risual invest in its people to help improve mental wellbeing, productivity and its carbon footprint with the Microsoft auto-pilot device refresh.
risual invest heavily in its people, to help create a flexible environment for employees. All employees have a Microsoft device and access to the latest modern technology to enable employees to work collaboratively from anywhere on any device at any time. Pre COVID-19, over 60% of risual’s workforce was based remote at home or on client site, which increased to 100% remote workforce in March 2020.
risual has created various solutions to help support employee wellbeing and mental health during a challenging time, such as the “virtual risual Olympics wellbeing challenge” and “Coffee and a chat” virtual lunchtime sessions. Whilst providing continuous support for employees, it’s important to supply the appropriate equipment to empower people and teams.
Microsoft autopilot saves time, resource, and costs.
To kick off 2021, risual has launched a device rollout which provided over 110 employees an upgraded device. Each employee will now have received a Microsoft Surface Pro 7 or Surface 3 Laptop delivered to their doorstep. To complete the rollout, risual took advantage of the Microsoft Windows auto-pilot which meant all devices are shipped directly to individuals’ home from the supplier. This has saved a significant amount of time, resource, and expense. There is also the benefit that no device has been handled by anyone prior to reaching the individuals home to help with a safe delivery during the lockdown restrictions.
“Automatically deploying devices in people’s homes without the need for a technician was a great advantage for us and saved countless hours,” says Peter Jamieson, Chief Technology Officer & Director of Digital Transformation, Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi. “It allowed us to get up and running quickly to meet the mandate for the department. We are proof that you can run a government department from employees’ homes.” read more
Environmentally friendly packaging per device. 64% of packaging is post-consumer recycled content.
As part of this scheme, one of the key driving factors for choosing these devices was based on risual’s commitment to reduce its carbon footprint. The Microsoft Surface Pro 7 and Surface 3 Laptop has more environmentally friendly packaging. According to Robin Seiler, Corporate Vice President at Microsoft Devices states, “the Surface Pro 7 is 23% lighter than the previous generation and is made from 99% natural fiber-based material, of which 64% is post-consumer recycled content.”
“In response to customer feedback for a more streamlined workflow to easily get devices to their employees no matter where they are and for more environmentally friendly packaging, we are pleased to share that Surface Pro 7+ sets a new level for lightweight, sustainable commercial packaging. It is 23% lighter than the previous generation and is made from 99% natural fiber-based material, of which 64% is post-consumer recycled content. These updates are also reflective of our continued commitment to sustainability.” – Robin Seiler, Corporate Vice President at Microsoft Devices – read more
Seamless zero touch auto-pilot device refresh.
Shortly after all devices had been delivered safely to employees, the risual Managed Services Team (rMS) shared access to a seamless end user “how to set up your device” guide. This has been an incredible asset to support with the onboarding and start up process. rMS used Microsoft Yammer for important communications and continue to provide advanced technical support to 110+ employees .
The auto-pilot device refresh scheme has been a seamless experience for all at risual. Credit is definitely due to those working hard behind the scene to provide an excellent end-user service. One employee said “Huge congratulations to the team behind this roll-out. My experience was excellent. Perfect instructions and the device was up and running with all the latest updates in about 50 minutes. Well done team rMS, and thank you!”. Whilst another employee added, “Really impressed and an excellent case study in the making. I was raving about how smooth and professional this project was on all my customer calls yesterday”.
As always, the risual family did not disappoint and continued to countdown and build up excitement across the internal Yammer platform during the start up process. The people are a critical part of any engagement. It’s been wonderful to see such a seamless and easy rollout for everyone involved.
“Remote deployment is also critical in a hybrid work environment. Surface devices use the latest Microsoft deployment capabilities like Windows Autopilot to enable devices to ship directly from the factory to people’s homes and be ready to go with security policies, applications and settings applied. Windows Autopilot gets people online, connected and productive as quickly as possible, and eliminates time consuming re-imaging and manual device set up for IT departments.” – read more
risual has conducted a seamless device rollout to employees located across the UK and wider. risual are pleased with the outcome and look forward to help provide better environments and technology for all employees to conduct their day-to-day activities. Kate Lincoln, Operations Director at risual said:
“To see the device refresh programme roll-out was impressive. We would typically require the whole business to visit the office to collect a new device and spend a day configuring; a costly and inefficient approach. The remote deployment using Windows Autopilot turned that on its head with direct dispatch to home address and a rapid setup meant the whole process took around an hour.”
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