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MIS (Management Information System)
Group report on
Microsoft
Department of Management
BITS Pilani
Submitted To : -
Prof. S. Kannan
Submitted By :-
Group 4
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Introduction-
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation ea!"uartere!
in #e!mon!$ %asington$ tat !e&elops$ manufactures$ licenses$ supports an! sells computer
soft'are$ consumer electronics an! personal computers an! ser&ices. Its est no'n soft'are pro!ucts are te Microsoft %in!o's line of systems$ Microsoft office suite$ an! Internet
*+plorer 'e ro'ser . Its flagsip ar!'are pro!ucts are ,o+ game console an! te Microsoft
Surface series of talets. It is te 'orl!-s largest soft'are maer measure! y re&enues. It is also
one of te 'orl!-s most &aluale companies.
Microsoft 'as foun!e! y Bill Gates an! Paul Allen on April 4$ /01 to !e&elop an!
sell BASIC interpreters for Altair 2233. It rose to !ominate te personal computer operating
system maret 'it MS56S in te mi!/23s$ follo'e! y te Microsoft %in!o's. Te
company-s /27 initial pulic offering$ an! suse"uent rise in its sare price$ create! an
estimate! tree illionaires an! 8$333 millionaires from Microsoft employees. Since te //3s$
it as increasingly !i&ersifie! from te operating system maret an! as ma!e a numer of
corporate ac"uisitions. In May 83$ Microsoft ac"uire! Sype Tecnologies for 92.1 illion in
its largest ac"uisition to !ate.
As of 83:$ Microsoft is maret !ominant in ot te IBM PCcompatile operating system
an! office soft'are suite marets (te latter 'it Microsoft 6ffice). Te company also pro!uces
a 'i!e range of oter soft'are for !estops an! ser&ers$ an! is acti&e in areas inclu!ing internet
searc ('it Bing)$ te &i!eo game in!ustry ('it te ,o+$ ,o+ :73 an! ,o+ 6ne consoles)$
te !igital ser&ices maret (troug MS;)$ an! moile pones (&ia te %in!o's Pone 6S). In
<une 838$ Microsoft entere! te personal computer pro!uction maret for te first time$ 'it
te launc of te Microsoft Surface$ a line of talet computers.
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Business and supporting IT environment at Microsoft-
Microsoft is no' in&ol&e! in almost e&ery aspect of te computer an! computerrelate!
telecommunications marets an! is emerging as a ma=or player in Internet commerce an! online
me!ia &entures. It controls te operating system of /4.> of te personal computers sol! on te
maret to!ay (5ata"uest numers) an! =ust finise! off a 913 million in&estment in AppleComputer to tie te oter 1./> of ne' !estop sales into an alliance. At times Microsoft face!
&arious callenges in usiness en&ironment 'eter it is Competiti&e e!ge o&er oters or
e+pan!ing into !ifferent segment$ te e+tensi&e use of information tecnology to upgra!e an!
staili?e its position Microsoft successfully accomplise! its goals an! o&ercome its callenges.
Microsoft as stea!ily e+pan!e! its maret sare in te case of 'or! processors from arely a
tir! of te maret in //1 to o&er 23> in //0. %en pose! 'it treat in ne'ly !e&eloping
Ser&er maret it as use! its %in!o's ;T ser&er soft'are to rapi!ly enter te usiness
'orstation$ clientser&er an! largescale @enterprise@ computing segments. 6&er si+tyfi&e
percent of ne' intranet sites are !eploye! on %in!o's ;T ser&ers$ 'ile %in!o's ;T
'orstation clients are gro'ing 00 percent annually. In lieu of maret e+pansion an! to a&oi!
alrea!y cro'!ing maret Microsoft is employing its information tecnology resource in forging
commercial partnersips 'it ot commercial an! aca!emic training institutions in or!er to tie
tem into te Microsoft frame'or.
Te pressure of e+pan!ing an! e+ploring ne' marets for information tecnology le! Microsoft
to launc financial ser&er soft'are Microsoft is emerging as a ey player in saping te online
financial transaction system of te future. Microsoft is estalising online commercial &entures
in airline ticet sales$ auto sales$ ne's$ games$ local e&ents an! entertainment (along 'it local
a!&ertising re&enue)$ an! a range of oter online commercial &entures. Its o'nersip of te
Microsoft ;et'or (MS;) an! its partnersip 'it ;BC in te creation of te MS;BC &enture
are gi&ing Microsoft strong !istriution outlets for its emerging range of me!ia content.
Te Internet$ 'ile a potential treat to Microsoft-s !ominance$ is also an opportunity for te
company to sei?e control of tose Internet stan!ar!s an! terey gain ne' net'or footol!s on
e&ery computer connecte! to te Internet. Troug te comination of controlling stan!ar!s in
te %e ro'ser maret$ %e ser&ers$ !e&elopment tools for Internet soft'are !e&elopers an!
!e&elopment of stan!ar!s for financial transactions on te ;et$ Microsoft is not only "uicly
!ominating marets for soft'are sales relate! to te Internet$ it is using its !ominance of
soft'are tecnology to le&erage a comman!ing position in consumeroriente! Internet
commerce$ from auto sales to classifie! a!&ertising o&er te Internet. Troug its in&estments in
%eT an! cale companies$ it is seeing to furter reinforce its !ominance y controlling
stan!ar!s an! connections to te Internet rigt from te ome. Microsoft as not een a&erse to
engaging in outrigt anticompetiti&e practices as nee!e! to assure its !ominance of marets$ as
a string of la'suits an! complaints trailing in its 'ae can attest to. %en competitors a&e
release! ne' soft'are$ Microsoft as announce! upcoming etter features on its o'n soft'are
impro&ements 'ic often 'oul! not materiali?e for monts$ e&en years after teir @sce!ule!@
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release. Te result of suc @&apor'are@ announcements 'as to free?e soft'are purcases in te
maret until Microsoft a! time to marsal its financial an! tecnical resources to o&er'elm its
opponents. i!!en features of its operating system a&e een use! to gi&e its o'n application
!e&elopers a legup on te competition. An! te un!ling of soft'are as allo'e! Microsoft to
use !ominance in one maret to =umpstart a presence in anoter maret y lining soft'are
purcases in ot marets togeter. It as use! e&ery a!&antage of its monopoly control of te
!estop to le&erage !ominance of Internet stan!ar!s an! in turn use tat control to acie&e a
!ominant position in Internet commerce.
Microsoft Cloud Analysis Tool and Infrastructure Optimiation Tool-
Te Microsoft Clou! Analysis Tool elps to uil! a roa!map to te Clou! ase! on your
usiness nee!s$ constraints$ an! !esire! attriutes. ItDs a E'at ifF for te Clou!$ tat you can
play out te possiilities y canging your parameters. TatDs a migty po'erful ting if you are
trying to cycle troug &arious options an! un!erstan! te tra!eoffs. In fact$ in!epen!ent of
te actual content in te tool$ I tin te most &aluale part is te framing of te !ecisions. If
you use noting else$ you can at least use te frames to elp you accelerate your o'n Clou!
!ecision maing$ an! mae more informe! coices.
Summary of te tools
• Infrastructure Optimiation Self-Assessment Tool H ou can use te Assessment tool
to un!erstan! te companyDs current Eas isF en&ironment an! at te same time set te
!esire! Eto eF roa!map. Te Infrastructure 6ptimi?ation SelfAssessment Tool
pro&i!es a personali?e! 6ptimi?ation score for te organi?ation. Te tool generate
reports tat can ser&e as te aseline for planning an effecti&e roa!map an! as an
incenti&e for optimi?ing your IT infrastructure. Te !etaile! #oa!map plan 'ill e
generate! as part of te 5isco&ery tools.
• Clou! Analysis Tool Tis tool 'ill elp you Plan te migration to te clou! !eployment
of your coice ase! on prioriti?e! Business an! IT nee!s$ Ser&ices an! Applications$
an! #iss an! Constraints. Te Clou! Analysis Tool 'ill e&aluate 'at you select against
your current en&ironmentDs maturity le&el an! pro&i!e you 'it te information re"uire!
to mae !ecisions aout 'ic clou! arcitecture is rigt for you an! more importantly
o' to get tere. Selecting your preferre! clou! !eployment option 'ill generate a
transformation plan inclu!ing pro=ect information$ #6IJTC6 !ata$ an! arcitecture
!iagrams H te information you nee! to plan an! acie&e your clou! transformation.
ere is te ome page of te Microsoft Clou! Analysis Tool an! Microsoft Infrastructure
6ptimi?ation SelfAssessment Tool
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Data !are"ousing and Data Management at Microsoft
Te tra!itional structure! relational !ata 'areouse 'as ne&er !esigne! to an!le te &olume of
e+ponential !ata gro't$ te &ariety of semistructure! an! unstructure! !ata types$ or te
&elocity of real time !ata processing. MicrosoftDs mo!ern !ata 'areouse solution integrates all
tra!itional !ata 'areouse 'it nonrelational !ataan! it can an!le !ata of all si?es an! types$
'it realtime performance.
TransactSL (TSL) is Microsoft-s an! Syase-s proprietary e+tension to SL. SL$ te
acronym for Structure! Luery anguage$ is a stan!ar!i?e! computer language tat 'as
originally !e&elope! y IBM for "uerying$ altering an! !efining relational !ataases$using !eclarati&e statements. TSL e+pan!s on te SL stan!ar! to inclu!e proce!ural
programming$ local &ariales$ &arious support functions for string processing$ !ate processing$
matematics$ etc. an! canges to te 5**T* an! NP5AT* statements. Tese a!!itional
features mae TransactSL Turing complete.
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TransactSL is central to using Microsoft SL Ser&er. All applications tat communicate 'it
an instance of SL Ser&er !o so y sen!ing TransactSL statements to te ser&er$ regar!less of
te user interface of te application.
To!ay$ nonrelational !ata sources lie 'e logs$ sensor !ata$ social sentiment$ an! !e&ices are eing collecte! to pro&i!e !eeper insigts an! gain competiti&e a!&antages. Te tra!itional
strategy of e+tracting an! cleansing relational !ata into a central repository nee!s to a!apt for
tis ne' 'orl! of !ata. A mo!ern !ata 'areouse solution from Microsoft can accommo!ate
ne' storage tecnologies lie a!oop to incorporate nonrelational sources an! pro&i!e
integration et'een te relational 'areouse an! te a!oop cluster.
%it tra!itional !ata 'areouse tecnologies$ your scale is cappe! an! youDll nee! to uy ne'
ar!'are as more capacity is re"uire!. Te Microsoft mo!ern !ata 'areouse scales to te most!eman!ing enterprise re"uirements. As !ata re"uirements gro'$ you can scale from tens of
teraytes up to te multipet ytes y incrementally a!!ing no!es to your e+isting infrastructure.
%it tra!itional !ata 'areouse tecnologies$ "ueries can tae minutes$ ours or e&en o&ernigt
to process. Te Microsoft mo!ern !ata 'areouse gi&es users near realtime results. %it
reatroug "uery processing an! inmemory tecnologies$ customers a&e seen 3+ to 33+
faster completion times to teir longest running "ueries.
*nterprise integration management pro&i!es a portfolio of solutions tat enale organi?ations to
trust te cre!iility an! consistency of teir !ata so tey can mae critical usiness
!ecisions
Te Microsoft SL Ser&er *+press is a free !ataase system 'ic !ra's inspiration from te
early Microsoft Access pacage. #oust security features$ an! te remo&al of te ono+ious
Ogo&ernor Oas ooste! te fle+iility if te pacage. Anoter plus is !efinitely te G?
recommen!e! CPN spee! 'it 18 MB #AM an! 03MB of !is space for te pacage.o'e&er$ in case you nee! your CPN to process faster$ tere is no nee! to a!! a secon! CPN
unit te singleuser sce!uler trea! application use! in tis case !oes not allo' te
simultaneous use of ot. %ile it is one of te most preferre! 5BMS pacages for startup
organi?ations$ tere are se&eral restrictions suc as te 4 GB !ataase si?e limit an! GB uffer$
te limitation on te numer of users.
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#et!or$ Tec"nologies at Microsoft
Microsoft %indo!s #T : &nterprise #et!or$ing Scenarios' Cloud #et!or$ing
Tec"nologies' and (ost Server Configurations
%in!o's ;T is a family of operating systems pro!uce! y Microsoft$ te first &ersion of 'ic
'as release! in <uly //:. It 'as a igle&ellanguagease!$ processor
in!epen!ent$ multiprocessing$ multiuser operating system. @;T@ 'as e+pan!e! to @;e'
Tecnology@ for mareting purposes ut no longer carries any specific meaning. It 'as inten!e!
to complement consumer &ersions of %in!o's tat 'ere ase! on MS56S. ;T 'as te first
fully :8it &ersion of %in!o's$ 'ereas its consumeroriente! counterparts$ %in!o's :.+ an!
%in!o's$ 'ere 7itJ:8it yri!s. %in!o's 8333 an! its successors are memers of te
%in!o's ;T family$ altoug tey are not ran!e! using te name @%in!o's ;T. %in!o's
Ser&er ;et'oring an! Access Tecnologies pro&i!e an en!toen! solution to get people in
your organi?ation connecte!$ allo'ing tem to seamlessly sare applications an! !ata'eter
tose resources are on your enterprise net'or$ your small office or ranc net'or$ or in a
pulic$ pri&ate$ or yri! clou! en&ironment.
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IT teams are re"uire! to !eli&er access to ser&ices from more !e&ices$ platforms$ an! places tan
e&er efore. Clearly$ multi!e&ice access to corporate assets enefits users$ ut roa!er access
maes security management more callenging. *ac en!point represents a potential attac
surface an! anoter point of management for security professionals. At te same time$
organi?ations face e&ere&ol&ing treats from aroun! te 'orl!tey must manage te ris
create! y teir o'n users acci!entally losing or compromising sensiti&e !ata.
6rgani?ations re"uire a clou! ser&ice tat as uiltin roust security features an! a 'i!e &ariety
of customi?ale security features tat organi?ations can tune to meet teir in!i&i!ual
re"uirements.
6rgani?ations e+pan!ing remote access 'ile maintaining security est practices may fin! it
!ifficult an! e+pensi&e to a!! tis comination of security functionality if tey !eploy
pro!ucti&ity ser&ices solely onpremises.
Microsoft IT Manages Computer )ulnerabilities -
Microsoft IT as !e&elope! a pre&entati&e approac to managing computer &ulnerailities.
5esigne! to re!uce te occurrences an! se&erity of attacs$ Microsoft ITDs security meto!ology
inclu!es te !e&elopment of processes to re!uce open ports an! &ulnerale systems an! ser&ices$
manage user permissions$ regularly assess riss$ an! regularly monitor compliance 'it security
gui!elines.
Microsoft IT pro&i!es information tecnology ser&ices internally for Microsoft employees an!
resources. Microsoft IT manages 733$333 !e&ices for 23$333 users across more tan 33
countries an! regions 'orl!'i!e$ 'it appro+imately 8 million remote connections per mont.
Safeguar!ing a computing infrastructure of tis si?e re"uires implementation of strong security
policies$ tecnology to elp eep mal'are off te net'or an! a'ay from missioncritical
resources$ an! !ealing 'it mal'are outreas s'iftly an! compreensi&ely 'en tey occur.
Tis section of te report compares te potential impact of mal'are to te le&els of antimal'are
compliance from appro+imately :13$333 'orstation computers manage! y Microsoft IT
et'een <anuary an! <une 83:. Tis !ata is compile! from multiple sources$ inclu!ing System
Center *n!point Protection$ ;et'or Access Protection$ 5irect Access$ an! manual sumission
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of suspicious files. Comparing te nature an! &olume of te mal'are !etecte! on tese
computers to te le&el of protection tey recei&e can illustrate significant tren!s an! gi&e insigts
as to te effecti&eness of antimal'are soft'are an! security est practices.
Microsoft IT *rotects Its #et!or$s -
Microsoft IT uses ;et'or Access Protection to ensure te ealt of computers in t'o scenarios
'itin te enterprise an! for remote access. Te Microsoft intranet inclu!es a community of
manage! computers tat uses Microsoft 5omain Isolation IP Security (IPsec) tecnology an!
;AP. Macines accessing te intranet remotely use ;AP for ot irtual Pri&ate ;et'or (P;)
an! Microsoft 5irect Access$ 'ic estalises i!irectional connecti&ity 'it te intranet e&ery
time a remote userDs 5irect AccessHenale! computer connects to te Internet. In <anuary 833$
:1/$00 computers 'ere e&aluate! an! silently autoreme!iate! 'en necessary y te ;AP
%in!o's System ealt Agent (SA)$ a client component tat maintains an! reports one or
more aspects of system ealt. 6f tat total$ tere 'ere :7$40 remote macines in ;AP ull
*nforcement mo!e$ in 'ic computers tat are not in compliance are isolate! from te net'or.
Te agent cecs to see tat antimal'are an! antispy'are programs are installe!$ signatures are
up to !ate$ an! realtime monitoring is enale! tat te computer is configure! to recei&e
security up!ates an! tat te %in!o's Np!ate Agent ser&ice is enale!. If te %in!o's
ire'all is !isale!$ te agent enales it an! forces it to remain enale! 'ile te computer is
connecte! to te net'or. In a!!ition$ ecause appro+imately onetir! of te enterpriseDs
!omain=oine! laptops are regularly taen out of te intranet en&ironment an! connecte! to te
pulic Internet$ autoreme!iation ensures tat important an! critical up!ates are installe!.
(o! Microsoft IT +uards Against &mail T"reats
Microsoft ITDs messaging protection callenges are similar to tose of oter enterprise
en&ironments. ie most IT organi?ations$ Microsoft IT faces an e&erescalating stream of spam$
&iruses$ an! un'ante! message sumission attempts to mailo+es$ contacts$ !istriution groups$
an! pulic fol!ers. Tese attacs 'aste resources$ !istract recipients$ put assets at ris$ an!
pro&i!e an a&enue for social acing an! pising scams$ among oter security issues. In
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a!!ition to tese common treats$ Microsoft IT sees a!&ance! attacs tat e+ploit messaging
systems$ in&ol&ing spy'are$ 'orms$ otnets$ an! polymorpic mal'are.
Inoun! mail to Microsoft goes troug a treetiere! cleansing processantimal'are
scanning$ file remo&al$ an! spam filtering. In eeping 'it Microsoft ITDs goal of stopping
armful messages at te earliest possile point$ Microsoft IT as !eploye! orefront Security for
*+cange Ser&er on all mail ser&ers$ 'ic uses fi&e !ifferent antimal'are engines to pro&i!e
protection for incoming an! outgoing email. 6n a&erage$ Microsoft filters et'een 1 an! 3
million email messages a !ay tat contain mal'are or spam an! remo&es more tan 33 !ifferent
types of e+ecutale files from incoming messages.
Microsoft IT *rotects Its Soft!are -
Te Microsoft Pro!uct #elease Q Security Ser&ices (P#SS) Antimal'are Scanning Ser&ice is
cartere!$ troug corporate compliance policy$ 'it ensuring tat all Microsoft pro!ucts are
mal'arefree !uring te pro!uct release life cycle. Te Scanning Ser&iceDs carter is met y
using an automate! system tat pro&i!es a compreensi&e$ !ynamic$ an! easytouse process tat
implements te latest !ecompression algoritms comine! 'it numerous stateofteart
mal'are scanning tools. As part of te Scanning Ser&iceDs priorities$ te occurrence of false
positi&es at te time of release is mitigate! troug te Scanning Ser&iceDs collaoration 'it te
antimal'are in!ustry.
Office ,.security
Microsoft is an in!ustry lea!er in clou! security an! implements policies an! controls on par
'it or etter tan onpremises !ata centers of e&en te most sopisticate! organi?ations.
6ffice :71 security consists of tree parts
• Builtin security features• Customers controls
• *naling Nser Access
6ffice :71 is a securityar!ene! ser&ice tat as security features uilt into te ser&ice.
6ffice :71 customers enefit from in!ept security features tat Microsoft as uilt into te
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ser&ice as a result of e+perience gaine! from t'o !eca!es of managing online !ata an!
significant in&estment in security infrastructure. 6ffice :71 as implemente! an! continues to
in&est an! impro&e processes an! tecnologies to proacti&ely i!entify an! mitigate security
treats efore tey ecome riss for customers.
6ffice :71 offers security controls tat enale customers to customi?e teir security settings.
6ffice :71 is truste! y customers of all si?es across &irtually e&ery in!ustry$ inclu!ing igly
regulate! in!ustries suc as ealtcare$ finance$ e!ucation$ an! go&ernment. Because 6ffice :71
manages pro!ucti&ity ser&ices for suc a 'i!e range of in!ustries an! geograpies$ it offers
feature coices tat customers can control to enance te security of teir !ata.
6ffice :71 as scalale security processes tat allo' for in!epen!ent &erification an!
compliance 'it in!ustry stan!ar!s. Tis paper !escries tree aspects of security in 6ffice :71.
Built-in security
84our monitore! pysical ar!'are
6ffice :71 !ata is store! in te Microsoft net'or of !ata centers$ run y Microsoft Gloal
oun!ation Ser&ices an! strategically locate! aroun! te 'orl!. Tese !ata centers are uilt from
te groun! up to protect ser&ices an! !ata from arm y natural !isaster or unautori?e! access.
5ata center access is restricte! 84 ours per !ay y =o function so tat only essential personnel
a&e access to customer applications an! ser&ices. Pysical access control uses multiple
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autentication an! security processes$ inclu!ing a!ges an! smart car!s$ iometric scanners$ on
premises security officers$ continuous &i!eo sur&eillance$ an! t'ofactor autentication. Te !ata
centers are monitore! using motion sensors$ &i!eo sur&eillance$ an! security reac alarms. In
case of a natural !isaster$ security also inclu!es seismically race! racs 'ere re"uire! an!
automate! fire pre&ention an! e+tinguising systems.
Isolated customer data
6ne reason 6ffice :71 is ot scalale an! lo' cost is tat it is a multitenant ser&ice (tat is$
!ata from !ifferent customers sares te same ar!'are resources). 6ffice :71 is !esigne! to
ost multiple tenants in a igly secure 'ay troug !ata isolation. 5ata storage an! processing
for eac tenant is segregate! troug Acti&e 5irectory structure an! capailities specifically
!e&elope! to elp uil!$ manage$ an! secure multitenant en&ironments. Acti&e 5irectory
isolates customers using security oun!aries (also no'n as silos). Tis safeguar!s a customerDs
!ata so tat te !ata cannot e accesse! or compromise! y cotenants. or a!!itional cost$ a
&ersion of 6ffice :71 tat stores !ata on !e!icate! ar!'are is a&ailale.
Automated operations
%itin Microsoft !ata centers$ access to te IT systems tat store customer !ata is strictly
controlle! &ia rolease! access control (#BAC) an! loc o+ processes. Access control is an
automate! process tat follo's te separation of !uties principle an! te principle of granting
least pri&ilege. Tis process ensures tat te engineer re"uesting access to tese IT systems as
met te eligiility re"uirements$ suc as a acgroun! screen$ fingerprinting$ re"uire! security
training$ an! access appro&als. *ngineers re"uest access for particular tass into a loc o+
process. Te loc o+ process !etermines te !uration an! le&el of access in!epen!ently of
!etermining 'eter anoter engineer nee!s to e in&ol&e! in a monitoring capacity.
Secure net!or$
;et'ors 'itin te 6ffice :71 !ata centers are segmente! to pro&i!e pysical separation of critical acen! ser&ers an! storage !e&ices from te pulicfacing interfaces. *!ge router
security allo's te aility to !etect intrusions an! signs of &ulneraility. Client connections to
6ffice :71 use secure socets layer (SS) for securing 6utloo$ 6utloo %e App$ *+cange
Acti&eSync$ P6P:$ an! IMAP. Customer access to ser&ices pro&i!e! o&er te Internet originates
from usersD Internetenale! locations an! en!s at a Microsoft !ata center. Tese connections are
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encrypte! using in!ustrystan!ar! transport layer security (TS)JSS. Te use of TSJSS
estalises a igly secure clienttoser&er connection to elp pro&i!e !ata confi!entiality an!
integrity et'een te !estop an! te !ata center. Customers can configure TS et'een
6ffice :71 an! e+ternal ser&ers for ot inoun! an! outoun! email. Tis feature is enale! y
!efault.
*ncrypte! !ata
Customer !ata in 6ffice :71 e+ists in t'o states
• At rest on storage me!ia
• In transit from a !atacenter o&er a net'or to a customer !e&ice
All email content is encrypte! on !is using Bit ocer A!&ance! *ncryption Stan!ar!
(A*S)encryption. Protection co&ers all !iss on mailo+ ser&ers an! inclu!es mailo+ !ataase
files$ mailo+ transaction log files$ searc content in!e+ files$ transport !ataase files$ transport
transaction log files$ an! page file 6S system !is tracingJmessage tracing logs.
6ffice :71 also transports an! stores secureJmultipurpose Internet mail e+tensions (SJMIM*)
messages. 6ffice :71 'ill transport an! store messages tat are encrypte! using clientsi!e$
tir!party encryption solutions suc as Pretty Goo! Pri&acy (PGP).
Customer controls
6ffice :71 comines te familiar Microsoft 6ffice suite 'it clou!ase! &ersions of our ne+t
generation communications an! collaoration ser&ices Microsoft *+cange 6nline$ Microsoft
SarePoint 6nline$ an! Microsoft ync 6nline. *ac of tese ser&ices offers in!i&i!uali?e!
security features tat te customer can control. Tese controls allo' customers to a!ere to
compliance re"uirements$ gi&e access to ser&ices an! content to in!i&i!uals in a customerDs
organi?ation$ configure antimal'areJanti spam controls$ an! encrypt !ata 'ere a customer
ol!s te eys.
Advanced encryption
A ey &alue tat 6ffice :71 pro&i!es is te aility to empo'er customers 'it te option of
using encryption 'it intelligence as an a!!itional security measure. 6ffice :71 pro&i!es tis
aility troug #igts Management Ser&ice (#MS).Nsing #MS$ users a&e te fle+iilityfrom
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'ere&er tey areto select items tey 'ant to encrypt$ 'ere&er te content is locate!. In
a!!ition$ a uni"ue feature of #MS is tat it pro&i!es te aility to reason o&er content to pro&i!e
intelligent protection. A user can encrypt a piece of content an! apply intelligence to it$ suc as
i!entifying 'o can access te content an! !efining te in! of access tey a&e to it. As an
e+ample$ Alice can allo' a small group of people to &ie' content ut not to e!it or for'ar! tat
content to anyone else. *mail encryption 'it nonfe!erate! users is a&ailale 'it 6ffice :71$
enaling a! oc encryption ser&ices 'it any recipient. 6ffice Professional Plus offers a!&ance!
security 'it nati&e support for Cryptograpic Agility y integrating 'it te Cryptograpic
;e+t Generation (C;G) interfaces for %in!o's. A!ministrators can specify cryptograpic
algoritms for encrypting an! signing !ocuments.
&nabling user access
6ffice :71 !ata an! ser&ices are secure! at te !ata center$ net'or$ logical$ storage$ an! transit
le&els. In a!!ition$ it is critical for customers to e ale to control 'o can access !ata an! o'
tey can use !ata. 6ffice :71 uses %in!o's A?ure Acti&e 5irectory as te un!erlying i!entity
platform. Tis enales 6ffice :71 customers 'it strong autentication options granular control
o&er o' IT professionals an! users can access an! use te ser&ice. 6ffice :71 also allo's
integration 'it 6nPremises Acti&e 5irectory or oter !irectory stores an! i!entity systems
suc as Acti&e 5irectory e!eration Ser&ices (A5 S) or tir!party secure toen systems
(STSs) to enale secure$ toenase! autentication to ser&ices
M-Commerce and its Initiative in Microsoft-
MCommerce is a term use! for transaction con!ucte! y moile pones$ personal !igitalassistants (P5As) for promotional an! financial acti&ities using 'ireless internet connecti&ity.Moile Commerce is referre! as MCommerce$ 'ic rings te ne' possiility for small usiness to sell an! promote teir pro!uct an! usiness. MCommerce is gro'ing rapi!ly an! pro&i!ing ne' options for Business %esite Promotions &ia Moile 5e&ices.
M-Commerce is essential part of Business MCommerce is no' turning to e an essential part of your Internet mareting strategies. As Internet goes to moile !e&ices an! MCommerce can easily
fit in your Business process$ you can mae uge enefits from it.
M-Commerce Applications
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%ile mCommerce continues to e&ol&e$ moile mercan!ising$ contactless payment solutions$
moile coupons$ moile 'allet$ aning applications an! B8B moile platforms are e+pecte! to
mae inroa!s in te near future.
MIC/OSO0T1S I#ITIATI)& I# M-COMM&/C&
%in!o's Moile is a family of moile operating system !e&elope! y Microsoft for
SmartponeDs . %in!o's Moile is te pre!ecessor of %in!o's pone.
In eruary 833$ Microsoft announce! %in!o's pone to superse!e %in!o's Moile. As a
result$ %in!o's Moile as een !eprecate! %in!o's Pone is incompatile 'it %in!o's
Moile !e&ices an! soft'are. Te last &ersion of %in!o's Moile$ release! after te
announcement of %in!o's Pone$ is 7.1.1
MIC/OSO0T MOBI2& A**2ICATIO#
Microsoft as its o'n app store 'it tousan!s of applications.
Maret sare of Microsoft as compare! 'it Google.
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/O2& O0 SOCIA2 M&DIA
SOC2 : Microsoft1s Social #et!or$
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Microsoft opene! up registration for its ne' pro=ect$ te aptly name! Socl$ to users 'it
Microsoft an! aceoo accounts in 5ecemer 838 .Socl'as launce! in 83 ut 'as in eta
for Microsoft employees an! college stu!ents until 5ecemer 838. Socl isnDt e+actly a
tra!itional social net'or . It-s more lie Pinterest tan aceoo as its lan!ing page is fille! 'it poto collages. Socl 'as orn from Microsoft #esearc NS* asD researc into social searc
for stu!ents.
;o'$ anyone can sign up for te site an! fin! content eiter generate! ran!omly on SoclDs
omepage or !o a Bingpo'ere! searc y topic. To create a post$ 'e can pull content from
oter parts of te %epotos$ &i!eos$ lins$ etc.an! te site puts togeter a collage for
oursel&es. %e can EriffF or comment on otersD posts an! sare relate! lins an! images. Te
profile page is a gallery of te posts 'e a&e create! an! te interests an! people 'e follo'Hno
'all posts or 43caracter on mots ere. Te empasis is less on frien!s tan content. If 'e
sign in using your aceoo login information$ Socl 'ill fin! our aceoo frien!s$ ut te site
encourages us to e+plore an! connect 'it oters ase! on common interests an! posts 'e lie.
Tis social net'or$ elps stu!ents connect 'it one anoter .o'e&er$ itDs clear Socl is not
!esigne! to compete 'it aceoo. Microsoft says Socl (pronounce! EsocialF) Eis an
e+perimental researc pro=ect$ !e&elope! y MicrosoftDs NS* as$ focuse! on e+ploring te
possiilities of social searc for te purpose of learning.F Te primary focus of Socl is elping
Epeople fin! an! sare interesting 'e pages in te 'ay stu!ents !o 'en tey 'or togeterF y comining social net'oring an! searc.
Microsoft is sneay in te 'ay tey present te focus of Socl$ 'ic seems to e !esigne!
specifically for stu!ents. o'e&er$ itDs clear tat Microsoft as attempte! to tae a s'ing
at GoogleOs social net'or$ Google$ 'ic 'as also !esigne! to comine social an! searc. To
!ifferentiate te t'o$ Microsoft (seemingly) focuse! on a nice of users (stu!ents)$ an! also
encourage! users to sare !ata a little !ifferently y creating Emontages of &isual 'e content.F
Microsoft e&en goes as far as to say tey e+pect stu!ents to use oter social net'ors suc as
aceoo in a!!ition to Socl. Te reality is$ toug$ tat anyone can sign up to use Socl.
Currently$ Microsoft as partnere! 'it scools (inclu!ing Nni&ersity of %asington$ Syracuse
Nni&ersity$ an! ;e' or Nni&ersity) ut Eanyone can participate in te NS* as researc
community$F 'ic inclu!es te Socl pro=ect. Signing up for te Socl social net'or is as easy
as (an! some'at ironically) connecting your aceoo account.
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*&en if Microsoft is feigning its focus on stu!ents for te sae of user ac"uisition$ te outloo
for Socl !oesnDt loo goo! eiter 'ay. Google as trie! painfully ar! for tis comination to
succee! 'it Google$ an! !espite Google !ominating te maret sare in searc$ arely
anyone is really using Google. At te same time$ aceoo !i!nDt e+actly fail y e+ten!ing its
reac eyon! te initial atc of college i!s.
MIC/OSO0T &/* *AC3A+&
Microsoft Dynamics &/* is enterprise resource planning (*#P) soft'are primarily geare!
to'ar! mi!si?e organi?ations as 'ell as susi!iaries an! !i&isions of larger organi?ations. Its
applications are part of Microsoft 5ynamics$ a line of usiness management soft'are o'ne! an!
!e&elope! y Microsoft.
Microsoft 5ynamics *#P comprises four primary pro!ucts Microsoft 5ynamics A,$ Microsoft
5ynamics GP$ Microsoft 5ynamics ;A$ an! Microsoft 5ynamics S.
Microsoft 5ynamics *#P inclu!es fi&e primary pro!ucts
• Microsoft 5ynamics A, (formerly A+apta) is !esigne! to elp organi?ations !o usiness
across locations an! countries y stan!ar!i?ing processes an! elping to simplify
compliance. Te latest &ersion is Microsoft 5ynamics A, 838.
• Microsoft 5ynamics GP (formerly Great Plains Soft'are) can elp companies a!apt to
ne' opportunities an! gro't y managing canging marets$ enaling uni"ue usiness
re"uirements$ an! connecting usiness processes across te organi?ation. Te latest &ersion
is Microsoft 5ynamics GP 833 (&ersion .3).
• Microsoft 5ynamics ;A (formerly ;a&ision) is !esigne! to elp organi?ations
streamline speciali?e! an! in!ustryspecific usiness processes. Te latest &ersion is
Microsoft 5ynamics ;A 83:.
• Microsoft 5ynamics S (formerly Solomon I) can elp pro=ect!ri&en organi?ations
otain reports an! usiness analysis an! automate pro=ects across company !i&isions an!
locations. Te latest &ersion is Microsoft 5ynamics S 0.3.
• Microsoft 5ynamics C1 (formerly Concor!e C1) can assist 'it finance$ manufacturing$
supply cains$ analytics an! electronic commerce for small an! me!iumsi?e! enterprises.
Te latest &ersion is Microsoft 5ynamics C1 833.
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Microsoft 5ynamics *#P applications are !esigne! to elp customers
• Connect te entire supply cain.
• Mae current financial !ata an! reports accessile for usiness planning an! regulatory
compliance.
• Automate repetitious an! routine functions so tat employees can focus on more critical
tass.
• Minimi?e te cost an! comple+ity of a!ministering salaries$ enefits$ recruiting$ an!
performance management.
• Pro&i!e greater &isiility into ey performance factors$ suc as profitaility an! potential
issues.
• Meet in!ustryspecific nee!s 'it functionality for &ertical usiness processes.
MIC/OSO0T C/M *AC3A+&
Microsoft Dynamics C/M is a customer relationsip management soft'are pacage !e&elope!
y Microsoft. 6ut of te o+$ te pro!uct focuses mainly on Sales$ Mareting$ an! Ser&ice (elp
!es) sectors$ ut Microsoft as een mareting 5ynamics C#M as an ,#M platform an! as
een encouraging partners to use its proprietary (.;*T ase!) frame'or to customi?e it to meet
many !ifferent !eman!s.
Te Microsoft 5ynamics family of usiness applications inclu!es oter relate! pro!ucts suc
as Microsoft 5ynamics A,(*#P application)$ Microsoft 5ynamics GP$ (*#P
application) Microsoft 5ynamics ;A (*#P application)$ an! Microsoft 5ynamics S (*#P
Application) an! also Microsoft 5ynamics #etail Management System also no'n as 5ynamics
#MS.
5ynamics C#M is a ser&erclient application$ 'ic$ lie Microsoft SarePoint$ is primarily
an IISase! 'e application 'ic also supports e+tensi&e 'e ser&ices interfaces. Clients
access 5ynamics C#M eiter y using a Bro'ser or y a tic client plugin to Microsoft
6utloo. Besi!e te Microsoft Internet *+plorer te Crome an! irefo+ ro'sers are fullysupporte! since Microsoft 5ynamics C#M 83 Np!ate #ollup 8.
Te current &ersion of Microsoft 5ynamics C#M is 83: 'it o&er 43$333 customers
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te Analysis !ataase. As !ata is mo&e! troug tese structures$ 5ata Transformation
Ser&ices (5TS) tass perform !ata transformations$ !ata looups$ error cecing an!
cue processing.
• S72 Server 899:
SL Ser&er 8332 inclu!es a master !ata management system ran!e! as Master 5ata
Ser&ices$ a central management of master !ata entities an! ierarcies. Tere is a Multi
Ser&er Management$ a centrali?e! console to manage multiple SL Ser&er 8332
instances an! ser&ices inclu!ing relational !ataases$ #eporting Ser&ices$ Analysis
Ser&ices Q Integration Ser&ices.
S72 Server 899 /8
It inclu!es a numer of ne' ser&ices$ inclu!ing Po'er Pi&ot for *+cel an! SarePoint$
Master 5ata Ser&ices$ Stream Insigt$ #eport Buil!er :.3$ #eporting Ser&ices A!!in for
SarePoint a 5atatier function in isual Stu!io tat enales pacaging of tiere!
!ataases as part of an application$ an! a SL Ser&er Ntility name! NC (Ntility Control
Point)$ part of AMSM (Application an! MultiSer&er Management) tat is use! to
manage multiple SL Ser&ers.
A typical Business Intelligence System Arc"itecture based on t"e Microsoft S72 Server and
Business Intelligence *latform
%en 'e tal aout !esigning a Business Intelligence System$ tere are certain components'ic nee! to e planne!$ !esigne! an! !e&elope! as you can see elo'
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Data Integration or ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) Pipeline
Te Business Intelligence System can le&erage SSIS (SL Ser&er Integration Ser&ices)$ acomponent of te SL Ser&er platform$ for !ata integration into te !ata 'areouse. SSIS pro&i!es te aility to a&e a consistent an! centrali?e! &ie' of !ata from !ifferent sourcesystems an! elps to ensure !ata confi!ence troug integration$ cleansing$ profiling an!management. SSIS features a fast an! fle+ile *T (*+traction$ Transformation an! oa!ing)frame'or an! as in memory transformation capailities for e+tremely fast !ata integration
scenarios. SSIS as se&eral uiltin components to connect to stan!ar! eterogeneous !atasources (#5BMS$ TP$ %e Ser&ices$ ,M$ CS$ *,C*$ etc.)$ along 'it a ric set of transformation components for !ata integration. SSIS also inclu!es 5LS (5ata Luality Ser&ices)for !ata cleansing$ matcing an! profiling. M5S is anoter component in SL Ser&er 'ic pro&i!es Master 5ata Management platform for managing organi?ational master !ata centrally.
SSIS pacages can e !e&elope! using te Business Intelligence 5e&elopment Stu!io (BI5S) inSL Ser&er 8332 #8 an! earlier &ersions (SSIS is a&ailale from SL Ser&er 8331) or SLSer&er 5ata Tool (SS5T) in SL Ser&er 838 an! can e configure! !uring e+ecution ase! onte meta !ata store! in meta !ata repository. Tere are se&eral 'ays of SSIS Pacage5eployment an! SL Ser&er 838 intro!uce! e&en more roust Pacage 5eployment Mo!el.
• S72 S&/)&/ 89;8 :
Intro!uce! in SL Ser&er 838 an! focusing on Self Ser&ice an! Corporate Business
Intelligence. It inclu!es te Stan!ar! *!ition capailities an! Business Intelligence tools
Po'er Pi&ot$ Po'er ie'$ te BI Semantic Mo!el$ Master 5ata Ser&ices$ 5ata Luality
Ser&ices an! &elocity inmemory analytics.
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SL Ser&er 838-s ne' features an! enancements inclu!e Al'ays 6n SL Ser&er
ailo&er Cluster Instances an! A&ailaility Groups 'ic pro&i!es a set of options to
impro&e !ataase a&ailaility$ Containe! 5ataases 'ic simplify te mo&ing of
!ataases et'een instances$ ne' an! mo!ifie! 5ynamic Management ie's an!
unctions$ programmaility enancements inclu!ing ne' spatial features$ meta!ata
!isco&ery$ se"uence o=ects an! te T#6% statement$ performance enancements suc
as Column Store In!e+es as 'ell as impro&ements to 6nline an! partition le&el
operations an! security enancements inclu!ing pro&isioning !uring setup$ ne'
permissions$ impro&e! role management$ an! !efault scema assignment for groups.
• Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) is te former I5* from Microsoft$
an! 'as use! to !e&elop !ata analysis an! Business Intelligence solutions utili?ing te
Microsoft Analysis Ser&ices$ #eporting Ser&ices an! Integration Ser&ices. It is ase! on
te Microsoft isual Stu!io !e&elopment en&ironment$ ut customi?e! 'it te SL
Ser&er ser&icesspecific e+tensions an! pro=ect types$ inclu!ing tools$ controls an!
pro=ects for reports$ *T !ata flo's$ 6AP cues an! !ata mining structure.
BI5S functionality coul! e augmente! 'it BI5S elper $ a isual Stu!io a!!in 'it
features tat e+ten!e! an! enance usiness intelligence !e&elopment functionality in
SL Ser&er 8331$ 8332$ an! 8332 #8 BI 5e&elopment Stu!io (BI5S) an! SL Ser&er
838 SL Ser&er 5ata Tools (SS5T). BI5S elper is oste! on Microsoft-s open source
pro=ect osting 'esite Co!ePle+.
Business Intelligence Marup anguage (Biml) can e use! in BI5S to create en!toen!
BI solutions y translating Biml meta!ata into SL Ser&er Integration Ser&ices (SSIS)
an! SL Ser&er Analysis Ser&ices (SSAS) assets for te Microsoft SL Ser&er platform.
BI5S is not supporte! 'it isual Stu!io 833 an! later$ an! as een replace! y SL
Ser&er 5ata Tools Business Intelligence
• Microsoft Business Intelligence Tool elps your usiness to connect 'it employees so
tey can tae responsiility for !ata an! information. Connection an! communication
et'een your people is enance! an! management of your IT systems is also impro&e!.
Microsoft Business Intelligence lets your employees to continue using familiar tools suc
as Microsoft *+cel 'ile allo'ing your IT staff to manage an! monitor your
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organi?ationDs !ata an! proce!ures. Tis maintains te integrity of your !ata an! gi&es
your usiness greater control o&er its processes.
Automate! an! integrate! reporting processes pro&i!e a clear an! consistent o&er&ie' of
!ata in real time. Microsoft Business Intelligence maes it easier for your people to tae
o'nersip of processes an! information an! for e&eryo!y across your organisation toa&e a clear picture of te !ata 'ic is a&ailale to tem. Connection$ communication
an! collaoration et'een people trougout te usiness infrastructure can easily e
centralise! an! monitore!.
Te Benefits of Microsoft Business Intelligence
Microsoft Business Intelligence is uilt on te po'erful Microsoft SL Ser&er$ an! is
a&ailale as part of Microsoft-s popular 6ffice an! SarePoint Ser&er pacages. %it te
strengt of some of Microsoft-s most po'erful pro!ucts ein! it$ Microsoft Business
Intelligence gi&es your usiness an! employees te capaility to
Sare *+pertise across te organi?ation
Increase pro!ucti&ity
Kno'le!ge Sare
Increase collaoration trougout te company.
Microsoft SL Ser&er Analysis Ser&ices sips 'it SL Ser&er$ allo'ing your usiness
to !ig into te !ata at its !isposal to really un!erstan! te !ri&ing force ein! te
performance. Tis !etaile! analysis can e accesse! troug *+cel an! SarePoint Ser&er
'ic means your employees can pro!uce analysis an! reports "uicly an! easily
troug familiar platforms.
Nser a!option of Microsoft Business Intelligence is supporte! y integration 'it
Microsoft 6ffice an! SarePoint$ pro&i!ing an en! user e+perience tat is familiar an!
intuiti&e to users of Microsoft 6ffice.
• Microsoft1s ne! analytics platform system : BI+ DATA I# A BO<:
Microsoft as recently announce! its ne' Analytics Platform System tatDs no'
generally a&ailale. Te ne' platform falls in line 'it te companyDs intention to !eli&er
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Gi&en te ao&e !efinition of a !ecision support system$ 'e a&e !e&elope! se&eral
sprea!seetase! 5SS applications in *+cel. Nsing te sprea!seet functionality in
*+cel an! te BA programming capailities$ a complete !ecision support system can
e !e&elope!.
Microsoft CS/
Microsoft as een synonymous 'it CS# al'ays. As a testimony to tis $ te #eputationInstitute$ one of te 'orl!Ds lea!ing reputation management consultant firms$ announce!Microsoft rane! o&erall 'en it release! its 838 CS# #epTraR 33 report naming te
companies 'it te est reputations for corporate social responsiility aroun! te 'orl!.
Microsoft out Spar
In 838$ Microsoft C*6 Ste&e Ballmer announce! Microsoft out Spar$ a company'i!e$gloal initiati&e to create opportunities for :33 million yout o&er tree years. Troug :3
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magic of soft'are to impro&e li&es$ sol&e prolems an! cataly?e economic gro't. Te5reamSpar initiati&e in In!ia is !esigne! to =oin te !ots et'een soft'are access$'ic means maing training an! enalement complement simple access to tecnologyIn In!ia$ 4.1 million stu!ents a&e alrea!y gaine! access to te latest MS tools.
•
Imagine Cup is te 'orl!Ds premier yout tecnology competition$ pro&i!ing anopportunity for ig scool an! uni&ersity stu!ents to learn ne' sills an! apply teirno'le!ge an! passion to !e&elop tecnical solutions for some of te 'orl!Ds tougest prolems. 13$333 stu!ents from In!ia participate! in last yearDs contest.
/ealise = Increasing &mployability > &ntrepreneurs"ip
• Imagine Cup Grants are a !irect output of te Imagine Cup competition$ tese grants are
gi&en to a select numer of 'inning stu!ent teams to elp tem tae teir pro=ect to tene+t le&el troug a compreensi&e grant of cas$ soft'are an! mentoring support.
• BiSpar$ gi&es soft'are startups access to Microsoft soft'are !e&elopment tools an!
connections 'it ey in!ustry players$ inclu!ing in&estors$ elp young entrepreneursstarting a ne' usiness. In tree years$ te program as pro&i!e! professional soft'are atno carge to 8$333 startups$ an! 8081 startup memers.
• Microsoft 'ors 'it .8 million !e&elopers$ o&er 333 In!epen!ent Soft'are en!ors
an! more tan 8333 System Integrators in In!ia to empo'er tem 'it te tools$tecnologies an! training re"uire! to !e&elop igen! sills an! compete in a gloalmaretplace.
Microsoft as also !e&elope! a range of ne' youtfocuse! Citi?ensip initiati&es$ inclu!ing
• +ive 0or 4out": a gloal microgi&ing maretplace focuse! specifically on raising fun!s
for nonprofits tat support yout causes aroun! te 'orl!• Microsoft 4out"Spar$ (ub: an online space 'ere young people can e+plore an!
access all of te ser&ices$ programs an! resources pro&i!e! y Microsoft an! selectnonprofit partners for e!ucation$ sills$ employment an! entrepreneursip
• Innovate 0or +ood: a gloal online community enaling yout to collaorate$ inspire
an! support eac oter 'ile using tecnology to mae a !ifference in teir communities.
Pro=ect Basa promotes local language computing$ lo'ering te arrier for people 'o prefercomputing in nati&e tongue. Tis pro=ect is Microsoft In!iaDs commitment to pro&i!e locallanguage interface pacs for flagsip Microsoft pro!ucts H inclu!ing %in!o's Q 6ffice in 8In!ian languages. Te initiati&e also loos at uil!ing a &irant local language community tat!efines an! contriutes to te efforts.
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&mployee )olunteer *rogram and +iving Campaign
Te *mployee olunteer Program (*P) an! Gi&ing Campaign$ in line 'it te !e&elopment
goals of In!ian go&ernment an! countryDs commitment to Millennium 5e&elopment Goals$ as
a! a strategic focus on OPromoting Inclusi&e Gro't troug *!ucationD since 8337.
Microsoft matces employee nonprofit !onations troug te year$ an! encourages employees to
&olunteer 'it a nonprofit of teir coice. Te program as raise! more tan I;# 7$71$41$47
since 8337.
/esponding to disasters
Te Microsoft 5isaster #esponse program impro&es !isaster prepare!ness an! response troug
te !eli&ery of tecnology an! e+pertise for citi?ens$ lea! respon!ers$ an! usinesses.
Current responses Access MicrosoftDs #ea!y #eac response portal in te e&ent of a current
largescale natural !isaster. ere you 'ill fin! situational information an! resources to elp eep
you safe$ enale you to connect 'it oters$ an! pro&i!e !etails for 'ays you can elp.
*ast responses 6&er te last fe' !eca!es$ Microsoft as pro&i!e! support for more tan 833
natural !isasters. Te follo'ing represent a fe' of our response efforts o&er te years.
0ast 0acts
• Pro=ect Sisa H as so far e"uippe! more tan 0$:0$333 go&ernment scool teacers
'it IT sills$ impacting more tan :0 million stu!ents across te country.• *&ery year $33$333 people are certifie! troug Microsoft earning.
• Microsoft Inno&ation Centers H $33$333 stu!ents reace!.
• Nn!er 5reamSpar$ tere a&e een o&er 8 million free !o'nloa!s of !e&eloper an!
!esign tools y stu!ents since 8332.
• :$13$333 In!ian stu!ents a&e registere! for Imagine Cup since it starte! in 833:.
• 6&er 8$333 startups enefit from tecnology insigts$ soft'are$ tools$ an! opportunity
mapping &ia te Bi?Spar program.
• Pro=ect Ksamta H :3$333 =a'ans traine! since 833/.
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• Pro=ect <yoti IT training for o&er 1$33$333 young a!ults$ of 'ic more tan 03> are
no' in formal employment.
• Te %in!o's platform is accessile an! compatile 'it a 'i!e range of assisti&e
tecnology pro!ucts.
• %e 'or 'it .8 million !e&elopers$ o&er 333 In!epen!ent Soft'are en!ors an!more tan 8333 System Integrators in In!ia.
Microsoft is +oing Carbon #eutral
Microsoft is instituting a company'i!e commitment to acie&e caron neutrality eginning in
fiscal year 83:. Te foun!ation of tis ne' commitment is an internal caron fee$ 'ic 'ill
place a price on caron ase! on current maret pricing for a portfolio of rene'ale energy an!caron offset pro=ects.
/educing Travel and Carbon %it" 6nified Communications
MicrosoftDs Nnifie! Communications (NC) streamlines communications an! collaoration. Byre!ucing te nee! for usiness tra&el an! commuting$ our NC solutions impro&e usinessoutcomes$ lo'er costs an! enance en&ironmental sustainaility. ast year alone$ NC enale! usto sa&e 0$333 metric tons of C68 an! re!uce! our tra&el costs 9/8 million.
/educing and Managing Computer &nergy Consumption
To elp it meet its en&ironmental goals$ Microsoft IT as !eploye! System Center ConfigurationManager 8330 #: an! greater po'er management controls to 71$333 !estop an! laptopcomputers.
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Te result 'as a 80 percent !rop in te amount of po'er use! y manage! !estop computers$ as'ell as a pro=ecte! cost sa&ings of 98 to 94 per computer$ per year.
&nergy-Smart Buildings
Troug a pilot program an! 'ite paper$ Microsoft is saring no'le!ge of o' organi?ationscan use IT successfully to impro&e te ottom line an! re!uce en&ironmental impacts. Manyorgani?ations !o not nee! to retrofit uil!ings in or!er to reali?e significant energy sa&ings an!Microsoft as so'n tat smart uil!ings are accessile an! affor!ale for any organi?ation.
3eec"i %ind *ro@ect
Microsoft as signe! a 83year po'er purcase agreement (PPA) for 'in! energy in Te+as tat
'ill e fun!e! in part y procee!s from MicrosoftDs caron fee. Te agreement 'it #*S
Americas 'ill see Microsoft purcase all of te energy from Keeci %in! pro=ect$ a 3 M%
'in! facility 03 miles nort'est of t. %ort$ Te+as$ near te to'n of <acsoro.
+lobal e-Sustainability Initiative
Microsoft is on te oar! of te Gloal eSustainaility Initiati&e (GeSI) a collaoration et'een lea!ing IT companies$ go&ernment agencies an! nongo&ernmental organi?ations(;G6s) 'ose purpose is to acie&e en&ironmental sustainaility troug tecnologyinno&ation.
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Microsoft as elpe! lea! an! enale GeSI-s influential researc an! 'or on critical issuesranging from o' IT can a!!ress climate cange to responsile sourcing in te ar!'are supplycain.
Addressing &nvironmental C"allenges in t"e Cloud
oste! on our clou!ase! %in!o's A?ure tecnology$ an! &isuali?e! troug Bing Maps$ *ye6n *art pro&i!es 733 million people 'it near realtime access to locali?e!$ easytoun!erstan!en&ironmental !ata lie air an! 'ater "uality. It is a&ailale in 87 languages an! reaces :8 **Amemer states.
Microsoft usiness partnersips
Microsoft *artners !it" 6TSA to Develop Sustainable Tec"nologies
Microsoft Corp. as entere! into a treeyear agreement 'it te Nni&ersity of Te+as at San
Antonio (NTSA) to researc an! !e&elop sustainale tecnologies. Te goal is to mae
MicrosoftDs !ata centers more energy efficient an! economically &iale
Microsoft partners 2enovo' Tencent for <* tec" support in C"ina
Microsoft Corp has partnered Lenovo Group Ltd and Tencent Holdings Ltd to provide software
security services for Windows XP users in China
#etApp and Microsoft Alliance
or o&er 3 years$ ;etApp an! Microsoft a&e teame! to !e&elop an! pro&i!e inno&ati&e storage
an! !ata management solutions for MicrosoftV tecnologies
;etApp remains in te forefront of pro&i!ing an agile !ata infrastructure for Microsoft
applications
T"e #etApp and Microsoft Alliance /elations"ip
;etApp is a Microsoft Gloal In!epen!ent Soft'are en!or (IS) an! Microsoft Partner 'itte follo'ing Gol! Certifie! competencies
• In!epen!ent Soft'are en!or (IS)
Messaging
• Portals an! Collaoration
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• Content Management
• 5ata Platform
• Business Intelligence
• Ser&er Platform
• Communications
• irtuali?ation (Sil&er)
;etApp an! Microsoft a&e een 'oring togeter for more tan a !eca!e to pro&i!e inno&ati&e
solutions tat mae it easier for our customers to rapi!ly transform teir !ata centers for te
future. ;etApp also as Sil&er Certifie! competency in irtuali?ation.
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ma!e a strategic !ecision to partner 'it Microsoft for infrastructure an! tecnology an! focus
our resources on e+ten!ing usiness &alue to te customer. *picor le&erages inno&ati&e
Microsoft tecnologies suc as .;*T$ Microsoft 6ffice System$ Microsoft SarePointtecnologies$ isual Stu!io$ SL Ser&er$ an! A?ure in !e&eloping en!toen!$ in!ustryspecific
solutions tat enale companies to imme!iately !ri&e efficiency trougout usiness operations
an! uil! competiti&e a!&antage
Microsoft partners !it" BT for private Aure lin$s
As security an! !ata pri&acy continue to ol! CI6s ac from !aling 'it clou! ser&ices$ BT
an! Microsoft announce! a partnersip tat 'ill see te former pro&i!e pri&ate lins for te
latterDs A?ure pulic clou! ser&ice. Te mo&e comes te !ay eri?on announce! a !ar fire
ser&ice lining its pulic clou! platforms 'it MicrosoftDs$ 'it plans to support oter platforms
in te near future.
BT sai! 'ill e teaming up 'it Microsoft to pro&i!e P; access to A?ure$ 'ic it sai! 'oul!
pro&i!e more secure an! more resilient connecti&ity to te pulic clou! platform
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