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Customer experience and contact centre solutions company, Genesys, has expanded its partnership with Microsoft to bring rich video support from Skype for Business to the Genesys Customer Experience Platform. Additionally, Microsoft will deploy a Cloud-based contact centre from Genesys for its own global contact centre.

Microsoft unwrapped a smorgasbord of data-related offerings at the Professional Association for SQL Server Summit in Seattle, including the next beta for its flagship database server software and the public beta of its Azure Data Lake Store and Analytics services. Version 3 of the SQL Server 2016 Community Technical Preview includes new support for SQL Server R Services, which brings the popular open source R language into Microsoft’s database software.

343 Industries’ Halo 5: Guardians is now available across the world, including in India for Rs. 4,699. Microsoft has been hyping the release through a six hour live broadcast on YouTube that featured celebrity appearances and gameplay. Anshu Mor, Director, Interactive Entertainment Business in Microsoft India, said “Games and gamers are at the center of everything we do and we’re always looking to offer the best ways to play on Xbox. With the launch of Halo 5, we hope to offer fans slick gameplay and a fantastic campaign. The two new multiplayer modes mark the greatest evolution in Halo history,”

Microsoft is revamping its Outlook app for Android and iOS. The company announced its plans to integrate features of Sunrise, a calendar app it acquired earlier this year, into the email client. In addition, Outlook mobile app has also become cleaner and refined, the company adds. Microsoft announced on Wednesday that the team at Sunrise has “put their design expertise and fresh thinking to work to deliver a more beautiful and improved experience.”

The much-anticipated Android launcher app designed by Microsoft has officially made it to the Google platform. The Arrow Launcher offers a different interface for Android by allowing users to customise the way they use their smartphone and makes it easier to access frequent apps, message friends, take notes, or change settings.

Positioning itself as a “big believer in net neutrality”, Microsoft’s video calling service Skype today said it continues to push for affordable Internet access to consumers. “We are big believers in net neutrality. That’s been our stated point of view globally and we believe that in the end net neutrality serves the interest of consumers and we will continue to push for that position,” said Skype Corporate Vice President Gurdeep Singh Pall.

Skype made available Bollywood specific Mojis, short videos from popular movies and TV shows, to express themselves in Skype messages or chat. The India launch is the first global launch for Moji’s from Skype. The Microsoft backed video chat and calling service, has partnered with Indian studios Yash Raj Films and ErosNow, the on-demand entertainment platform of Eros International, to develop custom Mojis for Skype users.

BroadSoft, Inc. announced that its BroadWorks™, BroadCloud™ and UC-One™ unified communication and collaboration solutions are now compatible with Microsoft Lync and Microsoft Skype for Business, two of the industry’s leading productivity and collaboration platforms. BroadSoft used Microsoft’s software developer kit to enable its solutions to be compatible with Skype for Business, Skype for Business Online, Lync 2013 and Lync 2010, reflecting BroadSoft’s longstanding commitment to open platforms and the interoperability of its communication and collaboration services with other devices, systems and applications.

Videocon, in partnership with Microsoft, on Wednesday launched what it is calling the world’s first Windows 10-powered LED TV, priced at Rs. 39,990 for the 32-inch panel, and Rs. 52,990 for the 40-inch model. The TV, which can also work as a personal computer, will be available in the market next month. Called ‘One Touch PC, One Touch TV’, the Windows 10 televisions come equipped with Microsoft Office, the Windows Store, All Cast app.