digital transformation
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Prioritizing accessibility at Microsoft with feedback from people with disabilities
Prioritizing accessibility at Microsoft is helping the company create products and services that are inclusive and accessible for everyone. Being successful at this important work hinges on getting feedback from people with disabilities ranging from mobility and cognitive disabilities to…
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Powering purpose-driven employee engagement and driving efficiency internally at Microsoft with OKRs and Microsoft Viva Goals
Employers everywhere are changing the way they think about work. As the hybrid workplace becomes the norm for many companies, employees are embracing flexible work, seeking work-life balance, and increasingly pursuing purpose and fulfillment in their work. At the same…
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Corporate video at Microsoft gets a big upgrade thanks to the modern Microsoft Stream experience
[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.] There’s a…
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Enabling advanced HR analytics and AI with Microsoft Azure Data Lake
We’re on a mission to transform our human resources systems here at Microsoft. To make it happen, we’re upgrading the way we use analytics and AI. Our digital transformation has been a twofold journey. First, we upgraded our core processes,…
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Deploying Microsoft 365 Copilot with the help of—you guessed it—Copilot
Now that we’ve deployed Microsoft 365 Copilot internally here at Microsoft, it’s helping our employees save time and focus on the things that matter most. But like any new tool, adopting Copilot required careful planning, strategy, and attention to our…
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Microsoft’s HR portal gets personal, thanks to the modern experience in SharePoint
[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.] Looking to…
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Modernizing our Network Access Control Infrastructure with Azure
“How do I get on the Wi-Fi?” It’s often one of the first questions visitors ask when arriving at a new location, and here at Microsoft, it happens every day. Our guest Wi-Fi network is typically one of the first…
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How Microsoft is rethinking the hybrid meeting room experience with Microsoft Teams
New Microsoft Teams-powered hybrid meeting room technology is helping us design new experiences for our employees and vendors here at Microsoft and helping customers understand how to achieve these experiences for themselves. “We want to create an environment that is…
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Fostering employee wellbeing and improving productivity at Microsoft with Microsoft Viva Insights
Employee expectations and priorities have shifted in the new hybrid workplace. In Microsoft’s September 2022 Work Trend Index Pulse Report—a study of 20,000 people in 11 countries—48 percent of those surveyed reported that they feel burned out at work. Prior…
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Microsoft enables greater innovation by moving its ServiceNow instances to Azure
Internally here at Microsoft, our strategic partnership with ServiceNow is designed to enhance the integration and optimization of our two companies’ products, platforms, and cloud capabilities. Our decision to move the ServiceNow platform to Azure has proven to be a…
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Turning to Microsoft Azure to put software engineers in high school classrooms
Software engineers at Microsoft and other companies love that they get to teach their craft in high schools across the United States and in parts of Canada. The grassroots program—which is now more than 10 years old—has been so successful…
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How Microsoft is delivering smart building experiences with CI/CD for Azure Digital Twins
Microsoft empowers employees and guests with user experience scenarios, like pathfinding and hotdesking, to make life easier. To quickly facilitate impactful smart building features at scale, Microsoft Digital’s engineers rely on a structured approach that combines templates and pipelines for…