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Microsoft announced that its IoT Suite, first announced in April, is now available for purchase. The suite will perform a set of IoT services, such as data stream collection and storage. The suite can also apply functions such as remote monitoring, fleet or asset management, and predictive maintenance. “The machine data can also be fed into Microsoft’s Power BI, its Azure-based analytics system, for analysis and rich visualization,” said Mike Schutz, General Manager of Cloud Platform Marketing.

SnapLogic, an industry leader in enterprise integration platform as a service (iPaaS), announced new capabilities for delivering application and data integration for Microsoft Cortana Analytics Suite. The SnapLogic Elastic Integration Platform enables customers to get to business insights faster by providing self-service data ingestion, preparation and delivery from virtually any source — whether on-premises, in the cloud or in hybrid environments — to the Cortana Analytics Suite.

One of the more intriguing things to come out Microsoft’s gaming efforts in the recent years is Project Spark. It let users make their own games on Windows PCs and the Xbox One. The business model it followed was free with micro-transactions, allowing users to enhance and customise their experience. The team behind it announced it will pivot to “a free and open creation platform.” On October 5, all previously paid downloadable content will be available for all Project Spark users both new and old.

Microsoft announced that it has agreed to acquire the product assets from Adxstudio, a longtime partner of its Dynamics business. The deal will give Microsoft access to tools that extend Dynamics to the Web, which the company will integrate directly into its CRM product. The product that Microsoft bought allows businesses to connect their Dynamics system to a Web portal that can then be used for things like partner relationship management, technical support solutions and more.

Microsoft launched its local data centres in India, which will offer its Azure cloud services, much earlier than its deadline of December this year, a move that will help it build more confidence among the government, Indian companies and small and medium businesses in the country. The centres are being launched at Pune, Chennai and Mumbai. “The hyper scale cloud will empower governments, businesses and users and offer enough computing power that will support all their existing workloads,” said Bhaskar Pramanik, Microsoft India chairman.

Redmond-based technology major Microsoft globally launched its new suite of office applications – Office 2016 – which may just sound the death knell for email as we know it. It also throws down the gauntlet at Google’s collaborative apps that run inside a browser.“We set out to make working together easier and more impactful by building a suite of integrated apps and services that removes barriers and empowers teams to do and achieve more,” said, Kirk Koenigsbauer, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft’s Office Client applications

Rituraj Singh, a student of the electronics and communication department at Oriental University, Indore, has brought laurels to the city by helping Microsoft make an entry into Guinness Book of World Records for training maximum people in computer programming in just eight hours at Microsoft Redmond Campus, USA. After helping Microsoft bag a world record, Rituraj now imparts training to people in India to achieve ‘Digital India’ dream of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Microsoft has tied up with mobile wallet MobiKwik to offer cash back offers on purchase of its Lumia range of smartphones, including Lumia 540, 535, 430, 640, 640 XL and 730. Raghuvesh Sarup, Director – Marketing, Mobile Devices, Microsoft India, said, “Offering cashbacks in the form of digital cash on MobiKwik wallet will make the payment experience for our consumer easy and convenient. Given that MobiKwik is accepted at over 50,000 places, this offer will also give our consumers a range of options to spend their cashback at.”