{"id":7726,"date":"2021-12-17T12:25:26","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T20:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/insidetrack\/blog\/?p=7726"},"modified":"2023-06-13T15:06:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T22:06:18","slug":"best-of-inside-track-driving-microsofts-internal-transformation-in-2021-with-microsoft-azure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/insidetrack\/blog\/best-of-inside-track-driving-microsofts-internal-transformation-in-2021-with-microsoft-azure\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of Inside Track: Driving Microsoft\u2019s internal transformation in 2021 with Microsoft Azure"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"MicrosoftMore than 93 percent of Microsoft\u2019s internal processes are now operating in the cloud on Microsoft Azure. This is part of an ongoing digital transformation at the company fueled by Microsoft Digital, the organization that powers, protects, and transforms the company.<\/p>\n

Microsoft drove many cloud-based internal projects during 2021, including bids to expand its use of a Zero Trust security model, to transform its internal network, to improve how teams ingest data across the company, and to automate how it responds to tens of billions of security threats.<\/p>\n

Moving to Microsoft Azure<\/h2>\n

While Microsoft\u2019s journey to the cloud is nearly complete, the lessons learned along the way are still highly relevant to the company and its customers. To move to the cloud, Microsoft rethought its infrastructure and operations platforms, tools, engineering methods, and business processes\u2014all to create a collaborative organization that delivers cohesive and scalable solutions to its employees, partners, and customers.<\/p>\n

To get there, Microsoft Digital led the company on a very specific path: First it focused on improving operational efficiency, then on embracing modern engineering thinking and reinventing its culture to help its employees embrace transformation, and then, finally, on delivering value by using the new capabilities and tools within Microsoft Azure.<\/p>\n

Discover how Microsoft is evolving its internal operations with Microsoft Azure<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Transforming Microsoft\u2019s internal network<\/h2>\n

At Microsoft, the shift to remote and hybrid work has helped the company speed up the transformation of its internal network. The company benefited from the need to move quickly to make sure that the 180,000 people who work on its network were not disrupted when they began working remotely.<\/p>\n

The opportunity to do new and more powerful things is just immense. I\u2019m looking forward to seeing where we go next.<\/p>\n

\u2014Pete Apple, principal service engineer, Microsoft Digital<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Microsoft Digital made several improvements to its network while protecting the company and its employees against a growing and evolving threat landscape. Those improvements included adopting the cloud as its primary endpoint for all activity at the company. It also made sure its network was fully able to support and secure several new remote and hybrid work scenarios and a surge of new Internet of Things experiences.<\/p>\n

Click through to learn more about the transformation of Microsoft\u2019s network<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Unpacking Microsoft\u2019s journey to cloud<\/h2>\n
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Apple\u2019s expedition to the cloud began as a Microsoft vendor who worked on some very early versions of Microsoft software. Since then, the cloud services engineer has been on quite the journey helping the company move to the cloud. (Photo by Jim Adams | Inside Track)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Microsoft\u2019s Pete Apple was there to guide Microsoft through its journey to the cloud, something that he documented in a series of blog posts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe opportunity to do new and more powerful things is just immense,\u201d says Apple, a principal service engineer in Microsoft Digital. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to seeing where we go next.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read the first installment in Apple\u2019s Microsoft\u2019s Expedition where he writes about the learning, pitfalls, and compromises that the company made along the way<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Deploying identity-based access<\/h2>\n

With a growing online population and increasing performance demand, the cybersecurity threat landscape has grown more dangerous. Microsoft\u2019s internal security team is responsible for powering and protecting all assets across the enterprise. One of the ways it does that is by using Microsoft Azure Active Directory Multifactor Authentication to help company employees stay secure on any device.<\/p>\n

Learn how Microsoft is using Microsoft Azure Active Directory and Microsoft Azure Multifactor Authentication to enhance its remote security.<\/a><\/p>\n

Responding to 20 billion cybersecurity events per day<\/h2>\n

To help it respond to the growing security threat, Microsoft deployed Microsoft Azure Sentinel to improve how it responds to more than 20 billion cybersecurity events per day.<\/p>\n

The new security information and event management (SIEM) is helping the company zero in on the threats that need attention and allowing it to not worry about those that don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Read more about the lessons learned in rolling out Azure Sentinel internally at Microsoft.<\/a><\/p>\n

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