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Microsoft Solutions offer a host of benefits, such as improving hybrid work, collaboration, boosting business efficiencies and modernizing applications.
- Employ the potential of a more robust Microsoft Modern Workplace solution to turbocharge your hybrid worker transformation—providing all your employees with a seamless, secure, and integrated experience.
- Harness the power of Microsoft’s Azure solutions to gain efficiencies, boost reliability and scalability across your workloads and data.
And getting started is easier than ever.
SoftwareOne offers a range of Microsoft-funded pilots so you can test a variety of solutions in your environment, risk-free.
As a global leader in Microsoft solutions, SoftwareOne has 17 Gold Partner competencies and supports 7.6 million Microsoft 365 users in 90 countries. When you partner with SoftwareOne, you’ll gain access to 1,000 Microsoft specialists who can help you identify the best solutions for your business needs.
SoftwareOne is a Microsoft Solutions Partner for the Microsoft Cloud, with proficiency in all 6 designated solution areas.
Microsoft Modern Workplace Pilots
Define your use cases and accelerate time to value with a Microsoft Modern Workplace Pilot.
Microsoft Teams Phone Pilot
Prove the real value of Microsoft Teams Phone by piloting it in your environment. In this pilot, you can give users hands-on experience with the modern voice and phone solution.
What you’ll get:
- Your top use cases and scenarios for up to 50 users.
- Training and support to enable your pilot.
- An action plan outlining potential workstreams and dependencies with clear next steps.
Windows 365 Pilot
Give your workforce a productive desktop experience from anywhere, on any device, and without compromising IT security. A Windows 365 Pilot allows you to implement hybrid work scenarios for selected users in your production environments.
You’ll discover how to:
- Provision, manage, and secure Windows 365 Cloud PCs that run Windows 11.
- Empower IT with easier Windows and device management.
- Secure your users’ identities, data, and devices with zero-trust security.
Microsoft Viva Goals Pilot
Align all your teams around a shared vision with Microsoft Viva Goals. This goal-setting and management module allows teams to create Objectives and Key Results (OKRs). Then, they can track their progress and see how their OKRs support your organization’s broader strategies.
When you pilot Microsoft Viva Goals, you can:
- Unite users around your organization’s strategic priorities.
- Create a culture of engaged employees who focus on achieving common goals.
- Discover how teams set and manage their goals—and if they can make changes that will better drive results.
Microsoft Viva Insights Pilot
Uncover data-driven, actionable insights that can help your organization increase productivity and performance. A Microsoft Viva Insights Pilot will give you visibility into workplace activities, communications, and collaboration patterns. You can use these insights to improve decision-making and drive better business outcomes.
When you pilot Microsoft Viva Insights, you can:
- Discover how Microsoft Viva Insights will help teams make better and more profitable decisions.
- Understand how effectively your pilot teams use data in their decision-making processes.
- Tailor your insights to your unique business challenges.
Frontline Workers Microsoft 365 Pilot
Frontline workers are the backbone of your organization and community. If they say something’s not working, you need to fix it.A Microsoft 365 Pilot can help you transform the frontline worker experience to improve engagement, efficiency, and security—so they can focus on what matters most.
With a Microsoft 365 Pilot, you can:
- Immediately improve the user experience for up to 500 frontline workers.
- Unify your communications tools to enhance efficiencies for frontline workers, business leaders, and your IT team.
- Receive a step-by-step implementation plan that will help you achieve your business goals.
Azure Infrastructure and Database Migrations
Move to the cloud with confidence. When you partner with SoftwareOne, you get a partner who will walk with you every step of the way. The SoftwareOne team will start with a comprehensive review of your environment to prioritize which workloads to migrate to Azure. You will then receive guidance and support throughout the migration so you can drive maximum value from the cloud platform.
You can also leverage SoftwareOne’s licensing expertise to cut unnecessary costs, get the best terms, and optimize your cloud spend.
Azure VMware Migrations
Migrating your VMware workloads to Azure provides many benefits, from on-demand scaling to increased business agility. However, you may not have the in-house resources to oversee this modernization project.
SoftwareOne can fill your skillset gaps so you can leverage Azure for a competitive edge—while continuing to use the same VMware tools you already know. Whether you want to integrate your VMware environment with Azure or modernize your applications with cloud-native services, SoftwareOne can help you achieve your goals.
SAP
SoftwareOne will provide expert guidance for your SAP on Azure project. Both SAP on Azure and SAP RISE workloads are supported in Azure Migrate and Modernize.
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
SoftwareOne will provide expert guidance to migrate your Windows desktops and apps to Azure Virtual Desktop, Citrix Cloud on Azure, or VMware Horizon Cloud Service for Azure.
Migrate Enterprise Apps
SoftwareOne will provide expert guidance to help migrate a portfolio of your applications to Azure App Service with minimal code changes. The following patterns are supported: (i) migration of .NET applications to Azure App Service and (ii) migration of Java applications to Azure App Service.
ISV SaaS and BYOL
In this engagement, SoftwareOne will provide expert guidance to execute your migration project to solutions built on Azure.
