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April 3, 2024

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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…
March 22, 2024

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Dodd Willingham

Getting to ‘search completeness’ internally at Microsoft

Microsoft is a big company with thousands of teams working in different ways based on the work they do. Despite that complexity, when our employees go looking for something, they expect an internal search portal that will find exactly what…
January 24, 2024

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Alex Fleck

Rethinking software licensing at Microsoft with ServiceNow Software Asset Management

In an organization the size of Microsoft, employees need a wide array of tools to accomplish their work. For many, third-party software is part of their toolbox, and that means we need to purchase, organize, and manage software licenses on…
January 11, 2024

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Inside Track staff

Enhancing VPN performance at Microsoft

Modern workers are increasingly mobile and require the flexibility to get work done outside of the office. Here at Microsoft headquarters in the Puget Sound area of Washington State, every weekday an average of 45,000 to 55,000 Microsoft employees use…
September 14, 2023

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Danni White

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…
August 4, 2023

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Brian Fielder

Microsoft helps employees work securely from home using a Zero Trust strategy

When COVID-19 began its spread across the globe, Microsoft moved quickly to ensure our employees were able to work securely from home. Fortunately, we had a business continuity crisis plan in place that we used to guide our response. Our…
July 18, 2023

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Mark Skorupa

Microsoft’s digital security team answers your Top 10 questions on Zero Trust

Our internal digital security team at Microsoft spends a fair amount of time talking to enterprise customers who face similar challenges when it comes to managing and securing a globally complex enterprise using a Zero Trust security model. While every…
March 13, 2020

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Aleenah Ansari

How Microsoft is transforming the way it fights security threats

The Microsoft Digital Security and Resilience (DSR) team is committed to protecting customer and employee data every day. This is underpinned by a Zero Trust strategy, supported by new analysis methods for identity compromise, and reinforced by security training and…
February 19, 2020

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Aleenah Ansari

How Microsoft is transforming its approach to security training

In a defining moment, Microsoft employees did the right thing. Ken Sexsmith recalls waiting quietly outside a conference room for a meeting about a new approach for promoting the annual security training at Microsoft. Earlier that day, his team, which…

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