Clark, Xbox Release Manager at Microsoft

Diversity and Inclusion

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.

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.

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Leadership
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
technology for good
Technology for good
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
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Diversity and Inclusion training
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
Flexible working
Flexible working
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.
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Microsoft Communities

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.
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Investing in our future

Microsoft Software and Systems Academy
The Microsoft Software and Systems Academy 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.
Inclusive hiring for people with disabilities
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.
Explore Microsoft Program
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.
Networking communities and events
Microsoft runs worldwide networking communities and events—like Codess, Tech Roots, and Women Think Next—that help students and professionals build connections, learn from one another and support members to reach their professional goals.
Diverse talent builds a better Microsoft
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.
LEAP
LEAP, (Leap Engineering acceleration 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.
Tech careers for youth
Microsoft offers programs and scholarships to kids and high school students to learn about the different paths available to them through careers in technology and set them up for future success.
Proud to support
Microsoft is proud to sponsor, participate and offer scholarships for many conferences and events throughout the year including Grace Hopper, National Society of Black Engineers, Prospanica, TAPIA, National Black MBA, and Lesbians Who Tech.

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Stories as diverse as our workforce

Read stories about our diverse workforce

Donovan Brown of Microsoft
Meet the ‘Man in the Black Shirt’ bringing DevOps to the masses
Donovan Brown was a new technical seller at Microsoft struggling with a demo when he sent the email that changed his life.
Alex Hebert of Microsoft
Alex Hebert: Talking trash with the first lady of online gaming
Around the office, she's known for her work ethic, her ideas, her sense of humor, her bizarre eating habits, and her practical jokes—probably in about that order.
Albert Cairo of Microsoft
Show, don’t tell: Albert Cairo, Power BI & the rise of data journalism
His career has tracked alongside the major technological developments in and out of the newsroom that brought us to the current point in data visualization.
Vidya Srinivasan of Microsoft
Vidya Srinivasan: Designing her own destiny
Three years into her career in tech, Vidya is now a program manager for OneDrive-SharePoint, still on the same team she interned with in 2011.