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08/31/2026

Much of the discussion surrounding AI focuses on what the technology can do, but the more important question for financial services leaders is whether the organization is prepared to support it.

Salesforce’s Summer ’26 release expands AI capabilities across customer service, workflow automation, analytics, and data management; financial institutions are evaluating where these capabilities can improve service delivery, increase operational efficiency, and strengthen customer relationships. Learn more: https://www.sikich.com/insight/how-can-financial-services-teams-scale-salesforce-ai-effectively/

The more important question for financial services leaders regarding implementing AI is whether the organization is prepared to support it.

08/28/2026

In any Windows-centric network, Domain Name System (DNS) resolution is fundamental. Yet DNS is often misunderstood, misconfigured, or taken for granted until something breaks. Here are the most common issues in Windows environments, how to diagnose them, and how to fix them: https://www.sikich.com/insight/troubleshooting-common-dns-resolution-issues-in-windows-networks/

Here's how to fix common DNS resolution issues encountered in Windows environments and learn how to resolve them before they impact users.

08/27/2026

Join Sikich at Dreamforce 2026, September 15-17 in San Francisco!

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08/27/2026

Banking leaders are under pressure to deliver seamless, personalized experiences while running increasingly complex operations behind the scenes, and they have to do this while running on disparate systems. This fragmentation continues to be one of the biggest barriers to growth, efficiency, and customer loyalty in banking. As a result, the benefits of Salesforce banking CRM integration are central to broader business transformation strategies. Learn more: https://www.sikich.com/insight/benefits-of-salesforce-banking-crm-integration-why-connected-banking-operations-are-becoming-essential/

Siloed systems continue to be one of the biggest barriers to growth in banking, which is why banks are investing in CRM like Salesforce.

08/26/2026

For many nonprofit organizations, budgeting is one of the most important—and frustrating—financial processes of the year. In a Sikich webinar, most attendees identified version control as their biggest budgeting challenge. These challenges are common when budgeting relies on disconnected tools. Check out the following demo with Dynamics 365 Business Central and Sylogist to see how nonprofits can revolutionize their budgeting processes. https://www.sikich.com/insight/how-nonprofits-can-build-budgets-without-the-back-and-forth-in-microsoft-dynamics-365-business-central/

Most of the challenges nonprofits face with budgeting comes from disconnected tools. Dynamics 365 Business Central promises a better way.

08/25/2026

For PE-backed companies between $10M and $500M in revenue, Azure infrastructure modernization is one of the fastest paths to EBITDA impact available during the hold period.

Here is what it delivers:

⚫ Capital expenditure on aging hardware converted to predictable Azure operational spend, balance sheet improvement with immediate EBITDA impact
⚫ 40 to 60 percent of IT team time freed from reactive infrastructure maintenance to strategic work
⚫ Compliance evidence generated automatically, reducing pre-audit sprint cost and strengthening the technology risk profile for diligence
⚫ Quarter-over-quarter performance improvement against Microsoft's Well-Architected Framework, documented evidence that builds the exit narrative over the hold period

The portfolio companies that enter an exit process with well-governed, well-documented Azure environments negotiate from a stronger position than those that discover infrastructure gaps under buyer scrutiny. Learn more: https://www.sikich.com/insight/azure-for-private-equity-how-pe-firms-and-their-portfolio-companies-are-cutting-infrastructure-costs-and-accelerating-value-creation/

Azure infrastructure modernization has emerged as one of the most reliable and fastest-executing of EBITDA levers for private equity.

08/21/2026

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September 15-17 | San Francisco

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08/21/2026

Microsoft recently announced that Self-Service Disaster Recovery (SSDR) is now available for their Dynamics 365 F&SCM applications through the Power Platform administration experience. Here's what that means and what platform admins need to know: https://www.sikich.com/insight/self-service-disaster-recovery-for-dynamics-365-fscm-a-major-step-forward-and-a-new-capacity-planning-challenge/

Microsoft recently announced that Self-Service Disaster Recovery is now available for their Dynamics 365 F&SCM applications. Here's what you need to know.

08/20/2026

Finance and operations leaders are expected to help their organizations adapt faster, improve productivity, reduce risk, and make smarter decisions in real time, all while working with fragmented processes, limited time and legacy systems that were not built for today’s pace of change. The answer for these finance and operations issues lies in AI agents. https://www.sikich.com/insight/from-reactive-to-ready-ais-role-in-modern-finance-and-operations/

AI is changing the equation for finance and operations leaders looking to respond more quickly to disruption and customer expectations.

08/19/2026

Summer ’26 reinforces the importance of alignment across insurance workflows. Organizations preparing to expand automation or AI initiatives should first understand how work currently moves through the business and where friction is slowing responsiveness, servicing, or decision-making. Here's what insurers, MGAs, brokers, and carriers need to know for their insurance operations. https://www.sikich.com/insight/what-does-salesforce-summer-26-change-for-insurance-operations/

Salesforce Summer '26 expands AI, workflow automation, and connected data capabilities, but how does this affect insurance operations?