LabLog is certified by Microsoft for cloud distribution

Research organizations and universities mostly rely on Microsoft services for Information Technology (IT) operations. From managing user identities to emails, calendars and productivity tools, Microsoft-powered apps play a critical role in the healthcare research industry. With the increasing popularity of cloud-based solutions, many organizations leverage the security and convenience of Microsoft Azure cloud platform to transition away from the traditional on-premises solutions. For example, almost all large organizations use Azure Active Directory (AD) to manage use identities in the cloud [1]. It is therefore important for software solutions aiming to serve users in a large organization to leverage and integrate with Microsoft cloud services. For example, integrating with Azure AD allows single sign-on and identity management by the host organizations IT team.

LabLog is a lab notebook service hosted on Microsoft Azure and we provide Azure single sign-on option to our business clients. LabLog™ is compliant with relevant federal regulations and using LabLog is shown to reduce laboratory costs by organizing and storing lab notes in the cloud [2]. At LabLog, our standard practice is to work closely with the IT team at client organizations from a very early stage to make sure organizational standards are met and to address specific security and compliance requirements from the outset.

LabLog aims to make it easier for research scientists to adopt and use a robust digital lab notebook software-as-a-solution (SaaS). It is therefore important to make it easier for IT operations teams to deploy an Electronic Lab Notebook solution in their organization. To meet this goal, LabLog is now certified by Microsoft to be fully compatible with Azure. This certification allows LabLog to be distributed on Microsoft AppSource (an app store for business applications) and Azure Marketplace that is an online store that offers applications and services either built on or designed to integrate with Microsoft's Azure public cloud. 

To learn more about strategies for deploying LabLog Electronic Lab Notebook in large organizations such as a research institute, download a copy of the whitepaper "STRATEGIES FOR LIFE SCIENCES COMPANIES USING LABLOG WITH GXP SYSTEMS".

References:

1. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2017/11/13/how-organizations-are-connecting-their-on-premises-identities-to-azure-ad/

2. https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/blog/2017/08/16/electronic-lab-notebook/