Azure networking
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Finding and fixing network outages in minutes—not hours—with real-time telemetry at Microsoft
With more than 600 physical worksites around the world, Microsoft has one of the largest network infrastructure footprints on the planet. Managing the thousands of devices that keep those locations connected demands constant attention from a global team of network…
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Enhancing space management internally at Microsoft with Wi-Fi data
Space management and employee engagement are two critical aspects of any modern workplace, including internally here at Microsoft. Figuring out how to get both right leads to important questions: How can organizations understand the best use of their building spaces,…
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Transforming Microsoft’s enterprise network with next-generation connectivity
Next-generation connectivity is enabling us to transform our internal enterprise network here at Microsoft. Deploying a more agile, secure, and effective network environment across Microsoft is empowering our employees to thrive in our new hybrid world. This article describes how…
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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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Moving Microsoft’s global network to the cloud with Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure has been part of the enterprise solution architecture at Microsoft for more than eight years. One thing has remained constant throughout our journey—from early lift-and-shift migrations to recent transformations to cloud-first solutions—the network. “In the early stages, migrating…
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Boosting employee connectivity with Microsoft Azure-based VWAN architecture
Editor’s note: This is the fourth in our ongoing series on moving our network to the cloud internally at Microsoft. Whether our employees are in neighboring cities or different continents, they need to communicate and collaborate efficiently with each other.…
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Boosting our connectivity with our own next-generation optical network
Providing users with fast and reliable connectivity is the backbone of modern work. Microsoft Digital Employee Experience, the organization that powers, protects, and transforms the company, recently deployed a robust next-generation optical network that offers the company more bandwidth on…
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Sharing how Microsoft now secures its network with a Zero Trust model
Editor’s note: We’ve republished this blog with a new companion video. Safeguarding corporate resources is a high priority for any business, but how does Microsoft protect a network perimeter that extends to thousands of global endpoints accessing corporate data and…
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Modernizing enterprise integration services at Microsoft with Microsoft Azure
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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Streamlining Microsoft’s global customer call center system with Microsoft Azure
Overhauling the call management system Microsoft used to make 70 million calls per year has been a massive undertaking. The highly complex system was 20 years old and difficult to move on from when, five years ago, the company decided…