Pentagon launches Microsoft-based teleworking service for four million employees

The Defense Department wants to shift more than four million employees to a new teleworking service based on Microsoft Teams, as federal employees increasingly work from home amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The new "Commercial Virtual Work Environment" launched late last month provides DOD employees with chat, video, voice conferencing and file sharing via Microsoft Teams on both personal and government devices, according to a Tuesday fact sheet published online by the Air Force. The "CVR Environment" includes the full...