January 2024

January 31, 2024

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Josh Krenz

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,…
January 30, 2024

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Lukas Velush

Transform your internal search with tips from our expert at Microsoft

Getting the right information at the right time is key to maximizing the productivity of your employees—that’s exactly the goal of the team that administers search internally here at Microsoft. We spoke with Dodd Willingham to learn more about the…
January 29, 2024

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Dodd Willingham

Making content more accessible and searches more efficient at Microsoft

Microsoft has more than 220,000 employees working around the globe. Collectively, they conduct 1 billion searches annually across many petabytes of content. Helping our employees find that information quickly and accurately can be a challenge, but our team is improving…
January 26, 2024

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Lukas Velush

Enabling collaboration at Microsoft with Microsoft Viva

For a transcript, please view the video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIqrfnJECa8, select the “More actions” button (three dots icon) below the video, and then select “Show transcript.” Microsoft Viva is playing a pivotal role in enhancing our regional teamwork at Microsoft.…
January 26, 2024

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Lukas Velush

How automation is transforming revenue processing at Microsoft

The Microsoft partner and customer network brings in more than $100 billion in revenue each year, most of the company’s earnings. Keeping tabs on the millions of annual transactions is no small task—just ask Shashi Lanka Venkata and Mark Anderson,…
January 23, 2024

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Beth Garrison

Focusing on user-experience network monitoring with AppNeta and Azure Monitor

Cloud-based networking has become a core pillar of Microsoft’s core infrastructure. Here at Microsoft Digital (MSD), Microsoft’s internal IT organization, our unwavering commitment to an exceptional user experience for our employees has led us to transform how we monitor our…
January 19, 2024

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Douglas Gantenbein

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…
January 17, 2024

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Lukas Velush

Revolutionizing our ARM template deployment at Microsoft with shift from JSON to BICEP

With a new solution for Microsoft Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, engineers on our Microsoft Cloud Engineering Services team have successfully reduced engineering hours spent on developing ARM templates by 50 percent. Simultaneously, they have improved security compliance and implemented…
January 16, 2024

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Inside Track staff

Optimizing Microsoft’s SAP environment with Microsoft Azure

At Microsoft, we use SAP enterprise resource management software to run our mission-critical business functions like finance and human resources. In an on-premises model, physical computing resources are costly and may go unused. But by moving our SAP systems to…
January 12, 2024

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Barry Rolls

Simplifying update automation using Microsoft Azure Update Management

We’re using Microsoft Azure Automation Update Management to facilitate and automate updates for on-premises servers that provide Domain Name Service (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), and IP address management (IPAM) services internally here at Microsoft. Our solution allows us…
January 12, 2024

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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, the company’s IT organization, is reimagining how to deliver support experiences to…
January 8, 2024

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Lukas Velush

Protecting against oversharing Power BI reports with Microsoft Sentinel

Microsoft Power BI is an essential tool for monitoring performance, identifying trends, and developing stunning data visualizations that many teams across Microsoft use every day. A well-built Power BI report can play a critical role in helping communicate business information…

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