![]() ![]() ![]() Johnathan Behnke, the city’s IT director, said the city has already made most of the changes required to allow employees to work from home conveniently since a large portion of the workforce began doing so in spring 2020.īut he said there are still some refinements needed. Those include Microsoft Forms for public surveys, Microsoft Flow to automate workflow processes, Microsoft Planner to simplify task and project tracking and Microsoft Bookings, which allows the city to book appointments with the public using Outlook calendars.Ĭity officials said additional features will also be added to existing Microsoft applications. Under the new deal, city officials said they expect to receive some cybersecurity enhancements and other new services. Under the existing three-year deal, the city has been able to modernize its servers, upgrade to Windows 10 and Office 365, add software features, initiate Teams collaborative tools and use more cloud services. The Dell-Microsoft deal was the lowest bid, 1.8 percent cheaper than the second lowest. They solicited bids from nine licensed service providers, and seven responded, they said. Defense Department gets better rates.īefore agreeing to the ongoing three-year deal with Dell and Microsoft, city officials said they shopped around for the best pricing. ![]() San Diego’s more than 12,000 city workers rely on roughly 16,000 devices and 800 servers that are all operated by Microsoft software, officials said.Ĭity officials said they negotiated the best rates possible through a partnership with Riverside County that leverages the combined purchasing power of more than 900 government agencies in California. ![]()
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