The Arraya Blog

SharePoint is Microsoft’s hub for storing, organizing, file sharing, and accessing information across your organization. Launched in 2001, SharePoint has been a trusted product that millions of users depend on every day.   Whether reviewing documents in real-time while video calling, or collaborating in group chats, users familiar with these common tools are reliant on SharePoint. […]

Microsoft solutions and services are a staple of productivity for businesses of all sizes and industries. However, due to the broad scope of options available, Microsoft licensing has long been a complicated and convoluted affair.   As a result, many businesses aren’t handling their licensing as efficiently as they could be and find themselves with a […]

As the business landscape shifts, employees must be able to login from anywhere and at any time. While this provides employees with unsurpassed flexibility and convenience, it can also cause businesses security headaches, increased licensing costs, and infrastructure issues.   Enter Microsoft’s Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD). AVD is a desktop and app virtualization service that runs […]

In this Expert Q&A, Chris Bovasso, Arraya’s Director, Application Services, and Mike Wishnefsky, Solutions Engineer, discuss when organizations should consider moving to SharePoint Online. In addition, they outline the top reasons to move SharePoint to the cloud, the benefits of doing so, and highlight what users can achieve through integrations and customizations with the online […]

Microsoft’s New Commerce Experience (NCE) is a multi-stage, multi-year transformational journey to deliver a simplified engagement experience.  The goal of the NCE is to make it easier to transact with Microsoft and drive cloud adoption for businesses. The Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program is the primary foundation for the NCE.   While the NCE was initially […]

In March 2021, Microsoft announced that their endpoint, email, and collaboration security capabilities would be integrated into one, unified experience known as Microsoft 365 Defender. This became generally available in April 2021, allowing security teams to manage previously distinct portals (which will eventually be phased out) into a single, consolidated portal.   As a part of […]

Microsoft Teams has become the platform of choice throughout the pandemic based on the global need for remote collaboration. In 2021, Teams reached a staggering 250 million active monthly users. However, many businesses and organizations are only tapping the surface of what Teams can do for them. In this blog, we’ll break down the Teams […]

When remote work became the norm in 2020, the need for remote collaboration capabilities became more important than ever. Many employees and organizations are now moving forward with a remote or hybrid workforce and don’t plan to look back. Throughout this process, Microsoft continuously reinvested in their products to bring new innovations to users, further enhancing our remote work and collaboration capabilities.    For the first time in 10 years, […]

The more the merrier can be said of a lot of things, but Office 365 licenses aren’t necessarily one of them. Yet, that’s exactly how many organizations, intentionally or not, seem to be approaching the subject. The result of this is a license portfolio that is frequently, radically out of step with organizational need as […]

Earlier this summer, IBM and HCL Technologies completed a deal that has, no pun intended, left many organizations’ cloud futures up in the air. Under the deal, which began making headlines last December, HCL purchased a chunk of IBM’s collaboration, commerce, digital experience, and security software portfolio, including its Notes and Domino services. Initially, customers […]