Planning for the end of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 mainstream support: Extend, upgrade, or pray?

Choosing an upgrade to Dynamics 365 remains your best option moving forward. One of the great drivers for an upgrade to Dynamics 365 is that once you upgrade, you won’t have to do it again – so why wait any longer? Around 95% of all Dynamics 365 customers do the update and stay current, so the results of doing an upgrade speak for themselves.

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Introducing Microsoft Viva, the Employee Experience Platform in Microsoft Teams

Microsoft has announced a new platform within Microsoft 365 called Viva, which it claims will help companies change the employee experience. The company says that it has created Viva to help combat pain points like meeting fatigue and a lack of balance between work and life.

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8 Macro Factors That Will Shape the 2020s

8 Macro Factors That Will Shape the 2020s - Routeget Architecture Framework
Strategic Enterprise Architecture: 8 Macro Factors That Will Shape the 2020s

Practical Implications & Cloud Modernization Strategy

Migrating core commercial applications and legacy workloads into modern hyperscale cloud architectures requires a phased modernization strategy that balances execution speed with disciplined financial governance across the entire corporate portfolio. Enterprise architects must perform rigorous dependency mapping to determine optimal workload placement—evaluating managed containerized runtimes, cloud-native serverless functions, and dedicated software-as-a-service platforms against strict latency, security, and sovereignty requirements. Implementing automated infrastructure-as-code pipelines, standardized policy definitions, and centralized identity enforcement guarantees enterprise landing zones maintain robust architectural governance, predictable system performance, and strict regulatory adherence across dynamic production environments.

Long-term modernization success fundamentally hinges on mature cloud financial operations (FinOps) and continuous platform performance optimization across multidisciplinary engineering and finance teams. Establishing live telemetry dashboards, automated workload elasticity policies, and rigorous capacity planning mechanisms empowers infrastructure managers to eliminate redundant resource consumption while scaling compute dynamically to meet volatile commercial demand. Organizations that deliberately align cloud modernization milestones with measurable strategic business outcomes consistently accelerate digital release velocity, elevate operational reliability, and unlock superior stakeholder value from modern enterprise technology investments. This structured alignment provides the operational stability required for enduring digital maturity.

Industry 4.0 is a Game Changer for Marketing

The integration of the physical and digital worlds of marketing and sales will also collide and transform how you market and sell your products. New data gathered through intelligent products will enable a deeper understanding of customers.

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