Interlink Cloud Blog

Microsoft increases prices, which will take effect on March 1, 2022. Learn how this impacts your organization and how to optimize your current licensing. 
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Summary of Changes/Timeline:

Over the last ten years, Microsoft has continued to add new apps (Teams, Planner, Power Platform, Steam, Whiteboard, Shifts, Forms, etc.) and over 1,400 new features and capabilities into the bundles while keeping the pricing the same. Even with additional value continuously being added, no substantive pricing updates occurred. For the first time in 10 years, Microsoft has announced pricing changes, which will go into effect in six months. On March 1, 2022, Microsoft will update its pricing for the following commercial products: 

Many organizations spend a great deal of effort and money managing their PC lifecycles.

Hosted on the Microsoft Cloud, Windows 365 enables organizations to quickly and easily provision a Windows instance that is accessible from any end-user device! This approach brings significant savings compared to traditional PC management.

On October 7, Interlink's experts will walk you through common Windows 365 use cases, key design principles, and management and security benefits. You’ll learn how Microsoft has streamlined the deployment and management of Windows 365 in ways that make it a simple and secure solution for your end-users and applications.

After viewing this online event, you’ll also have a good understanding of:

• Windows 365 basics
• Security advantages vs. traditional desktops
• Migrating from RDS or Citrix to Windows 365
• Integrations with Microsoft 365 & Office – including Endpoint Manager
• Central deployment and management of applications
• How to easily scale to support thousands of users
• Areas to reduce total cost of ownership
• Funding/Licensing
• And much more!

If you’re interested in learning more about Windows 365 - a powerful new technology that enables organizations to provide desktop-as-a-service to end-users – and how it can benefit your organization, register for this webinar today!

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WEBINAR INFORMATION

Date: Thursday, October 7, 2021
Time: 10:00 - 10:30 AM ET
Register: Click Here
No Cost to Attend

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 PRESENTER INFORMATION

Mike Wilson
Vice President/CTO | Interlink Cloud Advisors

Steven Braunschweiger
Senior Enterprise Cloud Architect | Interlink Cloud Advisors

By constantly helping clients take full advantage of their Cloud technologies, Interlink Cloud Advisors has reached a three-year revenue growth rate of 35% - ranking No. 2784 on the 2021 Inc. 5000 list.
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Interlink has been able to reach incredible business growth and earn its spot on the 2021 Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies.

Since 2011, when this journey began, Interlink has consistently seen growth in every aspect of the business, and in particular, client relationships. Interlink’s team educates and assists clients through their implementations while also improving their security posture by focusing on providing exceptional support and solutions around Microsoft-based technologies. With the complexity of Microsoft, Interlink takes time to coach its clients – from licensing rules and bundled offerings to incentives and funding programs.

Since the start of Interlink, the company continues to grow and help its clients by consistently adding new services and offerings over time to meet their needs – including managed services, support options, customer immersion experiences, and adoption and change management. Interlink is honored to be featured in the Inc. 5000 this year and looks forward to even more growth in the future.

Your Office 365 data is critical to the success of your business.

Are you protecting it appropriately?
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Modern Data Management & Backup Strategies

Interlink has seen many organizations fall behind in their data management and backup strategy – and thus incur risks. Organizations must look at not only data centers and endpoints, but also at their Office 365 data to ensure their environment is properly protected and mitigating risk. Microsoft Office 365 monthly active usage is continually growing across the world – and e-mail, calendar items, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams files cannot be overlooked for businesses to be adequately prepared for backup/recovery scenarios.

Microsoft provides native backup/recovery capabilities, though third-party solutions can offer extended data protection and granular recovery options - for SLA (Service Level Agreement) compliance and rapid recovery from deletion, corruption, or attack. Best practices for data protection include having multiple copies of your data (housed outside source and production environments), proper retention policies, and a data strategy that doesn’t solely rely on on-premises technology. Many organizations need to keep data longer for industry requirements, legal reasons, and to meet compliance or regulatory bodies. While retention policies are important, they do not substitute for a true backup which should capture configurations/settings/security/etc. that are focused beyond the content level.

We are seeing more and more occurrences of ransomware and an increase of the damage being done - like the recent Colonial Pipeline attack.

As a result, Cybersecurity Insurance providers are tightening their requirements and costs at renewal time. This is causing a perfect storm for many organizations.

This on-demand webinar covers the new requirements we’re seeing. We also discuss options to utilize Microsoft technologies, which you may already own, to meet those requirements and help keep your organization safe through reduced risk.