate and a strong vision for what digital experiences can do for customers and the business can lead the charge. Sign up now to stay connected to show you the three smart ways to exceed your customers' digital expectations, along with real-world success stories, to help unlock your organization's potential.

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Drive innovation with insights: engage customers, empower employees, and transform business solutions

Drive innovation with insights to engage customers, empower employees, and transform business solutions.

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Azure App Service

Microsoft Azure App Service is a fully managed platform for building, deploying, and scaling your web apps. Work with .NET, .NET Core, Node.js, Java, Python, and PHP—in containers or running on Windows or Linux. Subscribe to stay connected so we can help you build your app services on Azure—all while meeting rigorous, enterprise-grade performance, security, and compliance requirements.

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Digital transformation and the customer experience

Seamless communication, creativity, and immediacy are key factors in the digital transformation of the customer experience. As customers face pandemic-induced circumstances driving accelerated digital adoption, companies are finding they must develop a strategy for digital transformation catering to the needs of the modern-day user. That user demands authenticity, personalization, and empathy.

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Best of Azure: Windows Server and SQL Server

A recent Microsoft study found that customers considering cloud migration for Windows Server were 30% more likely to choose Azure due to its intelligent security, seamless hybrid capabilities, and unique cost savings options. Discover why customers choose Azure for their Windows Server and SQL Server workloads.

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