Microsoft UK

5 Ways you used Microsoft Office as a kid

Microsoft Office has always been a fantastic tool for helping users do more. Whether you want to...

Date: 08/23/2016

Microsoft Modern Apprentice Awards: Meet the panellists!

Hear from ex Modern Apprentices about their journey from apprenticeship to career. Iona Murray,...

Date: 08/10/2016

Surface Pro 4 - Be Your Future

'The whole Internet is your online gallery and it means that you can get your artwork seen by tens,...

Date: 04/14/2016

Why Technology is no laughing matter to Comic Relief

Last week, Cardinal Place’s Showcase Classroom played host to Comic Relief and Microsoft UK...

Date: 12/21/2015

Windows 10 app for BBC Store: How it use and what’s different about it?

Last week BBC announced the release of the BBC Store (https://store.bbc.com/). This new platform...

Date: 11/09/2015

Childnet: Making it Safer for Young People to #UpgradeYourWorld

It can be a complex world for a child. They navigate their way around all sorts of challenges every...

Date: 10/02/2015

AbilityNet: Helping People with Disabilities #UpgradeYourWorld

The right tools, in the right hands can help everyone – regardless of our frailties – to...

Date: 09/25/2015

UK Youth: Inspiring Young People to #UpgradeYourWorld

Two very short stories: first, a young man who, at 18, was homeless and became dependent on drugs...

Date: 09/18/2015

How Launchpad is Helping to #UpgradeYourWorld

There’s a vast difference between a shelter and a home. A home is where we feel safe, secure...

Date: 09/04/2015

Microsoft Account: How to get the most out of it and how not to get locked out

What is a Microsoft Account? Your Microsoft Account is what you use for almost everything you do...

Date: 08/24/2015

How can a Cybercriminal affect me?

We have received numerous reports recently from people receiving fake phone calls from Microsoft. We...

Date: 07/15/2015

Microsoft Partner Apprenticeships - 2015 Research Highlights

Date: 06/11/2015

2015 Imagine Cup UK Finals

Earlier this week we welcomed seven teams of entrepreneurs to our London offices in Victoria for the...

Date: 04/02/2015

National Apprenticeship Week – every career counts ​

Back in 2010 when Microsoft first introduced its Partner Apprenticeship scheme, it was a bold...

Date: 03/11/2015

Behind the Scenes at Microsoft UK

Welcome to a new series of posts, going behind the scenes at Microsoft UK and sharing with you what...

Date: 02/25/2015

My thoughts on the Surface Pro 3 (Guest Blog)

As a technology fan and follower of everything Microsoft, I’ve been interested in the Surface...

Date: 02/20/2015

The Tech Lover's Guide to Valentine's Day

  1. Book a table at a local restaurant after consulting the reviews on the Trip Advisor app: 2....

Date: 02/12/2015

Nominate your community’s Christmas Star & they could win a Surface Pro 3!

These days we usually treat Boxing Day as “Christmas Part 2” – you eat some...

Date: 12/15/2014

Whatever happened to Building 6?

This post is by Mike Anderiesz. Back in 1998, Microsoft opened its first headquarters outside of the...

Date: 11/25/2014

Intelligent Lighting: How Microsoft UK shed 60,000 Kgs of C02 emissions with a single switch

This post is by Mike Anderiesz. From a plant's root system to your own blood supply, networking is...

Date: 11/25/2014

Learn the 5 keys to managing a successful public sector IT overhaul

When the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom became operational in 2009, it faced a lot of...

Date: 11/04/2014

Surfing the Tube

As the world’s first and oldest underground railway, the London Underground –...

Date: 10/31/2014

How technology helps Cambridgeshire Constabulary adapt to tomorrow’s challenges

The time had come for Cambridgeshire Police to upgrade from its ing Blackberry devices. The office...

Date: 10/28/2014

Get ready for The Future of Work

How was work today? Did you get stuck in traffic on your way into the office? Did you spend all...

Date: 10/22/2014

3 questions every finance executive needs to be able to answer to stay competitive

Does your company’s business strategy drive its technology -- or the other way around? That...

Date: 10/17/2014

Discover how technology is helping Guide Dogs empower people with sight loss

There are an estimated 360,000 people in the UK registered with sight loss. Guide Dogs has been...

Date: 10/16/2014

Watch ThyssenKrupp transform its business, thanks to the Internet of Things

Lifts are an inseparable part of what makes skyscrapers grand and majestic. As the backbone of...

Date: 10/16/2014

Me, Myself and My Surface Pro 3 - Michael Taylor, IT/IS Director, Lotus F1 Team

It's been just over a week since I finally got my hands permanently on Microsoft's flagship tablet...

Date: 10/08/2014

Hear Sir Bob Geldof reimagine the future of education at Future Decoded

Many of the tools that will drive the jobs of tomorrow have yet to be invented. How can we best...

Date: 09/29/2014

Top 10 Apps to be the best ‘Tell It’ Student Ever

Top 10 Apps to be the best ‘Tell It’ Student Ever Right social-bees. You’re at...

Date: 09/18/2014

Could you do your job from a bus all day? This #BusWorker is going to try!

16:10 Mark has been an absolute sport all day and it's been a pleasure to chronicle his journey. If...

Date: 08/13/2014

All she wanted was to see her baby – luckily the hospital found a way to bring them together

Yeilin wanted nothing more than to see her new-born daughter Kaitlyn. But medical complications were...

Date: 08/12/2014

The truth about cake, computers and compromises

Written by Jesse Stanchak. I’ve always hated the phrase “Have your cake and eat it...

Date: 08/11/2014

Microsoft CityNext: Norfolk County Council transforms citizen services with a cloud-based information hub

Faced with a tight budget, London Borough of Newham needed to transform the way it delivered local...

Date: 10/31/2013