Microsoft Azure
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Enabling effortless cloud infrastructure management with MyWorkspace and Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Digital (MSD) is the organization that powers, protects, and transforms Microsoft. As part of its mission, MSD builds and manages the cloud network infrastructure that supports Microsoft products and services. MyWorkspace is a browser-based cloud-provisioning tool created by MSD…
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Examining Microsoft’s SAP transactions with Microsoft Azure Anomaly Detector
As part of our continuing digital transformation journey, our Microsoft Digital Employee Experience (MDEE) team is constantly looking for ways to improve our business processes and detect issues and anomalies before they become serious problems. Sometimes these failures happen sporadically…
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Modernizing our cloud networking infrastructure with a DevOps mindset
DevOps has become a fundamental philosophy critical to the success of our cloud networking teams and solutions. In today’s rapidly changing technology landscape, the conventional model of infrastructure management—receiving user requirements, designing solutions, deploying infrastructure, and manually monitoring for health…
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Enhancing Microsoft’s security posture with Microsoft Azure Firewall Manager
Imagine an enterprise company with dozens or hundreds of firewalls, each with its own set of policies for keeping corporate networks secure. That was the situation here at Microsoft until our IT teams started using Microsoft Azure Firewall Manager. This…
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Revolutionizing SAP and ADP connectivity with Microsoft Azure VWAN and VPN
Connecting line-of-business solutions into the Microsoft Azure networking environment is a critical part of enabling an efficient hybrid network environment and an important step in transforming enterprise networking using Azure. We’ve recently helped SAP, one of our key business partners,…
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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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Transforming our internal Microsoft Azure spend forecasting
Budget forecasting is a crucial discipline across any business process. With a large-scale consumable resource like Microsoft Azure, accurate budgeting can lead to savings in the millions. To improve Microsoft Azure spend forecasting for our internal engineering teams in Microsoft…
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Focusing on user-experience network monitoring with AppNeta and Azure Monitor
Cloud-based networking has become a core pillar of Microsoft’s core infrastructure. Here at Microsoft Digital (MSD), Microsoft’s internal IT organization, our unwavering commitment to an exceptional user experience for our employees has led us to transform how we monitor our…
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New trade screening tool boosts Microsoft
Microsoft runs on trust. This includes ensuring that the company is compliant with regulatory requirements by utilizing evolving technology to transform compliance practices, including trade screening. At Microsoft, we pride ourselves on working fairly and honestly with the people we…
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Shifting to paperless contract lifecycle management to help schools navigate COVID-19
[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.] Paperless contract…
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Listening to millions of IoT building sensor readings with load testing
As an employee, an easy-seeming task like booking a meeting room can quickly become difficult if you cannot see which rooms are available—that is where taking a transformed approach to load testing can help. Employees booking rooms and dozens of…
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Mapping Microsoft’s expedition to the cloud with good cartography
When you’re charged with mapping Microsoft’s expedition to the cloud, sometimes it’s best to go back to the basics—like using an old fashioned map to help you find your way. Check out Pete Apple’s expedition to the cloud series The…