Inside Track

Network engineers at Microsoft rarely struggle because they lack the tools to do their work. The challenges appear when they need to access too many…

When a production incident occurs, the last thing engineers want to do is burn critical time gathering context when they’re better served solving the problem.…

Generating value by empowering your employees to build agents AI agents are an increasingly important way for organizations to scale knowledge, help their employees boost…

When we launched our Employee Self-Service (ESS) Agent to our more than 300,000 employees and contingent staff in the fall of 2025, we expected that…

Product managers operate at the intersection of customers, engineering, strategy, and execution. They translate customer needs into requirements, prioritize competing investments, coordinate and make trade-offs…

As more companies introduce AI-driven options to help their employees find information and accomplish common tasks, a question frequently arises: Which agentic tool is best…

For Microsoft sellers, one challenge remains remarkably consistent: The more time they spend on administrative work, the less time they spend with customers and making…

Two years ago, AI adoption at Microsoft felt kind of like pushing a boulder up a hill. We had the technology, the licenses, and the…

When Kanu Priya was growing up in Nangal-Shama, a small village of 1,500 people in Punjab, India, she didn’t know of any young women who…

A network connectivity incident doesn’t begin when someone asks whether they can get online. It starts earlier, with the signals coming from routers, switches, access…

As AI agents become more sophisticated and autonomous, large enterprises like ours face a fundamental challenge: How do you enable powerful new AI experiences among…

In today’s rapidly evolving technology landscape, maintaining network reliability is paramount. Our team in Microsoft Digital, the company’s IT organization, keeps the company connected and…