7th September 2023
During Microsoft Inspire in July of this year, Microsoft and Meta jointly announced support for the Llama 2 family of large language models (LLMs). Llama 2 is a LLM that enables developers and organisations to create generative AI-powered tools. Both Meta and Microsoft are taking an open approach with Llama 2 in order to create [...]
6th September 2023
Integrating On-Premises Infrastructure With Azure
It's no secret that cloud computing is the driving force behind business evolution, allowing businesses access to unprecedented flexibility, and efficiency. As companies seek to capitalise on the benefits of cloud computing, Microsoft Azure has emerged as a key player, helping businesses integrate on-prem infrastructure with the cloud. But if you're still considering making the [...]
31st August 2023
Influential becomes Microsoft Solutions Partner for Modern Work
When businesses come across challenges in their project, they need a Microsoft partner that specialises in solving their unique issues. With our new designation as a Microsoft Solutions Partner for Modern Work, we have a broad but expert skill set in which to lead our customers to success. We are recognised by Microsoft for delivering [...]
10th August 2023
Power BI integration overview
With Power BI, you are able to connect several data sources together simultaneously and design a data model for your business analysis. The data sources can be systems such as other business intelligence software, corporate tools, project management platforms, and any number of your business' external systems; documents, images, files, emails, videos, etc. This includes [...]
4th August 2023
Power BI security best practices
Ensuring a secure platform on which to store sensitive information and work collaboratively on is a business' top priority. For businesses using Power BI, we've pulled together a non-exhaustive list of security steps to keep your data safe. Implement Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) The first step is the easiest. By enabling Multi-Factor Authentication, users must use [...]
1st August 2023
.NET 8 Benefits
With the upcoming release of .NET 8 this year, we are expecting significant generational jumps in terms of functionality updates. In this post, we'll look at the .NET 8 benefits and why we're excited for the new release. Benefits of .NET 8 adoption Increased developer productivity The latest features and improvements in .NET 8, coupled [...]
27th July 2023
.NET 8 Release Announcement
The much-anticipated release of .NET 8 has arrived, bringing a plethora of exciting updates and features to the development community. As a comprehensive and cross-platform framework, .NET 8 aims to streamline the development process and empower developers with cutting-edge tools and capabilities. In this blog post, we will explore the key features of .NET 8 [...]
5th July 2023
Microsoft Azure AI capabilities
Microsoft Azure grants businesses the power of cloud technology and replaces the traditional on-premises infrastructure that companies were reliant upon many years ago. Fast forward to today, we see AI quickly gaining momentum in the digital world as a powerful solution to many of today's digital challenges. Entering the fray, Microsoft has invested in AI [...]
30th June 2023
SharePoint security: best practices
As a platform for enterprise users and global organisations to use as their core intranet system, SharePoint's security capabilities are extremely robust. However, as with any system, these security parameters need to be properly set up and optimised or it risks being compromised. Microsoft has implemented numerous security features within SharePoint and continually updates security [...]
13th June 2023
AWS vs Azure: The Cloud Computing Showdown
More often than not, when it comes to choosing a cloud platform software for your business, it tends to be a toss up between AWS or Azure. The two platforms have changed the way we look at cloud computing, but both have benefits that make them great in their own right. So what are they? [...]