We’re taking action

From our leaders to the larger community, Microsoft is dedicated to infusing diversity and inclusion principles into our hiring, our communication, our innovation, and the way we build products and technologies.

We start with our leaders. Our Board of Directors continues to be among the most diverse of any company in technology today, with women and ethnic minorities holding five of our 11 board positions.

Meet the board of directors

At Microsoft, our diverse backgrounds are helping build better technology. We share stories of how our technology developments are changing our future and empowering us all.

Learn how technology is having a positive impact

More than 70,000 employees have completed our Unconscious Bias training course, which we've made publicly available in seven different languages as part of our efforts to share best practices with the industry.

Learn about Diversity and Inclusion training

Our flexible work arrangements, programs, and tools help us retain top talent and offer employees greater work life balance. These include access to extensive resources and referral services, and generous maternity and paternity leave policies.

Read about our benefits and perks

Microsoft offers close to 50 community groups across the company for career development, support, networking opportunities, mentoring, community participation, product input, and assistance in activities that promote cultural awareness. Join an existing group or start your own.

Explore Microsoft communities

Investing in our future

Microsoft is hiring and developing the best, most globally diverse talent. Employees that represent the markets we serve give us greater consumer insight, creativity, and real-time market innovation. As Microsoft establishes itself as the world’s technology leader, we’ll need the talents and perspectives of diverse populations to bring about superior results.

The Microsoft Software and Systems Academy (MSSA) helps active duty U.S. service members develop the necessary career skills to meet the IT industry’s hiring needs through access to resources and technology training.

Microsoft Software and Systems Academy

In order to build the best products for everyone, Microsoft needs a diverse and inclusive workforce across all abilities, and Microsoft has an unwavering commitment to providing opportunities for all.

Our Inclusive Hiring Programs

This summer internship program exposes college freshman and sophomores to the field of software development, and encourages them to pursue degrees in computer science, computer engineering, and related technical disciplines through group projects and hands-on training.

Come Explore Microsoft with us

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We are committed to hiring individuals that are underrepresented in STEM fields. We value a broad range of perspectives and contributions and look for a diverse range of talent from universities in North America and globally.

Programs for Students and Graduates

Our mission is deeply inclusive: empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. We expect each of us—no matter what our level, role or function is—to play an active role in creating environments where people of diverse backgrounds are excited to bring all of who they are and do their best work.

Our differences connect us

The Leap Apprenticeship Program is an immersive 16-week diversity program that provides participants with real-world development experience. It's just one of a number of organizations that Microsoft partners with to provide an apprenticeship opportunity in tech.

Start your journey

From basic digital literacy to advanced computer science, digital skills are often out of reach for the young people who need them most. In a world being transformed by technology, all youth should have the opportunity to develop the creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills gained by learning computer science.

Digital skills resources

The issues behind social and economic inequality are bigger than any one organization can tackle alone. We have an opportunity—and an obligation—to foster collective movement towards greater diversity and inclusion through our actions and partnerships.

Our learning resources