Microsoft has announced the expansion of its operations in Qatar with the opening of its new offices in Lusail City.
The launch of the new facility is part of a significant investment in Qatar, which includes the soon to be launched Microsoft Cloud Data Centre Region. According to the company, the move will also allow them to better serve its customers, collaborate with its technology partners and attract and develop top talent.
“Microsoft has been deeply rooted in Qatar and our commitment to help grow Qatar’s innovation economy has never been stronger,” said Lana Khalaf, General Manager, Microsoft Qatar. “With the launch of our new offices and our Customer Innovation Centre, customers and partners will have the opportunity to co-innovate, ideate and envision ground breaking solutions that will revolutionise their industries”
The new Microsoft facility includes a Customer Innovation Center that will host innovation and ideation workshops aimed at inspiring groundbreaking solutions that spur transformation across industries in Qatar.
The office will play a vital role as an innovation hub for leading technology startups, students, and community organisations from across Qatar.
It will also serve as a regional hub for the company’s talent, servicing Qatar and the wider Microsoft Middle East Cluster region.
Microsoft highlighted that the new office was designed with the evolution of work in mind, presenting an inclusive hybrid workplace that empowers employees to better serve customers and collaborate with partners, whether they are in person or remote.
“In designing the new office, we were guided by two main principles. The first was our determination to provide the best workplace for our employees, offering a highly engaging, inclusive, and flexible environment that leverages the latest modern work technologies to create future proof smart workspaces. The second was sustainability, to deliver the first office to be certified on the highest sustainability standards in the Middle East. I am extremely proud to say that we delivered on both of those objectives – while prioritising the focus on customers with our Customer Innovation Center,” said Khalaf.
“I look forward to welcoming customers, partners, visitors and Microsoft’s team members to our new office, and I am confident that this expansion will drive further recruitment and retention of the brightest talent who will be inspired to build cutting-edge solutions for organisations and people in the country.”
The premises have also achieved a C-Grade Global Microsoft Accessibility Standard for extending equal opportunities for all employees to access their workspaces with features such as easily accessible parking spaces, automatic doors, room signs with Braille, and audible and visible alarm systems.
