About Microsoft

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Every successful corporation has a responsibility to use its resources and influence to make a positive impact on the world and its people. Microsoft’s Global Citizenship Initiative is focused on mobilizing our resources across the company and around the world, to create opportunities in the communities where we do business, and to fulfill our commitment to serving the public good through innovative technologies and partnerships.

Microsoft Community Affairs provides training and tools that create the social and economic opportunities that can transform communities and help people realize their potential. Through our programs and our partnerships, Microsoft supports numerous projects and organizations around the world working to expand opportunities, and help improve digital inclusion, through technology access and training.

Microsoft’s Legal and Corporate Affairs Group works on the cutting edge of business and regulatory issues around the world. Our diverse and multi-disciplinary team of legal, business and corporate affairs professionals operates from 57 locations in 40 countries worldwide.


Our Values

As a company, and as individuals, we value integrity, honesty, openness, personal excellence, constructive self-criticism, continual self-improvement, and mutual respect. We are committed to our customers and partners and have a passion for technology. We take on big challenges, and pride ourselves on seeing them through. We hold ourselves accountable to our customers, shareholders, partners, and employees by honoring our commitments, providing results, and striving for the highest quality.


Microsoft in the News (For Journalists)

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New anti-malware solution will broaden PC protection and help improve Windows experience.
Posted on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:30:00 GMT    

Web channel preference is tops; Canadian Millennials prefer instant messaging service reps at more than twice the rate of those surveyed, whereas Australian Millennials prefer account alerts via text.
Posted on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMT    

Updates to Windows Live Messenger make video calls more lifelike than ever.
Posted on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMT    

Microsoft Research and Disney•Pixar team up to offer guided tours of the universe with WorldWide Telescope.
Posted on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMT    

Software development platform allows academics, hobbyists and commercial vendors to simplify the creation of robotics applications across a wide variety of hardware.
Posted on Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:01:00 GMT