Author: Lukas Velush

Lukas Velush tells the story of how Microsoft uses its own technology on this blog and on the Microsoft Digital Inside Track website (link near the top left of your screen). He’s a recovering journalist who needs to not take himself too seriously.

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October 19, 2024

How we’re recapping our meetings with AI and Microsoft Teams Premium at Microsoft

Traditionally, missing a meeting—or even just a part of it—could mean being left behind while the rest of the team pressed forward. Referring to prior meetings was tedious, requiring employees to sift through hours of recorded dialogue to find specific reference points. Microsoft Teams aims to change that with its AI-powered Intelligent Recap feature in… Read More
October 17, 2024

Deploying Microsoft 365 Copilot in four chapters

What this guide contains Intro: Deploying Microsoft 365 Copilot Chapter 1: Getting governance right Chapter 2: Implementation with intention Chapter 3: Driving adoption to capture value Chapter 4: Building a foundation for support Appendix: Downloadable assets to support your deployment Download a copy of this deployment and adoption guide here. Deploying Microsoft 365 Copilot at… Read More
September 30, 2024

Five tips for prompting AI: How we’re communicating better at Microsoft with Microsoft 365 Copilot

It’s all in the prompt. The AI revolution is here, and we’re finding that the best way to take advantage of it is to learn how to prompt it. Here in Microsoft Digital, the company’s IT organization, we’ve had early access to Microsoft 365 Copilot. We’ve learned, among other things, that the better your prompt,… Read More

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August 24, 2023

Boosting leader success at Microsoft with Microsoft Viva Insights

Managing people isn’t about being a boss. It’s about understanding what your team members need to thrive in their roles—and making sure they have it. But how can managers establish the organizational understanding they need to properly support their employees?…
August 21, 2023

Leveraging advances in AI in a healthcare setting

For a transcript, please view the video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOy8v_Uv9JM, select the “More actions” button (three dots icon) below the video, and then select “Show transcript.” Learn how a healthcare firm in India is using our AI technology platform better…
August 18, 2023

Onboarding new Microsoft employees with Microsoft Teams while working remotely

Allison Koch’s first day at Microsoft was a long time coming. So was Eran Samocha’s. Koch, a self-described Microsoft fan, has been selling or advocating for the company’s products “for more years than I care to admit.” In her role,…
August 15, 2023

Watch our demo: Automating repetitive tasks with Microsoft Dynamics 365

For a transcript, please view the video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUbeX0eQGNg&t=2s, select the “More actions” button (three dots icon) below the video, and then select “Show transcript.” Watch our demo to see how we’re using Microsoft Dynamics 365 to automate key…
August 14, 2023

Using Microsoft Viva to boost employee engagement with sustainability efforts in Microsoft France

At Microsoft, sustainability is a top priority. As a company, we aim to be carbon-negative, water positive, and zero waste by 2030. Across the globe, there are around 10,000 employees who spend part of their time helping us work toward…
August 14, 2023

Microsoft moves its main employee portal to latest version of SharePoint

Editor’s note: This blog post has been updated to reflect how improvements in SharePoint in Microsoft 365 are enabling Microsoft to share news about COVID-19 and remote working with its employees in ways that were previously not possible. Moving MSW,…
August 9, 2023

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…
August 9, 2023

Microsoft moves its Human Resources employee portal to SharePoint Online

[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.] Microsoft has…
August 7, 2023

Brain-friendly employee feedback turning the tide at Microsoft

[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.] As much…
August 3, 2023

Informing the influencers: The Microsoft 365 Experience insights dashboard empowers adoption

A new trend is emerging in IT. Technical professionals are increasingly responsible for supporting adoption activities and helping their organizations ensure they’re maximizing their tech investments and making important technology decisions. As a result of these trends, a new category…
August 2, 2023

Running on VPN: How Microsoft is keeping its remote workforce connected

To ensure that employees had a reliable hybrid work experience at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Steve Means, principal cloud network engineering manager in Microsoft Digital Employee Experience, and his team set out to make sure that the company’s…
July 12, 2023

Make it easy but secure: Our journey to frictionless device management at Microsoft

With more than 200,000 employees each utilizing a handful of work and personal devices to get work done, the device management landscape at Microsoft is immense, complicated, and fraught with security risk. In short, the point at which our administrator…