Norwegian Refugee Council
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The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) operates in 30 countries helping refugees. They were using outdated software that posed security risks. The NRC is transforming digitally by moving their 6,000 employees to Windows 10 and Office 365. This streamlines technology resources, improves collaboration, and ensures all sites have secure and licensed software. Automatic updates from Microsoft provide security patches without effort from NRC's IT staff, protecting the sensitive information they process and share via tools like SharePoint and OneDrive.
Norwegian Refugee Council
- 1. CUSTOMER STORY How one nonprofit’s digital transformation is accelerating its mission Norwegian Refugee Council
- 2. 2 NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL CUSTOMER STORY Helping refugees, securely The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) works to help some of the world’s most vulnerable people in difficult and sometimes dangerous areas around the globe. In refugee camps, the NRC runs education centers, complete with computer labs, to teach people skills to rebuild their futures.
- 3. 3 NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL CUSTOMER STORY A global digital transformation Operating in 30 countries, many of NRC’s 130 offices had worked with outdated software, old operating systems, and even counterfeit copies of programs. NRC is moving nearly 6,000 employees to Microsoft Windows 10 and Office 365 in order to streamline information and communication technology (ICT) resources, improve collaboration, and ensure all sites are more secure and compliant with licensing laws.
- 4. —Welldon Kinaro, ICT officer, Norwegian Refugee Council Kenya 4 NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL CUSTOMER STORY Windows 10 and Office 365 automatically update Microsoft security, system, application, and software across all locations without additional effort from NRC’s ICT staff. The patches, fixes, and security updates automatically provided by Microsoft ensure the information we process on computers used by staff and beneficiaries is safe and secure.” Automatic security updates protect confidential data
- 5. Safer collaboration and information-sharing systems Microsoft cloud security features ensure that sensitive information shared via collaboration tools like SharePoint and OneDrive are protected from data breaches. We no longer worry about the safety of information. Because of the security controls put into place, we can confidently say documents are safer whether we’re working offline or online.” —Welldon Kinaro, ICT officer, Norwegian Refugee Council Kenya 5 NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL CUSTOMER STORY
- 6. CUSTOMER STORY: NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL Learn more about Microsoft solutions for nonprofits: microsoft.com/nonprofits Whether working from behind a desk or in the field, Norwegian Refugee Council staff are using Microsoft technology to do more to help refugees.