Eric Basha articles

Eric Basha

Director of Business Strategy, Worldwide Government Industry

Eric Basha is Director of Business Strategy in Microsoft’s Worldwide Government industry group. With 30-plus years of experience in the technology industry, he joined Microsoft in 2002 and has been part of the Worldwide Government organization since 2007. In his current role, he leads Microsoft’s global solution strategy in this area, partnering with government customers, Microsoft teams, and industry partners to develop solutions that address the evolving needs of public sector organizations and the communities they serve.

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Published June 23, 2025

7 min read

3 ways that AI is driving the evolution of social services in government

Organizations have had remarkable success in early AI use cases, explore the critical impact Microsoft has seen throughout the past year.

Published August 4, 2021

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How technology is helping in the fight against the pandemic

The global pandemic is far from over, we want to take this opportunity to recognize and applaud the continued heroic efforts by front-line workers—healthcare workers, first responders, service workers, and others—around the world. They put their lives at risk every day to save patients and keep critical operations running.

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Published August 31, 2020

5 min read

How governments are delivering essential services while responding to the crisis

As COVID-19 continues to create challenges for governments, many are using technology to adapt to a “new normal” responding to new challenges while trying to deliver essential services to citizens.

Published March 9, 2020

4 min read

Today’s technology is transforming home health care

Public health organizations are chartered with ensuring the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities. Their scope of responsibility is wide-ranging and varies from country to country, and they are required to provide direct healthcare services to their citizens, including epidemiology and disease prevention.

Published December 23, 2015

3 min read

Six reasons why governments should upgrade to Windows 10

Since Microsoft released Windows 10 earlier this year, users have been implementing it in spades. To date, there have been more than 110 million activations of our new operating system, including 12 million business PCs, and we expect many more to follow with our recent first major update.

Published December 17, 2015

3 min read

Why government will care about Windows 10

Windows 10 brings security, productivity, and ease of use to government agencies.