A professional in an office setting surveys an analytics dashboard on a Microsoft Surface Studio.

Feb 2, 2023 | Alex Fleck

Enabling advanced HR analytics and AI with Microsoft Azure Data Lake

Briggs sits outside on a bench and smiles at the camera.

Feb 1, 2023 | Aleenah Ansari

Prioritizing accessibility at Microsoft with feedback from people with disabilities

Prioritizing accessibility at Microsoft is helping the company create products and services that are inclusive and accessible for everyone. Being successful at this important work hinges on getting feedback from people with disabilities ranging from…

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Feb 1, 2023 | Lukas Velush

How Microsoft is rethinking the hybrid meeting room experience with Microsoft Teams

New Microsoft Teams-powered hybrid meeting room technology is helping us design new experiences for our employees and vendors here at Microsoft and helping customers understand how to achieve these experiences for themselves. “We want to…

Jerry Newell, wearing headphones, smiles at the camera as he works at home.

Jan 31, 2023 | Danielle Veluz

Location-based routing enables Microsoft India move to Microsoft Teams

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with new details and updated terminology. Location-based routing helped Microsoft overcome the challenge of finally moving its employees in India from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams. Made…

Multiple racks and rows of compute and storage blades.

Jan 30, 2023 | Jason Kellington

Doing more with less internally at Microsoft with Microsoft Azure

How do we at Microsoft get the best value from our Microsoft Azure environment? We’ve been refining and optimizing the way we use the cloud for years, and as such, our answer isn’t just about…

A silhouetted person is showing working on a Viva Topics dashboard.

Jan 26, 2023 | Jason Kellington

Fueling Microsoft’s knowledge sharing culture with Microsoft Viva Topics

At Microsoft, we’re evolving our culture of learning. Part of that evolution is ensuring that our employees always have access to the information they need. We’re using Microsoft Viva Topics to consolidate and govern the…

Screenshot of Microsoft employees working inside a security operations center at Microsoft.

Jan 25, 2023 | Josh Krenz

Building an anti-ransomware program at Microsoft focused on an Optimal Ransomware Resiliency State

Microsoft strives to deliver the productivity tools and services the world depends on. With this comes the responsibility of ensuring protection, continuity, and resilience from cyberattacks of all sorts—including emerging threats. Highlighted in the third…

Bill Lincoln, Cassandra Young, Rebekah Hankins, Kurt Hughes, and Liz Friedman share a laugh in a photo taken outside.

Jan 25, 2023 | Lukas Velush

Brain-friendly employee feedback turning the tide at 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…

Joseph Jassey, Director of Business Programs - Industry Solutions in Microsoft Digital, led the migration of the Microsoft Human Resources employee portal to SharePoint Online.

Jan 25, 2023 | Lukas Velush

Microsoft moves its Human Resources employee portal to SharePoint Online

[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…

Jan 20, 2023 | Alex Fleck

Enhancing Microsoft’s security posture with Microsoft Azure Firewall Manager

Imagine an enterprise company with dozens or hundreds of firewalls, each with its own set of policies for keeping corporate networks secure. That was the situation here at Microsoft until our IT teams started using…

The Windows 11 interface for searching internally on a PC.

Jan 18, 2023 | Dodd Willingham

Getting to ‘search completeness’ internally at Microsoft

Microsoft is a big company with thousands of teams working in different ways based on the work they do. Despite that complexity, when our employees go looking for something, they expect an internal search portal…

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Jan 12, 2023 | Inside Track staff

Instrumenting ServiceNow with Microsoft Azure Monitor

At Microsoft we have integrated our ServiceNow environment with Microsoft Azure Monitor to create a comprehensive, end-to-end monitoring solution that helps us to ensure performance, reliability, and service excellence across our ServiceNow environment. Combining ServiceNow…

A Microsoft employee looks up from her desk in a Microsoft open space.

Jan 12, 2023 | Jason Kellington

Creating learn-it-alls at Microsoft with Viva Learning and LinkedIn Learning Hub

At Microsoft, we’re dedicated to fostering a culture of growth mindset by promoting continuous learning. Learning is core to the employee experience, and recent data shows that if employees can’t learn and grow, they’ll leave.…

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