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Road to Agentic ERP – Real-Life Story, Part 2

Team structure The project is ongoing and we have a great team working on it. Obviously, customer work easily overrides[...]

Road to Agentic ERP – Real-Life Story, Part 1

Disclaimer This blog series is not created or drafted by AI. It is also not a sales pitch disguised as informative[...]

Still Running MIM? Why 2029 Is Closer Than You Think

Microsoft Identity Manager ends 9 January 2029 – start your transition now If Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM) is still[...]

Identity at the center of everything– Why backing up Entra ID is critical

In today’s cloud-driven world, identity is a strategic asset that controls access and drives business performance.

Major Microsoft Licensing Changes 2025 – What’s Happening and How to Prepare

As of November 1, 2025, Microsoft has rolled out significant changes to its enterprise licensing model for cloud[...]

Five key takeaways from the Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2025

Insights and recommendations for navigating the evolving cyber threat landscape

Opportunities and Pitfalls of Financial Planning in the Age of AI

Artificial intelligence is ushering in a new era for financial planning and analysis – but only if its benefits and[...]

EU-Only Sovereign Cloud and General Purpose AI (GPAI) Code of Practice: From Policy to Operations

Across Europe, business leaders are asking IT Operations for two things at once: local control and auditable AI . Over[...]

Microsoft Project Online is Retiring – What’s Next?

Project Online Is Retiring – What Does It Mean and How Should You Prepare?

Azure’s Chip Shift: What It Means for Nordic Companies Operationalizing AI

If your company is starting to turn AI from strategy into action, there’s a subtle shift happening that’s worth paying[...]

Infinite Risk? What New IT Cost Risk Research Means for Your Cloud Modernization Strategy

TL; DR; New research reveals IT projects face "infinite" cost risk, unlike other project types. This means extreme[...]

Agile Leadership at Innofactor

In the rapidly evolving IT sector, agility is a key asset across all areas of an organization, from project work to[...]

AI in Manufacturing: Bridging Silos and Unlocking Efficiency

Manufacturing is poised to be one of the sectors benefiting most from AI investments . Currently valued at $5.94[...]

From Spreadsheets to Insights with Azure AI Foundry

Ever dreamed of cutting through your daily workload with the precision of a laser?

How can you use Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM for sustainability?

Right now, many companies are reviewing their environmental and sustainability reporting. At Innofactor Solutions ,[...]

Deep Dive into Azure Tools and the Innofactor Platform Engine

Innofactor's deep-dive blogs provide in-depth insights into various Microsoft technologies, including Azure, Dynamics,[...]

How to identify and digitalize manual processes with Power Platform

Is there a recurring business process in your organization that is handled in Excel, PowerPoint, or on paper?

Deep dive into Power BI: Filtering future and past dates

Innofactor's deep-dive blogs provide in-depth insights into various Microsoft technologies, including Azure, Dynamics,[...]

Microsoft Fabric: Bringing Data Warehousing into a New Era

Data warehousing technologies have made huge strides in recent years, and companies can no longer afford to ignore[...]

Microsoft 365 Copilot: from confusion to clarity

In the ever-evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI), Microsoft 365 Copilot promises to revolutionize the way[...]

Take a quiz on women in tech!

Happy International Women’s Day!

Innofactor’s Cloud Experts – Nordic collaboration and continuous learning

Innofactor’s Cloud Consultants help our customers to implement cloud migrations, automate relevant management[...]

Is generative AI already transforming Nordic companies?

Generative AI has garnered significant attention since the release of the ChatGPT app in November 2022. But what[...]

Innofactor GPT Agents: a secure platform for customized GPT agents

The pressure to utilize generative AI for business purposes has steadily risen since November 2022, coinciding with the[...]

Is your organization ready for the NIS2 Directive?

At the beginning of 2023, the EU rolled out the NIS2 Directive , a new Network and Information Security Directive,[...]

AI on your own data: a bit scary but mostly fantastic

Do you dare not to invest, when your competitor will soon be twice as efficient as you? As humans, we want to have a[...]

Innofactor Career Story: San, Scrum Master

The Innofactor Career Story blog series introduces readers to the careers of Innofactor employees and their experiences[...]

How to prepare for Copilot

Microsoft's AI assistant Copilot will soon bring artificial intelligence available to Microsoft 365’s large user base.[...]

Microsoft 365 Copilot – a revolutionary AI-powered solution

Productive knowledge work is facing yet another revolution.

Team support is invaluable – What is Innofactor’s team model?

At Innofactor, our agile team model is at the core of how we work and deliver value to our customers. Each team brings[...]

Happy International Women's Day!

On International Women's Day we celebrate the achievements and contributions of women. D iversity is an important[...]

Innofactor Cybersecurity Studio – Week 51: Christmas episode

Innofactor’s Cybersecurity Consultants Janne Nevalainen and Marcus Söderblom discuss the most topical cybersecurity[...]

Microsoft Data Export Service was discontinued – Now what?

Microsoft’s Data Export Service has been discontinued, forcing many organizations to survey other data architecture[...]

Control your data with Enterprise integration Platform

Is data flowing uncontrollably within your organization – from one application to another, from one business unit to[...]

Innofactor Cybersecurity Studio – Week 46

Innofactor’s Cybersecurity Consultants Janne Nevalainen and Marcus Söderblom discuss the most topical cybersecurity[...]

Innofactor Cybersecurity Studio – Week 42

Innofactor’s Cybersecurity Consultants Janne Nevalainen and Marcus Söderblom discuss the most topical cybersecurity[...]

Tracking data on report usage enhances Power BI management

Data-driven decision-making can provide benefits such as the identification of new competitive advantages and improved[...]

Innofactor Cybersecurity Studio – Week 39

Innofactor’s Cybersecurity Consultants Janne Nevalainen and Marcus Söderblom discuss the most topical cybersecurity[...]

Innofactor Career Story: Alli, Software Developer

The blog series Innofactor career story introduces us to the careers of Innofactor employees and to their experiences[...]

Innofactor career story: Ville, Senior Software Developer

The blog series Innofactor career story introduces us to the careers of Innofactor employees and their experiences of[...]

It may be a cliché, but the best thing were the people - DigiStars share their experiences

Innofactor DigiStar program builds hard-core experts in modern technology. This year, 29 DigiStars from Finland, Sweden[...]

Innofactor Career Story: Katja, Customer Support Specialist

The blog series Innofactor career story introduces us to the careers of Innofactor employees and to their experiences[...]

Innofactor Career Story: Jari, Senior Software Developer

The Innofactor Career Story blog series introduces us to the careers of Innofactor employees and to their experiences[...]

Activating Digital Selling Provides Business Value

Innofactor’s new approach to CRM realization puts your business needs first.

4 Reasons to Activate Your Digital Selling

The traditional approach to adopting new information systems has been to make the decision to invest, and then leave[...]

Innofactor Career Story: Ville, Software Developer

The Innofactor Career Story blog series introduces us to the careers of Innofactor employees and to their experiences[...]

Proactive Cyber Talk #Part1: From talking about insecurity towards cyberpositivity

In the Proactive Cyber Talk blog series, we dive into the fascinating world of cybersecurity. In the first installment[...]

Learning with DigiStar #Part3 – Everybody screws up sometimes

Innofactor’s DigiStar program was organized for the third time in 2021. New graduates, career changers, and people who[...]

Interview with Jarno Limnéll, VP, Cybersecurity Solutions at Innofactor

Jarno was appointed as Innofactor’s Vice President for Cybersecurity Solutions in August 2021. He is in charge of[...]

Infrastructure as code – Innofactor has taken it a step further

Learning with DigiStar #Part2 – No one is born a master

Innofactor’s DigiStar program was organized for the third time in 2021. New graduates, career changers, and people who[...]

Learning with DigiStar #Part1 – I immediately felt like a part of the team

Innofactor’s DigiStar program was organized for the third time in 2021. New graduates, career changers, and people who[...]

Deep dive into Power BI: user ID or user group-based pages

Innofactor's deep-dive blogs provide in-depth insights into various Microsoft technologies, including Azure, Dynamics,[...]

Promoting diversity in the workplace – identifying cognitive bias and training play a vital role

European Diversity Month is celebrated in May 2021. Recently, attention to and the promotion of diversity has become an[...]

Innofactor TeamsMate – Making Teams even better

Have you ever been frustrated at Microsoft Teams for not finding what you are looking for, or as an administrator, for[...]

Virtual Data Center – a simpler way to the Cloud

Many IT managers want to move to “the Cloud”. They are attracted by the possibilities for innovation and a higher level[...]

“What is the gloomiest Christmas song?”

AI to help solve simple problems The other day, my colleague wondered whether artificial intelligence could be used to[...]

20 reasons why people love working at Innofactor

Innofactor celebrated its 20th birthday in 2020. To commemorate two dazzling decades of digitalization, we wanted to[...]

Innofactor's anniversary inspires us for 20 Good Deeds

Innofactor celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2020. During the past 20 years we have helped our customers in building[...]

20 tricks we’ve learnt to help you remote work better

Here at Innofactor, we’ve been remote working since the middle of March. Needless to say, as a company dedicated to the[...]

Guest blog: My experiences in digital transformation with Innofactor - Metso Oyj

by Jesper Aaen, Digital Program Manager at Metso I was asked to write a guest blog post about my experiences in[...]

20 best TED talks about digital transformation

The coronavirus has proven the importance of digital transformation in the most dramatic fashion. As a company at the[...]

Managers have different approaches when moving to Azure

Tell me your Azure migration strategy and I will tell you what kind of manager you are. It's very easy to toss that out[...]

Infrastructure as code – Innofactor has taken it a step farther

This blog gives you a simple explanation of what infrastructure as code is, as well as how Innofactor can offer a[...]

Tackling climate change as a developer

Did you know that the internet produces more than 2.5% of global emissions or one billion tonnes of greenhouse gases a[...]

Microsoft Ignite 2019 – users take modern work even more strongly into their own hands

An intensive Microsoft Ignite week in Orlando is now behind. Recovery from jet lag and travel has also proceeded enough[...]

Common Challenges when Setting up Kubernetes in Azure

Getting a production-ready Kubernetes Cluster environment up and running can be a daunting task.

Climate Week 2019 – great challenges and opportunities ahead

Climate Week 2019 is upon us and the world is waking up. Since each contribution is significant and time is starting to[...]

Skype is soon part of history as the era of Teams begins

Microsoft Teams has begun to replace Skype for Business Online. This change is progressing in waves and the first one[...]

How to use Let's Encrypt in Azure Web Apps running on .Net Core and Linux

TL; DR; The Let's Encrypt Site Extension cannot be used for ASP.Net Core on a Linux Web App. This blog post shows one[...]

IoT Security – is there a reason for concern?

The famous KrebsOnSecurity blog site was taken offline in September of 2016, following a record 620 Gpbs attack[...]

Three letters that provide your organization with better and smarter IT-security

Suppose you went to your insurer and said you would like to extend your insurance. You’ve already insured your office[...]

5 ways to fail successfully in IoT – assuming to be the expert

Innofactor attended IoT Week 2018 event in Helsinki, where I also held a speech on “5 ways to fail successfully in[...]

Climate Reality Leadership Training - what was it all about?

A Climate Reality Leadership Training? An event full of tree-hugging hippies? Actually, quite the opposite.

We Don’t Need Another Hero!

Have you ever worked in an organization with a strong hero-worshipping culture? I have – several times. In one of the[...]

Why it’s time to talk with your IT guy about Windows Servers

Like the wiring in your office, your Windows Server 2008 is one of those technologies you probably take for granted.[...]

Why now is the perfect time to move your SQL database to Azure?

Nothing lasts forever, and that is also the case for support for Microsoft SQL and Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2. As[...]

Ditch the car – 14 commuting challenges

I need your help. In an utterly pointless personal challenge, I am trying to set a completely unofficial and totally[...]

The first steps to utilizing artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence solutions are everywhere, and you use them daily without even realizing it. Thanks to[...]

Lessons Learned as a Marketing Trainee at Innofactor

Most people my age seek summer internships in New York, D.C., and Los Angeles – cities with an almost unavoidable[...]

The Norwegian Fintech cluster stimulates collaboration and innovation

Finance Innovation was initiated by the fintech business environment in Bergen. For centuries Bergen has been one of[...]

5 ways to fail successfully in IoT

I held a speech on the topic at IoT Week 2018 in Helsinki during April. My session, Five ways to fail successfully in[...]

The General Data Protection Regulation – expanded data subject rights bring trust into spotlight

Along with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) consumers and citizens are getting increased rights to control and[...]

Who is trying to access your domain? And who succeeded!?

With more than a 44% raise in documented successful cyber-attacks in 2017 *1 all companies should consider if they are[...]

The Azure cloud is secure - but are you patching your employees?

I’m currently traveling back from Seattle where the annual Intelligent Cloud Architect Bootcamp was held. Together with[...]

How to set up MFA with Conditional Access

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Laws & Regulations Regarding The Use Of Public Cloud

These days, the majority of modern companies are using the private cloud for business. On the other hand, as regards[...]

Data protection compliance and the development of Azure services: Let’s start from the basics

Identity - The enabler of the cloud?

The cloud computing market is expected to grow from $67B in 2015 to $162B by 2020. This is hardly a surprise, as more[...]

IoT for people – why is it so challenging?

Have you specified and planned an IoT project thoroughly, only to get unexpected or even disappointing results? This is[...]

Brace yourself, Modern Client Management is Coming!

Winter is coming, as the warmth from Microsoft Ignite has come to an end. For those who attended - what a week it has[...]

How to Connect Azure SQL to laaS

Azure SQL is a fantastic service, it offers many features and benefits, but many of our customers do not like the idea[...]

Is your intranet project just a waste of time and money?

It is always exciting to start brainstorming with a customer on how to get their employees to use new tools for[...]

How does GDPR affect your customer experience?

The General Data Protection Regulation *, which will take effect in May 2018, is causing a lot of work and challenges[...]

A Step-By-Step Guide To Increase Management Services Security

Using Azure Load Balancer to increase management services security In this blogpost, I want to explain how you can use[...]

Paralysis by Analysis: How to manage the overwhelming amount of information on cloud technology?

Based on our interviews with CTOs, CFOs and business developers in Norwegian companies which range in size from 350 to[...]

Best of Both Worlds: 8 weeks as an Innofactor Trainee

Two months after coming to Finland and Innofactor, I can whole-heartedly say I’ve learned more than I could’ve imagined.

Innofactor on a good cause for the society

On behalf of Innofactor, I had the amazing opportunity to be part of an interesting 3-week hackathon, Maankoodauskurssi[...]

Massive ransomware campaign hits victims in at least 100 countries. What is it, and what do you do?

Today, many of our customers and the critical systems they depend on were victims of malicious “WannaCrypt” software.[...]

The Advantages of Machine Learning

Machine learning is a form of data analysis that automates analytical model building. Using algorithms that[...]

Machine learning, explained!

What is machine learning? Machine learning (ML) is an interesting field, but for many people a mystery. The reason[...]

Configure integration between Apple DEP and Microsoft Intune

For a while now, Microsoft Intune has supported Apple Device Enrollment Program (Apple DEP), which is a part of the[...]

Azure MFA for Enrollment in Intune and Azure AD Device registration explained

I have been working with setup of MFA required for enrollment in Intune a bit lately and have discovered a couple of[...]

The future of sync from your on-premise to Azure AD

The synchronization engine used to synchronize your on-premise Active Directory to Azure AD has changed quite a bit the[...]