{"id":11700,"date":"2025-12-11T11:29:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T19:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ms-genomics-wp-app-staging.azurewebsites.net\/?page_id=11700"},"modified":"2026-06-09T17:48:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T00:48:46","slug":"innovation-studio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/garage\/innovation-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"full-bleed-contained\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"moray-highlight card-img-overlay mx-ng mx-lg-0\"><div class=\"card-background romoray-bg-img-cover\"><picture><source srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/InnovationStudio_Graphic_1600x630px-min.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1084px)\"><source srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Innovation_Studio_Responsive_Tablet_Phone_1083x640px-min.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/InnovationStudio_Graphic_1600x630px-min.jpg\" alt=\"A laptop with the Innovation Studio dashboard interface shown on its screen\" class=\"card-img border-radius-image\"><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"card-foreground mt-md-n5 my-lg-5 px-g px-lg-0 d-flex\"><div class=\"w-100 w-lg-col-5 mx-lg-5\"><div class=\"card py-5 px-md-5  material-md-card\"><div class=\"card-body\"><h1 class=\"h1\">Innovation Studio<\/h1><div class=\"mb-4\">Innovation Studio is Microsoft\u2019s AI-powered innovation management platform, built to help organizations discover ideas, form high\u2011impact teams, and turn innovation into measurable outcomes.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"container\"><section aria-labelledby=\"lbl-6a2d5ebfadbc7\" class=\"blog-hero-feature\"><div class=\"moray-feature card mx-ng mx-md-0 p-2 border-radius-50\"><div class=\"row no-gutters border-radius-50 bg-primary\"><div class=\"d-flex col-md\"><div class=\"card-body p-4 p-md-5\"><span class=\"badge mb-2 bg-dark-blue\">WHY INNOVATION STUDIO<\/span><h2 class=\"h2\" id=\"lbl-6a2d5ebfadbc7\">Unlock Innovation Across Your Organization<\/h2><div class=\"moray-feature-body-copy mb-3\"><p>Make innovation everyone\u2019s job. Innovation Studio gives every employee a place to contribute ideas, join projects, and collaborate across organizational boundaries &#8211; while giving leaders visibility into where innovation is happening and how to accelerate it.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-6\"><picture><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Picture1.jpg\" alt=\"Two women collaborating while using a tablet computer\" class=\"card-img img-object-cover\"><\/picture><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"container pt-4 pb-4\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\"><div class=\"area-heading mb-5\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-8 col-xl-6\"><h2 class=\"h2\">Turn ideas into impact\u2014at scale<\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-8 col-xl-6\">Originally created to power the Microsoft Global Hackathon, Innovation Studio now enables organizations to run innovation programs year\u2011round\u2014securely, at scale, and with enterprise\u2011grade insight.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-12\"><div data-mount=\"multi-feature\" class=\"multi-feature\"><ul class=\"accordion accordion-backplate\" id=\"x-6a2d5ebfb0a7d\"><li><h3 class=\"accordion-header\"><button class=\"btn btn-collapse\" data-mount=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#itm-6a2d5ebfb0a7e\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"itm-6a2d5ebfb0a7e\"><span class=\"glyph\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>Make innovation everyone\u2019s job<\/button><\/h3><div class=\"collapse\" id=\"itm-6a2d5ebfb0a7e\"><div class=\"accordion-body\"><div class=\"multi-feature-body\"><p>Innovation Studio gives every employee a place to contribute ideas, join projects, and collaborate across organizational boundaries\u2014while giving leaders visibility into where innovation is happening and how to accelerate it.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"multi-feature-feature mt-4 mt-lg-0\"><picture><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1-everyone-1090x570-min.webp\" alt=\"A graphic showing three groups of people in different colors\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/picture><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li><li><h3 class=\"accordion-header\"><button class=\"btn btn-collapse\" data-mount=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#itm-6a2d5ebfb0a93\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"itm-6a2d5ebfb0a93\"><span class=\"glyph\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>From moments to momentum<\/button><\/h3><div class=\"collapse\" id=\"itm-6a2d5ebfb0a93\"><div class=\"accordion-body\"><div class=\"multi-feature-body\"><p>Unlike point solutions for single events, Innovation Studio captures the full lifecycle of innovation\u2014from ideation and team formation to delivery, judging, and post\u2011event insights\u2014so innovation compounds over time.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"multi-feature-feature mt-4 mt-lg-0\"><picture><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2-hacking-lifecycle-1090x570-min.webp\" alt=\"A graphic showing a progression of five circles labeled Ideas, Teams, Hacking, Sharing, and Moving Forward\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/picture><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li><li><h3 class=\"accordion-header\"><button class=\"btn btn-collapse\" data-mount=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#itm-6a2d5ebfb0aa1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"itm-6a2d5ebfb0aa1\"><span class=\"glyph\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>Built for the enterprise<\/button><\/h3><div class=\"collapse\" id=\"itm-6a2d5ebfb0aa1\"><div class=\"accordion-body\"><div class=\"multi-feature-body\"><p>Designed and operated by Microsoft, Innovation Studio is secure, compliant, and scalable\u2014supporting internal and external participants across global organizations.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"multi-feature-feature mt-4 mt-lg-0\"><picture><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3-global-enterprise-1090x570-min.webp\" alt=\"A graphic showing groups of people chatting together, arrayed around the world globe\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/picture><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row row-cols-1 row-cols-sm-2 row-cols-lg-4\"><div class=\"col mb-5 mb-lg-0\"><div class=\"card material-card h-100 border-radius-50\"><picture><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Picture2-e1770851919646-sized.png\" alt=\"Three people in a meeting using computers and a large print-out to work on a project\" class=\"card-img\"><\/picture><div class=\"card-body px-4 pt-4\"><h2 class=\"h3\">Insight that compounds over time<\/h2><p>Every idea, project, and collaboration in Innovation Studio becomes part of an innovation graph &#8211; a living view of skills, interests, teams, and momentum across your organization.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"card-footer pt-3 px-4 pb-4\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col mb-5 mb-lg-0\"><div class=\"card material-card h-100 border-radius-50\"><picture><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Picture4-e1770851865221.jpg\" alt=\"A woman smiles while listening to another woman explain an idea\" class=\"card-img\"><\/picture><div class=\"card-body px-4 pt-4\"><h2 class=\"h3\">Enterprise\u2011ready by design<\/h2><p>Microsoft\u2011owned and operated, Secure and compliant, Scalable, Extensible. Innovation Studio is approved for internal Microsoft use and supports private preview deployments for customers<\/p><\/div><div class=\"card-footer pt-3 px-4 pb-4\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col mb-5 mb-lg-0\"><div class=\"card material-card h-100 border-radius-50\"><picture><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Picture5-e1770852247451.jpg\" alt=\"A woman stands and listens while holding an open laptop\" class=\"card-img\"><\/picture><div class=\"card-body px-4 pt-4\"><h2 class=\"h3\">Who should be using this<\/h2><p>Innovation leaders driving culture change and measurable outcomes. Engineering and product teams building and shipping new ideas. Business and functional teams contributing domain expertise. Partners and customers collaborating securely in shared innovation programs<\/p><\/div><div class=\"card-footer pt-3 px-4 pb-4\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col\"><div class=\"card material-card h-100 border-radius-50\"><picture><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Picture6-e1770852411214-sized.jpg\" alt=\"Two people stand together, smiling while they look at a laptop together\" class=\"card-img\"><\/picture><div class=\"card-body px-4 pt-4\"><h2 class=\"h3\">Built on Microsoft\u2019s innovation DNA<\/h2><p>Innovation Studio was incubated within Microsoft and refined through years of real\u2011world use powering the Global Hackathon and other innovation programs. 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