Network and infrastructure
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Moving from a ‘Scream Test’ to holistic lifecycle management: How we manage our Azure services at Microsoft
Nearly a decade ago, as we began our journey from relying on on-premises physical computing infrastructure to being a cloud-first organization, our engineers came up with a simple but effective technique to see if a relatively inactive server was really…
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Vuln.AI: Our AI-powered leap into vulnerability management at Microsoft
In today’s hyperconnected enterprise landscape, vulnerability management is no longer a back-office function—it’s a frontline defense. With thousands of devices from a multitude of vendors, and a relentless stream of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs), here at Microsoft we faced…
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Keeping our in-house optical network safe with a Zero Trust mentality
When it comes to corporate connectivity at Microsoft, a minute of lost connection can lead to catastrophic disruptions for our product teams, sleepless nights for our network engineers, and millions of dollars of lost value for the company. That’s why…
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Unleashing API-powered agents at Microsoft: Our internal learnings and a step-by-step guide
Agentic AI is the frontier of the AI landscape. These tools show enormous promise, but harnessing their power isn’t always as straightforward as prompting a model or accessing data from Microsoft 365 apps. To reach their full potential in the…
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Modernizing IT infrastructure at Microsoft: A cloud-native journey with Azure
Engage with our experts! Customers or Microsoft account team representatives from Fortune 500 companies are welcome to request a virtual engagement on this topic with experts from our Microsoft Digital team. At Microsoft, we are proudly a cloud-first organization: Today,…
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Smarter labs, faster fixes: How we’re using AI to provision our virtual labs more effectively
Microsoft Digital stories Providing technical support at an enterprise of our size here at Microsoft is a constant balancing act between speed, quality, and scalability. Systems grow more complex, user expectations continue to rise, and traditional support models often struggle…
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Securing the borderless enterprise: How we’re using AI to reinvent our network security
The modern enterprise network is complex, to say the least. Enterprises like ours are increasingly adopting hybrid infrastructures that span on-premises data centers, multiple cloud environments, and a diverse array of remote users. In this context, traditional security tools are…
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Five principles that guided our network journey to Microsoft Azure and the cloud at Microsoft
At Microsoft, we operate one of the world’s largest IT infrastructures. So, when we embarked on the journey nearly a decade ago to move from a primarily on-premises network of physical servers to one that now operates almost entirely in…
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The $500-billion challenge: Inside the modernization of Microsoft Treasury’s backend infrastructure
Editor’s note: This story was created with the help of artificial intelligence. To learn more about how Inside Track is using the power of generative AI to augment our human staff, see our story, Reimagining content creation with our Azure…
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Enhancing Microsoft network reliability with AIOps and Network Infrastructure Copilot
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 maintains foundational network services for all our employees and guests. With an environment comprising 64,000…
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Transforming our approach to patch management at Microsoft
Computer security updates, commonly referred to as “patches,” are a crucial aspect of the IT operations of every large organization today. As a global software company with more than 230,000 employees worldwide, we at Microsoft are no different. Like most…