Microsoft

Microsoft is a global technology company that builds AI-powered platforms, tools and software spanning productivity, cloud computing, operating systems, hardware devices and gaming. Founded in 1975 with the vision of putting a personal computer on every desk and in every home, the company now serves customers across the globe and works toward a stated mission of empowering every person and every organisation on the planet to achieve more.

Its product portfolio covers the principal layers of enterprise and consumer computing. Microsoft 365 provides productivity and collaboration software; Azure supplies cloud computing services; Windows remains the operating system for personal computers; Surface covers personal computing devices; and Xbox is the gaming platform and ecosystem. Copilot is a family of AI-powered assistant products, and artificial intelligence runs through the company's technical domains alongside cloud computing, operating systems, productivity software, gaming, hardware devices and software development.

Engineering work at Microsoft is shaped by a culture built on a growth mindset, which treats potential as developable rather than fixed, and by a philosophy that companies able to do more should do more. This informs both product development and corporate responsibility, which is organised around four enduring commitments: expanding economic opportunity and growth for all, creating a safe and responsible digital world, supporting and advancing people's fundamental rights, and advancing sustainability.

The company emphasises personal impact at scale as part of a collective effort toward global progress, and describes an environment in which employees can pursue that purpose day to day. Microsoft operates globally across cloud computing, productivity software, operating systems, consumer devices, gaming and artificial intelligence.