digital transformation
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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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How Microsoft is delivering smart building experiences with CI/CD for Azure Digital Twins
Microsoft empowers employees and guests with user experience scenarios, like pathfinding and hotdesking, to make life easier. To quickly facilitate impactful smart building features at scale, Microsoft Digital’s engineers rely on a structured approach that combines templates and pipelines for…
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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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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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Delivering communications internally at Microsoft with Microsoft Viva Amplify
Keeping your people well informed is something every organization, manager, and executive needs to do, including here at Microsoft Digital, the company’s IT organization. We need to let our employees know about new product rollouts, important system updates, new policies,…
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Redesigning how we work at Microsoft with generative AI
Generative AI has emerged as a transformational force in computing, but it’s not always clear how to utilize it when designing new products. At Microsoft, our teams are learning how to incorporate Microsoft Copilot and other new AI technology into…
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Democratizing adoption data with the Microsoft 365 Admin Center Experience insights dashboard
Microsoft 365 usage data has enormous value for a variety of roles. But until recently, only IT admins had the privileged access to the Microsoft 365 Admin Center that could unlock that data’s value. New Admin Center roles and the…
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Boosting internal audits at Microsoft with audit digitization, machine learning
Imagine sifting through hundreds of photos of cupcakes to find two images of the same cupcake taken in the same place at the same time, within minutes. That’s one of the ways that Microsoft’s Audit, Risk, and Compliance (ARC) team…
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Transforming our internal Microsoft Azure spend forecasting
Budget forecasting is a crucial discipline across any business process. With a large-scale consumable resource like Microsoft Azure, accurate budgeting can lead to savings in the millions. To improve Microsoft Azure spend forecasting for our internal engineering teams in Microsoft…
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New approach to IoT device integration enables employee experience at Microsoft
Exciting employee experiences that drive productivity and support hybrid work are possible at Microsoft thanks to a broad network of internet of things (IoT) devices. Whether it be hotdesking, pathfinding, or locating an empty conference room, these experiences benefit productivity,…
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New trade screening tool boosts Microsoft
Microsoft runs on trust. This includes ensuring that the company is compliant with regulatory requirements by utilizing evolving technology to transform compliance practices, including trade screening. At Microsoft, we pride ourselves on working fairly and honestly with the people we…
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Best practices and tips from Microsoft’s own internal adoption of Microsoft Viva
At Microsoft, we’ve learned a thing or two in the two years since we launched Microsoft Viva, the first employee experience platform built for the hybrid era. And now we are excited to share some of our best practices and…