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Resilience at work

Organizations that can navigate and succeed in times of change have one thing in common—they are resilient. Discover how Microsoft solutions can help you strengthen resilience in people, teams, and your broader organization.

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Thrive in the face of change

Strengthening business resilience means embracing digital technology and building digital capabilities. Learn how you can act today to help ensure business agility and create a sustained competitive advantage.

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Strengthen resilience across six dimensions

  • Protect and grow the top line

    Rapidly identify and respond to changing customer needs with data-driven marketing, sales, and pricing.

  • Develop agile operations

    React quickly and manage disruptions in supply chain, logistics, facilities, manufacturing, development, and corporate functions.

  • Enable people

    Empower employees to be more productive, collaborate effectively, and stay connected in all circumstances. Adapt with new approaches to talent management and development.

  • Accelerate data and digital platforms

    Increase the modularity and availability of core IT infrastructure and applications. Make insights more accessible to enable data-driven, AI-enabled decisions across silos.

  • Enhance cybersecurity

    Safeguard digital assets and react quickly to security breaches in an increasingly distributed environment.

  • Strengthen financials

    Ensure financial liquidity with an operating expenditure-driven cost model, reduced total cost of ownership, and data-enabled policies to manage cash and working capital.

Strengthen resilience across six dimensions

Protect and grow the top line

Rapidly identify and respond to changing customer needs with data-driven marketing, sales, and pricing.

Develop agile operations

React quickly and manage disruptions in supply chain, logistics, facilities, manufacturing, development, and corporate functions.

Enable people

Empower employees to be more productive, collaborate effectively, and stay connected in all circumstances. Adapt with new approaches to talent management and development.

Accelerate data and digital platforms

Increase the modularity and availability of core IT infrastructure and applications. Make insights more accessible to enable data-driven, AI-enabled decisions across silos.

Enhance cybersecurity

Safeguard digital assets and react quickly to security breaches in an increasingly distributed environment.

Strengthen financials

Ensure financial liquidity with an operating expenditure-driven cost model, reduced total cost of ownership, and data-enabled policies to manage cash and working capital.

The Digital Path to Business Resilience by Boston Consulting Group

How Microsoft can help

Solutions to strengthen your resilience

Our end-to-end, integrated portfolio of cloud solutions can help you build resilience across your organization and improve the bottom line.

  • Remote teamwork

    Empower collaboration and help employees stay connected while limiting meeting fatigue.

  • Security

    Built-in technologies help you protect your digital assets across one connected and secure ecosystem.

  • Rapidly adapt and automate

    Quickly streamline operations, adapt processes, and build new workflows using low-code tools.

Remote teamwork

Empower collaboration and help employees stay connected while limiting meeting fatigue.

Security

Built-in technologies help you protect your digital assets across one connected and secure ecosystem.

Rapidly adapt and automate

Quickly streamline operations, adapt processes, and build new workflows using low-code tools.

  • Sales and service

    Enable your workforce with new digital capabilities, driven by training designed to help them be their best.

  • Agile supply chain

    Adapt quickly to disruptions with end-to-end operational visibility.

  • Remote development

    Give your remote developers the ability to confidently and securely code, collaborate, and ship from anywhere.

Sales and service

Enable your workforce with new digital capabilities, driven by training designed to help them be their best.

Agile supply chain

Adapt quickly to disruptions with end-to-end operational visibility.

Remote development

Give your remote developers the ability to confidently and securely code, collaborate, and ship from anywhere.

  • Cloud migration

    Rapidly scale operations as needed while improving operational stability and network resilience.

  • Business insights and analytics

    Accelerate business insights with analytics and AI to make informed decisions and plan for what’s next.

  • Return to the workplace

    Give people the confidence to return to the workplace and protect your teams with customizable, pre-built solutions.

Cloud migration

Rapidly scale operations as needed while improving operational stability and network resilience.

Business insights and analytics

Accelerate business insights with analytics and AI to make informed decisions and plan for what’s next.

Return to the workplace

Give people the confidence to return to the workplace and protect your teams with customizable, pre-built solutions.

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