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Use these Santa Trackers to keep an eye on your gifts this Christmas Eve

Aditya Tiwari — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 14:06:01 +0000

2025's Christmas Eve is almost here, with kids and adults eagerly waiting for their gifts. Here's how you can track Santa's journey across the globe as he delivers gifts to countless homes. Read more...

How to track Santa's journey this Christmas Eve while you wait for the gifts

Aditya Tiwari — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 20:02:01 +0000

2024's Christmas Eve is here with children and grown-ups eagerly waiting for the gifts. Here is how you can track Santa's journey across the globe as he delivers gifts to countless homes. Read more...

Microsoft introduces Radar the Elf for this year's NORAD Santa Tracker

Aditya Tiwari — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 21:28:01 +0000

Christmas Eve is just around the corner, and Microsoft is launching Santa Tracker with Radar the Elf Read more...

Microsoft helps NORAD update its Santa Tracker site with Azure website services

John Callaham — Sat, 16 Dec 2023 19:00:01 +0000

Microsoft is once again working with the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) to update its Santa Tracker website by using several Azure website services, including an interactive map. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: More Windows issues and fixes, a Bing fine, and Teams updates

Usama Jawad — Sat, 24 Dec 2022 18:16:01 +0000

Our latest edition of Microsoft Weekly covers a quieter week where we learned about a couple more Windows bugs along with a few patches, a fine on Microsoft Bing, and some Teams and Excel updates. Read more...

Microsoft's Bing Maps to supply satellite imagery for NORAD Santa tracker

Paul Hill — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 16:20:01 +0000

Microsoft has partnered with NORAD to supply Bing Maps imagery in NORAD's Santa tracker. Families will be able to track the location of Santa from Christmas Eve and learn about the visited places. Read more...

Microsoft's Cortana, Bing, Edge, Maps and Azure teams come together to help track Santa

Andy Weir — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 20:11:10 +0000

Teams from across Microsoft have been working together to make NORAD's Santa-tracker more fun and engaging than ever before, with a wide range of festive features for kids of all ages. Read more...

Microsoft and NORAD to help you track Santa on Christmas Eve, brings Cortana along too

Timi Cantisano — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 18:06:02 +0000

Ready to track Santa this year? Microsoft is once again partnering with NORAD to give you and your little ones the ability to track Santa on Christmas Eve. Read more...

Microsoft's most ambitious cross platform service … tracks Santa

Brad Sams — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 14:00:50 +0000

For the past few years, Microsoft has been tracking Santa on his journey on December 24th but this year, Microsoft is taking it up a notch to track the jolly man on his journey. Read more...

Microsoft-NORAD and Google didn't agree where Santa was going

John Callaham — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 21:50:40 +0000

Microsoft and NORAD's tracking of Santa Claus' journey to deliver presents today seems to be very different than Google's information, including how many presents Santa has given out. Read more...

Microsoft and Google are fighting for the Santa Tracker audience

John Callaham — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:30:00 +0000

Microsoft is helping the US Air Force this year with its annual NORAD Santa Tracker effort, with support from Windows Azure and Bing Maps. Meanwhile, Google has launched its own Santa Tracker effort. Read more...

NORAD releases official Windows 8 app to track Santa

John Callaham — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 19:17:06 +0000

The North American Aerospace Defense Command, better known as NORAD, has released their official Windows 8 Santa tracking app, designed to show where Santa Claus will be on Christmas Eve. Read more...

NORAD tracks Santa Claus thanks to Google, others

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 02:55:25 +0000

Starting on Monday, December 24th, at 1 am PST, you can watch Santa Claus fly making his yearly world round trip. Thanks to NORAD and partners Google, AGI, Verizon, Booz Allen Hamilton, Official Santa Mail,... Read more...

NORAD gears up to track Santa

Michael Stanclift — Wed, 25 Dec 2002 07:12:32 +0000

Despite President Bush's formal go-ahead on the first phase of missile defense deployment, the coast is clear for the time being on the entry of Santa Claus into American air space. According... Read more...