“Instead of having 5 or 6 people in an organization who are experts in data, you now have 500, 600, 700 people in the organization that are excited by it, because they see it, they get it. You’re winning hearts and minds of people in terms of using data to do a better job.”
"We have a consultant working on Power Apps for us. He’s not a programmer, but can create apps that integrate right into CRM. This will really help us automate—the STARS app is just the start. We have at least another 50 processes that are paper-based and could be digitized using Power Apps.”
"The lightbulb moment for us came when we realized what we could accomplish by combining our own knowledge and insights with Microsoft Teams and the Microsoft Power Platform. Our field employees could access everything they needed to serve a customer in one place, accessible from any device."
"It didn’t even feel like we’d moved, because it had a familiar look and feel. That was the best part—there wasn’t much of a learning curve for the new workflow."
"Before, workers filled in a huge Excel spreadsheet and sent it to the HR staff, who manually consolidated all data. It took about one week to complete. Now, the system takes care of everything. We collect all data through Power Apps and get reports and analytics through Power BI."
"I don’t have to ask my leadership team to drive. This technology allows us to bridge that distance and communicate as if we were in the same room."
“We really wanted a system that could grow with us and grow with our university.”
"All parts of the program are quite well designed. I like the partner showcase the most as it provides us an opportunity to showcase some of our solutions which build in confidence in the prospects as there are approved by Microsoft. This also helps us generate leads and helps us in generating leads."
"We want to be the world’s most sustainable real estate company, and our ambition is to become climate-neutral. Taking control of all useful kinds of data generated by our buildings, and using it to optimize our energy use, is an important step on the road to fulfilling this ambitious goal."
“Planner is something like our central production planning board, and ultimately makes our processes very structured. Employees take the respective job card and shift it to the next production stage—from order placement to print approval to production. This has certainly reduced the time we spend on the process by 30 to 40 percent.”
The basic idea of Office 365 is to intelligently link different microservices with each other. With the help of Power Automate, we were able to attach Microsoft Planner to Business Central without needing to change much. Now we have a visual production planning tool for the Fickenscher bakery.”
"Linking data for analyses was something we couldn’t do before. With Power BI, it’s simple. Power BI makes the hard things easy. Everything becomes possible."
"Before, you really thought twice before ordering a custom report. Now, if you have a question, you can use Power BI to find the answer. There’s no barrier between you and the analysis you want to perform."
“We’ve used AI and machine learning in Customer Insights to build a better understanding of our members. That helps us get members the right information, recommend the best actions, and make better business decisions.”
"Discovering new ways to put accurate, timely, and relevant data in the hands of our employees is transforming our business."