Recently, Microsoft renamed its partner program from "Microsoft Partner Network" to "Microsoft Cloud Partner Program" to increase investments in the cloud as a strategic lever for innovation and growth.

Softline would like to inform the customers about the change of the rules for issuing new CSP subscriptions. Microsoft wants to bring a new era of simpler software sales and management for customers and partners with its New Commerce Experience (1) (NCE) platform.

Softline is so excited to share with you the new feature updates of Microsoft Teams in Meetings and Chat & Collaboration, including: Integrated Communication Access Realtime Translation CART captioning in meetings; Content from camera; Word cloud for polls in Teams; Order of raised hands; Teams meeting recordings; Operator Connect Conferencing; 'Top hits' provides a new search result section; Microsoft Loop components in Teams chat; Updated search results page in Teams; Add description to images in chat.

Microsoft Defender for Business is an endpoint security solution that helps businesses protect against cybersecurity threats including malware and ransomware. As cyberthreats increase in volume and sophistication against small and medium businesses, Defender for Business will help elevate their security by bringing enterprise-grade technologies like Next-generation protection, Endpoint Detection and Respond, Threat and Vulnerability Management, Automated Investigation and Remediation, and more with ease of use that's designed especially for small and medium business customer and partners.

As mentioned, Microsoft will be officially increasing prices globally for most of its commercial Office 365 and Microsoft 365, which will take effect on March 1st, 2022, on average +15% (depending on the SKU)(1). Let's make the most of the greatest deal with the CSP New Commerce Experience(2) promotion to avoid price increases.

Customers can acquire GGWA licenses for the full version of the Windows desktop operating system for devices that require proper Windows licenses.

Softline Managed Protection is a security service package designed by Softline specifically for SMBs are using Microsoft 365 Business Premium, which support and grow your business with a comprehensive security and collaboration solution throughout the project implementation with Microsoft 365.

Microsoft Teams Essentials – Microsoft's new standalone Teams app that's tailored to their needs. With Teams Essentials, small businesses from restaurants to retailers to professional services can easily meet, collaborate, communicate, and serve customers in new ways. Organizations and small businesses need to get up and running fast, and Teams Essentials makes it possible with no IT expertise necessary. Teams Essentials enables those with and without a Teams account to participate easily and effectively.

Softline Myanmar is extremely honored to announce that we have won Security Partner of the Year 2021 Award at the SEA NEW MARKETS INSPIRE 2021 event. Earning this award proves Softline's employee hard work and extensive experience in delivering customer Microsoft Security solutions to simplify their processes in order to enhance customers' security and improving their device deployment and management processes, drive digital transformation in enterprises.

Softline would like to inform you of upcoming changes by the rights holder - Microsoft Ireland Operation Limited - to the terms of the Azure subscriptions in the Cloud Solution Provider licensing program, detailing: From 21st July 2021: Microsoft has introduced and launched Azure Plan parallel with the current Azure plan. From July 2022: All Azure subscriptions that will not be migrated to Azure Plan by this time will be forcibly migrated by the Microsoft. Azure Plan – these are Azure services familiar to you, but with extended functionality and additional capabilities of operational management and monitoring - Azure Cost Analysis.