Author: David Hirning
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Intelligence on tap: How Work IQ enables AI and agents at Microsoft
Improving agentic workplace results with Work IQ Adding deeper contextual intelligence to Microsoft 365 Copilot responses Enterprise knowledge is perhaps a company’s most valuable asset,…
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Making transportation seamless and efficient with the power of data and AI at Microsoft
It’s full speed ahead for the future of transportation at Microsoft. Five years ago, as a global pandemic shut down offices and commuting ground to…
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Modernizing IT infrastructure at Microsoft: A cloud-native journey with Azure
At Microsoft, we are proudly a cloud-first organization: Today, 98% of our IT infrastructure—which serves more than 200,000 employees and incorporates over 750,000 managed devices—runs…
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How we’re recapping our meetings with AI and Microsoft Teams Premium at Microsoft
Traditionally, missing a meeting—or even just a part of one—could mean being left behind while the rest of the team pressed forward. Referring to prior…
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Five principles that guided our network journey to Microsoft Azure and the cloud at Microsoft
At Microsoft, we operate one of the world’s largest IT infrastructures. So, when we embarked on the journey nearly a decade ago to move from…
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Transforming our approach to patch management at Microsoft
Computer security updates, commonly referred to as “patches,” are a crucial aspect of the IT operations of every large organization today. As a global software…
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Five ways we’re getting more out of Microsoft Teams in the era of AI and Microsoft 365 Copilot
Microsoft Teams has become so integral to the way we work here at Microsoft, it’s hard to believe that this “chat-based workspace” product has existed…
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Implementing a Zero Trust security model at Microsoft
At Microsoft, our shift to a Zero Trust security model—which began more than seven years ago—has helped us navigate many challenges. The increasing prevalence of…
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Implementing strong user authentication with Windows Hello for Business
Deploying Windows Hello for Business internally here at Microsoft has significantly increased our security when our employees and vendors access our corporate resources. This feature…
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Deploying Kanban at Microsoft leads to engineering excellence
At Microsoft we’ve taken a page from the auto industry and have adopted a process called Kanban. Kanban (pronounced “con-bon”) is a Japanese word meaning…
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Keeping our network infrastructure healthy at Microsoft with an employee-built AI agent
Like many global companies, our network engineering environment here at Microsoft is gigantic. It spans 88 countries, more than 700 buildings, 64,000 devices, 7,500 Microsoft…
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Staying ahead of the AI curve with Microsoft 365 Copilot: How a champion does it
Brian Shaw has been a Microsoft 365 Copilot enthusiast since the company first launched the generative AI solution in February 2023. But with AI tools…
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Transform your IT operations with Microsoft 365 Copilot: Insights from a champion
Yen Anderson remembers the first time she saw Microsoft 365 Copilot, the generative AI tool that the company launched in February 2023. She intuitively knew…