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Enhancing space management internally at Microsoft with Wi-Fi data
Space management and employee engagement are two critical aspects of any modern workplace, including internally here at Microsoft. Figuring out how to get both right leads to important questions: How can organizations understand the best use of their building spaces,…
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Enhancing employee listening at Microsoft with Viva Glint
At Microsoft, giving our employees every opportunity to thrive is critical. Now, we have a new but familiar tool to help us do that—our very own Microsoft Viva Glint. We’re using Viva Glint—which replaces LinkedIn Glint—to check in with our…
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Unlocking the potential of Microsoft 365 Copilot at the role level
There’s no question: Microsoft 365 Copilot is changing how work gets done here at Microsoft and beyond. An intelligent digital assistant with access to any company data you need, and that can process and accomplish requests using natural language—that’s a…
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Tackling accessibility: How Microsoft and ServiceNow are building more accessible and inclusive experiences
With more than 1 billion people with disabilities in the world, we believe that accessibility is essential to delivering on our mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. In fact, our mission doesn’t…
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Moving our network to the cloud with Microsoft Azure
Our ongoing move to cloud networking here at Microsoft is at the core of our larger connectivity strategy. Very practically, this shift is playing a pivotal role in how we are and will continue to support our more than 221,000…
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How we’re transforming large meetings at Microsoft in the age of flexible work
It’s a new era, and even meeting rooms must reinvent themselves. “In 2024, meeting rooms are reinterviewing for their jobs,” says Matthew Marzynski, a principal product manager for Microsoft Digital, our IT organization here at Microsoft. And just like any…
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Shifting left to get accessibility right at Microsoft
At Microsoft, we’ve learned the best way to get accessibility right is to shift left. “We need to think about accessibility before we start any of our work, before we write any line of code, at every step of our…
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Modernizing our Network Access Control Infrastructure with Azure
“How do I get on the Wi-Fi?” It’s often one of the first questions visitors ask when arriving at a new location, and here at Microsoft, it happens every day. Our guest Wi-Fi network is typically one of the first…
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Empowering employee self-service with guardrails: How we’re using sensitivity labels to make Microsoft more secure
At Microsoft, empowering our employees to do their best work means trusting them with self-determination. But to do that safely, we need clear data loss prevention systems in place. We describe it as self-service with guardrails. Giving employees that level…
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Simplifying external staff management by extending SAP SuccessFactors on SAP Business Technology Platform
Our core system for managing our external workforce was showing its age in an increasingly demanding modern workplace environment—we needed to simplify our external staff management. Here at Microsoft, our large and diverse external, non-FTE workforce plays a vital role…
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Bonding in 3D: How Microsoft employees are finding connection in Microsoft Teams
Several years into the era of flexible work, most of us are used to appearing in a Brady Bunch-style gallery. We select an emoji to ask a question or applaud an achievement and still have to remember “unmute” when it’s…
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Enabling effortless cloud infrastructure management with MyWorkspace and Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Digital (MSD) is the organization that powers, protects, and transforms Microsoft. As part of its mission, MSD builds and manages the cloud network infrastructure that supports Microsoft products and services. MyWorkspace is a browser-based cloud-provisioning tool created by MSD…