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February 2, 2024

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Sean MacDonald

Windows 11 boosts employee engagement 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.] The importance…
January 25, 2024

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Lukas Velush

Unlocking employee self-service with Windows 365 Cloud PCs at Microsoft

Windows 365 is driving the next evolution of desktop virtualization by combining the power and security of the Microsoft Cloud with the versatility and simplicity of the PC. Windows 365 Cloud PCs let you securely stream your Windows experience, including…
January 22, 2024

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Lukas Velush

Insights you can use: Microsoft’s internal upgrade to Windows 11

Microsoft’s upgrade to Windows 11 was the smoothest in company history. The Microsoft Digital Employee Experience team was able to upgrade 190,000 employee devices in just five weeks. And we learned a lot! Here are our key learnings to help…
October 25, 2023

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Lukas Velush

Unpacking Microsoft’s internal deployment of the first major update to Windows 11

[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.] Improvements to…
October 5, 2023

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Josh Krenz

Internal search bookmarks boost productivity at Microsoft

Editor’s note: We’ve republished this blog with a new companion video. Search is part of our everyday life. It’s useful—we all know that—but how can you quantify that impact? That was the challenge faced by Dodd Willingham, principal program manager…
August 21, 2023

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Josh Krenz

Microsoft tries Windows 11 on for size and likes the fit

[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 recent…
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 12, 2023

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Lukas Velush

Make it easy but secure: Our journey to frictionless device management at Microsoft

With more than 200,000 employees each utilizing a handful of work and personal devices to get work done, the device management landscape at Microsoft is immense, complicated, and fraught with security risk. In short, the point at which our administrator…
April 12, 2023

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Lukas Velush

Boosting Windows internally at Microsoft with a transformed approach to patching

You’re only as secure as your most vulnerable machine. That leaves enterprises like ours at risk when our employees don’t update to the latest software version on a timely basis. Bad actors are tirelessly pursuing the smallest of vulnerabilities, so…
August 4, 2020

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Lukas Velush

Turning to Windows Virtual Desktop to save 600 Microsoft internships in India

Divya Rawat, an intern with Microsoft India, worried that the Microsoft internship she had fought so hard for was going to be cancelled. So did Prakhar Mishra, another intern in Microsoft India’s summer class. “I was quite concerned at first,”…
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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