A New AI era at work
To take full advantage of the AI revolution, you'll need PCs and devices optimized to use it. For insights into what that looks like, read this informative eBook showing how Copilot + PCs are designed specifically to enhance employee productivity, collaboration and security using AI from the chip level on…
Microsoft named an overall leader in KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for ITDR
Searching for the best identity threat detection and response (ITDR) service? We're pleased to share the news that Microsoft has been recognized as an overall leader in the Kuppinger Cole Leadership Compass Identity Threat Detection and Response: IAM Meets the SOC. This report looks at Microsoft's strengths in a range…
Introducing Copilot+ PCs
Microsoft PCs are meeting the challenge of AI with Copilot + PCs. Watch this intriguing video showing how Copilot-equipped computers are powered by processors capable of 40 trillion ops per second, and are a perfect complement for users looking to incorporate features like all-day battery life, sharper graphics and better…
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria boosts accessibility with Microsoft Entra ID
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), a major university in Spain, needed to replace its on-site Active Directory Federation Services with a cloud-based authentication service to protect it from power outages at the university. In this case study, you'll learn why ULPGC decided to adopt Microsoft Entra ID…
The Total Economic Impact™ Of Microsoft Entra
It's difficult to calculate the true costs and benefits of a security solution before you buy. Fortunately, Forrester did it for you. Forrester's Total Economic Impact report on Microsoft Entra ID, a unified identity and access management solution for organizations of all sizes, provides data and insights into the costs…
Domino’s Pizza Enterprises slices identity by role with Microsoft Entra ID
Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd. (DPE) has employees around the world, in various job roles and access to different applications and data sources. These global workers are all governed by disparate identity and access management (IAM) solutions, making it more difficult to manage and monitor user access To help simplify the…
SMEs can turn cybersecurity risk into opportunity
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly at risk of cyber threats, often serving as gateways to larger targets due to weaker security measures. While cybersecurity presents challenges, especially for smaller companies with limited budgets and expertise, it also offers growth opportunities by building customer trust and driving responsible technology…
The Total Economic Impact™ Of Microsoft Entra
Identity access management (IAM) can have a greater impact on an organization beyond defending against credential theft and other identity-based attacks. In this Forrester Total Economic Impact study, researchers interviewed customers using Microsoft Entra--a cloud-based identity and access management service—to identify the cost and benefits of the Entra family of…
The Total Economic Impact of Microsoft Teams
Collaboration tools are critical business enablers, but many organizations — and yours may be among them — now find themselves with multiple duplicative internal solutions, resulting in both money and work fragmentation. Read this Forrester report for a detailed cost-benefit analysis of Microsoft Teams' efforts to engage and empower employees…
The Private Cloud Revolution: How Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming IT Infrastructure
The world of technology is rapidly evolving, and one of the most significant changes is the combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and private cloud systems. This isn't just an update. It fundamentally changes IT operations, dramatically improving efficiency, scalability, and security. is here when you're ready to get serious about…
Get more out of hybrid meetings with Teams Rooms and Copilot
When it comes to hybrid meetings, many Teams users struggle to capture key meeting insights without efficient ways to track decisions and manage tasks. Fortunately, Microsoft has a solution that will put an end to those struggles. In this blog post, discover how Copilot, when paired with Teams Rooms devices,…
Cybersecurity Lessons Companies Can Learn After Massive Global Windows Outage
By Kelsey Kendall Earlier this month, CrowdStrike's buggy software update crashed many Windows computer systems, causing massive global disruptions to air travel, healthcare and businesses. Airlines are still trying to get back on track, and the outage hit companies with losses that could be in the billions of dollars, according…
Simplified Zero Trust security with the Microsoft Entra Suite and unified security operations platform
If you're interested in unified, zero trust security, then Microsoft has some more good news for you. In July, Microsoft announced the general availability of the Microsoft secure access solution Entra Suite and Microsoft's cloud-native security information and event management platform, Sentinel. This article explains the benefits of these two…
Evolve the way your employees collaborate and communicate
Perhaps you've noticed? Your workplace has changed a lot very quickly over the last few years. With innovations in productivity collaboration is possible in just about any space. Hybrid workers now enjoy far more flexibility and control. So, what's the next big thing in the world of hybrid work? Read…
Microsoft named a Leader in 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Unified Communications as a Service
In this blog article you will discover one of the major reasons Gartner® has recognized Microsoft as a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) for the fifth straight year. Read the blog for an in-depth discussion of Teams Premium's several built-in and…
Adopting a Zero Trust approach is a technology and business imperative
This infographic provides an easy-to-understand overiew of the benefits of a zero trust strategy for your cybersecurity. Zero trust is a "never trust, always verify" strategy to ensures cyber-thieves can't easily gain entrance to your data and applications, even if they have stolen credentials. How does it work? Get this…
Global cloud market sees another huge spending spree as AI demand continues
Cloud infrastructure just won't stop growing, with the big three providers towering over the rest. Read the article for an overview of the state of cloud spending and its implications for businesses. Reach out to the cloud experts at when you're ready to discuss your cloud computing goals and challenges.…
There’s No Secret Ingredient To Good Cybersecurity
There is no secret ingredient to successful cybersecurity—it's just your workforce, their skills and unwavering resolve. Read the article for insight into security imperatives, including: these simple but important steps: regular patching, employee awareness training, and fostering open communication about potential threats. Then connect with a cybersecurity expert at .…
Buzzing on Microsoft Teams Rooms technology internally at Microsoft
Explore inclusive hybrid meeting experiences for both our employees here at Microsoft and for our Microsoft Teams Rooms customers. Read this blog article for the latest news about how Microsoft Digital (MSD), Microsoft's IT organization, creates inclusive cutting-edge hybrid meeting experiences for both their employees at Microsoft and their Microsoft…
Microsoft Secure Access Solution
Cyber criminals are constantly inventing new and more sophisticated threats, from ransomware cleverly hidden in an email attachment to a multi-phased threat that will sit in your system for weeks letting attackers download data and corrupt files. These threats are a huge risk for your business. In this infographic, you…
The four stages of creating a trust fabric with identity and network security
This interesting article from Microsoft will help you understand the four stages of creating a digital trust "fabric" to strengthen security for your distributed enterprise. Zero trust is an approach to security that continuously monitors and authenticates users and applications to make sure they are, in fact, authorized to access…
AI consumption to drive enterprise cloud spending spree
The research firm expects rapid advancement in AI technologies to double the market's size by 2028. Read the article for a detailed analysis of how AI is reshaping enterprise consumption patterns. Among the key insights, is the growth of Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS),…
A CISO’s Guide To Fortifying Your Cybersecurity Posture
With data breaches increasing 78% year-over-year in 2023 and the average cost of a single breach reaching a staggering $4.5 million, the need to implement robust and adaptable cybersecurity strategies has never been more urgent. Here are critical considerations for CISOs as they develop and implement successful AI strategies to…
The Total Economic Impact™ Of Microsoft Entra
CISOs face numerous challenges in identity access management. In this Forrester Total Economic Impact study, researchers interviewed customers using Microsoft Entra - a cloud-based identity and access management service—in order to identify the cost, benefits, flexibility and risk factors that affected their investment decisions. View: The Total Economic Impact™ Of…
Achieving sustainable growth with Azure and FinOps best practices
Companies worldwide are seeking to reduce their IT carbon footprint and achieve a more sustainable future by focusing on efficiency and cost optimization. Read this blog post for an in-depth look at two new tools from Microsoft Azure AI that will help your company optimize Azure emissions, align IT sustainability…
Project Gutenberg brings free audiobooks to the global community with AI-generated book narration
When Microsoft learned that the oldest digital library and leading distributor of free eBooks wanted to make its collection more accessible to a broader community of members, including the visually impaired, and those without access to traditional libraries, they donated their generative AI driven solutions, enabling Project Gutenberg to create…
How implementing a trust fabric strengthens identity and network
Ensuring that only authorized end users and applications can access your enterprise data is fundamental to strong IT security. But traditional identity access management (IAM) security comes with multiple challenges, including the rise of AI deepfakes and other AI-enabled threats. In this article, Microsoft explains its zero-trust approach to security.…
Zero Trust Architecture: Redefining Cybersecurity in the Modern IT Landscape
Operating on the assumption that no entity, whether inside or outside the network, is trusted by default, Zero Trust has emerged as an indispensable security framework in today's ultra dangerous cybersecurity environment. Read the article for a great synopsis of why Zero Trust is the best insurance against a devastating…
Simplifying cloud migration and modernization with Microsoft Azure
Migrating to the cloud and modernizing resources in today's rapidly changing and complex internet landscape can be a major challenge for organizations like yours. Fortunately, a solution is at hand. Download this eBook for an in-depth exploration of cloud migration best practices, strategies, and use cases. Use it to equip…
Migrate to Azure with Confidence
Migrating to the cloud can be a daunting task, fraught with complexities that can leave even the most seasoned IT professionals feeling overwhelmed. From navigating the intricate process of cloud adoption to optimizing investments and mitigating risks, the road to the cloud is often paved with obstacles. However, you don't…
Microsoft is a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms
As a Microsoft Security partner, we're proud - but not surprised - that Microsoft was named a Leader in the "2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms." Microsoft's advanced endpoint security protection continues to help organizations protect their endpoints against even the most sophisticated attacks. In this article, you'll…
21 Cloud Computing Trends That Will Dominate in 2024!
As companies continue to leverage the economies and new services cloud vendors offer, cloud computing will continue to grow in 2024 and beyond. Some trends are straightforward; others—like Service Mesh—are more obscure, but equally vital to gaining a comprehensive understanding of the complex cloud landscape. Read to learn more Revolutionize…
20 Emerging Cybersecurity Trends to Watch Out in 2024
Read this article for a comprehensive overview of the key trends that will shape the cybersecurity landscape in 2024 and beyond—including diverse attack vectors, IoT vulnerabilities, AI and ML powered attacks, and much more. knows the latest cybersecurity trends and can help you stay ahead of threats. Read More...
Pangaea Data builds novel AI with Azure to foster collaboration and improve patient outcomes while saving UK NHS £1 billion
UK-based Pangaea Data's product platform combines artificial intelligence (AI) and medical guidelines to characterize patients across 7,000 hard-to-diagnose conditions. When the Pangaea Data team determined they needed a cloud-based platform that could meet the rigorous security and privacy requirements of the healthcare industry, they turned to Azure AI Technology and…
Cyber Signals Feb 2024
Worried about AI-powered cybersecurity threats? Then you'll be glad to know that Microsoft's security solutions deliver protection against cyberthreats and other security breaches with advanced AI-enabled security technologies and tactics. Learn why Microsoft is the leading cybersecurity vendor in this issue of Microsoft Threat Intelligence: Cyber Signals 2024. Download your…
The Business Opportunity of AI.
Get details from a global IDC study on how leading organizations use Azure AI to reimagine business models, increase efficiency and maximize ROI. View the infographic. ContactNCS IT Ltd to get started impacting your business bottom line for the better with Microsoft Azure AI. View: The Business Opportunity of AI.
Navigating NIS2 requirements with Microsoft Security solutions
If your business is in healthcare, finance or energy, you should be getting ready for the Network and Information Security Directive 2 (NIS2), an expansion of NIS1, the European Union (EU) cybersecurity directive that enforces cybersecurity risk management standards and reporting obligations. Read this Microsoft article to get an overview…
Achieve generative AI operational excellence with the LLMOps maturity model | Microsoft Azure Blog
The Azure LLMOps maturity model is more than just a roadmap from foundational LLM utilization to mastery in deployment and operational management. It is a strategic guide that is essential for navigating the ever-evolving AI landscape of AI. Ready to achieve AI operational excellence? Contact NCS IT Ltd to put…
The Total Economic Impact of Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams provides a versatile, feature-rich integration platform for enterprises to streamline workflows, digitize and automate processes, and connect and empower employees across departments and locations to strengthen strategic alignment, engagement and productivity. Read this Forrester Analytic Report for everything you need to know about cost savings and business benefits…
A leadership view on deploying Microsoft Copilot for Security
In this Microsoft Security video, you'll hear from security experts that have used Microsoft Copilot for Security to enhance security staff knowledge, take on mundane SOC tasks, and free security leadership to focus on high-priority cybersecurity goals and challenges. Watch the video and contact us to discuss how NCS IT…
Siemens Teamcenter and Microsoft Azure solve the tough challenges with a modern PLM
Deployed on Azure, Siemens offers customers full visibility up and down the product lifecycle from planning to manufacturing to purchasing. Read their story for an in-depth discussion of how Siemens Teamcenter and Microsoft Azure AI are giving customers an edge over the competition, and enabling new, better products to roll…
Announcing new Copilot in Microsoft Teams enhancements
Customers around the world are already unlocking Microsoft Copilot to more value and learning the power of generative AI at work with Microsoft Teams. In this blog, you will discover exciting new Copilot in Teams enhancements that will supercharge collaboration, save time and make your company's hybrid meetings better. You'll…
Microsoft unveils expansion of AI for security and security for AI at Microsoft Ignite
Do you have all the cybersecurity talent you need to ensure a fully functioning SOC? If you're like many companies, you have gaps in your cybersecurity team, thanks to a growing lack of cybersecurity professionals. This lack of talent, combined with the sophistication of many cyberattacks, is making AI-enabled security…
What’s new in Azure Data, AI, and Digital Applications: Are you ready to go from GenAI experimentation to solutions at scale?
The AI era is here — and moving at warp speed rerouting technology roadmaps and dramatically accelerating transformation and value realization timelines. Microsoft is once again at the forefront of development and deployment of responsible AI. In this blog article, you'll take a deep dive into what's new in Azure…
Microsoft Defender Experts for XDR
If your cybersecurity team or SOC is overwhelmed, you should know about Microsoft's Defender Experts for XDR, a service that supports your in-house staff when needed. Powered by Microsoft's industry-leading Defender XDR suite, Defender Experts for XDR can help your security team to triage, investigate and respond to incidents and…
INSPIRE Environmental uses Azure AI to improve efficiency and streamline data analysis to meet the pace of offshore wind development
INSPIRE Environmental (INSPIRE), is a Venterra Group company dedicated to monitoring seafloor health. Labor-intensive data collection and analysis was impacting the quality of data and jeopardizing the company's long-standing reputation for delivering timely and reliable results. Read the story for details on how INSPIRE used Microsoft Azure AI solutions to…
AI Data Drop: The 11 by 11 Tipping Point
Recently, Microsoft conducted a study of more than 1,300 early Copilot adopters across multiple industries to discover what their early behaviors could teach them about the good and bad effects of adopting and rolling out AI. Read this blog post for an analysis of what "the 11-by-11 tipping point" means…
Microsoft Copilot for Security provides immediate impact for the Microsoft Defender Experts team | Microsoft Security Blog
Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant offers great opportunities for helping SOCs and other security professionals in their work. That's why the Microsoft Defender Experts team has been exploring ways in which Copilot for Security can help them to streamline and optimize SOC capabilities — from improving communication clarity to data analysis…
Copilot for Microsoft 365: Work On
Yo! Copilot for Microsoft 365 is a highly capable, always-available, dot-connecting data chaser that empowers you to co-create, co-author, co-produce, co-analyze, co-visualize, and just work on. Check out the video for the down low. Copilot techspert NCS IT Ltd is ready to help you get started with Copilot for Microsoft…
Simplifying cloud migration and modernization journey with Microsoft Azure
Digital transformation is a driving force in business. And enterprises today are accelerating digital initiatives to gain a competitive edge. Read this eBook to see why cloud is such an important tool in this process and how Microsoft Azure enables you to start and accelerate migration at the pace you…
Will AI Fix Work?
The intensity of work and always-on communications are outpacing the ability of businesses like yours to keep up. Working faster and smarter has become more challenging than ever. Read this infographic for a visualized account of how AI can overcome obstacles to productivity and create a whole new way of…
5 ways to secure identity and access for 2024 | Microsoft Security Blog
Cyber threats are rising rapidly with 30 billion attempted password attacks per month, according to Microsoft. AI is helping attackers by launching and automating new and sophisticated cyberattacks. The best defense is a comprehensive strategy that incorporates identity access management and Microsoft AI-powered CoPilot. Read this Microsoft article to get…
Three Smart Ways to Exceed Your Customers’ Digital Expectations
The survey says: "High-quality CX isn't a nice-to-have—it's a revenue driver." That may be the understatement of the decade. Fully 73% of consumers rank customer experience (CX) as a vital factor in their purchase decisions (coming after only price and product quality). Download this eBook for insights on the innovative…
4 Strategies to Address the Biggest Challenges in Data Security
The rapidly growing volume of data, structured and unstructured, stored in diverse places makes data security more challenging than ever. In this eBook, you'll get a quick but advanced view of the top challenges in data security today and advice for overcoming them. Download your complimentary copy of the eBook…
Grupo Bimbo bakes in end-to-end data security and compliance with Microsoft Purview
This customer story video shows how Grupo Bimbo, a major player in the consumer goods industry, rigorously protects its trove of recipes and R&D assets. Its vast store of sensitive data calls for greater visibility and safeguards to ensure compliance with regulations in the many countries where Grupo Bimbo operates.…
B.TECH scales retail operations and slashes time-to-market 30 percent with Microsoft Azure
B-Tech is an Egyptian retail giant specializing in household appliances and consumer electronics. Read how B-Tech used its digital transformation arm b_labs to build a competitive advantage with Microsoft Azure, boosted service availability to 99.9 percent, cut time to market by 30%. Bye-Bye Black Friday back-office blues. Ready to build…
The Total Economic Impact of Microsoft Teams
Collaboration tools are critical business enablers, but many organizations, yours may be among them, now find themselves with multiple duplicative internal solutions, resulting in both money and work fragmentation. Read this Forrester report for a detailed cost-benefit analysis of Microsoft Teams' efforts to engage and empower employees across a broad…
Crash Course in Microsoft Purview
With ChatGPT and other AI-powered productivity applications in use in corporate America, companies need to pay attention to the data that is flowing through those AI applications. Safeguarding sensitive data requires a data management and governance plan. In this e-book, you'll learn how the Microsoft Purview data management platform delivers.…
Evolve the way your employees collaborate and communicate
Perhaps you've noticed? Your workplace has changed a lot very quickly over the last few years. With innovations in productivity collaboration is possible in just about any space. Hybrid workers now enjoy far more flexibility and control. So, what's the next big thing in the world of hybrid work? Read…
Alabama Appellate Courts System transforms and modernizes judicial operations with Azure.
"In the words of Blake T. Lunsford, Director of Information Technology at Alabama Appellate Courts System (AACS) their "technology infrastructure was functional but lagging behind modern standards...and faced limitations in terms of system integration, scalability, and security capabilities." Microsoft empowered Lunsford's AACS IT team to modernize a new case management…