Recent News

Microsoft has selected 14 late-stage startups to be part of its accelerator programme, the 11th cohort since its inception in 2012. The startups will work closely with Microsoft Accelerator team to boost their enterprise readiness and go-to-market activities.

Microsoft rolled out a new update for Skype for iOS which brings some new features along with general performance and stability improvements.

Security is key to Microsoft and its products. Microsoft employs a unique security force, one facilitated by a union between humans and technology that uses to defend against cyber-attacks, called the Microsoft Cyber Defense Operations Center (CDOC). This one of a kind cybersecurity hub brings together lawyers, investigators and cyber forensic analysts to predict and demolish various threats. One such satellite Cyber Security Engagement Center runs out of India’s capital city, New Delhi.

Skype is overhauling its desktop interface with new features and a refreshed design, bringing in a much needed change to the calling app.

Microsoft has announced the availability of new Application programming interfaces (APIs) ‘ASP.NET Core 2.0’ and ‘.NET Core 2.0’ in its Visual Studio 2017 for developers.

Microsoft India in a select press briefing in New Delhi showcased a new feature to prevent ransomware attacks like the recent WannaCry infection.

The Microsoft Partner Association IAMCP organized a Networking and Knowledge sharing event recently at Microsoft India’s Mumbai Office. The Key focus of this event was to give partners an update on the Microsoft Strategy for 2017-18 with emphasis on the recent changes along with an overview on Microsoft Inspire 2017 which just concluded in Washington DC.

Microsoft has released .Net Core 2.0 as an upgrade to its open source runtime platform that was debuted last year. The new version is based on .Net Standard 2.0 to improve code sharing experience.

Microsoft has acquired Cycle Computing, a twelve-year-old Connecticut-based company that focuses on helping enterprises orchestrate high-performance computing jobs, large data workloads and other “big computing” jobs in the cloud.

Microsoft is hoping to develop autonomous aircraft that can eventually ride for hours or even days while consuming very little power, helping to track weather patterns or even deliver the internet to places where it’s otherwise unavailable.