Azure networking

August 29, 2024

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Alex Fleck

Finding and fixing network outages in minutes—not hours—with real-time telemetry at Microsoft

With more than 600 physical worksites around the world, Microsoft has one of the largest network infrastructure footprints on the planet. Managing the thousands of devices that keep those locations connected demands constant attention from a global team of network…
July 18, 2024

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Cristine Jung-Fassnidge

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,…
March 25, 2024

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Inside Track staff

Transforming Microsoft’s enterprise network with next-generation connectivity

Next-generation connectivity is enabling us to transform our internal enterprise network here at Microsoft. Deploying a more agile, secure, and effective network environment across Microsoft is empowering our employees to thrive in our new hybrid world. This article describes how…
February 7, 2024

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Chakri Thammineni

Reshaping the Azure developer experience using Azure ExpressRoute

We’re using Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute to facilitate high-bandwidth, dedicated connectivity between Microsoft Azure for Operators and the developers who create and implement Azure for Operators features internally here at Microsoft. Our Infrastructure and Engineering Services (IES) team in Microsoft Digital,…
January 5, 2024

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Lukas Velush

Moving Microsoft’s global network to the cloud with Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure has been part of the enterprise solution architecture at Microsoft for more than eight years. One thing has remained constant throughout our journey—from early lift-and-shift migrations to recent transformations to cloud-first solutions—the network. “In the early stages, migrating…
October 26, 2023

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Beth Garrison

Boosting employee connectivity with Microsoft Azure-based VWAN architecture

Editor’s note: This is the fourth in our ongoing series on moving our network to the cloud internally at Microsoft. Whether our employees are in neighboring cities or different continents, they need to communicate and collaborate efficiently with each other.…
August 9, 2023

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Lukas Velush

Boosting our connectivity with our own next-generation optical network

Providing users with fast and reliable connectivity is the backbone of modern work. Microsoft Digital Employee Experience, the organization that powers, protects, and transforms the company, recently deployed a robust next-generation optical network that offers the company more bandwidth on…
December 8, 2022

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Summer Frederickson

Start reducing your organization’s Shadow IT risk in 3 steps

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.…
December 2, 2022

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Alex Fleck

Rethinking software licensing at Microsoft with ServiceNow Software Asset Management

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.…
April 11, 2022

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Inside Track staff

Modernizing enterprise integration services at Microsoft with Microsoft Azure

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.…

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