Microsoft Azure
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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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Enabling effortless cloud infrastructure management with MyWorkspace and Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Digital (MSD) is the organization that powers, protects, and transforms Microsoft. As part of its mission, MSD builds and manages the cloud network infrastructure that supports Microsoft products and services. MyWorkspace is a browser-based cloud-provisioning tool created by MSD…
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Modernizing our cloud networking infrastructure with a DevOps mindset
DevOps has become a fundamental philosophy critical to the success of our cloud networking teams and solutions. In today’s rapidly changing technology landscape, the conventional model of infrastructure management—receiving user requirements, designing solutions, deploying infrastructure, and manually monitoring for health…
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Revolutionizing SAP and ADP connectivity with Microsoft Azure VWAN and VPN
Connecting line-of-business solutions into the Microsoft Azure networking environment is a critical part of enabling an efficient hybrid network environment and an important step in transforming enterprise networking using Azure. We’ve recently helped SAP, one of our key business partners,…
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Reshaping the Azure developer experience using Azure ExpressRoute
We’re using Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute to facilitate high-bandwidth, dedicated connectivity between Microsoft Azure for Operators and the developers who create and implement Azure for Operators features internally here at Microsoft. Our Infrastructure and Engineering Services (IES) team in Microsoft Digital,…
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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…
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The AI Revolution: How Microsoft Digital (IT) is responding with an AI Center of Excellence
This story reflects updated guidance from Microsoft Digital—it was first published in 2023. The AI revolution is here, so what are you going to do about it? This question is for IT leaders, IT practitioners, and others out there who…
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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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Streamlining engineering at Microsoft with Azure DevOps
Microsoft runs on Microsoft technology. We are the proving ground for our products and when we say that software is enterprise-ready this means that we have already built it for and run it at scale in our own enterprise. We…
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Jamming to a new tune: Transforming Microsoft’s printing infrastructure with Universal Print
We periodically update our stories, but we can’t verify that they represent the full picture of our current situation at Microsoft. We leave them on the site so you can see what our thinking and experience was at the time.…
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Doing more with less: Optimizing shadow IT through Microsoft Azure best practices
You don’t know what you don’t know. In the world of IT, illuminating those hidden areas helps stave off nasty surprises. When elements of IT infrastructure are shrouded in mystery, it can lead to security vulnerabilities, non-compliance, and poor budget…
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Transforming our internal Microsoft Azure spend forecasting
Budget forecasting is a crucial discipline across any business process. With a large-scale consumable resource like Microsoft Azure, accurate budgeting can lead to savings in the millions. To improve Microsoft Azure spend forecasting for our internal engineering teams in Microsoft…