Microsoft Campus Tours

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.