Here is a look inside the 500 acres Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington

Here is a look inside the 500 acres Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington

The Microsoft campus is located in the Seattle suburb of Redmond, Washington in the United States of America. It covers a land area size of over 500 acres. It has over 100 office buildings and a lake. As a city on its own, it has amenities such as a shopping mall, sports fields and a transport system. All to make the working life of its employees easy and amazing.

Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington

Interesting things at the Microsoft Headquarters:

There is a hallway where high-fives are mandatory.
There is no building 7.
Microsoft visitor centre or building 92, takes you on a journey through the past, present and future of the company. It is also an experiential centre just like any Microsoft store and you can see and have a hands-on with Microsoft products.
Over 50,000 employees work across the campus.

Take a tour inside the massive Microsoft campus

Microsoft is currently building modern workspaces that are ecologically and environmentally friendly. It is modernizing the workplace to enhance productivity and collaboration, the employee experience and support its cultural transformation with these spaces. Microsoft plans to be carbon negative by 2030.

Check out its plan for a modernized Redmond campus of the future.

Ever been to the Microsoft campus in Redmond or any other campus? Tell us what you saw or think. Also, check out Microsoft’s futuristic Israel campus.

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A look at Microsoft’s future and modernized Redmond and Silicon Valley Campuses

A look at Microsoft’s future and modernized Redmond and Silicon Valley Campuses

Microsoft is modernizing its campuses in all regions by creating the best employee experiences with the smartest and greenest workplaces. 

campuses

By building modern workspaces, Microsoft wants to promote collaboration, productivity, innovation and creativity. As the company projects into the future, Microsoft says the campuses will have holistic designs. 

Our goal is to build a campus for the future.
We are transforming the way we work, create and innovate.
Microsoft is modernizing the workplace to enhance productivity and collaboration, the employee experience and support our cultural transformation.

 

Rendered versions of the modernized campuses

Redeveloped Redmond, Washington Campus 

It is scheduled to be completed between five to seven years. 12 existing buildings will make way for 18 new buildings in its place. The new development will introduce new running and walking trails, open spaces and sports facilities. 

Redeveloped Silicon Valley Campus

This project is on going. It is estimated to take about two years with completion date in December 2019. 

“The new Microsoft Silicon Valley campus will be the first tech campus with Net-Zero Water certification, making it our smartest, greenest office yet.”  

Microsoft might bring together the various campus in the silicon valley area. Currently it has campuses located in San Mountain View, Palo Alto, San Francisco and Sunnyvale. These campuses see the development of  Azure, HoloLens, Outlook, PowerPoint, Xbox, Skype, Yammer and LinkedIn. 

What do you think about the planned redevelopments? 

Windows 10 Invitation : The Next Chapter

Windows 10 Invitation : The Next Chapter

 

Winows 10 Invitation

Windows 10 Invitation

Microsoft has sent out an open Windows 10 invitation to the public to join in on an event at the Redmond campus dubbed The next chapter, scheduled for Wednesday, January 21st 2015 where all the yet to be mentioned and other updated or dropped features of the new OS, Windows 10 will be know.

This event will see Microsoft chief Satya Nadella and senior leaders from the Operating Systems Group Terry Myerson, Joe Belfiore and Phil Spencer talk about the Windows 10 consumer experience at the event.

There will be a live webcast of the event and we’ll have the links available so stay tuned.

Are you ready for what Microsoft will show you next in Windows 10, let us know in the comments?

Source: Windows Blog