Microsoft Digital stories
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How we’re deploying our VWAN infrastructure using infrastructure as code and CI/CD
Editor’s note: This is the first in an ongoing series on moving our network to the cloud internally at Microsoft. We’re building a more agile, resilient, and stable virtual wide-area network (VWAN) to create a better experience for our employees…
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Transforming Microsoft’s enterprise IT infrastructure with AI
AI is changing everything at Microsoft, including our approach to core IT. We in Microsoft Digital, the company’s IT organization, are using the advent of generative AI to reexamine and transform our entire IT infrastructure. “We’ve crossed an important threshold…
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Unlocking employee self-service with Windows 365 Cloud PCs at Microsoft
Windows 365 is driving the next evolution of desktop virtualization by combining the power and security of the Microsoft Cloud with the versatility and simplicity of the PC. Windows 365 Cloud PCs let you securely stream your Windows experience, including…
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Doing more with less: Optimizing shadow IT through Microsoft Azure best practices
This story was first published in 2023. 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…
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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 mobility and cognitive disabilities to…
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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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Corporate video at Microsoft gets a big upgrade thanks to the modern Microsoft Stream experience
[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 at the time.] There’s a…
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Microsoft’s fresh approach to accessibility powered by inclusive design
[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 at the time.] Adopting rigorous…
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Disability as a strength: Three practices to help you create inclusive experiences at your company
Our mission at Microsoft 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 digital and physical…
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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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Turning to Microsoft Azure to put software engineers in high school classrooms
Software engineers at Microsoft and other companies love that they get to teach their craft in high schools across the United States and in parts of Canada. The grassroots program—which is now more than 10 years old—has been so successful…
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Work smarter in Microsoft Teams by leveraging the apps ecosystem
The use of business applications in Microsoft Teams has become a strategic advantage for many organizations, as they can accelerate the digital transformation of all business areas, generating a high demand for the Information Technology (IT) team to make these…