May 25, 2023 | Lukas Velush

Best practices and tips from Microsoft’s own internal adoption of Microsoft Viva

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May 26, 2023 | Keshav Puttaswamy

Five ways Microsoft Teams has transformed Microsoft

[Editor’s note: This content was written to highlight a particular event or moment in time. Although that moment has passed, we’re republishing it here so you can see what our thinking and experience was like…

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May 25, 2023 | Lukas Velush

Hello Azure: Unpacking how Microsoft moved its SAP workload to the cloud

[Editor’s note: This story on how Microsoft moved its SAP workload to the cloud has been updated with new details and updated terminology. A new SAP on Microsoft Azure video has been added below. This…

Satya Nadella speaks to Microsoft employees while members of the Microsoft Senior Leadership Team look on via a Microsoft Teams meeting interface. A sign-language interpreter is also shown interpreting the proceedings.

May 24, 2023 | Lukas Velush

Microsoft’s senior leaders bring employees together during COVID-19

[Editor’s note: This content was written to highlight a particular event or moment in time. Although that moment has passed, we’re republishing it here so you can see what our thinking and experience was like…

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May 23, 2023 | Lukas Velush

Seamless and secure cloud printing with Universal Print

There are few office tasks that are as ubiquitous—or potentially as frustrating—as needing to print a document. Whatever your role and wherever you are, it’s likely that you’ll need to utilize the shared office printer…

Screenshot of a Microsoft Teams meeting where all six attendees are using avatars to represent themselves in a meeting.

May 23, 2023 | Laura Oxford

Avatar etiquette: How Microsoft employees are using avatars for Microsoft Teams in their meetings

We all know we’re not going back to the way we worked before the COVID-19 pandemic. Flexible work is here to stay. We’ve learned a lot over the past few years, but really, we’re still…

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May 23, 2023 | Inside Track staff

Verifying device health at Microsoft with Zero Trust

Here at Microsoft, we’re using our Zero Trust security model to help us transform the way we verify device health across all devices that access company resources. Zero Trust supplies an integrated security philosophy and…

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May 23, 2023 | Inside Track staff

Verifying identity in a Zero Trust model internally at Microsoft

Identity-driven security is a core pillar of our Zero Trust model. Identities define the Zero Trust security boundary, and we use identity as the primary factor in how we allow access to corporate resources. When…

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May 22, 2023 | Angela Gamba

New Microsoft Teams app helps facilitate employee connectivity in a challenging hybrid work environment

Since Microsoft Teams came on the scene a little over five years ago, it has become so much more than the “chat-based workspace” it was originally intended to be. We now know that hybrid work…

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May 19, 2023 | Inside Track staff

Moving to next-generation SIEM at Microsoft with Microsoft Sentinel

Our internal security team works diligently 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to help protect Microsoft IP, its employees, and its overall business health from security threats. We recently implemented Microsoft Sentinel to…

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May 18, 2023 | Dawn Lee

Disability as a strength: Three practices to help you create inclusive experiences at your company

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our Microsoft Digital Employee Experience team lives this mission every day by empowering employees across the organization with inclusive…

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May 18, 2023 | Inside Track staff

Modernizing Microsoft’s internal Help Desk experience with ServiceNow

Microsoft is transforming the experience of our internal IT helpdesk agents and, using ServiceNow IT Service Management, we’re improving the experience our employees have when they request IT help. We’ve transitioned the traditional and custom…

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May 17, 2023 | Lukas Velush

Transforming our internal Microsoft Azure spend forecasting

Budget forecasting is a crucial discipline across any business process. With a large-scale consumable resource like Microsoft Azure, accurate budgeting can lead to savings in the millions. To improve Microsoft Azure spend forecasting for our…

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