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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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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  • Tackling environmental sustainability from the inside out at Microsoft

    Microsoft operates 100 percent carbon neutral. It also levies an internal carbon tax on its own business units to help pay for climate change and environmental sustainability initiatives, including giving technology grants to environmental projects outside of Microsoft. Both are…

  • How one Microsoft leader sparked an engineering team’s transformation

    When Sahil Garg set out to overhaul how Microsoft delivers procurement and payment solutions to employees and external suppliers, he had to do one important thing first—he had to get the people onboard. He needed the software engineers to work…

  • Microsoft Teams keeps employees connected during epic snow event  

    For Microsoft, the best part of the epic snowstorms that hammered its headquarters for nine straight days is that the collaboration technology that employees used to work from home was as seamless as if they were still in the office. While the 50,000 employees who live in Redmond, Washington were blocked in by roughly two feet of snow that fell from…

  • Opening the door to a new first impression at Microsoft

    You learn a lot about someone when you pass through their front door. Microsoft is no different. The company is retooling the experience visitors have when they walk into Microsoft’s many front doors—the company has more than 770 buildings around…

  • Finding the right match: Why Microsoft launched a skills library

    Often, what you’re looking for is right under your nose. Microsoft and other companies commonly find it challenging to assess the skills of their employees. The reason? The language people use to talk about professional skills varies widely (what one…