Microsoft Association of Practicing Architects (MAPA)


25119 Total Members from 2101 Organizations spread across 142 Countries Members by Work Profile: Responding to RFI/RFPs 7084 ; Part of a Business Consulting Practice 4320 ; Creating Products/IP/Solutions 7026 ; Part of a Center of Excellence 4917 Members by Workload Focus: Cloud 12240 ; Data Center 6707 ; Big Data 3142 ; CRM 2659 ; Data Insights 1548 ; CRM Online 1377 Members by Vertical Focus: Banking & Financial services 7484 ; Insurance 4070 ; Retail 4628 ; Manufacturing 4896 ; Healthcare 4233 ; Life Sciences 2018 ; Telecommunication 4467 ; Travel & Transport 2443 Members enrolled in the MAPA Champs Program: 2255 in Azure Champs since last 18 months ; 484 in Office 365 Champs since last 14 months 1014 Members signed up to register for Iasa benefits since last 12 months 580K+ Member Interactions

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MAPA - Microsoft Association of Practicing Architects is a global community of IT Architects. The program empowers its members with a community to interact and engage with fellow members all over the globe and also gives them a channel to communicate back to Microsoft. Coming with tons of free benefits, the program is continuously evolving to become more relevant to its members.

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Azure :

Model comparison and merging for Azure Analysis Services :

Relational-database schema comparison and merging is a well-established market. Leading products include SSDT Schema Compare and Redgate SQL Compare, which is partially integrated into Visual Studio... Know More

Dynamics 365 :

Delivering on the promise of digital transformation in retail :

It’s no secret that modern technology is radically changing the retail industry. Today’s digital native consumers expect to browse products from their couch and move between devices and stores... Know More

Secure Productive Enterpirse :

Partners: Thanks for joining us at Microsoft Inspire! :

Last week in Washington D.C., we held Microsoft Inspire, our premier annual partner event. This years event was a huge success, with over 17,000 attendees joining us from 140 countries. A big thank you to all of the Enterprise Mobility + Security partners who came out to spend the week with us! As we mentioned Continue reading.... Know More

Data Platform :

SQL Server 2017 release candidate now available :

SQL Server 2017, the next major release of the SQL Server database, has been available as a community preview for around 8 months, but now the first full-featured release candidate is available for public preview. For those looking to do data science with data in SQL Server, there are a number of new features compared to SQL Server 2017 which might be of interest: SQL Server 2017 will be supported on Linux, specifically on Red Hat, SUSE, and Ubuntu (as well as within a Docker container).... Know More

Case Studies :

King County improves resident services with cloud software :

Like many government organizations, King County, Washington, has many legacy business systems in desperate need of modernization. The county is using Microsoft Dynamics 365 as a rapid application development engine to replatform these legacy applications and create new information systems. By using Dynamics 365 as the foundation for its internal and customer-facing systems, King County can get new government services out in weeks versus months, reduce development and maintenance costs, simplify technology use, and create shared record systems across applications. Know More

Forth Coming Techchnologies :

AI for security: Microsoft Security Risk Detection makes debut :

Microsoft is making a cloud service that uses artificial intelligence to track down bugs in software generally available, and it will begin offering a preview version of the tool for Linux users as well. Microsoft Security Risk Detection, previously known as Project Springfield, is a cloud-based tool that developers can use to look for bugs.The post AI for security: Microsoft Security Risk Detection makes debut appeared first on Next at Microsoft..... Know More

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What's New

  • Archgarage – A platform with powerful tools, templates and guidance from Microsoft SMEs, to rationalize cloud opportunities and to build IP / Solutions
  • Additions to MAPA Champs: Linux on Azure
  • MOOC’s: Launching soon Microsoft related ‘Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)’ as a Resource.

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