Microsoft has announced the expansion of Microsoft 365, including Microsoft 365 F1, which provides purpose-built capabilities that help foster first line culture and community, train and upskill employees, digitise business process, deliver real-time expertise, and minimize risk and cost.
Michal Golebiewski, chief marketing & operations officer, Microsoft Malaysia said: “The rise of digital technologies, along with a new generation of millennials entering the workforce, has brought about a need to address changing workers’ expectations, knowledge and skills, as well as the tools they use.”
“And with more than half of the world’s millennials residing in asia, the workplace will need to transform to adapt to the technology habits of these digital natives. In addition, due to deployment of advanced and emerging technologies, organisations need to relook at reskilling its workforce to develop creative and strategic skills for the future.”
“We believe that every worker – from the factory floor to the front desk, to the executive boardroom – can contribute to an organisation’s collective endeavours. It is our view that involving firstline workers in digital transformation will drive unprecedented opportunity – for workers, the organisations that they work for, and the industries and society at large,” added Michal.
“At Microsoft, we see the opportunities that can be unlocked with technology by equipping frontline workers with the right tools, such as Microsoft 365. Ultimately, digital transformation projects can only succeed if the right tools are in place for workers to leverage and maximise upon.”
New intelligent search capabilities, a vision for intelligent communications centring on Microsoft teams, and security and it management enhancements to help customers stay secure and compliant were also introduced at ignite:
• Microsoft 365 F1brings together office 365, windows 10, and enterprise mobility + security to empower the more than two billion firstline workers worldwide, who serve as the first point of contact between a company and its customers, or who are directly involved in making products.
• Introducing a new vision for intelligent communications, including plans to bring skype for business online capabilities into Microsoft teams, along with cognitive and data services, making teams the true hub for teamwork in office 365, including persistent chat, voice and video.
• Intelligent search experiences use ai and machine learning to deliver more relevant search results everywhere you search across Microsoft 365
• Microsoft 365 is delivering improved advanced threat protection (atp) features like enhanced anti-phishing capabilities, expanded protection to sharepoint online, onedrive for business, and Microsoft teams and integration between cloud and on premises identity threat detection capabilities.
For organisations still on office 2007, end of support will happen on 11 October. Customers who are still using office 2007 products and services are encouraged to move to office 365 or Microsoft 365 to stay supported, and ensure uninterrupted support from Microsoft.
Michal concluded: “With cloud-based productivity tools being a key pick among asia’s mobile workers to drive greater collaboration among teams, we urge organisations to take the opportunity to evaluate Microsoft 365 as an option to modernise their workforce.”
