Author: Alex Fleck
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Keeping our in-house optical network safe with a Zero Trust mentality
When it comes to corporate connectivity at Microsoft, a minute of lost connection can lead to catastrophic disruptions for our product teams, sleepless nights for our network engineers, and millions of dollars of lost value for the company. That’s why we built our own optical network at our headquarters in Washington state, and that’s why… Read More
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Supercharge your business transformation with Microsoft Viva
Microsoft Digital readiness guide AI transformation is one of the most profound business changes in decades. Making the most of AI tools will require careful planning, thoughtful communication, comprehensive employee enablement, and diligent tracking. Fortunately, Microsoft Viva fills all of these roles and more. Microsoft Viva is a suite of applications designed to help organizations… Read More
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Unleashing API-powered agents at Microsoft: Our internal learnings and a step-by-step guide
Microsoft Digital technical stories Agentic AI is the frontier of the AI landscape. These tools show enormous promise, but harnessing their power isn’t always as straightforward as prompting a model or accessing data from Microsoft 365 apps. To reach their full potential in the enterprise, agents sometimes need access to data beyond Microsoft Graph. But… Read More
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Enabling meaningful AI adoption at Microsoft with a Microsoft 365 Copilot Expo
As our employees incorporate AI into their day-to-day routines, new ways of working are emerging at Microsoft. Engage with our experts! Customers or Microsoft account team representatives from Fortune 500 companies are welcome to request a virtual engagement on this…
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Defining the future: How we’re building an AI-powered continuous improvement culture at Microsoft
We’re at a crucial point in the history of technology. Our need for greater efficiency and productivity is urgent and increasing. At the same time, AI is unlocking our human potential with advances in workflow automation that were unimaginable just…
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Accelerating transformation: How we’re reshaping Microsoft with continuous improvement and AI
Technology companies are really people companies. In an age of rapidly advancing AI, losing sight of this reality leads to an overemphasis on new tools while neglecting opportunities for the transformational change that AI offers. Moving forward, the winners will…
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Using AI to redefine how we work in Microsoft Outlook, the app Microsoft employees live in at work
Microsoft Digital stories In just a few short years, work has changed in fundamental ways. The rapid rise of AI has brought an entirely new mindset to the workplace. To adapt to that shifting mindset, we’re reimagining how the tools…
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Supercharging our SharePoint sites at Microsoft with Microsoft 365 Copilot
Microsoft Digital stories Microsoft SharePoint is one of the most ubiquitous and highly trusted content storage and sharing solutions in modern business. Around the world, organizations add over 2 billion pieces of content to SharePoint and create more than 2…
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Camp Copilot: Try our 7 tips for driving Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption with a virtual skilling event
Microsoft Digital stories When you’re rolling Microsoft 365 Copilot out for your organization, there’s plenty to consider. What are your priority scenarios? Who should lead your adoption efforts? What’s the best way to help employees learn to use it? But…
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Driving Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption with our Copilot Champs Community
Microsoft Digital stories This story reflects updated guidance from Microsoft Digital—it was first published in 2024. Nobody helps employees adopt a new tool like their peers—the people who know their responsibilities, their organizational culture, and their day-to-day tasks. In the…
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Connecting with regional employees more effectively at Microsoft with Viva Amplify
In a global organization, it’s easy for crucial communications to miss the mark as they disperse across international teams. Communications from core corporate teams like Security, HR, or Employee Listening might suffer from fragmentation and poor localization. Employees might tune…
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Responsible AI: Why it matters and how we’re infusing it into our internal AI projects at Microsoft
Like the computer itself and electricity before it, AI is a transformational technology. It’s providing never-before-seen opportunities to reimagine productivity, address major social challenges, and democratize access to technology and knowledge. As AI reshapes how we work and live, it…
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Riding the wave of agents washing over Microsoft with good governance
Agentic extensibility is expanding the frontier of enterprise AI. By creating agents that surface knowledge, take actions, and even reinvent workflows, people can personalize AI’s power like never before. But how do you move into the agentic future without putting…
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Guiding hands: Inside the councils steering AI projects at Microsoft
As one of the first global enterprises to implement Microsoft 365 Copilot and other AI tools at scale, we entered the AI era with a mix of boldness and caution. That meant striving to capture the opportunities of AI fully…
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Measuring the impact of Microsoft 365 Copilot and AI at Microsoft
It’s clear that we can do incredible things with Microsoft 365 Copilot and AI in general. This technology boosts creativity, streamlines productivity, and it makes data-driven insights more accessible than ever before. For many organizations, what remains unclear is exactly…