Microsoft Campus Tours - Channel 9 The Channel 9 Team take you behind-the-scenes of Microsoft's corporate campus in Redmond, WA. Microsoft http://files.channel9.msdn.com/thumbnail/0d7de829-caeb-4ae5-98bf-74c62dadfcb8.jpg Microsoft Campus Tours - Channel 9 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours The Channel 9 Team take you behind-the-scenes of Microsoft's corporate campus in Redmond, WA. http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours en Wed, 22 May 2013 16:26:26 GMT Wed, 22 May 2013 16:26:26 GMT Rev9 16 1 100 Campus Tours: Windows Accessibility Lab Recently Daniel Hubbel from the Windows team met with us to talk about the Ease of Access features in Windows. Last week he invited us over to see the lab where all of these features are tested. The lab, tucked away behind a discreet door in a typical Microsoft hallway, is setup with a living room area and several stations that represent the workspaces of fictional users with various challenges and needs. With these stations and additional accessibilty hardware, researchers and developers can test scenarios and real-world use cases.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Campus-Tours-Windows-Accessibility-Lab Recently Daniel Hubbel from the Windows team met with us to talk about the Ease of Access features in Windows. Last week he invited us over to see the lab where all of these features are tested. The lab, tucked away behind a discreet door in a typical Microsoft hallway, is setup with a living room area and several stations that represent the workspaces of fictional users with various challenges and needs. With these stations and additional accessibilty hardware, researchers and developers can test scenarios and real-world use cases. 766 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Campus-Tours-Windows-Accessibility-Lab Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:16:08 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Campus-Tours-Windows-Accessibility-Lab Larry Larsen Larry Larsen 6 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Campus-Tours-Windows-Accessibility-Lab/RSS Accessibility Microsoft Campus Tours - Microsoft Studios ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Studios Did you know that Microsoft has a full service television and production studio on campus? From Steve Ballmer appearances on Bloomberg to MSNBC broadcasts to Channel 9 Halloween videos, the Microsoft Studios team cover an extremely wide gamut of production services. In this Microsoft Campus Tours, Laura Foy takes us behind the scenes of MS Studios for a look at what it takes to keep the cameras rolling. 840 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Studios Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:44:06 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Studios Laura Foy, Nic Fillingham, Tina Laura Foy, Nic Fillingham, Tina 13 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Studios/RSS Microsoft Campus Tours - Building 4 Refurb Building 4, one of the original buildings on the Redmond campus, has just undergone a massive refurbishment, transforming it from the traditional one-office-per-employee layout to a modern, open space with an emphasis on collaboration and natural light.

John Snavely from the Office RED team gives us a tour of the new and improved work spaces in building 4 including the bike rack, work shop, Garage and "Soda-TRON 2000".

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Building-4-Refurb Building 4, one of the original buildings on the Redmond campus, has just undergone a massive refurbishment, transforming it from the traditional one-office-per-employee layout to a modern, open space with an emphasis on collaboration and natural light. John Snavely from the Office RED team gives us a tour of the new and improved work spaces in building 4 including the bike rack, work shop, Garage and "Soda-TRON 2000". 482 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Building-4-Refurb Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:48:41 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Building-4-Refurb Nic Fillingham Nic Fillingham 6 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Building-4-Refurb/RSS Surface 2.0 Stress Test Robot - PaTTY Joe Farro from the Surface team gives us a tour of PaTTY the robot who is responsible for stress testing the upcoming Surface 2.0 units. PaTTY is capable of testing draw speeds of up to 25 inches per second thanks to a pair of very powerful motors which means she requires constant monitoring to ensure she doesn't break free from her confines and roam the Microsoft campus.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Surface-20-Stress-Test-Robot-PaTTY Joe Farro from the Surface team gives us a tour of PaTTY the robot who is responsible for stress testing the upcoming Surface 2.0 units. PaTTY is capable of testing draw speeds of up to 25 inches per second thanks to a pair of very powerful motors which means she requires constant monitoring to ensure she doesn't break free from her confines and roam the Microsoft campus. 692 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Surface-20-Stress-Test-Robot-PaTTY Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:51:16 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Surface-20-Stress-Test-Robot-PaTTY Nic Fillingham Nic Fillingham 9 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Surface-20-Stress-Test-Robot-PaTTY/RSS Surface Robots A Look at the SoundLab The Microsoft SoundLab is a group at Microsoft that supports our needs for sounds and sound effects, mostly for video games. They have handled most of the Microsoft Game Studio sounds, for games like Halo, Fable, and Forza. Mike Caviezel walks us through the SoundLab and talks about what it's like to create interesting noises for a living.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/A-Look-at-the-SoundLab The Microsoft SoundLab is a group at Microsoft that supports our needs for sounds and sound effects, mostly for video games. They have handled most of the Microsoft Game Studio sounds, for games like Halo, Fable, and Forza. Mike Caviezel walks us through the SoundLab and talks about what it's like to create interesting noises for a living. 588 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/A-Look-at-the-SoundLab Wed, 18 May 2011 21:56:10 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/A-Look-at-the-SoundLab Larry Larsen Larry Larsen 5 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/A-Look-at-the-SoundLab/RSS Audio Microsoft Campus Tours - Microsoft Hardware Model Shop Vince Jesus gives Clint Rutkas a tour of the Microsoft Hardware Model Shop (not to be confused with the Microsoft Research Model Shop) where napkin doodles become working prototypes and then eventually finished products like the Arc Touch Mouse.

3D Printers, CNC Machines and Paint Guns are just some of the toys this team gets to play with each and every day as they help design, create and evolve the Microsoft Hardware product line.

For more, head to the Next at Microsoft blog where Steve Clayton is covering Microsoft Campus Tours all this week.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Hardware-Prototyping-Workshop Vince Jesus gives Clint Rutkas a tour of the Microsoft Hardware Model Shop (not to be confused with the Microsoft Research Model Shop) where napkin doodles become working prototypes and then eventually finished products like the Arc Touch Mouse. 3D Printers, CNC Machines and Paint Guns are just some of the toys this team gets to play with each and every day as they help design, create and evolve the Microsoft Hardware product line. For more, head to the Next at Microsoft blog where Steve Clayton is covering Microsoft Campus Tours all this week. 850 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Hardware-Prototyping-Workshop Wed, 04 May 2011 16:19:19 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Hardware-Prototyping-Workshop Clint Rutkas, Nic Fillingham Clint Rutkas, Nic Fillingham 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Hardware-Prototyping-Workshop/RSS Microsoft Campus Tours - The Microsoft Home Steve Clayton and Flora Goldthwaite give us an exclusive tour of The Microsoft Home.

The Microsoft Home, located on the Redmond campus in the Executive Briefing Center, is an envisioning of the family home in the very near future where connected experiences and devices take their next logical steps and beyond.

First opened in 1994, The Microsoft Home is maintained by a group of researchers under Microsoft's Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Craig Mundie, and is updated regularly.

Unfortunately The Microsoft Home is not open to the public but Channel 9 was given special permission to film a sneak-peak tour for this episode of Microsoft Campus Tours.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-The-Microsoft-Home Steve Clayton and Flora Goldthwaite give us an exclusive tour of The Microsoft Home. The Microsoft Home, located on the Redmond campus in the Executive Briefing Center, is an envisioning of the family home in the very near future where connected experiences and devices take their next logical steps and beyond. First opened in 1994, The Microsoft Home is maintained by a group of researchers under Microsoft's Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Craig Mundie, and is updated regularly. Unfortunately The Microsoft Home is not open to the public but Channel 9 was given special permission to film a sneak-peak tour for this episode of Microsoft Campus Tours. 467 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-The-Microsoft-Home Mon, 02 May 2011 16:43:30 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-The-Microsoft-Home Nic Fillingham Nic Fillingham 17 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-The-Microsoft-Home/RSS Campus Tours: Fuse Labs with Lili Cheng Long time Niner Lili Cheng shows us her workspace at Fuse Labs. Fuse is an interesting area at Microsoft that sits within the part of Microsoft Research that operates closer to shipping products than looking at the future. Fuse is a few blocks off the main campus and has a rich history, this is the area where Xbox and Azure was created.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Campus-Tours-Fuse-Labs-with-Lili-Cheng Long time Niner Lili Cheng shows us her workspace at Fuse Labs. Fuse is an interesting area at Microsoft that sits within the part of Microsoft Research that operates closer to shipping products than looking at the future. Fuse is a few blocks off the main campus and has a rich history, this is the area where Xbox and Azure was created. 423 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Campus-Tours-Fuse-Labs-with-Lili-Cheng Wed, 27 Apr 2011 21:36:30 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Campus-Tours-Fuse-Labs-with-Lili-Cheng Larry Larsen Larry Larsen 5 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Campus-Tours-Fuse-Labs-with-Lili-Cheng/RSS FUSE Labs Microsoft Microsoft Campus Tours - Microsoft Archives In this episode of Microsoft Campus Tours we give you an exclusive look at the treasure trove of wonders that is Microsoft Archives.

Amy Stevenson is the curator of Microsoft Archives and her job is to document as much of Microsoft's 36 year history as possible. This is no mean feat as it involves sifting through (literally) tonnes of submissions in order to identify those special, rare items that require preserving in the bulletproof, soundprood, fireproof, floodproof, zombie-apocalypse-proof MS Archives vault. Enjoy.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Archives In this episode of Microsoft Campus Tours we give you an exclusive look at the treasure trove of wonders that is Microsoft Archives. Amy Stevenson is the curator of Microsoft Archives and her job is to document as much of Microsoft's 36 year history as possible. This is no mean feat as it involves sifting through (literally) tonnes of submissions in order to identify those special, rare items that require preserving in the bulletproof, soundprood, fireproof, floodproof, zombie-apocalypse-proof MS Archives vault. Enjoy. 498 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Archives Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:55:24 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Archives Clint Rutkas, Nic Fillingham, Tina Clint Rutkas, Nic Fillingham, Tina 11 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Archives/RSS Microsoft Campus Tours - The Connector With thousands of employees coming to the Microsoft Redmond campus every day, getting around can be a challenge. The Microsoft Connector team manage a large fleet of buses, vans and on-demand cars to get people to and from their meetings, their offices and back home again.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-The-Connector With thousands of employees coming to the Microsoft Redmond campus every day, getting around can be a challenge. The Microsoft Connector team manage a large fleet of buses, vans and on-demand cars to get people to and from their meetings, their offices and back home again. 490 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-The-Connector Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:57:16 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-The-Connector Clint Rutkas, Nic Fillingham, Tina Clint Rutkas, Nic Fillingham, Tina 5 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-The-Connector/RSS Microsoft Campus Tours - Channel 9 Behind The Scenes In this episode of Microsoft Campus Tours we take you behind the scenes of Channel 9. Check out our recording studio in building 20 and the Channel 9 office in building 24. Is this how you imagined it?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Channel-9-Behind-The-Scenes In this episode of Microsoft Campus Tours we take you behind the scenes of Channel 9. Check out our recording studio in building 20 and the Channel 9 office in building 24. Is this how you imagined it? 392 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Channel-9-Behind-The-Scenes Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:00:43 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Channel-9-Behind-The-Scenes Larry Larsen, Nic Fillingham, Tina Larry Larsen, Nic Fillingham, Tina 13 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Channel-9-Behind-The-Scenes/RSS Microsoft Campus Tours - Dining on Campus We work and play hard here at Microsoft but we also eat well. Tune in as Mark Freeman and I chat about all things MS Dining and take you to the campus restaurants, cafes, and cafeterias. MS Dining serves roughly 35,000 meals a day to its employees and we're doing a great job of going green. 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Dining-On-Campus We work and play hard here at Microsoft but we also eat well. Tune in as Mark Freeman and I chat about all things MS Dining and take you to the campus restaurants, cafes, and cafeterias. MS Dining serves roughly 35,000 meals a day to its employees and we're doing a great job of going green.  517 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Dining-On-Campus Fri, 07 Jan 2011 08:27:30 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Dining-On-Campus Nic Fillingham, Tina Nic Fillingham, Tina 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Dining-On-Campus/RSS Microsoft Campus Tours - Microsoft Research Part 3 - The Model Shop Larry Larsen and Microsoft Research General Manager Kevin Schofield take a tour of Building 99. In this video, the third and final instalment of our MSR tour, we see inside the prototyping and model shop.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Research-Part-3-The-Model-Shop Larry Larsen and Microsoft Research General Manager Kevin Schofield take a tour of Building 99. In this video, the third and final instalment of our MSR tour, we see inside the prototyping and model shop. 433 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Research-Part-3-The-Model-Shop Thu, 23 Dec 2010 02:27:26 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Research-Part-3-The-Model-Shop Larry Larsen, Nic Fillingham, Tina Larry Larsen, Nic Fillingham, Tina 6 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Research-Part-3-The-Model-Shop/RSS Microsoft Research Microsoft Campus Tours - Microsoft Research Part 2 - Manual Deskterity Larry Larsen and Microsoft Research General Manager Kevin Schofield take a tour of Building 99. In this video, the second of three parts, Michel Pahud walks us through some of his touch computing research projects.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Research-Part-2-Manual-Deskterity Larry Larsen and Microsoft Research General Manager Kevin Schofield take a tour of Building 99. In this video, the second of three parts, Michel Pahud walks us through some of his touch computing research projects. 536 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Research-Part-2-Manual-Deskterity Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:08:21 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Research-Part-2-Manual-Deskterity Larry Larsen, Nic Fillingham, Tina Larry Larsen, Nic Fillingham, Tina 12 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Research-Part-2-Manual-Deskterity/RSS Microsoft Research Microsoft Campus Tours - Microsoft Research Part 1 - The Anechoic Chamber Larry Larsen and Microsoft Research General Manager Kevin Schofield take a tour of Building 99. In this, the first of three parts, we check out one of the anechoic chambers used to create the technology behind Kinect.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Research-Part-1-The-Anechoic-Chamber Larry Larsen and Microsoft Research General Manager Kevin Schofield take a tour of Building 99. In this, the first of three parts, we check out one of the anechoic chambers used to create the technology behind Kinect. 608 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Research-Part-1-The-Anechoic-Chamber Wed, 08 Dec 2010 22:33:01 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Research-Part-1-The-Anechoic-Chamber Larry Larsen, Nic Fillingham, Tina Larry Larsen, Nic Fillingham, Tina 7 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Research-Part-1-The-Anechoic-Chamber/RSS Microsoft Research Microsoft Campus Tours - Xbox Microsoft Campus Tours is a new series that takes you into some of the most intriguing buildings and places on Microsoft's main campus.  We start our tour at the infamous Xbox building where we team up with Larry Hryb (Major Nelson).  Larry takes us through the Xbox teams work spaces and play places.  We make our way through Holograms, Elephants, programmers and a pretty incredible eatery. 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Xbox Microsoft Campus Tours is a new series that takes you into some of the most intriguing buildings and places on Microsoft's main campus.  We start our tour at the infamous Xbox building where we team up with Larry Hryb (Major Nelson).  Larry takes us through the Xbox teams work spaces and play places.  We make our way through Holograms, Elephants, programmers and a pretty incredible eatery.  500 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Xbox Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:12:54 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Xbox Nic Fillingham, Tina Nic Fillingham, Tina 27 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Xbox/RSS Inside Xbox Xbox