Last update: 01/06/2019
Most of the world's largest technology companies are located in the Silicon Valley. And as we live in the Valley, we always bring a series of interesting posts about the region. However, a major tech company is not headquartered in this important region of California. It is the case of Microsoft Corporation, which is located in the small town of Redmond, Washington, approximately 20 km away from Seattle city center. Let's been there and give you all the tips on how to visit Microsoft's headquarters.
MICROSOFT
Microsoft was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, both born in Seattle. In the mid-1980s, the company that created the operating system that is still the most used in the world: the Microsoft Windows, making these founders billionaires.
Later, he created the famous Office pack, with the tools Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Outlook, Publisher, among others. Since the 1990s, Microsoft has increasingly diversified from the operating system market and has made a series of corporate acquisitions. In May 2011, Microsoft acquired the Skype Technologies for US $ 8.5 billion. Microsoft also the name behind the Bing search engine, a competitor of Google; of X-BOX video game, among many other very important products.
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THE MICROSOFT REDMOND CAMPUS
O Microsoft Redmond Campus is the official name of the location where Microsoft's corporate headquarters is located. Microsoft moved to the site in 1986, and since then, the headquarters has had successive expansions after its inception. It is located on both sides of State Highway 520. The total area of the campus is estimated to be 740 thousand m² of office space, housing between 30 and 40 thousand employees (it is estimated that the company has a total of 90 thousand employees worldwide). Due to the massive size of the campus, Microsoft has a bus service that takes employees from one building to another. The Seattle Times reported in early September 2015 that Microsoft had hired an architectural firm to begin a multi-billion dollar overhaul of the Redmond campus, using an additional 130,000 m² allowed by an agreement with the City of Redmond City Hall. .
HOW TO VISIT MICROSOFT HEADQUARTERS
As with other technology companies, it is not possible to visit the company's office and laboratory areas. You can walk, cycle or drive through the buildings, but access is restricted. However, in Building 92 of the complex is located Microsoft Visitor Center.
Admission is free and free for visitors to know a little more about the company's products and some things that are being developed. Upon entering Building 92, you should turn right and, in a few steps, on your right will be the Microsoft Visitor Center. Opposite the Visitors Center there is a reception desk. Ask the clerk to hand you a paper with a map of the place to guide your visit.
The Visitor Center exhibit changes when something new from the company is released, but we'll show you what we saw on the day of our visit here to give you an idea of what you'll find there.
Right at the entrance is the call The Entry Globe, a luminous globe made of carbon fiber that weighs 24 kg and shows people, products and places where Microsoft technologies are around the world.
What draws attention in a corner of the place is this panel with the photo of the main characters that gave life to the company and their signatures. Look at Bill Gates on the left in the light blue shirt.
The entire exhibition at the Visitor Center is interactive, meaning you can touch, draw, play, play. It's very interesting and fun!
The last part of the Visitor Center has interactive games and a very curious area where you can dress up in a virtual way! Your image appears on TV and you can try on various types of clothes that the computer shows how they would look on your body using Kinect sensor technology.
Tip
The Microsoft Visitor Center may be closed without notice for restricted company events. In order not to have the disappointment of going there and finding the place closed, call 24 hours in advance or send an email. We were pleasantly surprised by emailing them. The response was super fast and we were told they would get in touch if an event is scheduled on the day we were planning to visit the place.
- Telephone: (425) 703-6214
- Email: mvc@microsoft.com
THE MICROSOFT COMPANY STORE
Opposite the entrance to the Visitors Center is a small shop called Microsoft Company Store with many articles from Microsoft and its companies.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Microsoft Visitor Center
- Address: 15010 Northeast 36th Street, Redmond, WA 98052 – Building 92
- Schedules: Monday to Friday from 9 am to 7 pm; closed on Saturdays and Sundays
- Entrance: free
Microsoft Company Store
- Schedules: Monday to Friday from 9 am to 7 pm; closed on Saturdays and Sundays
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The company's headquarters are in the city of Redmond, Washington, USA, close to Seattle. The address is at the end of the article.
The official website is https://www.microsoft.com/
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