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In just 10 years since inauguration, Microsoft’s Silicon Valley Campus has grown to become the company’s second largest in the Unites States. Opened in October 1999, the campus in Silicon Valley was not only supposed to give Microsoft a foothold in the country’s high tech heart, but also establish its presence right next door to its competitors, including Google. Microsoft had had a presence in the area even ahead of 1999, but only through disparate offices. It was only a decade ago that the Redmond company opened the doors to its Silicon Valley Campus (SVC) in Mountain View, California, 700 miles away from home.

According to statistics provided by the software giant, out of approximately 3,000 employees in California, some 2,000 are just in the San Francisco Bay Area. "The campus is a physical manifestation of something that started 20 years ago with the first development offices," noted Dan'l Lewin, corporate vice president for Strategic and Emerging Business Development and SVC leader. "Human resources are Microsoft's key asset, and Silicon Valley has always been a hub for IQ and IP. It's an important place to us, and it always has been."

The company’s presence in the San Francisco Bay Area has also helped it improve the perception people had of Microsoft. Doug... (read more)