Multiyear agreement represents one of the
largest deployments of Teams in the financial services
industry
LONDON, and REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 9,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Tuesday, Barclays Bank PLC
(Barclays) and Microsoft Corp. announced Barclays has deployed
Microsoft Teams as its preferred collaboration platform, powering
collaboration for more than 120,000 colleagues and service partners
in key locations around the globe. Under the agreement, Barclays is
streamlining its existing communications and collaboration
solutions, with Teams replacing several point solutions previously
in use across the company.
As part of its efforts to better connect employees across its
business units and functions, Barclays and Microsoft jointly
executed a deployment plan for the use of Teams across the
company. This plan included enhancing the data retention,
search and retrieval capabilities available within Microsoft
Purview to meet Barclays' needs.
"Modern technology is essential to enabling our employees to
deliver the highest level of service to our customers in a way that
is resilient and sustainable," said Craig
Bright, global chief information officer, Barclays.
"Microsoft Teams gives us an end-to-end collaboration platform that
helps us connect our colleagues and enhance our business
capabilities."
Seeking to provide its employees with a comprehensive
collaboration platform enables teams to interact and work together
in a dynamic, modern way, Barclays was intent on delivering a
robust Teams experience. Barclays was able to deliver on this
strategy.
Barclays deployed Teams globally within months and the impact
was instant. It enabled greater collaboration and better
communication between teams, while reducing email traffic to get
things done more efficiently.
"Over the past two years, digital collaboration has become
central to how work gets done. Barclays is leading the way for the
financial services industry globally, by giving its employees
modern communication and collaboration tools that enable them to
connect without friction," said Rajesh
Jha, executive vice president, Experiences & Devices,
Microsoft.
About Barclays Bank PLC
Barclays is a British
universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different
types of customer and client, and geography. Our businesses
include consumer banking and payments operations around the world,
as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and
investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company
which provides technology, operations and functional services
across the Group.
About Microsoft
Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT" @microsoft)
enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud
and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and
every organization on the planet to achieve more.
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