September 2023
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Chasing the sun with a live event in Microsoft Teams
[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.] How do…
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Unpacking how Microsoft employees collaborate on Microsoft Teams and Viva Engage
This question comes in frequently: When do Microsoft employees use Microsoft Teams and when do they use Viva Engage? “The company’s employees use Teams as their primary client for calling, holding meetings, chatting, and collaborating with colleagues,” says Frank Delia,…
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Culture, the cloud, and security: learning from Microsoft’s digital transformation
For a transcript, please view the video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifym9DmqatA, select the “More actions” button (three dots icon) below the video, and then select “Show transcript.” A lot has changed in Microsoft Digital Employee Experience—our internal IT organization—since CEO Satya…
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How we’re deploying our VWAN infrastructure using infrastructure as code and CI/CD
Editor’s note: This is the first in an ongoing series on moving our network to the cloud internally at Microsoft. We’re building a more agile, resilient, and stable virtual wide-area network (VWAN) to create a better experience for our employees…
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Meet OneExpense, the automated expense reporting backend transforming Microsoft
Filing expenses exist for pretty much everyone. At Microsoft, employees are now empowered by a no and low touch reimbursement process that uses automation and machine learning to perform micro-actions on behalf of the users. With OneExpense, Microsoft’s new automated…
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Transforming change management at Microsoft with Microsoft 365
When Microsoft 365 became a service, the way IT managers needed to think about change management had to change, and dramatically so. “We were no exceptions,” says David Johnson, principal product manager architect, who leads the team that governs how…
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Transforming data governance at Microsoft with Microsoft Purview and Microsoft Fabric
Data is an invaluable asset for all businesses. Over recent years, the exponential growth of data collection and ingestion has forced most organizations to rethink their strategies for managing data. Increasing compliance requirements and ever-changing technology prevent anyone from simply…
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Transforming Microsoft’s corporate expense tools with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Dynamics 365
When it comes to employee expenses, Microsoft has quite a collection of corporate expense tools in its tool belt. Depending on your role, you might need different tools, all of which accomplish the same basic goal—reporting expenses and getting reimbursed—in…
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Moving our popular employee experiences app to Microsoft Viva Connections
At Microsoft, we work to create positive, productive experiences for our employees with tools that support professional growth, efficiency in daily tasks, and overall well-being. To help us do this, our team in Microsoft Digital Employee Experience (MDEE) built MyHub,…
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Using Microsoft Azure AD entitlement management to empower Microsoft employees and protect the company
Microsoft is leveraging identity governance capabilities in Microsoft Azure AD entitlement management (EM) service to give its employees access to the files and resources they need to do their jobs while preventing them from accessing information they shouldn’t see. Until…
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Revamped Microsoft business intelligence platform boosts data handling and builds trust
Imagine an important meeting where you spend most of your time discussing the accuracy of metrics and reports. Too often, that was the reality for many Microsoft teams before we launched Microsoft Sales Experience (MSX) Insights, a Microsoft business intelligence…
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Move to Microsoft Azure boosts Microsoft’s inventory management system
Turn on a device within Microsoft and there’s a good chance that it’s listed in OneAsset, Microsoft’s inventory management system. Microsoft recently moved OneAsset to the cloud—a move that has dramatically improved system performance and sets the stage for future…