remote work

Apr 3, 2024   |   Aleenah Ansari

Using a Zero Trust strategy to secure Microsoft’s network during remote work

[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.] Microsoft’s cloud-first strategy enables most Microsoft employees to directly access applications and services via the internet, but...

Feb 1, 2024   |   Laura Oxford

Teaching Microsoft employees healthy hybrid meeting habits with Minecraft

Hybrid meetings aren’t new. Microsoft is a global company, and even before the COVID-19 pandemic, teammates dialed into conference rooms from all over the world. But when everyone started working remotely in March 2020, all our meetings moved to Microsoft Teams. And the truth is, all the amazing features available in Teams changed how we...

Jan 12, 2024   |   Inside Track staff

Enabling a modern support experience at Microsoft

To maximize the value of digital transformation in a complex, global organization like Microsoft, a new modern approach to employee support is required. That is why Microsoft Digital Employee Experience (MDEE), the organization that powers, protects, and transforms the digital employee experience across devices, applications, and infrastructure in Microsoft, is reimagining how to deliver support...

Oct 20, 2023   |   Inside Track staff

Understanding Microsoft’s digital transformation

Our Microsoft Digital Employee Experience (MDEE) team builds and operates the systems that run Microsoft, and as such, we’re leading the company’s internal digital transformation. We’re doing this by rethinking traditional IT and business operations, and by driving innovation and productivity for our 220,000-plus employees worldwide. Fueling Microsoft’s digital transformation is improving our ability to...

Oct 13, 2023   |   Lukas Velush

How modernization is helping Microsoft along its internal device management journey

For a transcript, please view the video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eteAvm72Ro, select the “More actions” button (three dots icon) below the video, and then select “Show transcript.” Modernization is helping Microsoft move forward on its internal device management journey. If you’re in IT, you know device management is a challenge all companies face. It’s especially difficult...

Oct 13, 2023   |   Nathalie D’Hers

How Microsoft is reimagining meetings for hybrid work

One of the most challenging aspects of leading the Employee Experience team at Microsoft is the deployment, maintenance, and support of thousands of conference rooms around the globe. Since employees often encounter different conference room technology—even within the same building—it can lead to frustration, delay, and even support calls. As a result, employees have consistently...

Aug 15, 2023   |   Lukas Velush

How Microsoft enables its employees to work remotely with Microsoft Teams

When Microsoft employees choose to work remotely, they are empowered to stay productive and connected by using Microsoft Teams. “Over the past few years, employees have embraced hybrid work and enjoy the balance that it brings to their lives,” says Claire Sisson, who leads the internal deployment of Teams at Microsoft in her role as...

Jul 27, 2023   |   Jason Kellington

Sharing how Microsoft now secures its network with a Zero Trust model

Editor’s note: We’ve republished this blog with a new companion video. Safeguarding corporate resources is a high priority for any business, but how does Microsoft protect a network perimeter that extends to thousands of global endpoints accessing corporate data and services 24 hours a day, seven days a week? It’s all about communication, collaboration, and...

Apr 20, 2023   |   Nathalie D’Hers

Microsoft’s tips for staying productive in an evolving hybrid world

As the leader of the Microsoft Digital Employee Experience team, it’s my responsibility to ensure that Microsoft employees are the most productive and collaborative in the industry. We are stewards of the employee experience, and we obsess over every detail of the online and in-person meeting experience for our employees. From the physical spaces on...