| May 2019 | Product Launch | Microsoft Corp. launched a series of new Azure services and developer technologies with advanced capabilities spanning across AI, mixed reality, IoT, and blockchain. The company is expected to share these and other advancements in hybrid cloud and edge computing at its Microsoft Build conference. |
| May 2019 | Product Launch | Microsoft launched its new cloud security product—Azure Sentinel cloud security platform. The tool uses AI for filtering data, including Office cloud data, for threats using the power of rented cloud computing rather than buying more on-premises servers. Azure Sentinel works with security software from Check Point Software, Cisco, Symantec, and Palo Alto. |
| July 2016 | Product Launch | Microsoft launched Surface as a Service, a Device as a Service (DaaS) program for surface tablets. Through this program, Microsoft’s partners, who offer cloud solutions, can provide managed services for surface devices with regular customized solutions for Office 365, Windows 10, and other independent software. |
| – | – | Microsoft launched Cortana skill kit targeting enterprise developers. The platform uses Azure Bot Service and understands languages with the help of Azure Cognitive Services, that allows developers to create enterprise specific skills for Cortana. |
| – | – | Microsoft and Amazon partnered to enhance the capabilities of their digital assistances Cortana and Alexa respectively. Alexa and Cortana work in collaboration with each other to provide customers with more helpful and richer experience. |
| – | – | Microsoft announced its partnership with RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf for piloting its AI-powered speech and language technology which provides support to children in classroom which are deaf or hard of hearing. The project will be equipped with AI-powered real-time captioning service, as an add-in to Microsoft PowerPoint called Presentation Translator. |
| – | Product Development | Microsoft released ML.NET 1.0, a free, open-source, cross-platform machine learning framework. The machine learning framework provides support for machine learning tasks such as binary classification, multi-class classification, anomaly detection, and recommendation; data transformation and featurization are some of the key components of ML.NET 1.0, which help the users to easily build and deploy their machine learning models. |
| – | Product Development | Microsoft launched Azure Machine Learning services. The service contains advanced capabilities which are designed to simplify the process of building, training, and deploying machine learning models. Furthermore, the support for open-source frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, and scikit-learn offers flexibility to the data scientists to use the tools of their choice. The automated machine learning solution enables new or experienced data scientists to identify suitable algorithms and hyper parameters faster. |
| August 2018 | Product Development | Microsoft released new features to the Microsoft PowerApps. The upgrade covers new quality tools for testing and debugging; easy to build AI models that can be implemented without any prior programming or data science knowledge; web portals which store data in a common data service platform for the employees or users to access from anywhere in the organization. |
| May 2019 | Product Launch | Microsoft announced the launch of Azure IoT Hub device streams. It is a new PaaS service that addresses streaming analytics needs by providing a foundation for secure end-to-end connectivity to IoT devices. |
| May 2019 | Product Launch | Microsoft announced the integration of Azure IoT Hub with Event Grid in device telemetry events. The new capability to subscribe to device telemetry events allows easy integration of data from preventive maintenance sensors into other Azure services, including serverless compute services like Azure Functions and Azure Logic Apps as well as non-Azure services using webhooks. |
| November 2019 | Product Launch | Microsoft announced the launch of the Azure HPC cache. It is a new service that provides file caching for high-performance computing. It solves common latency problems between computing and storage via a cost-effective performant file system cache. Azure HPC cache supports on-premise NAS and Azure Blob. |
| March 2022 | Product Development | Microsoft has enhanced Translator and other Azure AI services using a new class of artificial intelligence models called Z-code that its researchers have created. These models provide the same performance and quality advantages as other large-scale language models but can be operated much more effectively. |
| March 2022 | Collaboration | AT&T and Microsoft have expanded their existing collaboration to combine the telecommunications company's 5G network with Azure's private mobile edge computing. This collaboration allows for the development of whole new applications and use cases. The combination of 5G and edge compute has the potential to completely change the way businesses operate. Thus, boosting revenue for the company. |
| February 2023 | Partnership | Complete stack observability in minutes with Azure Native New Relic Service. One such partner on Azure is New Relic, a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for 10 years for Application Performance Management and Observability. |
| March 2022 | Partnership | The Azure Cloud Adoption Framework has welcomed Datadog, Inc. as a partner. Datadog is a monitoring and security platform for cloud applications. Azure users can now take advantage of Datadog's monitoring and security capabilities to speed their cloud adoption with confidence thanks to the framework, which offers enterprises moving to Azure recommended tools, best practices, and documentation. |
| August,2022 | Others | Microsoft Teams monitoring has a free trial available, according to Zenoss, a pioneer in AI-driven full-stack monitoring. This advanced real-time Microsoft Teams streaming data monitoring is now accessible for a free trial. It is part of a larger set of initiatives targeted at business communications platforms |
| March 2022 | Collaboration | The collaboration between Cognizant and Microsoft to develop a new digital health solution to enable remote patient monitoring for better medical treatment was revealed today. The new solution from Cognizant, which uses Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare components, is the first of several that will combine virtual health and remote patient monitoring. It will use gadgets like smartwatches, blood pressure monitors, and glucose meters to gather and transmit patient health data to providers. |
| May 2023 | Product Launch | Microsoft Corp. announced a suite of new AI tools and enhancements to Microsoft Cloud, with the goal of transforming the non-profit industry and how fundraisers contact contributors, manage campaigns, and optimise operations. In addition, the business unveiled a restricted private preview of a new AI-powered fundraising probability model for organisations. |
| April 2023 | Partnership Expansion | Microsoft Corp. and Epic expanded their long-standing strategic relationship to develop and incorporate generative AI into healthcare by combining the scale and capability of Azure OpenAI with Epic's electronic health record software. The collaboration extends a long-standing agreement by allowing organisations to run Epic environments on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. |
| March 2023 | Product Launch | Microsoft Corp. announced that Microsoft 365 Copilot introduces the potential of next-generation AI to its office productivity solutions. Copilot, has been tested with a small number of commercial customers, integrates the power of large language models with corporate data and Microsoft 365 applications to unlock creativity, boost productivity, and uplevel abilities. |
| December 2022 | Collaboration | Microsoft Corp. and Viasat collaborated to provide internet connectivity to 10 million people worldwide, including 5 million in Africa. Viasat, a communications company, collaborated with Microsoft's Airband Initiative to deepen Airband's operations in Nigeria, Guatemala, Mexico, and the US, as well as prioritise expanding the programme to Egypt, Senegal, and Angola to provide much-needed internet access, often for the first time. |
| October 2022 | Partnership | Cisco and Microsoft Corp. partnered in the Certified for Microsoft Teams programme. this partnership provides customers with more ability to run Microsoft Teams directly on Cisco Room and Desktop devices Verified for Microsoft Teams, including the option of Teams as the standard experience. |
| August 2022 | Partnership | Barclays Bank PLC (Barclays) and Microsoft Corp. collaborated enabling interaction for more than 120,000 coworkers and service partners in critical locations worldwide. Barclays is consolidating its existing communications and collaboration capabilities under the arrangement, with Teams replacing multiple point solutions formerly in use across the organisation. |
| June 2022 | Launch | Microsoft Corp. launched a Microsoft Viva Sales, a new seller experience application which combines any CRM system with client engagement data from Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams. It uses AI to deliver personalised insights and suggestions to help sellers connect with their customers more effectively. This enables merchants to personalise their client contacts more effortlessly, resulting in faster deal completion. |
| June 2022 | Partnership | The Procter & Gamble and Microsoft Corp. entered into multi-year partnership that would harness the Microsoft Cloud to assist P&G develop the future of digital manufacturing. The partnership helps to accelerate and expand P&G's digital production platform, as well as harness the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) to deliver products to consumers faster, increase customer happiness, and save costs. |
| April 2022 | Collaboration | The Kraft Heinz Company and Microsoft Corp. collaborated to create solutions to speed the consumer products transition and enable a more robust supply chain. Kraft Heinz and Microsoft established a collaborative Digital Innovation Office to co-engineer novel technologies to help the firm reinvent digital production and achieve efficiencies through hybrid experiences driven by Microsoft AI, machine learning, and IoT. |
| March 2022 | Launch | Microsoft Corporation published its second annual Work Trend Index report named as, "Great Expectations: Enabling Hybrid Work." The firm also unveiled new capabilities for Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365, Surface Hub, and Microsoft Viva to enable hybrid work and fulfil employees' changing workplace expectations. |
| January 2022 | Partnership | FedEx Corporation and Microsoft Corporation launched new solution in their multiyear collaboration to change e-commerce, supply chains, and logistics. FedEx and Microsoft combined FedEx network intelligence with Microsoft Dynamics 365 abilities to launch a cross-platform "logistics as a service" for retailers, vendors, and brands. |
| July 2018 | Partnership | Partnership between GE Aviation and Microsoft to advance airlines' digital transformation |
