There’s only one quarter of 2023 left, and our Power Lab podcast has provided a wealth of insights on the Microsoft Power Platform so far. Our hosts Kristof and Lennert have put together their own Top Five of features. They’re happy to share these favorites and also to hint at what else is still on their Microsoft Power Platform wishlist for the year.

As significant long-term investments aren't at all conducive to taking an agile approach, more and more companies are purchasing their ICT resources on an ad hoc basis when they actually need them. By putting flexibility right at the heart of its service offering, Inetum-Realdolmen is also meeting this new, growing customer need, in workplaces, data centers and networks.

If today, you are working with a Microsoft Dynamics CRM on-premise version, don’t fear. You are not alone. Maybe there are good arguments why you did not change your strategy yet. But here are some arguments that might influence your current decision.  

With so much rapid change due to digitizing, technological advances and our new way of working, there is always new knowledge for our employees to attain. Traditional training courses are no longer the only solution to knowledge acquisition. Actually, learning often occurs in the course of your work, while sharing knowledge among colleagues or trying things out for yourself. Our company wants to actively stimulate such informal learning, thereby creating a dynamic environment where employees can continue to grow. Agoria investigated our social learning network and came up with some interesting findings.

In today’s world of digitalization, globalization and increased competition companies are faced with the difficult challenge to improve operational excellence and efficiencies on the one hand, while striving for positive customer experiences and increase customer loyalty.

With the hybrid cloud becoming the standard at many companies, Azure Arc's arrival on the scene is very timely. "Azure Arc offers plenty of advantages for anyone either operating in a hybrid environment or considering this," says Andy Brutyn, Senior System Engineer at Inetum-Realdolmen.

With Workplace as a Service (WpaaS), Inetum-Realdolmen has long offered a solution that facilitates the purchase, configuration, management, and maintenance of workplace ICT tools. "Following feedback from our customers, we have now refined and expanded that WpaaS offering even further," says Steve Mommaert, Senior Solution Manager Digital Workplace at Inetum-Realdolmen. “From PC and printer to smartphone and security software, supported by various services.”

Inetum-Realdolmen takes sustainability seriously, including when it comes to our fleet. We work on sustainable fleet management, dedicating additional investments and focus on efficient driving. Year after year, we succeed in reducing our impact on the climate, which is good news.

Migrating to the cloud simply to save costs is probably not a great idea. However, the chance to modernize your applications can be a wonderful reason to finally make that strategic move into the cloud. Research agency IDC polled Benelux organizations in twenty different industries to discover how they viewed the various cloud deployment models. We were there when they shared their findings at their Future of Infrastructure event in November and December. The results present a mixed picture. These are the most important observations.

Unfortunately, the Holidays were not only a time of being together with friends and family but also a festive time for cybercriminals. They took advantage of the distraction and lower utilization rate to make their move. Our security specialist provides a few tips on how to deal with the most important risks, not only during the Holidays, but all year round. Did you know that this can prevent 99% of cyberattacks?

Today, the question is no longer whether your organization will move to the cloud, but how best to do so. Thanks to our new managed services offering for private cloud, a new cloud service from Inetum-Realdolmen, you already no longer have to make the hard choice between the public cloud and an on-premises infrastructure. "We bring the total cloud experience to your own, local data center," promises Conny Van den Steen, Solution Manager Multicloud at Inetum-Realdolmen.

At Inetum-Realdolmen, we like to participate in initiatives that allow us to integrate into ecosystems that create a tangible social impact. The Microsoft hackathon for Trefdag Digitaal Vlaanderen was a great opportunity to use our expertise for a better future. Along with a lot of other teams, we set to work to allow citizens with limited budgets to also enjoy sports and cultural activities.