{"id":5677,"date":"2020-09-30T13:43:14","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T20:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/?p=5677"},"modified":"2023-06-09T14:11:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T21:11:16","slug":"lessons-microsoft-learned-from-applying-zero-trust-during-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/lessons-microsoft-learned-from-applying-zero-trust-during-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons Microsoft learned from applying Zero Trust during COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The world, and ways employees work, have been forever changed by COVID-19. Thanks to Microsoft cloud technologies like Microsoft Teams, Azure Active Directory, and Microsoft\u2019s modern security approach, Zero Trust, employees no longer need to physically be in the office to be productive.<\/p>\n

The power of the cloud already opened the doors for us to move away from on-premises corporate network models. When COVID-19 hit, we didn\u2019t skip a beat.<\/p>\n

– Mark Skorupa, principal program manager on the digital security team at Microsoft<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Microsoft\u2019s global workforce continues to successfully work from home using Microsoft-issued devices, personal devices they\u2019ve enrolled in Microsoft\u2019s device management solution, or remote desktops through Windows Virtual Desktop<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the corporate world changed over the past year, so has the way we access corporate resources,\u201d says Mark Skorupa, a principal program manager on Microsoft\u2019s digital security team. \u201cThe power of the cloud already opened the doors for us to move away from on-premises corporate network models. When COVID-19 hit, we didn\u2019t skip a beat.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carmichael Patton, a senior program manager and architect on the digital security team who works with Skorupa on Zero Trust, agrees.<\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing a Zero Trust philosophy these past few years set us up to be ready for a moment like this,\u201d Patton says. \u201cIt has helped us modernize how we manage and verify our employees\u2019 identities and devices. We\u2019ve also restructured our network infrastructure so that employees can be secure and productive no matter where they are.\u201d<\/p>\n