Microsoft customizes its workspaces
Seattle PI | at | by Mike
Microsoft's workspaces are going from cookie-cutter to custom-made.
A new Microsoft Research headquarters building, slated to open in Redmond next week, is the first Microsoft building to be constructed under a new approach that will let different groups customize their spaces based on their needs.
The company has traditionally offered individual offices, and those aren't entirely going away. But business groups in new buildings will have a choice of open floor plans and other alternative workspaces if they think those will be better for the work they do. Even in cases where there are offices, the walls that divide them will be removable if, for example, groups decide to work in closer collaboration for a few months.