The Garage is a program that drives a culture of innovation

We deliver programs and experiences to our employees, customers, and ecosystem that drive collaboration, creativity, and experimentation.

Hacking at Microsoft
Opportunities for employees, interns, and customers to leverage their creativity and encourage collaboration
The Garage Locations
Worldwide locations hosting digital and in-person events and activities for employees, business teams, and the ecosystem

A new way to author and share Excel named formulas: advanced formula environment, a Microsoft Garage project

Advanced formula environment, a Microsoft Garage project, enables Excel users to write complex formulas efficiently and then share them in an Office Add-In for Excel. With the recent addition of the LAMBDA function to Excel,…

Garage project Journal celebrates its anniversary with folders to keep you organized

Journal, released as a Microsoft Garage project one year ago, continues to delight today. It is designed—from the ground up—for personal journaling and notetaking with a digital pen. The Journal app is powered by AI…

Forest Guard: Microsoft Student Hackathon winners create rapid-response deforestation sensor

Microsoft Student Hackathon Winner, Forest Guard, is an IoT and machine learning tool for illegal logging and forest fire detection. The 2021 Microsoft Student Hackathon – hosted by The Microsoft Garage and run concurrently with…

Room to Dream: How the Microsoft Garage is hacking creative culture on a global scale

In celebration of the annual Microsoft Hackathon, discover how the Microsoft Garage is hacking creative culture on a global scale. Take a closer look at six of the twelve Garage locations across the world (Dublin,…