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Microsoft expands its cloud offer in Brazil, creates a plan to help job opportunities for up to 25 million workers and a qualification platform for Brazilians with the Ministry of Economy.
Today, Microsoft announced “More for Brazil,” a comprehensive plan to promote the country's growth, job opportunities, education and sustainability. As part of the plan, Microsoft expanded its cloud offering in the country, established an alliance with the Ministry of Economy to help find jobs for up to 25 million workers and is offering free digital training with capacity to train up to 5,5 million people.
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To support business growth and accelerate digital innovation, today we are also announcing the expansion of our cloud infrastructure in the country,” said Jean-Philippe Courtois, Executive Vice President and President of Global Sales, Marketing and Operations, Microsoft.
Expanding Microsoft Cloud Technology in Brazil
Microsoft announced that it is expanding its cloud infrastructure with a new datacenter region – Brasil Sudeste based in Rio de Janeiro – that will provide customers with the option of in-country and scenario-based disaster recovery.
Additionally, to support cloud applications for mission-critical workloads with high availability, Microsoft will roll out Azure Availability Zones in the existing South Brazil region in 2021.
Availability Zones are fault-isolated locations within an Azure region, providing redundant power, cooling and networking, supporting applications with higher availability and fault tolerance for datacenter failures.
