There is a policy against it. Its kind of lame since the design is well known and lots of photos existed beforehand. The actual reasons were likely that I did

There is a policy against it. Its kind of lame since the design is well known and lots of photos existed beforehand. The actual reasons were likely that I didn't ignore problems the company had previously ignored and a falling out with a freshly ex-roommate who went and harassed my company's management until something happened (I was a vendor). I had gotten a TRO on this guy and my company ignored it and ignored the advice of Microsoft management. In the end everyone agreed to forget the matter and move on. I have since not had issues with working at Microsoft.