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  • Sharing Microsoft’s Zero Trust networking lessons for leaders

    Today we want to share the lessons we’re learning from deploying Zero Trust networking across Microsoft. In many enterprises, network security has traditionally focused on strictly secured and monitored corporate network perimeters. Today, in a mobile-first and cloud-first world, business…

  • Managing user identities and secure access at Microsoft

    [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.] Managing identities…

  • Transforming how Microsoft manages its corporate real estate data

    Microsoft manages hundreds of buildings around the world with various purposes—warehouses, offices, labs, cafes, and so on. Like all companies with large real estate footprints, the company wanted to find better ways of managing each building type. To do that,…

  • Transforming how Microsoft connects with its 58,000 suppliers

    Anyone procuring goods or services for Microsoft needs to do their homework. Not only must you make sure the supplier can provide what you need at a reasonable price, you must also make sure they meet certain standards and security…

  • Employees are at the heart of Microsoft’s internal Windows 11 upgrade

    For a transcript, please view the video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40B99JJpaUo, select the “More actions” button (three dots icon) below the video, and then select “Show transcript.” Wangui McKelvey and Nathalie D’Hers speak about Microsoft’s internal Windows 11 upgrade. McKelvey is…

  • 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,…

  • Shining a light on how Microsoft manages Shadow IT

    Shadow IT is the set of applications, services, and infrastructure that are developed and managed outside of defined company standards. These line-of-business-built solutions (aka Shadow IT) have always existed at Microsoft and are a common industry problem. Over the years,…

  • Microsoft creates self-service sensitivity labels in Microsoft 365

    Empowering self-service is important to us at Microsoft. Every employee should be able to create the resources they need without engaging IT to do it for them. To support this level of freedom, we rely on a strong governance strategy…

  • Providing modern data transfer and storage service at Microsoft with Microsoft Azure

    Companies all over the world have launched their cloud adoption journey. While some are just starting, others are further along the path and are now researching the best options for moving their largest, most complex workflows to the cloud. It…

  • Powering IoT-based experiences at Microsoft with the Digital Integration Platform

    For a transcript, please view the video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA7Z5EdBF9o, select the “More actions” button (three dots icon) below the video, and then select “Show transcript.” Watch to see how we’re using our to connect data from different IoT devices,…

  • Using insights from Microsoft employees with disabilities to build accessible employee experiences

    For a transcript, please view the video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOcp6wkWpsQ, select the “More actions” button (three dots icon) below the video, and then select “Show transcript.” Learn how inclusive usability testing with employees with disabilities is helping Microsoft build better…

  • Using shielded virtual machines to help protect high-value assets

    Microsoft Digital Employee Experience (MDEE) protects our high-value corporate assets—beyond just the network. We use shielded virtual machines (shielded VMs) and Host Guardian Services (HGS) in Windows Server 2019 to isolate our data. This ensures that control and administration of…