By Lauren C. Williams Jan 20, 2021 Thanks to the changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing your own approved device (BYOAD) is now a high priority for the Defense Information Systems Agency. That's due in large part to vastly more teleworkers and the temporary deployment of the Defense Department's commercial virtual remote (CVR) Teams environment. As DOD and DISA move to a permanent Microsoft Office 365 solution this summer, the need and demand for BYOAD is expected to increase. "With the rollout of CVR and the success of CVR users and the fact that users are working differently with CVR, it is driving us more quickly to BYOAD," Steve Wallace, the systems innovation specialist for DISA's Emerging Technologies Directorate, said during a Jan. 14 AFCEA DC virtual event.