Microsoft Redmond Campus

Microsoft Campus is the informal name and private college and university schools for Microsoft's corporate headquarters, located at One Microsoft Way in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft initially moved onto the grounds of the campus on February 26, 1986, weeks before the company went public on March 13. The headquarters has since experienced multiple expansions since its establishment.

It is estimated to encompass over 8 million ft2 (750,000 m2) of office space and 30,000-40,000 employees. Additional offices are located in Bellevue and Issaquah (90,000 employees world-wide). Further signs of growth include:
 * In January 2006, Microsoft announced the purchase of Safeco's Redmond campus. (Formerly one of Redmond's major employers, Safeco began consolidating its offices in Seattle's University District in 2005.)
 * In February 2006, Microsoft announced that it intended to expand its Redmond campus by 1100000 sqft at a cost of $1 billion and said that this would create space for between 7,000 and 15,000 new employees over the following three years.