February 2019

Feb 19, 2019   |   Lukas Velush

Microsoft Teams keeps employees connected during epic snow event  

For Microsoft, the best part of the epic snowstorms that hammered its headquarters for nine straight days is that the collaboration technology that employees used to work from home was as seamless as if they were still in the office. While the 50,000 employees who live in Redmond, Washington were blocked in by roughly two feet of snow that fell from February 4th-12th, the Microsoft Teams platform they used to work from home didn’t flinch despite taking on a much heavier...

Feb 6, 2019   |   Lukas Velush

Opening the door to a new first impression at Microsoft

You learn a lot about someone when you pass through their front door. Microsoft is no different. The company is retooling the experience visitors have when they walk into Microsoft’s many front doors—the company has more than 770 buildings around the world, including more than 100 at its headquarters in Redmond, Washington. “Each building has...