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At Microsoft, we're motivated and inspired every day by how our customers use our software to find creative solutions to business problems, develop breakthrough ideas, and stay connected to what's most important to them. We run our business in much the same way, and believe our seven core business units offer the greatest potential to serve our customers in the coming decade.

Website:
http://www.microsoft.ca
Categories:
Software Services
Address:
13511 Commerce Way
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Microsoft Canada Job Posts

Gaming Software Developer
Housed within Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices division (and based in Vancouver Canada), this innovative start-up project is looking for experienced individuals with a passion for consumer... [more]

Blog Posts About Microsoft Canada

Web Apps from Microsoft's WebsiteSpark Program
If you run or work at a small web design or development firm, Microsoft's WebsiteSpark program is worth looking in to. WebsiteSpark is Microsoft’s global program dedicated to helping small... [more]
Ignite your Coding, brought to you by Microsoft Canada!
Microsoft Canada is presenting Ignite your coding; a program designed for technical professionals, to help in support with career development, practical skills and business... [more]
WebsiteSpark is Coming to a Community Event Near You
Microsoft is taking their WebsiteSpark program on the road and attending a number of upcoming community events in Montreal and Toronto. What's WebsiteSpark you ask? WebsiteSpark is... [more]
Microsoft announces its Blue Sky Innovation Awards - Open for Submission!
Microsoft Canada has recently launched its 3rd annual Blue Sky innovation awards, aimed at ISVs, Developers and Software/Web start-ups. According to Microsoft Partner Marketing Manager Carmen... [more]
Web Apps from Microsoft's WebsiteSpark Program
If you run or work at a small web design or development firm, Microsoft's WebsiteSpark program is worth looking in to. WebsiteSpark is Microsoft’s global program dedicated to helping small... [more]
Microsoft Partner Network: Greenlight contest is LAUNCHED!
Microsoft's partner network has just launched the Greenlight contest: Get the Greenlight!  With the amazing buzz and response around Windows 7 this contest comes at an interesting and... [more]
Attention Web Designers: Check out WebsiteSpark
If you run or work at a small web design or development firm, Microsoft's WebsiteSpark program is worth looking in to. WebsiteSpark is Microsoft’s global program dedicated to helping small... [more]
Bill Gates now tweeting
The world's most famous geek is now tweeting. Sometime yesterday the founder of Microsoft joined the micro-blogging site Twitter.  His first tweet was, "Hello world". In his bio section, Bill... [more]
Sadi Khan, Program Manager at Microsoft, on Obsession
Sadi Khan is a recent graduate of Waterloo University.  As such, he is able to bring a very unique perspective on some of the success principles he has discovered which has enabled him to make... [more]
Canadian Financing Forum panels announced
Vancouver's Canadian Financing Forum is coming up in two weeks on January 28th and the panel sessions are shaping up. The Keynote Luncheon panel "Smart Grid and Energy efficiency Initiatives" will... [more]
Toronto-based i4i Inc. wins Microsoft appeal
Toronto-based i4i Inc. today won a U.S. federal appeals decision worth US$290-million judgement against Microsoft Corp. The ruling also includes an injunction, set to go into effect Jan. 11, that... [more]
Tech Companies BIG and small named Best Places to Work
BC Business Magazine has named the Best Companies to Work for in BC and the Vancouver tech community is well represented. In the Companies with Fewer than 100 Employees category, Strangeloop... [more]
Jon Gelsey tells you How to sell a company to Microsoft.
Gelsey is the post-lunch speaker at BVF this year and started off by reminding people about Bizspark and www.bing.com/developer. Gelsey thinks that to outsiders, the acquisition process is pretty... [more]
How NOT to get VC money
When approaching a potential venture capitalist with your brilliant new start-up idea, don't tell you've got a great idea they should fund but demand they sign a non-disclosure agreement to learn... [more]
Mircosoft Tech Days presents Demo Ignite Camp with Joey DeVilla
Microsoft Tech Days is back! And so is Internet superstar and accordion virtuoso Joey DeVilla, running Demo Ignite Days. Microsoft has the space for 2 days, so on September 14th the evening will be... [more]
More on Toronto-based i4i vs Microsoft
Microsoft won a temporary reprieve against an injunction that prohibited it from selling Word in the US as a result of a protracted patent infringement battle against Toronto-based i4i. The stakes... [more]
Bing Leads In Successful Canadian Searches
Hitwise reported recently that Bing is leading in "successful" web searches performed by Canadians, above Yahoo and Google. In a previous report, Hitwise had found that only 70% of Canadian... [more]
Bell and Microsoft decide to split
Earlier this month Dave Forde of Profectio hinted that Bell Canada and Microsoft were quietly working in the background trying to dissolve their Sympatico MSN partnership. Today Bell announced the... [more]
Microsoft Office Back To School Promo for Students
If you are heading back to school at the end of the month, or that old university e-mail address is still functioning, you are eligible for Microsoft’s ‘Ultimate Steal’ promotion.... [more]
Bing.ca Upgraded To Show More Canadian-Relevant Content
Just heard from the folks over at Bing that their Canadian homepage (at www.bing.ca) has been updated to show Canadian-relevant highlights below the image being displayed (which changes... [more]
Microsoft lawsuit targets Vancouver Click Fraudsters
The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that Microsoft Corp has filed a lawsuit against three Vancouverites that it alleges committed a form of "click fraud" by improperly manipulating... [more]
Microsoft’s Richmond Development Centre looking for a new leader
BIV's Curt Cherewayko had an interesting story online yesterday. Parminder Singh, the Managing Director of Microsoft’s Development Centre in Richmond, has departed and is pursuing other... [more]
Video Interview with MicroSoft - What's All The Hype About BING?
Paul Marek of 3RING.com, corresponding live from Search Engine Strategies Toronto '09 Video interview with Melanie Martin of MicroSoft explaining some of the features of MicroSoft's new "decision... [more]
Are You Bing-ing It Yet ? - Two Thumbs Up For Microsoft's New Search Engine
Microsoft's newest iteration of Live Search, earlier codenamed Kumo, finally launched this week under the "Bing" brand. Check it out at www.bing.com (or Canadian version at www.bing.ca). Almost... [more]
Moving to Microsoft is Big for Hardt
BIV's Curt Cherewayko wrote this week about Canadians Moving to Microsoft and not surprisingly sound of the best quotes come from entrepreneur Dick Hardt of ActiveState and Sxip Identity fame.... [more]
Infusion Angel’s Windows Azure Event Tomorrow
Cloud computing has been getting a good deal of media attention recently, one can scarcely go a day without seeing the term used. Much like the term “Web 2.0” the meaning of... [more]
Microsoft acquires Vancouver's Big Park
Microsoft announced yesterday that it is acquiring Vancouver video game developer BigPark. The stealthy BigPark (thanks in part to its odd UBC location) was created by Electronic Arts alumni Erik... [more]
Attack and Defend on the Net
Know your enemy and know yourself, find naught in fear for 100 battles. Sun Tzu’s advice is as true as ever, particularly when we apply it to the cyber-war going on right now, according to... [more]
Hack and Defend Workshop winners
Microsoft Canada is hosting an invite-only Hack and Defend Workshop this Thursday in Vancouver and they gave Techvibes five spots to give away to our readers. Have you ever wondered how hackers... [more]
Microsoft Office upgrade for Vancouver?
Have you seen the Microsoft buses scooting around downtown Vancouver? Well, it turns out that most of the unmarried and carless developers from around the world (check out the video below) that... [more]
Microsoft hosts Hack and Defend Workshop - 5 free tickets available
Microsoft Canada is hosting an invite-only Hack and Defend Workshop in Vancouver on May 7th and Techvibes has got five spots to give away to our readers. Have you ever wondered how hackers gain... [more]
Mesh '09: Microsoft's OCAD Announcement
Microsoft Canada announced a design innovation collaboration with the Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD) and also donated a Surface Computer to them.    [more]
Forbes Names 2009 Tech Billionaires and Their Losses
Forbes has named its world of billionaires once again.  Out of the list, the 40 tech billionaires collectively lost $81.5 billion compared to their standing on last year's list. Who are some... [more]
Microsoft Launching Security Awareness Campaign
Microsoft is rolling out a more aggressive cyber security awareness campaign in 2009, says Microsoft Security Team specialist Mohammad Akif, talking with Techvibes in Vancouver. "Security threats... [more]
Infusion Angels Presents Independents Day
If you are interested in gaming there is a great event happening today at the University of Waterloo. Infusion Angels and Microsoft have teamed up for an event geared towards those interested in... [more]
Joey DeVilla gets sworn in at Microsoft Tech Days
In addition to running around filming the day's events at Microsoft Tech Days, I also had a chance to film a swearing in ceremony for Joey Devilla, who just finished his probationary period at... [more]
Video (& accordion) from from Microsoft Tech Days in Vancouver
Techvibes Blogger Warren Frey has been at Microsoft Tech Days 2008 in Vancouver over the past couple days and brought his video camera with him to catch some of the action. Check out this video... [more]
How to be a Silverlight Samurai at Microsoft Tech Days
Silverlight, Microsoft’s answer to Flash, was front and centre at day two of Microsoft Tech Days, held at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Where the first iteration of Silverlight was... [more]
Joey Devilla spreads the gospel at Microsoft Tech Days
Joey Devilla, the well-known blogger and Accordion Guy, was on hand to dispense both music and advice on integrating AJAX and ASP.NET at Microsoft Tech Days 2008, held January 21st and 22nd at the... [more]
Women and IT at Microsoft Tech Days
Qixing Zheng is a Microsoft User Experience Advisor. But she's also the driving force at Microsoft behind both encouraging more women to join IT and to help them gain acceptance once they’ve... [more]
Mark Arteaga on A Platform in your Pocket at Microsoft Tech Days
While the smartphone market has grown exponentially with the advent of the iPhone, Blackberries and even the nascent Android platform, not much has been heard about Windows Mobile. But that’s... [more]
Three FREE tickets to Microsoft Tech•Days in Vancouver
Microsoft Canada has been kind enough to pass along three FREE passes for Tech•Days Canada 2008 in Vancouver. With up to forty 200+ level sessions, TechDays is the learning conference on... [more]
Tech•Days Vancouver: Buy 3 Tickets, Get a 4th Free
Next week Microsoft is hosting Tech•Days 2008 on January 21st & 22nd, where the rich learning experience of Tech•Ed is brought to the Vancouver Convention Centre. With a customizable... [more]
Tech•Days Vancouver: Buy Three, Get a 4th Ticket Free
This January 21-22nd, Microsoft is excited to present Tech•Days 2008, where the rich learning experience of Tech•Ed is brought to the Vancouver Convention Centre. With a customizable... [more]
Microsoft Tech•Days comes to Vancouver
Microsoft's Tech•Days 2008 Vancouver takes place on January 21st & 22nd at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Tech•Days brings the rich learning experience of Tech•Ed without the... [more]
Microsoft's Blue Sky Innovation Competition
Microsoft is once again launching its Blue Sky competition for developers with ground breaking software. Any application made in Canada is eligible for entry, providing some Microsoft technology... [more]
Dick Hardt joins Microsoft
Vancouver's Dick Hardt has announced on his Identity 2.0 blog that he is joining Microsoft as a Partner Architect tasked with working on consumer, enterprise and government identity problems.... [more]
Microsoft Enters Cloud Computing Game With Windows Azure
Azure: a light purplish-blue, or sky blue. Also, a small town in Montana, a model of Bentley automobiles, and a song by Duke Ellington. Today, a new definition can be added: Microsoft's cloud... [more]
Was 'SeinfeldGates' a viral success or failure?
Marketing virally is a slippery slope, and invariably it's those that have no inclination towards creating something viral that experience the success that the "professionals" so strive for. ... [more]
Microsoft builds bridges from Redmond to Richmond, and through bogs
CTV News ran a happy-feely story about employees of the recently established Microsoft development centre in Richmond giving back to the community by building a boardwalk through a bog. Wearing... [more]

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