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SUMMARY:Power Platform Series: Drive Organizational Productivity with Power Virtual Agents
DESCRIPTION:Drive Organizational Productivity with Power Virtual Agents\nCognizant’s Microsoft Business Group is hosting a free webinar to discover how you can easily build chatbots to engage conversationally with your customers and employees—no coding required. \nPower Virtual Agents is a core component of Microsoft’s Power Platform. Microsoft’s Power Platform provides world-class no-code\, low-code development capabilities for desktop and mobile applications for a fraction of the cost of traditional development. Power Virtual Agents provides the ability to quickly create sophisticated\, AI-powered chatbots that can resolve common issues and answer questions around the clock for businesses of any size or within any industry. \nIn this webinar\, you will experience: \n\nCommon Power Virtual Agent use cases\nConnecting Power Virtual Agents to Microsoft Dataverse\nBuilding an Intelligent Chat Bot without a single line of code\nTesting and Running the Bot\n\nJoin our Business Applications Practice Lead\, Todd Chapman\, and Business Applications Architect\, Doug Bellingeri\, to gain an in-depth understanding of the key business drivers behind adoption of Power Virtual Agents. We hope you will join us for this learning opportunity!
URL:https://mbg.cognizant.com/event/power-platform-webinar-series-drive-organizational-productivity-with-power-virtual-agents/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Cognizant’s Experience Lab for Continuous Testing with Azure
DESCRIPTION:With Microsoft Azure growing rapidly in the cloud market\, more organizations are exploring how Azure supports Continuous Testing and Automation. \nIn collaboration with Microsoft\, Cognizant’s Quality Engineering and Assurance practice along with Cognizant’s Microsoft Business Group (New Signature & 10th Magnitude)\, are hosting an Experience Lab on Continuous Testing with Azure. \nWhat is in it for you? \nLed by our Quality Engineering and Assurance Experts\, this exclusive 2-hour lab will give you hands-on experience to build your own Continuous Testing pipeline\, using open source tools and Azure services by: \n\nFollowing a stage-based lab structure explaining basic concepts and benefits of Continuous Testing with a detailed playbook for participants.\nAdopting a solve-and-learn approach\, debugging and fixing defects to gain a more practical insight.\nProviding access to thought leadership content with best practices and alternative approaches.\n\nWe hope to see you there! \nLogistics\nWhen:\nTuesday\, February 16th 2021\n12:00PM – 2:00PM ET / 9:00AM – 11AM PT \nRegister for this event:
URL:https://mbg.cognizant.com/event/continuous-testing-with-azure-experience-lab/
CATEGORIES:Training Session,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Power Platform Series: How to Build Resilience and Revenue with Dynamics 365
DESCRIPTION:Power Platform: How to Build Resilience and Revenue with Dynamics 365\nAre you ready to learn the secrets of how to double your business in only 8 weeks? \nThe Cognizant Microsoft Business Group is excited to host a webinar with special guests Gail Mercer-MacKay\, Founder and CEO of Mercer-MacKay Digital Storytelling and Nelson Lopes\, Microsoft’s Partner Technology Architect. \nOn this webinar\, Gail will share the steps she took to transform from a professional services company to a software company\, why this matters for her company’s valuation and long-term strategy\, and how she was able to accelerate her sales pipeline in only 8 weeks by investing in a Microsoft solution using Dynamics 365\, Power Platform and the Power Apps Portal. You will hear the story behind the solution that digitally transformed her professional services marketing company\, increased traffic and engagement by 250%\, gained record new customers and doubled sales. \nWe are excited to be joined by Microsoft’s Partner Technology Architect\, Nelson Lopes\, who will share the latest information about the Power Platform integrated with Dynamics 365. Plus\, you’ll hear first-hand how Cognizant Microsoft Business Group Applied Innovation Lead\, Jovana Krstic and Solution Architect\, Edgar Valvert\, solved for numerous challenges including overcoming a tight budget and shaving off 80% of the Gail’s original timeline to creatively build a high-value\, seamless user experience and customized portal\, daxai.com for her customers. \nThis webinar will be ideal for any business leader looking to dramatically transform their business\, automate processes\, introduce better governance\, gain insight\, and reduce costs. \nHere’s what to expect: \n\nThe story behind one client’s digital transformation\nThe custom portal solution built using Microsoft technology\nIntegrating the Power Platform with Dynamics 365 for maximum ROI\nHow to get started\n\nRegister for Event – https://bit.ly/3jVvTIG
URL:https://mbg.cognizant.com/event/power-platform-series-how-to-build-resilience-and-revenue-with-dynamics-365/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Cloud Native Transformation: Increase Resilience\, Scalability and Application Security with Modern Apps in Azure
DESCRIPTION:In this webinar\, our Azure Application Modernization experts will cover core competencies and best practices related to successful application modernization efforts. Our experts will discuss areas ranging from decomposing a monolithic application to the importance of DevOps principles and embracing the elasticity that cloud-native components offer\, enabling customers to set and achieve attainable transformative goals for their applications. \nModernize Your Application by Decomposing Your Monolith \nDuring this event\, we will educate your team around: \n\nHow decomposition leads to increased agility and higher innovation\nTechniques and approaches to safely decompose a monolithic legacy application\nEvolutionary decomposition strategies that minimize business risk\nWays of thinking to help decide when to re-purpose versus when to rewrite features\n\nAfter this event\, you will have a more solid understanding of: \n\nHow OpenID Connect and distributed authorization simplifies decomposition of a monolith\nHow to vertically slice a monolith to modernize in a methodical manner\nHow to think about grouping features and capabilities using Domain-Driven Design\nData and event-based approaches for coordination between decoupled services\n\nRegister Today  – https://bit.ly/3bsyrtY
URL:https://mbg.cognizant.com/event/cloud-native-transformation-increase-resilience-scalability-and-application-security-with-modern-apps-in-azure/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Power Platform Webinar Series: Build Customer Relationships at Scale
DESCRIPTION:Build Customer Relationships at Scale\nCognizant’s Microsoft Business Group is hosting a free webinar to show you how Microsoft Relationship Sales can empower your team to drive more personalized and meaningful engagement with buyers. The solution brings together disparate data across Dynamics 365 Sales\, LinkedIn Sales Navigator\, and productivity systems\, such as Office 365. Using this unified relationship data\, sellers will get a holistic view of relationships and deliver the authentic and personalized engagement today’s buyers demand. \nIn this webinar you will experience: \n\nSales Navigator and Dynamics 365 Integration Overview\nEmbedded LinkedIn Profiles in D365 Sales\nLive Org Charts in D365 Sales\nCRM Sync and Activity Writeback\nDynamics 365 Data Validation Alerts\nContact Creation Automation in D365\n\nJoin our Business Applications Architects\, Doug Bellingeri and Edgar Valvert to gain an in-depth understanding of the key business drivers behind adoption of Microsoft Relationship Sales. We hope you’ll join us for this learning opportunity! \nRegister Today – https://bit.ly/3eaGqyW
URL:https://mbg.cognizant.com/event/power-platform-webinar-series-build-customer-relationships-at-scale/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:How to Modernize Your Business Process Automation
DESCRIPTION:Cognizant Microsoft Business Group is hosting a free webinar on how to modernize your business processes and workflows. Join the MBG’s Intelligent Workplace lead Andrew Glasser and Nintex’s Senior Solutions Engineer Terry Simpson as they guide you through this journey. As many organizations are moving to the cloud and older technologies are reaching end-of-life support\, now is the time to migrate and upgrade your workflows and other process automation. During this event\, we will review recent changes to available tools and how to develop a successful modernization strategy. \n\nIn this session\, you will learn: \n\nRecent end of life services by Microsoft\nThe value in using cloud services for process automation\nThe key practices for a successful migration strategy\n\nWe hope you’ll join us to gain a full understanding of modernizing process automation principles and where you can begin your journey. \nRegister for Event
URL:https://mbg.cognizant.com/event/how-to-modernize-your-business-process-automation/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Microsoft DevOps Forum 2021
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an exclusive virtual forum and learn how to modernize your DevOps with Microsoft\, GitHub\, and Cognizant Microsoft Business Group. \nWhat’s in store during the event: \n\nThe opportunity to learn about Microsoft’s DevOps journey\, with teams across the company sharing how we modernized our processes\, and why we chose GitHub to drive this change.\nA breakdown of the advantages derived from establishing the right DevOps process for your teams.\nThe cultural transformation required to get there—and the opportunities that arise from such a shift.\nPerspectives from Microsoft DevOps specialists\, GitHub\, Cognizant\, and other industry-leading enterprises.\n\nEven if you have deeply-rooted existing processes\, legacy software\, and multiple teams and projects\, you can learn how to unlock your company’s DevOps potential. \nEvent Agenda: \n\nWelcome\nEnable Developers to Build Productively From Anywhere presented by Microsoft\nHow GitHub Builds GitHub Using GitHub presented by GitHub\nThe Value of DevOps by Cognizant Microsoft Business Group\nQ&A\n\nSpeakers: \n \nLogistics \nWhen:\nThursday\, June 10th\, 2021\n01:00PM – 02:45PM ET \nRegister Now >
URL:https://mbg.cognizant.com/event/microsoft-devops-forum-2021/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Agile Delivery for Large Scale Data Ingestion Using Azure Data Explorer - Webinar
DESCRIPTION:When it comes to data\, one of the most common pitfalls arises when trying to join data from multiple sources into a “single source of truth.” How do we get started quickly\, support streaming intake\, and have a persisted data storage while keeping costs down? How do we show value to internal stakeholders with data reporting? Enter Azure Data Explorer (ADX). Our team will walk you through creating ingestion routines in ADX using a low code methodology and an Agile-based approach. The team will then take you through a data shaping exercise where we create views of our consumed data sets to help inform future data models. \nIn this session\, you will learn: \n\nThe basics of Azure Data Explorer and ADX Data Connectors\nFile creation in Azure Data Lake with Event Grid into ADX ingestion\, and mapping incoming JSON files\nShaping data sets\, and creating data links\nBasic ADX reporting through Azure data explorer dashboard\n\nWe hope you’ll join us on June 16th to gain a better understanding of how ADX can help you start the data journey. \n  \nRegister Today – https://bit.ly/3g3mxKH
URL:https://mbg.cognizant.com/event/agile-delivery-for-large-scale-data-ingestion-using-azure-data-explorer-webinar/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210623T100000
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SUMMARY:Agile R&D Production Processing: How to Transform Amid Regulation
DESCRIPTION:Agile R&D Production Processing: How to Transform Amid Regulation\nCompliance with state\, federal\, and international production traceability regulations can seem a never-ending moving target as issues are identified and new regulations are released.  Non-compliance with these regulations risks seizure\, injunction\, criminal prosecution\, and fines in excess of $500\,000. Legacy systems can be costly and slow to adapt. Cognizant Microsoft Business Group’s Production Traceability Accelerator\, built on Microsoft’s Power Platform\, can help you be more agile in this increasingly unpredictable environment. \nIn this webinar\, you will learn how to: \n\nDeploy a true mobile workforce (people\, equipment & materials)\nLeverage integrated Artificial Intelligence technology to monitor equipment and environments\nEnable process agility at a fraction of the cost of traditional systems\nShift from reactive to proactive production management environment\n\nJoin our Business Applications Team to gain an in-depth understanding of how we can help you stay ahead of these ever-changing regulatory mandates! \nWe hope you will join us for this learning opportunity! \nRegister Today – https://bit.ly/3uaEuuD
URL:https://mbg.cognizant.com/event/agile-rd-production-processing-how-to-transform-amid-regulation/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Cloud Adoption: A Journey to Azure
DESCRIPTION:Cloud Adoption: A Journey to Azure\nIn this webinar we will delve into Cloud Adoption. We will go over the motivations that drive organizations to explore the cloud. With years of working with organizations at every stage of their journey\, we have developed a Cloud Maturity model that can help guide you to success. Finally\, we will talk about the journey itself\, including best practices and proven methodologies for Assessments\, Migration\, and Modernization. \nThings you will learn during the webinar: \n\nCloud Adoption Success Factors\nCloud Maturity Models and Cloud Center of Excellence\nCloud Migration Planning\nMigration and Modernization – Execution and Methodologies\n\nWe hope you will join us on July 28th to gain a better understanding of Cloud Adoption and your journey to Azure. \nRegister Today – https://bit.ly/3gUuFNW
URL:https://mbg.cognizant.com/event/cloud-adoption-a-journey-to-azure/
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SUMMARY:.NET App Modernization Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Cognizant Microsoft Business Group in partnership with Microsoft would like to invite you for the Azure Immersion Workshop: .NET App Modernization\, that is designed to help you manage and modernize your Microsoft .NET application states as you migrate them to Azure App Service. The morning kicks off with a whiteboard design session on app modernization\, followed by a hands-on lab to help you manage your .NET app library to increase resiliency\, improve cost-efficiency\, and help you scale more easily. \nDuring this training event\, you will: \n\nLearn how to prioritize and evaluate your applications to prepare them for Azure.\nModernize your .NET library with minimal interruptions and learn best practices\, design patterns\, and obstacles to avoid.\nJoin a hands-on lab that gets you started on your digital transformation journey.\n\nHere’s what you can expect: \n\n\n\nIntroduction to Application modernization on Azure\n\n\nWhiteboard Design Session\n\n\nHands-on Lab\n\n\n\nWhen: September 16\, 2021 | 11:30 AM – 5:00 PM | (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) \nReserve your seat now\, because space is limited. \nRegister here
URL:https://mbg.cognizant.com/event/net-app-modernization-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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