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Larsen & Toubro Infotech announced the availability of its blockchain-based trade finance solution on Microsoft Azure marketplace. The solution enables accelerated adoption of distributed ledger technologies by bringing together LTI’s deep industry knowledge and blockchain capabilities together with Microsoft’s expertise in cloud-based solutions.

Park Place Technologies has become the first company to fully deploy Microsoft enterprise Cloud services, including Dynamics 365 and Office 365, along with LinkedIn Sales Navigator to help enterprises drive digital transformation. With Microsoft’s services, including Dynamics 365, Office 365 and LinkedIn to its employees, Park Place Technologies would also drive digital transformation across its global sales and service operations and rapidly accelerate its ability to deliver engineering services across the over 100 countries in which it operates.

Microsoft has announced a free preview of its Quantum Development Kit that allows programmers to start coding for quantum computers. Quantum computation can be deployed to tackle some of the hardest problems, including climate change and world hunger. There are three main components, a fully integrated programming language called Q# (Q sharp), local and cloud simulating environments to test out the quantum algorithms, as well as libraries of quantum samples, tutorials and building blocks.

Microsoft unveiled a new programming language called Q# – pronounced Q Sharp – and tools that help coders craft software for quantum computers. Microsoft is also releasing simulators that will let programmers test that software on a traditional desktop computer or through its Azure cloud-computing service.

Microsoft Garage has been pushing great/innovative apps for a while now. The latest product from Microsoft Garage is Outings, a travel discovery app, allows you to discover places to visit, and you can check for outdoor adventures, historical sites, city life, kid-friendly activities, beautiful vistas, or the hidden gems. Microsoft is also inviting partners to join in building and consume content on the Outings platform.

Microsoft has announced a new platform “Simplygon Cloud” that will support all major 3D Mixed Reality (MR) platforms, including Windows Mixed Reality, iOS and Android. Microsoft acquired Simplygon, a leader in 3D model optimization based in southern Sweden, earlier this year. “Simplygon Cloud” is now available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace.

In order to help India eradicate tuberculosis (TB), Microsoft researchers enabled a technology project called ’99 DOTS’ which focuses on patient adherence to anti-tuberculosis drugs. With 99 DOTS, patients can communicate to their care providers and be tracked without traveling to a clinic. Currently, the Indian government is using 99 DOTS for every patient who is co-infected with TB and HIV. The other technology project is Project Mélange, which seeks to understand uses of code-mixing, and building tools to improve machine learning and translation of code-mixed text. This research work will eventually be able to create better translators and language detection software in order to improve the algorithms over time and eventually lead to machines that can speak to humans on a more personal and relatable level.

The global industry is increasingly leaning towards Platform as a Service (PaaS), which has advanced considerably over time. Microsoft Toolsets provides an easy way to deploy applications that are built on a platform like Java and .NET. Its services are available in 36 regions around the world, with plans announced for four additional regions and can be used to group different resources such as Microsoft Azure App Services, SQL databases, and storage accounts available in Microsoft Azure.

Microsoft’s cloud storage service called OneDrive received a new and revamped look on its Android platform. The new update has made the app look much more modernized than what it was earlier. Among the things that have been changed in the app is the introduction of a bottom bar where files, photos, recent and shared folders are demarcated, which makes the UI a lot cleaner.