Case Study: General Electric achieves a modern, secure digital workplace with Microsoft Corporation

GE leads the way to the digital industrial age with a modern workplace culture

General Electric (GE) was transforming from an industrial leader into a digital industrial leader, but it needed a more secure, connected way to empower its 300,000-person workforce. To support that shift, GE turned to Microsoft Corporation, using Microsoft Office 365, Windows 10, Microsoft Teams, Yammer, and Office 365 ProPlus to improve collaboration, productivity, and device management across the company.

Microsoft Corporation helped GE standardize on a cloud-based workplace platform that delivered secure email, familiar Office apps on any device, modern provisioning and patching with Windows 10, and faster teamwork through Teams and Yammer. The results included better cross-team collaboration, quicker onboarding, stronger security, and measurable productivity gains—GE said that even saving a minute a day per employee across 300,000 workers would create tremendous value.

General Electric

James Fowler

Chief Information Officer