Author: Lukas Velush

Lukas Velush tells the story of how Microsoft uses its own technology on this blog and on the Microsoft Digital Inside Track website (link near the top left of your screen). He’s a recovering journalist who needs to not take himself too seriously.

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November 21, 2025

Deploying Microsoft Agent 365: How we’re extending our infrastructure to manage agents at Microsoft

The number and sophistication of agents that our employees are building here at Microsoft is growing rapidly. To help us and all enterprises respond to this new opportunity, the company just announced Microsoft Agent 365 at Microsoft Ignite. This product serves as the control plane for AI agents—a new evolution of the existing systems that Read More
May 27, 2025

Empowering employees after the call: Enabling and securing Microsoft Teams meeting data retention at Microsoft

This story reflects updated guidance from Microsoft Digital—it was first published in 2023.   Microsoft Teams meetings help our globally distributed and digitally connected employees create meaningful hybrid work experiences. When those meetings are recorded and transcribed or their data becomes available to AI-powered digital assistants, their impact increases. Although these features have proven to be Read More
April 24, 2025

Sharing our Customer Zero story at the Microsoft 365 Community Conference

Engage with our experts! Customers or Microsoft account team representatives from Fortune 500 companies are welcome to request a virtual engagement on this topic with experts from our Microsoft Digital team. This story was published to preview a specific event, which has now concluded. We’re leaving it up on our site as a record of the different Read More

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June 30, 2023

How Microsoft’s IT legacy is powering its future

For a transcript, please view the video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz1ScJprOFQ, select the “More actions” button (three dots icon) below the video, and then select “Show transcript.” Watch part two of our interview with IT legend Patrice Trousset to learn more…
June 21, 2023

How Microsoft’s pivot to generative AI is being fueled by its rich IT history

For a transcript, please view the video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNW_SIdL_xo, select the “More actions” button (three dots icon) below the video, and then select “Show transcript.” Watch part one of our interview with IT legend Patrice Trousset to find out…
June 1, 2023

Harnessing first-party patching technology to drive innovation at Microsoft

We live in a world where network security is a foundational concern for large enterprises like ours that are trusted with sensitive customer data. This creates an environment where we all need to ensure that we have high patching compliance…
May 10, 2023

Deploying Signature Microsoft Teams Rooms, generative AI at new Microsoft Canada headquarters

For a transcript, please view the video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlRs_Jdr8_U, select the “More actions” button (three dots icon) below the video, and then select “Show transcript.” Microsoft’s new Canadian headquarters building in Toronto is turning heads for its smart building…
April 12, 2023

Boosting Windows internally at Microsoft with a transformed approach to patching

You’re only as secure as your most vulnerable machine. That leaves enterprises like ours at risk when our employees don’t update to the latest software version on a timely basis. Bad actors are tirelessly pursuing the smallest of vulnerabilities, so…
April 10, 2023

How AI will change the employee experience at Microsoft—and at your organization

For a transcript, please view the video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUn670JE8mE, select the “More actions” button (three dots icon) below the video, and then select “Show transcript.” Generative AI is the next frontier of employee experience. In our latest spotlight video,…
April 6, 2023

Enabling hybrid work internally at Microsoft with ‘digital fabric’ Microsoft Teams

We periodically update our stories, but we can’t verify that they represent the full picture of our current situation at Microsoft. We leave them on the site so you can see what our thinking and experience was at the time.…
March 29, 2023

Sharing how Microsoft uses Signature Microsoft Teams Rooms

For a transcript, please view the video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGWv5JHuwms, select the “More actions” button (three dots icon) below the video, and then select “Show transcript.” The Microsoft team that helped develop Signature Microsoft Teams Rooms is now deploying the…
March 8, 2023

Boosting employee device procurement at Microsoft with better forecasting

We periodically update our stories, but we can’t verify that they represent the full picture of our current situation at Microsoft. We leave them on the site so you can see what our thinking and experience was at the time.…
July 11, 2022

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

We periodically update our stories, but we can’t verify that they represent the full picture of our current situation at Microsoft. We leave them on the site so you can see what our thinking and experience was at the time.…
June 8, 2022

Crafting a new hybrid meeting room experience at Microsoft with Microsoft Teams

We periodically update our stories, but we can’t verify that they represent the full picture of our current situation at Microsoft. We leave them on the site so you can see what our thinking and experience was at the time.…
May 5, 2022

Insights you can use: Microsoft’s internal upgrade to Windows 11

We periodically update our stories, but we can’t verify that they represent the full picture of our current situation at Microsoft. We leave them on the site so you can see what our thinking and experience was at the time.…