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Microsoft’s upgraded transportation experience arrives in Puget Sound
There’s no doubt—hybrid work is the new norm. To adapt to the new world of hybrid work and achieve its vision of a truly modern employee experience, Microsoft is prioritizing the improvement of employees’ daily commutes. For a while now,…
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Building an anti-ransomware program at Microsoft focused on an Optimal Ransomware Resiliency State
Microsoft strives to deliver the productivity tools and services the world depends on. With this comes the responsibility of ensuring protection, continuity, and resilience from cyberattacks of all sorts—including emerging threats. Highlighted in the third edition of the Microsoft Digital…
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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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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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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…
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New approach to IoT device integration enables employee experience at Microsoft
Exciting employee experiences that drive productivity and support hybrid work are possible at Microsoft thanks to a broad network of internet of things (IoT) devices. Whether it be hotdesking, pathfinding, or locating an empty conference room, these experiences benefit productivity,…
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Boosting Microsoft’s response to cybersecurity attacks with Microsoft Sentinel
Editor’s note: We’ve republished this blog with a new companion video. Sometimes you outgrow the capabilities of a well-loved tool—that’s exactly what happened to Microsoft and its on-premises Security Information Event Management (SIEM) system. Thanks to a timely assist from Microsoft…
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Why Microsoft uses a playbook to guard against ransomware
When Microsoft’s Digital Security and Resilience (DSR) division set out to defend the company against human-operated ransomware, it faced several formidable challenges. In this form of ransomware, highly organized and sophisticated attacks by cybercriminals put major businesses, healthcare organizations, universities,…
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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…
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Meet OneExpense, the automated expense reporting backend transforming Microsoft
Filing expenses exist for pretty much everyone. At Microsoft, employees are now empowered by a no and low touch reimbursement process that uses automation and machine learning to perform micro-actions on behalf of the users. With OneExpense, Microsoft’s new automated…
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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…
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Microsoft smart buildings bolstered by machine learning model, IoT
A new machine learning model and Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and automation enables Microsoft smart buildings to keep company employees as comfortable as possible. Microsoft’s real estate operations team relies on energy smart buildings, structures with interconnected automation and sensors,…