Building a Digital Selling Operation at Microsoft-Building-a-Digital-Selling-Operation-at-Microsoft

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Lisa, Microsoft’s Vice President and General Manager for Digital Sales EAME, explains how Microsoft built a large digital-selling organization to serve mid-market and SMB customers, and now larger enterprise clients too. She argues that face-to-face selling will soon disadvantage reps, as COVID has accelerated an already growing shift toward remote work and digital buying. Microsoft’s transformation rested on three pillars: smarter segmentation using AI and external data, sales centers to scale digitally across regions, and technology to boost seller productivity. Tools highlighted include Teams for collaboration, Workplace Analytics for customer-facing time, voice call intelligence for coaching, LinkedIn Sales Navigator for social selling, and an AI recommendation engine that surfaces the best next actions for sellers. She emphasizes that success requires strong site strategy, a clear sales model, and a hybrid future where digital and field selling coexist. She also stresses continuous learning, onboarding, and purposeful virtual connection.

Keywords

digital selling

Microsoft

sales transformation

remote work

AI sales tools

hybrid selling