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Microsoft Azerbaijan Innovation Day will be held on March 6 at the Four Seasons Hotel, the company's press release says on Thursday.

Speeches by Elmir Velizade, deputy minister of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies, General Manager of Microsoft Azerbaijan, Rufat Hajialibayov, and technology advisers at Microsoft Russia and Azerbaijan, Maxim Bocharov and Gachay Mirzaev are expected at the event.

"Innovation Day - is an annual event, dedicated to latest innovations developed by the company and the information about improvements, additions, benefits of new products. This year, such a global annual event will coincide with the Year of Information and Telecommunication Technologies," Rufat Hajialibayov said.

As part of the Innovation Day, Microsoft will unveil the latest products, as well as report on the development plans in Azerbaijan in the Year of Information and Telecommunication Technologies. Speakers will make presentations on the benefits and new features of the latest Microsoft products, namely Windows 8 operating system, the productivity of the New Office, MS System Center 2012 and MS Windows Server 2012.

Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. Microsoft Corporation develops and manufactures a wide range of software products. Microsoft products are sold in more than 80 countries, translated into more than 45 languages (including Azerbaijani) and are compatible with most PC platforms.

Scalable Server Operating Systems and Microsoft applications are a great platform for Internet services delivery and the effective business organization.

Microsoft Corporation, operating in Azerbaijan since 2005, is represented by seven experts, focused on interaction between the public and private sectors as well as on issues of humanitarian concern. Microsoft Azerbaijan's main aim is to offer the latest products and software designs that would contribute to Azerbaijan's development through their introduction into e-government, business administration and education.