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Go with the Flow. An introduction to Microsoft Flow.

Kiefer was fortunate to see Microsoft Flow and PowerApps at the Microsoft hosted “Future of SharePoint” event in San Francisco, CA on May 4, 2016. During this event, Microsoft representatives talked about the importance of SharePoint power users learning to use Flow and Power Apps since they would be built-in with SharePoint. It was immediately after that event that Kiefer team members started to discuss how we could get on the Flow and Power Apps bandwagon. We are well established as a go-to partner when it comes to digital business process transformation, so it would be critical that we not only learned Flow and Power Apps, but we needed to become experts in the technology. We also know that Microsoft Flow in government has huge potential to improve legacy processes and common processes across numerous departments in the public-sector.

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Microsoft Teams is coming to the Government Cloud. Our predictions.

As government agencies move users to Office 365 and the Cloud, users will be exposed to solutions like OneDrive for Business and SharePoint. For many users, the solutions will be entirely new and there will be a learning curve as organizations wrestle with how the applications will be used, who will use them, and what they will be used for. Thankfully, a new Microsoft application will make adoption easier.

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Microsoft Teams is coming to the Government Cloud. Our predictions.

As government agencies move users to Office 365 and the Cloud, users will be exposed to solutions like OneDrive for Business and SharePoint. For many users, the solutions will be entirely new and there will be a learning curve as organizations wrestle with how the applications will be used, who will use them, and what they will be used for. Thankfully, a new Microsoft application will make adoption easier.

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How technology can solve your employee engagement problem.

We recently came across an excellent article in Forbes called, How to Establish a Culture of Employee Engagement.

We were intrigued by the article because we agree with the author and recognize the importance of employee engagement. The article also caught our attention because we are firm believers in the idea that technology can play a significant role in an organizations ability to engage employees.

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Expert Blog: Resources for BI and Excel

At Kiefer, we are proud of the skills and talents of our team. One of the things that sets our team apart is their eagerness and willingness to learn new skills. As a Microsoft Partner, we must continually reinvest in our staff to ensure they have the skills required to successfully deliver projects. Also, we must make sure we have the skills required by Microsoft in order to keep our Microsoft competencies up to date.

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Cloud Governance basics for Office 365.

Microsoft Office 365 has many organizations excited about cloud computing. The promise of more features and less day-to-day management of infrastructure is appealing. But, before we “set-it and forget it”, we must consider the importance of governance and establish policies that ensure that users are in compliance and using Office 365 services in accordance to the guidelines that have been established by the organization.

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