Overview

• The new policy will apply to employees living within a 50-mile radius of Microsoft’s Redmond campus.
• Certain teams may face even stricter mandates of four to five days on-site each week.
• Implementation will roll out office by office and department by department, with formal guidelines expected in September 2025.
• Employees will have several months to adjust and can request extensions, but the criteria for accommodations remain unspecified.
• The move aligns Microsoft with other tech firms tightening remote-work rules following pandemic-era flexibility.