About Microsoft Research
Turning Ideas into Reality
Microsoft Research is dedicated to conducting both basic and applied research in computer science and software engineering. Its goals are to enhance the user experience on computing devices, reduce the cost of writing and maintaining software, and invent novel computing technologies. Microsoft Research also collaborates openly with colleges and universities worldwide to advance the field of computer science.
Our Worldwide Locations
Microsoft Research has more than 800 researchers, including some of the world’s finest computer scientists, sociologists, psychologists, mathematicians, physicists, and engineers, working in labs and centers around the world. Learn more...
Microsoft Research Labs
Microsoft Research Centers
Microsoft Research—An Overview
- Advancing the Frontiers of Computing
Letter from Rick Rashid - Microsoft Research: Making the Impossible Possible
Overcoming Information Overload - Creating a Foundation for Technology Breakthroughs
- Assembling an All-Star Team of Research Talent
Building Confidence in Computing - Imagining What Comes Next
Using Computer Science to Combat HIV/AIDS
Building a Smarter Spam Trap - Putting Innovation to Work in Microsoft Products
- Advancing the State of the Art
- Planting the Seeds of Future Innovation
Bringing Order to Competing Communications Tools - Building a Global Think Tank
Learn More
- Technology Transfers
- Microsoft Research at a Glance
- Microsoft Research Fast Facts
- Collaborative Institutes
- Microsoft Research Timeline
- Microsoft Research Awards
- Microsoft Research Leadership
- Microsoft External Research Backgrounder
- Microsoft External Research Fact Sheet: Education and Scholarly Communication
