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After its debut in India, last year, Kaizala—a suite of productivity applications built in a chat interface—is being tested and previewed in countries with similar mobile penetration trends as India and could be formally launched there soon.

Microsoft has announced that it was integrating Azure Security Center with its Web Application Firewall (WAF) to offer better security to enterprise customers. The company also said that additional configuration settings, such as custom firewall rules, are also available in the WAF console, which is linked directly from the security center. Microsoft had also released a guideline for configuring the new setup.

Microsoft announced the acquisition of Avere Systems for an undisclosed amount in order to further boost its hybrid cloud mission. Avere provides NFS and SMB file storage for Windows and Linux clients running in the cloud, hybrid and on-premises environments

Microsoft has partnered with Adaptive Biotechnologies to map the genetics of the human immune system, to improve diagnoses of cancers and other diseases As per the agreement, Microsoft will bring research and large-scale machine learning and cloud computing capabilities to translate genetics of the human immune system, or immunome into simple blood test that can be broadly accessible to people around the world.

Various technologies at Microsoft that began transforming the lives of individuals and communities in India last year will gain further momentum in 2018, the company’s President Anant Maheshwari said in a mission statement. Microsoft is proud to play a role in the transformation of India’s core pillars of education, health care, agriculture and governance, among others.

Microsoft has rolled out a new update to the preview version of Microsoft Edge for iOS. Apart from some minor changes, the update has most significantly added support for 3D Touch. So once this feature is enabled, users can press the Edge icon on the iPhone home screen and perform various tasks such as launching a voice search, opening a new tab, or even launch a QR scanner.

Microsoft Garage, where employees test any project idea to get more focused on what customers really want, has come up with another lock screen for Android phones. This one, called ‘Favorites Lock Screen’, is the fourth, after Next Lock Screen, for Android; Tetra Lock Screen, for Windows Phone; and Picturesque Lock Screen, for Android. Each of these have been designed for different types of users by focusing on different value propositions, says a Microsoft blog post.

Azure DocumentDB gives Sulekha the speed and flexibility that it needs to handle over 35 million unique visits per month. Sulekha is one of India’s largest and fastest-growing digital platforms and Sulekha chose Microsoft Azure DocumentDB because it offers the flexibility, speed, and lower administrative overhead that Sulekha was looking for. Beyond simply being an Azure service, DocumentDB also provides a number of additional benefits to Sulekha.

Fortinet has announced an expanded technology alliance with Microsoft through its Fabric Ready Partner Program and new integrations for cloud security services. Microsoft has joined the Fortinet Fabric Ready Partner Program, further integrating Fortinet Security Fabric threat information, intrusion prevention, and management capabilities into Microsoft Azure Security Center (ASC) to better protect cloud workloads. As a Fabric-Ready Partner, Microsoft Azure customers benefit from the broad and automated capabilities of the Fortinet Security Fabric with pre-integrated, end-to-end cloud security offerings, reducing technical support burden and costs for enterprise customers.