Modern Workplace
The Modern Workplace is expected by end users and provides a simple, secure and easy to manage approach to productivity, collaboration and working from anywhere.
What is the Modern Workplace?
The Modern Workplace (MWP) is evolving at a staggering pace with exciting developments and new ways of collaborating, allowing for significant increases in productivity and efficiency. Often, clients do not have a common or clear understanding of what makes up the MWP and the steps required to achieve a successful transformation.
The MWP is typically broken down into five categories:
- Modern Desktop – Linux, Windows 10 and MacOS
- Modern Virtual – Citrix Cloud, Azure Virtual Desktop, VMWare Workspace, Server 2019
- Modern Productivity – Collaboration, Enterprise Voice
- Modern Management – Endpoint Management, Edge Operating Systems
- Modern Security – Advanced Threat Protection (ATP), Defender, App Proxy, Information Protection, Cloud App Security, Sentinel
Modern Desktop
One of the most significant changes to the desktop is the way the Operating System (OS) refresh cycle has evolved into an evergreen model, ensuring security is at the centre of all updates and continuously improving productivity and efficiency. The way the desktop OS is delivered can be automated, removing overheads and associated costs relating to physical updates, manual imaging, and fault resolution.
Modern Virtual
As with Modern Desktop, Virtualisation has evolved with Microsoft investing heavily in Azure Virtual Desktop (formerly Windows Virtual Desktop) as a step in their vision of having Windows be for the datacentre and not the desktop. When coupled with the ability to run an edge OS (which when booting allows connection to a desktop experience hosted in the cloud) removing the need to manage operating systems on desktops, management is greatly simplified and allows for the administration of 1000’s of desktops within a single management experience with as little as one administrator.
Innovation in Modern virtual infrastructure makes it easy to automate, be flexible, and of course, cloud enabled.
Modern Productivity
As applications and business process change, so too must the way individuals and teams collaborate to become as effective as possible. Teamwork and collaboration, and productivity transformations are very easy to get wrong and should not be addressed as a point solution to solve a short-term pain. However, when done correctly, the results and an increase in productivity and efficiency can be amazing.
The foundation of modern productivity is people, so doing the correct due diligence defining the Who means the project to transform teamwork and productivity is an easier prospect, as the ‘who’ drives the outcomes you need to achieve.
As a Microsoft Gold Partner, our team have the skills in Office and Microsoft 365 to support your migrations, rollouts and implementations, and with Nulia we can also help your users adopt Office 365 features like SharePoint, OneDrive and Microsoft Teams.
Modern Management
Management of endpoints (corporate or BYOD) policies, applications, authentication and the security layer is something MWP should address. Modern Management enables businesses to reduce the overhead of management while maintaining security whilst improving efficiency.
Interoperability between systems has never been more robust, with API’s and integrations allowing multiple vendors to collaborate and give more coherent management options and even approaches a single pane of glass nirvana. Managing hundreds or thousands of various endpoints shouldn’t be a chore, and modern management aims to achieve this outcome.
Modern Security
There are so many innovations in security, however, one of the biggest is the change from reactive, signature-based protection to interconnected automation, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) based off the vast amount of interconnected data the cloud provides or, in modern security terms, Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR).
Advisory Services
Advisory Services
Insentra’s Advisory Services (MapOne) provides an objective, outside perspective on industry-leading trends, addressing both the IT and business requirements of your journey. As a fixed price service, it is ideal for senior executives who need to make strategic, justifiable technical decisions to achieve desired business outcomes.Device Management
Device Management
Deploy devices across Windows 10, macOS, iOS and Android endpoints, streamlining management of your environment while increasing security and end-user experience.Teams & Collaboration
Teams & Collaboration
Microsoft Teams and related tools to generate real productivity gains.Check Out Our Modern Workplace Blogs
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Windows 10 and Office
Windows 10 and Office
Assess, upgrade and deploy Windows 10 Enterprise and Office applications across your environment with a view to getting and staying current and including advanced features and deployment.Azure Virtual Desktop
Azure Virtual Desktop
Deploy a flexible and reliable virtual desktop environment with our proven methodologyApplication Delivery
Application Delivery
Deliver business applications and desktops using Citrix, RDS, and Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD).Microsoft Teams Enablement
Microsoft Teams Enablement
We’ve all experienced the frustration of introducing new software and productivity suites, such as Microsoft 365. Instead of being empowered and productive, you end up feeling helpless. “I have all this great stuff but now what?” Nulia makes sure your Microsoft 365 adoption strategy sticksCitrix - Digital Workspace
Citrix - Digital Workspace
Work is no longer a place, it’s an increasingly dynamic activity. Which is why the digital workspaces from Citrix are adaptable, offering employees freedom and security. Whether work happens on-site, on the road, or in the cloud, Citrix gives you confidence without compromise.Citrix - User Experience
Citrix - User Experience
Powered by machine learning, Citrix Analytics for Performance delivers real-time actionable insights with individual user experience scores so you can ensure a great employee experience on every app, every time.Citrix on Azure – Fast Start
Citrix on Azure Fast Start is designed to help organisations rapidly stand up an operational Citrix environment in Microsoft Azure to provide secure, user-friendly, high performing and manageable remote access solutions based on best-of-breed, trusted and proven industry-leading technology.READ MORE
Read the full Modern Workplace story
The Modern Workplace Story Part 1 – What is the Modern Workplace?
The modern workplace (MWP) is evolving at a staggering pace with exciting developments and new ways of collaborating, allowing for significant increases in productivity and
The Modern Workplace Story Part 2 – Who: People, Personas and Scenarios
The MWP transformation starts with users and identity. We must acknowledge every business is different and the personas and scenarios driving the technology requirements will
The Modern Workplace Story Part 3 – Why and How Do You Implement a MWP
WHY IMPLEMENT MODERN WORKPLACE What does the implementation of MWP mean for a business? Insentra has developed four core pillars of MWP to which each