Microsoft Underground: A Behind the Scenes Look Around Microsoft's Redmond Campus

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

May 18, 2017

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Microsoft Underground: A Behind the Scenes Look Around Microsoft's Redmond Campus

This is Lake Bill and it is named after the companies co-founder and it is certainly more of a pond then it is a lake. It is situated in between the four original buildings that started the campus.

Legend has it that Bill was working late at night on a regular basis and kept seeing the lights on in another office and so he went to find out who was working late. Apparently her name would soon become Melinda Gates.

I have visited the Redmond Campus many times over the last several years and this was my first visit to Lake Bill. It is a very cool spot for sure like many all around the campus.

About the Author

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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