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A nice place to go if you're interested in anything about Microsoft or if you want to buy some Microsoft branded stuff. They have an exhibit of all the current Microsoft products and you can generally experience everything on offer. It also gives a great history about Microsoft. Also kids can get their own Future employee Microsoft badges if you ask at the reception.

It's was ok. Nothing amazing. I did it just to say I had done it

In July 2018, my daughter and I toured here through the Take a tour service that had been ordered a few weeks before.

This tour service is very nimble and the transportation is quite comfortable.

We stayed at the Red Lion Inn Suites Federal Way and were picked up by the Take a Tour van to get to the Microsoft Visitor Center which was about 31 miles (36 minutes trip).

At this Visitor Center, visitors can see the products being developed through a computer provided at Vision Center.

Visionaries can visit this place freely without time constraints.

a place not worth traveling to visit but unless of it is on your way. There is nothing much to watch here except if you are a die hard Microsoft fan and want to buy all goodies with Microsoft logos.

Really neat inside. It is free and there is plenty to play with and learn about the history of the company and various tech topics.

Very cool experience to see the Microsoft campus and they have a great store with tons of memorabilia. Would have loved a bit more hands on with some of the Microsoft hardware, but all in all a great experience! Parking can be hard to find as well.

They have a lot of Microsoft merchandise you can think and buy

Unfortunately, they were closed, so just for a cuckoo outside, they have a nice place there

It is an okay visitor center. Good that Microsoft actually has one as other tech companies don't. Some interesting exhibits but really it is just a place to play with Microsoft tech and games. Cool place to bring kids.

A nice visitor center. You'll be able to experience the flagships of MS.
However, I find it stupid that for a 1 hour visit you need to register your car to avoid a random parking ticket (in Redmond!). They have to change this one.

About as exciting as a microsoft store. Not a lot about company history or actual microsoft relics.

I loved this place. My wife was doubtful but once we got there she did not want to leave.

Microsoft is awesome! The food court/cafeteria is unreal

Visiting the campus will give you a whole new perspective/appreciation for Microsoft. It's worth making a trip if you have any interest in the tech industry.

If you're a Microsoft fan you'll be happy to visit the center and the store.

Always a cool place to check out, especially the museum. Company store has some cool stuff as well.

Microsoft store in 92 is a great place to experience MS products.

The best central offices of a company that I have known, is like a city that has all the services, including private transportation for visitors and employees with service on and off campus, there are restaurants, shopping malls, barber shops, a Microsoft store, coffee shops even to a bar.

If we didn't have GPS we would have never found this Visitor Center and Retail store. No signs except the cryptic "Building 92" and you see microsoft employees entering with a card swipe -- not inviting to the public at all. Inside the center is not much more than a Best Buy -- some of the nicer laptops and cell phones with windows 7... so what? Best part of the room was a projector setup that you can use the Kinect to do a bowling game. Generally the execution I thought was pretty poor -- no glimpses of the future. Retail shop is equally lame - lots of silly trinkets (pens, access card holders, lanyards) some shirts and laptop bags, when we tried to walk into the place where they sell software, the security guard told us it was only for full-time employees. WTF. Makes an Apple store anywhere look like a dream.

The Microsoft visitor center is pretty cool. It's inside the building with their store and there's plenty of parking out front. The center itself is a walk through history of Microsoft with interactive displays and photos, Xbox and virtual reality. It's a short walk through, but very neat. Across from that exhibit is the Microsoft visitor store. They sell clothes, cups, games, figurines from games, sounders fc merch, office things, etc etc.. It's a great little store and I'm sure you'll find something. Next to the store they have a coffee place with snacks and such. Overall, this was a cool trip, but don't plan to be there too much time. It's a short experience.

The visitor center is ok. It's pretty much a Microsoft store with some added information about the history of the company. But nothing really fancy. It's more interesting to actually walk the give campus here. You probably run into some Nerds here as well. But still grateful they offer a way to play with their toys here. There is also a company store where you can by branded merchandise. A must for Microsoft fans.

This is an amazing part, of an amazing campus, that is full of amazing, friendly people! A great, must-see, place to visit.

Very disappointed in the Visitors Center. You would think a company and technology leader would have more to display than just a Minecraft playing terminal. You would think they would demo some of the up and coming tech they are working on or at the least a out of the norm history of some of the company's major contributions to the industry. The only thing I could say was the campus was nice to see and well kept but just anti climatic.

Nice. Was my first time. The store was like any other Microsoft store, with just some extra stuff. History section was cool. Recommend it if you are into gaining and/or have kids.

Lovely place. Very peaceful in the afternoon. Great to meet with friends after work

It is not open in weekends, not really service for visitors

Features the Microsoft 'Welcome Center' - provides a look at the history of Microsoft, as well as a selection of current/developmental products.

Has a coffee shop.
Has restrooms available for guests.
Easy access to on-campus shopping, bus line, and food court.

Cool museum inside. The Microsoft store is here too.

OG, one of the most important places for one of the most iconic and important companies. This store was lovely and the ergonomic, architecture and interior decoration does play dividend to Microsoft. Highly recommend to visit this place as you see one of Microsoft's first stores and be able to buy goods and services directly from the factory!

Considering that this place is free, it is definitely worth visiting if you've never been here before. You get to walk through several interactive displays and can play different games at their Xbox One stations. There is also a large Microsoft gift shop with hundreds of unique items.

Small cafe area. Exhibits are educational, informative. Nice lobby to hang out, meet and greet. People here are friendly

Quite a neat place to explore. The Xbox exhibit is cool

Great place to visit and get to know about Microsoft!

Too Good. Lot of Microsoft promotional items available. Quality of product is good. Well maintained.

Nice place for visitors to see the history of computing and try latest microsoft tech.

LONG LIVE PLAYSTATION 4!!!!!!!!!!! XBOX ONE SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amazing place to see Microsoft products and thought leadership

Our 2 young friends and junior from school (which is over 14000 miles away Bharatiya Vidya Bhavans School, Baroda, Gujarat, India) took pride to show us around this inspirational visitor center of Microsoft which has been the hallmark of worldwide transformation of how people viewed computers before 1990's and the entire world has gone digital. We really felt proud that lots of our alma mater students now work here for Microsoft or have worked at Msft at some point in time in their career.

Cool stuff to see, makes you feel real old when you recognise the really old stuff and remember using them

The museum is really cool and it makes a nice day trip if you are a geek.

Great place to see Microsoft history and current innovation. Must visit if you are in town.

Nice place to visit. The store sells several different items such as tshirts, magnets, caps etc with Microsoft product branding. There's also a nice photo of the initial staff of Microsoft and a brief summary of their careers since then. There are a few cool gadgets to play around with as well.

Awesome place with tons of tech. When you visit, you must try out the $30k gaming setup and the $80k motorcycle

Great tech, beautiful architecture. Had lots of fun.

More than expected.
Good experience here.

Very informative,fun place. Lot of visitor interactive stuff. Also, don't forge to see their store, they have great collection for everyone. & it's FREE..

This is a review of the visitor center not Microsoft products or the organization. Microsoft missed an opportunity by putting very little thought into it. The center is not inspiring at all. They have a clever display paralleling old hardware with current software e.g. Huge video camera was replaced with Moviemaker and a typewriter was replaced with MS Office. MS has several products out to test drive, but there is little guidance to use the product and no one standing by to help. This could be a very cool experience, but right now it is not. Use a GPS or preprinted directions. There are no signs to help you navigate to the center underscoring that the center is off very low priority.

Interesting. Lots of hands on. Inspiring for the young computer scientist of the future.

Nice place where you can try Microsoft products. The place is not that big. Their gift shop is great too, and the prices are not too bad. It looks nice inside the visitor center.