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Amid declining global PC sales, the world’s largest software maker is trying to reinvent itself as an agent of digital transformation. India is a hotbed of research and development (R&D) activity for Microsoft. Other than its local data centres, cybersecurity and Smart City initiatives, the country is home to Microsoft Research India. The aim is to work on both global engineering solutions and problems related to India,” says Anil Bhansali, managing director of Microsoft India (R&D) and General Manager, Cloud and Enterprise, MSIDC.

In an interview, Bhaskar Pramanik, Chairman, Microsoft India, said, “Our mission is to empower individuals and organizations to achieve more. Computing will come in different shapes and sizes. It’s the way you access computing through touch, make it accessible in multiple languages, and enable even differently-abled people to interact with computing – that is core for strategy.”

In a bunch of new tweets, Josh Stein and Mark Ybarra of Xbox pumped up 2017 with the upcoming State of Decay 2 this year, promising more information over the year.

At this year’s CES, Microsoft is revealing its own plans for putting drivers in the passenger seat, and where artificial intelligence takes a front seat. The company best known for the Windows PC operating system and the Surface Pro, is partnering with five firms on what it’s calling a “collective vision of safe and secure end-to-end mobility.”

Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End which is available on Xbox One, has won the title of ‘Game of the Year 2016’.

Microsoft’s been dabbling around in AR through projects like its HoloLens goggles for quite a while now. A new patent filing for Object Tracking imagines a world where AR headsets like the HoloLens are everyday gadgets worn frequently.

In an interaction, Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft, said, “We were a tools company. I have always felt that we are at our best when we express that identity with changing times.”

When it comes to computer operating systems, Windows has always been the weapon of choice for gamers. MacOS never supported graphics intensive gamers. Moreover, Windows had advantage of Direct X system. Now it seems Microsoft is going a step further by adding a ‘Game Mode’ to its operating system.

The Windows Insider Team is extending the deadline for submissions to enter the Windows Scoop Fans programme to January 5. First announced earlier this month with a December 25 deadline, Windows Scoop Fans is designed for Windows enthusiasts and runs alongside the Windows Insider programme.

Microsoft has introduced new Azure enhancements, to enable enterprises to move their largest workloads into the cloud and run them without any changes, with the best-in-class support for large workloads, at the lowest possible cost. Microsoft is constantly looking at ways to make it easier for its customer to manage their workloads in the cloud.