{"id":9853,"date":"2024-05-01T07:57:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T14:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/?p=9853"},"modified":"2024-05-01T09:49:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T16:49:15","slug":"evolving-the-device-experience-at-microsoft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/evolving-the-device-experience-at-microsoft\/","title":{"rendered":"Evolving the device experience at Microsoft"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MicrosoftAt Microsoft, we\u2019re embracing and empowering hybrid work by adopting modern device-management practices, which is enabling our employees to split their time between working in the office and working from home. The tools and processes that we use to manage, secure, and monitor devices that access Microsoft data are being migrated out of a traditional management model to coexist with and make way for modern device management using Microsoft Intune. As this migration continues at Microsoft, our employees will be better enabled to be productive from anywhere on any device.<\/p>\n

Examining the device landscape at Microsoft<\/h2>\n

Our employees\u2019 devices are their primary productivity tools. They use a wide variety of devices to access their work and succeed in their roles. Our responsibility in the Microsoft Digital Employee Experience (MDEE) organization is to ensure that each of our employees, regardless of the device they use or the location from which they connect, can be productive and connected to Microsoft tools and corporate data.<\/p>\n

Across the landscape of more than 750,000 devices in use at Microsoft, we support Windows, Android, iOS, and macOS devices. Windows devices account for approximately 60 percent of the total employee-device population, while iOS, Android, and macOS account for the rest. Of these devices, approximately 45 percent are personally owned employee devices, including phones and tablets. Our employees are empowered to access Microsoft data and tools using managed devices that enable them to be their most productive.<\/p>\n

[<\/em>Discover how we\u2019re verifying device health at Microsoft with Zero Trust<\/em><\/a>. <\/em>Unpack how we\u2019re reducing friction throughout our device lifecycle at Microsoft<\/em><\/a>. <\/em>Explore how we\u2019re using Microsoft Azure Multi-Factor Authentication at Microsoft to enhance our security<\/em><\/a>.<\/em>]<\/em><\/p>\n

Migrating device management to the cloud<\/h2>\n

As hybrid work becomes the norm\u2014and the expectation\u2014for our employees, how we provide access to the tools they need to innovate, create, and collaborate successfully has evolved. Users want a dynamic, device-agnostic experience that focuses on providing them with the data and tools they need from almost any location, using a wide variety of devices, including PCs, laptops, tablets, and smartphones.<\/p>\n

This model has largely replaced a traditional, Windows-based, local-network-focused model. The hybrid work experience centers on the employee and their device as the primary determinants of how they access Microsoft tools and data. It also enabled employee-directed tasks such as self-serve device setup and remediation for devices from any location. We\u2019ve been building capabilities for the hybrid work model long before the COVID-19 pandemic made it necessary, and our investments in hybrid work have allowed us to react with agility to workplace challenges in the recent past.<\/p>\n

A sizable portion of the devices that we support continue to be corporate-owned traditional laptops or PCs, but our device landscape also includes many personally owned devices. Our device management practices, and even what we define as a device, have changed. Many devices that our employees use to do their work are smartphones from a variety of manufacturers, and these devices use a range of operating systems. This shift in device demographics has necessitated a change in how we manage employee devices and a migration from traditional, on-premises management systems to modern, cloud-based management systems that effectively support and secure this new device demographic.<\/p>\n

Our migration\u2014and any migration\u2014from traditional, on-premises management to modern management involves three key management models that play a role in how devices are managed:<\/p>\n