BSO & MSFT
This is the location where the last BSO offsite was held.
Dallas, Texas
This is the time zone where Yashika, Melissa, and Yasmeen reside.
PST, Pacific Standard Time
This is the year Copilot began rolling out broadly at Microsoft.
2023
This is the number of seconds it takes for the New Year’s Eve ball to drop.
60
This is the Puerto Rican superstar performing at the 2026 Super Bowl.
Bad Bunny
This is the number of direct reports Helena has as of January 2026.
9 (Nine)
This is the country Melissa visits most frequently.
Japan
This is the company that operates self-driving taxis expected to expand across multiple U.S. cities by 2025.
Waymo
This is the zodiac year that begins on February 17, 2026.
(Fire) Horse
This is the artist who won Album of the Year at the 2025 Grammys.
Beyonce
This is the southernmost point where a BSO employee resides.
Santiago, Chile
This is Yasmeen’s favorite baseball team.
Blue Jays, Toronto
This is the company that holds the largest share of AI assistants embedded directly into enterprise productivity tools.
This is the first country that celebrates New Year.
New Zealand
This is the Pop Mart character that became a viral bag collectible obsession in 2025.
Labubu
This is the version of Windows that was retired in 2025.
Windows 10
This is a new hobby Yashika picked up last year.
Pottery
This is the core technology type that powers tools like Copilot and ChatGPT.
Large Language Models (LLMs)
This is the freezing New Year’s tradition involving Canadians diving into icy water to start the year.
Polar Bear Plunge
This Canadian sitcom about a wealthy family losing everything became a global sensation and swept the 2020 Emmys
Schitt’s Creek
This is the most recent Microsoft acquisition.
Osmos
This is the walking time from Vancouver to Bellingham.
17 hours (+/- 60 mins)
This is the exotic particle at the center of Microsoft’s major quantum computing breakthrough in 2025.
Majorana
This is the city that hosts the world’s largest New Year’s Eve celebration, drawing over two million people.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
This once-mocked shoe made a full comeback across Latin America in 2025, driven by personalization charms and comfort culture
Crocs