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Windows Server 2016 End of Life: What You Need to Know.

Official support for Windows Server 2016 will conclude on January 11, 2027. While there are just under two years remaining before this deadline, planning and implementing an upgrade or migration project requires significant time and care. Those who initiate this process well in advance will be able…

Windows App Instead of Remote Desktop: How to Prepare Yourself.

The way we access remote desktop services is changing: Microsoft has announced that the Remote Desktop app for Windows will no longer be supported and will disappear from the Microsoft Store on May 27, 2025. Users of Windows 365, Azure Virtual Desktop, or Microsoft Dev Box will need to migrate to…

What’s Next After Windows 10 End of Life? Upgrading as a Strategy

October 14, 2025 marks the end of official support for Windows 10 and signals an urgent need for action. After this date, Windows 10 will no longer receive security updates, resulting in significant privacy and IT security risks. Organizations that continue to use Windows 10 will be exposed to…

Changes for Microsoft Licenses Effective April 1, 2025.

Microsoft has announced important changes to Microsoft Cloud licensing. There will be a price increase for certain individual Microsoft 365 user licenses. Independently of this, Microsoft will introduce a 5% surcharge on all Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 licenses if they are billed monthly. To help…

Data Governance Tools: Because Your Sensitive Data Deserve Protection.

Companies are constantly on the lookout for effective solutions to manage and protect sensitive data, prevent data loss and minimize insider risks. Data governance tools are software solutions that can provide efficient support for this. They ensure data integrity, facilitate compliance with…

End of Life: Update, migrate or extend SQL Server 2012?

As of July 12, 2022, Microsoft no longer provides support for SQL Server 2012, which can make continued operation a security and compliance risk. However, there are various options available to solve this problem.

More Time for Hyrock: UMB Optimizes Cloud Architecture for Customer Application in the Azure Cloud.

Swiss company Hyrock specializes in mortgages & financing, real estate and investments. Hyrock has developed a unique tool that enables advisors to process a business case over the entire case cycle and manage internal business processes. Together with the application partner, UMB has optimized the…

Get Ready for Microsoft Copilot: Get Off to a Flying Start Together with UMB

Few, if any, Microsoft products have generated as much pre-release interest as Microsoft Copilot, as evidenced by the many inquiries from our customers. We therefore invite you to take advantage of our webinar series to get an overview of the product right now. As a participant in the Early Access…

Citrix and Microsoft Teams: Why You Should Update Your Components Now.

Effective January 31, 2024, Microsoft will discontinue support for the single-window user interface in VDI Teams Optimization for Microsoft Teams, according to a recent announcement. To continue enjoying optimized video calling and screen sharing, customers are advised to update their Virtual…

Prices Set to Drop Soon for Microsoft Cloud Licenses in Switzerland.

The strong Swiss franc is making a difference: Swiss customers can look forward to a nine percent price reduction for Microsoft Cloud Services as of September 1. The reasons behind the adjustment not having an immediate impact everywhere, and what nonprofit organizations will need to consider in the…

UMB Realigns Cloud Business and Taps into New Business Opportunities

Cham, July 3, 2023 - The IT service provider UMB is bundling its cloud business with the public clouds of AWS, Google, and Microsoft Azure as well as UMB's own cloud in a new corporate unit and is further expanding its Cyber Defense Center. The shift to the cloud, cybersecurity, as well as the…

How Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Safeguards Your SaaS Solutions.

Cloud usage has increased dramatically in recent years, and many companies are deploying the technology, among other things, to deploy software as a service applications (SaaS). Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps is a cloud access security broker (CASB)[i] and part of the Microsoft Defender suite. It…

Bye-Bye Microsoft Office, Hello Microsoft 365 Apps – Soon With AI Copilot.

Microsoft has made two important announcements, indicating that the time of the classic Microsoft Office suite is coming to an end. One is an important end-of-support announcement, and the other is about new AI features that are meant to make our daily work easier in the future.

Windows 365: The OS from the cloud, for the PC in the cloud.

Applications from the cloud have become indispensable in many areas - one very well-known example is Microsoft Office. For more than a year now, Windows 365 has also been available in the cloud. It makes it possible to access a Windows PC containing all your applications and files on many different…

As of May 1, Moving Microsoft 365 Data to Switzerland is No Longer Free.

Data from Swiss companies are automatically stored in Zurich and Geneva, provided that they have established their Microsoft 365 environment after Microsoft launched its Swiss data centers. Existing Microsoft 365 customers from before these Datacenters were built, have been able to request the free…

Reaching for the Stars: UMB Earns Top Marks in Microsoft Cloud Partner Program.

The Microsoft Partner Network ceased to exist at the beginning of October. It has been replaced by the Microsoft Cloud Partner Program - MCPP for short. With the start of the new program, the familiar gold and silver awards are no longer valid. Around 400,000 Microsoft partner organizations…

Performance up, Costs Down: UMB Migrates SAP for Condair.

Many companies face similar situations today: Outdated SAP systems and expiring contracts force a reorientation. The Condair Group, active in industrial air humidification, has opted for a sustainable SAP transformation and migrated with UMB to both the Azure Cloud and SAP HANA and the latest…

Time for Digitization at ZHAW: Augmented Reality Lab Introduction with HoloLens 2.0.

For many, augmented reality glasses are either a gadget for gamers or a thing from the future. However, the Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW has proven in a project with UMB that, with Microsoft HoloLens 2.0, innovative business applications are very much possible. Introduction to the bio…

FC Basel 1893 and UMB: This is Why Team Spirit and Sportsmanship are Also Crucial in IT.

UMB enjoys a successful partnership with FC Basel. We create time through the smooth operation of IT. Because top sports performance and top performance in the business world are both built on the absolute will to perform as well as on successful teamwork. Find out why team spirit and sportsmanship…

Windows Server Update: Here Are Your Options.

Windows Server and its users are facing a transition: The lifecycle of Windows Server 2012 is slowly (but surely) coming to an end. Support will end on October 10, 2023, just two years from now. In January 2023, the extended security updates (ESU) program for Server 2008 will also end.

Condair: UMB consulting ensures a healthy IT climate.

Condair Group is a leader in the field of commercial and industrial air humidification. The company, which is based in Pfäffikon SZ, has opted for a complete realignment of its IT via a CIO-ad-Interim mandate from UMB. This creates time, frees up space for core business activities and thus ensures a…

Microsoft Viva: Long Live the Integrated Digital Employee Platform.

The pandemic has led to an unprecedented experiment in remote working, says Microsoft boss Satya Nadella. For those affected, this brought sometimes dramatic consequences. But it's not just employees who suddenly had to set up their workstations in their own homes and learn to adjust. The new…

Azure, AWS & Co.: Why More and More Are Getting on Board.

The public cloud has gone mainstream: Forecasts predict that more than 90 percent of all workloads will be processed in cloud data centers this year - most of them in the public cloud. The most important reason for the popularity of the cloud is the ability to access data from anywhere - and…

Internet from Space for the Azure Cloud.

What do Microsoft's Azure cloud and Elon Musk's SpaceX Starlink project have in common? The two enterprises enable data processing and data transport even in the most remote regions of the world. Thanks to Microsoft and Starlink, cloud computing can be brought to areas where no communications…

Servers Work More Reliably Under the Sea.

Two years ago, Microsoft immersed a data center in the Scottish Sea. 864 servers with 27.6 petabytes of memory, housed in a watertight steel cylinder, were submerged some 30 meters below the surface of the water to do their job. The energy for the system's operation was exclusively provided by solar…

Exchange 2010 Support Will End on October 13, 2020

After a prolonged grace period, support for Exchange 2010 will now definitely end on October 13, 2020. Companies still using Exchange 2010 should start preparing for migration immediately to avoid coming under pressure. They have a choice between the cloud-based Exchange Online version (Office 365)…

Why Home Office Upsets Corporate Strategy and Culture.

During the six-week lockdown, Swiss commuters spent 17 million hours less being stuck in rush-hour traffic. This represents 8,850 working years. Time gained that the market, businesses and particularly many employees no longer want to do without - and rightly so. Geographical proximity is no longer…

LUNGE ZÜRICH and COVID-19: A UMB Customer in Permanent Demand.

LUNGE ZÜRICH is dedicated to providing for healthy lungs and a high quality of life for people with lung disease. In times like the COVID-19 pandemic, it is particularly evident how important the services of organizations like LUNGE ZÜRICH are. With a tailor-made IT solution UMB LUNGE ZÜRICH gains…

Time for More Joy of Life.

Laughing with others is perhaps the best medicine against loneliness. The Lebensfreude Foundation is dedicated to providing humorous and respectful clown visits to homes and institutions. This is beneficial for people who suffer from dementia, are ill, elderly, or mentally and physically impaired.

Microsoft and the Azure Cloud: The Perfect Linux Ecosystem.

Microsoft is "the largest open source project supporter in the world," says Microsoft cloud boss Scott Guthrie. The reason for this lies in the immense success of the Microsoft Azure Cloud, which Microsoft has been positioning as a Linux ecosystem for years. Today, well over half of all Azure VMs…

And Suddenly, You're Right In The Middle Of It.

The current situation around the coronavirus also affects UMB. Read in our blog how we deal with it, what measures we take, how we adapt our behavior. We use our organization, culture, and governance, combined with state-of-the-art technical tools, to be able to continue working efficiently.Picture:…

UMB Berne Says Thank You!

Being ready for the cloud and Azure Switzerland with UMB: We thank our loyal audience in Berne. We hope that UMB - as an early adopter of Microsoft Azure Switzerland - was able to provide you with the decision-making fundamentals for your entry into the Swiss Azure cloud.

ESPC19: SharePoint Puts AI into Collaboration.

ESPC19, the annual SharePoint conference, is designed to provide expert content and contacts for SharePoint, Office 365 and Azure professionals. And of course there is always plenty of collaboration news. 2500 participants came to Prague this year to participate. For UMB our SharePoint expert Elvira…

Office 365 Now Available from the Swiss Microsoft Cloud.

A few months ago, Microsoft celebrated the opening of their new data center in Switzerland. UMB has covered this opening at various Azure events. The next event will take place on Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 'Welle 7' in Bern. Office 365 is now available. We know the answers to all your questions…

Microsoft Azure in Switzerland: What Does This Mean For You?

The Microsoft Azure Cloud will arrive in Switzerland later this year. With UMB you are at the forefront of this development. UMB has been selected by Microsoft Switzerland as an early adopter - and may exclusively use the Swiss Microsoft datacenters in Zurich and Geneva - even before the official…

UMB St. Gallen Says Thank You!

Being ready for the cloud and Azure Switzerland with UMB: We thank our loyal audience in St. Gallen. We hope that UMB - as an early adopter of Microsoft Azure Switzerland - was able to provide you with the decision-making fundamentals for your entry into the Swiss Azure cloud.

Office 365 Does Not Make Data Backup Redundant.

There are many misconceptions when it comes to important business data in the cloud. This is also true for Office 365. One of the most common misunderstandings is caused by confusing replication and backup. Replication ensures availability, but only backup ensures recoverability.

Counteracting the Communication Paradox.

There are more communication possibilities today than ever before - and yet it is often not easy to reach team members at the right time to involve them in current business processes. This situation gives rise to the development of a whole range of products and services: unified communication and…