Microsoft Customer Spotlight

Companies around the world are using Microsoft products and services to gain efficiency and enable valuable new capabilities. Read a sampling of their stories below, and return as we add to this collection.

Businesses choose Office 365 over Google Apps

May 13, 2013
Find out why organizations selected Office 365 after having deployed or piloted Google Apps.

Office newsroom

Social perspectives

May 29, 2013
Top business decision-makers, including Textron VP of Communications, share how social tools empower employees and strengthen their bottom line.

MWH Global video

Booz Allen Hamilton video

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Telefonica to bring Office 365 and Yammer to global workforce

May 16, 2013
Telecommunications provider will improve communication and collaboration for more than 130,000 employees worldwide using Microsoft-based cloud.

Businesses choose Office 365 over Google Apps

May 13, 2013
Find out why organizations selected Office 365 after having deployed or piloted Google Apps.

Office newsroom

Social perspectives

May 29, 2013
Top business decision-makers, including Textron VP of Communications, share how social tools empower employees and strengthen their bottom line.

MWH Global video

Booz Allen Hamilton video

Nationwide video

Highlights

Microsoft unveils what’s next for enterprise IT

June 3

New wave of 2013 products brings it all together for hybrid cloud, mobile employees and modern application development.

Lufthansa data centers up availability, satisfaction

May 23

Lufthansa Systems used Windows Server 2012 with Hyper-V to achieve high availability, private cloud.

Hitachi hones its edge with Windows Server 2012

May 23

Hosted services provider boosts performance and availability with Windows Server 2012.

Maine middle schools switch to Windows 8 PCs

April 30

The state of Maine selects the HP ProBook 4440 with Windows 8 for all 7th and 8th grade middle school students.

Windows 8 sparks student and teacher collaboration

May 15

Cincinnati Country Day School shares how they are forging the way in education technology integration with Windows 8.

European schools prepare students with the cloud

April 29

Office 365 helps schools improve communications and productivity while preparing students for a technology-driven world.

Featured Stories

MyAssist's focus on customer transforms the concierge industry

June 6

Learn more about how Microsoft Dynamics CRM is helping the company transform the concierge industry

City Harvest feeds hungry New Yorkers, gets food where it's needed most

June 5

Matthew Reich, VP of Operations, speaks to how Dynamics CRM Online is helping the anti-hunger nonprofit keep up with the growing demand for food donations.

Citroën and PHD use Skype for DS3 Cabrio digital ad campaign

May 28

Citroën and PHD chose Microsoft Advertising Italy for an innovative digital campaign that embodied the new Citroën DS3 Cabrio.

PUMA kicks off campaign with the Champions League

May 28

PUMA launches their footwear campaign, “The Nature of Performance," in Germany with help of Microsoft Advertising.

Specsavers breaks new ground with Skype-enabled campaign

May 21

Microsoft teams with MGOMD to expand the “Spectacle Wearer of the Year” contest with creative use of Skype.

Sensia Hälsovård AB chooses Office 365 over Google Apps

May 20

We spoke to Anders Franzén, IT Strategist at Sensia Hälsovård AB, on why they made the switch.

Tallinn Polytechnic School simplifies IT environment with Windows 8

April 24

Heiki Tähis, head of IT and CIO, discusses the school’s adoption of the Windows 8 operating system.

Johnson & Johnson and Microsoft address kids’ obesity

April 22

Johnson & Johnson works to create a healthier world by targeting obesity and diabetes in minority communities.

Using business intelligence to transform

April 22

How Gallagher Bassett Services Inc. is using Microsoft BI tools to changing the way the company works.