Microsoft Aims to Train 25 Million Brazilians in Technology Courses Over the Next Few Years

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Microsoft Expands Its Cloud Offering in Brazil, Creates Plan to Help Job Opportunities for Up to 25 Million Workers and 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, courses, and sustainability. As part of the plan, Microsoft has 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 capable of training up to 5.5 million people.

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Microsoft also announced a new effort to help protect the Amazon rainforest from deforestation using AI. Microsoft made the announcement at a digital event with the presence of Marcos Pontes, Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation; Carlos da Costa, Special Secretary for Productivity, Employment and Competitiveness of the Ministry of Economy; Jean-Philippe Courtois, Executive Vice President and President of Sales, “Today marks another important milestone for Microsoft in Brazil.

Microsoft’s ‘More for Brazil’ initiative will support Brazilian citizens by empowering and enhancing the discovery of job opportunities in the digital economy, which is essential to overcome the employability challenges that have only increased due to the pandemic.

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To support business growth and accelerate digital innovation, we are also announcing the expansion of our cloud infrastructure in the country today,” said Jean-Philippe Courtois, Executive Vice President and President of Global Sales, Marketing, and Operations at Microsoft.

Expanding Microsoft’s Cloud Technology in Brazil

Microsoft announced that it is expanding its cloud infrastructure with a new datacenter region – Southeast Brazil based in Rio de Janeiro – which will provide customers with disaster recovery options within the country and scenario-based.

Additionally, to support cloud applications for mission-critical workloads with high availability, Microsoft will launch Azure availability zones in the existing region in Southern Brazil in 2021.

Availability zones are isolated failure locations within an Azure region, providing redundant power, cooling, and networking, supporting applications with higher availability and fault tolerance against datacenter failures.

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