The five-floor New York City Microsoft store opens Oct. 26
The five-floor New York City Microsoft store opens Oct. 26

If you’re looking for some space to try out your next Windows 10 device, you might want to head to New York City. The largest Microsoft Store ever is opening on Fifth Ave. next month, with more than 22,000 square feet across five floors.

Microsoft announced the opening date for that store, along with the opening date of its first international flagship in Sydney, in a blog post today.

Both stores will include an Answer Desk—Microsoft’s response to Apple’s Genius Bar—and a Community Theater for showing off how MIcrosoft’s latest products can fit into customers’ lives.

Microsofts Sydney flagship store is located within Pitt Street Mall
Microsoft’s Sydney flagship store is located within Pitt Street Mall

Microsoft is boasting about the diversity of employees at both locations. Its New York store is staffed by residents from all five boroughs and the surrounding areas, capable of communicating in 19 languages. The Sydney store, located in Pitt Street Mall, is a 6,000-square-foot, two-story space employing people from 11 countries who can speak a total of 21 languages.

The Sydney location is Microsoft’s first full store outside North America. The company currently has more than 110 stores in Canada, Puerto Rico and the U.S.. However, it does have 17 store-within-a-store locations in China. The New York location will be the second store in the Big Apple.

The New York City flagship will open at noon on Oct. 26 and the Sydney location will open at noon on Nov. 12. During both grand openings, Microsoft will donate more than $5 million in software and tech grants to local organizations.

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