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We have more than 1,200 employees across our campuses in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen with plans to grow to 3,000 in the next three to five years. By unifying all Microsoft's R&D efforts in China, we have built a strong organization that supports all facets of R&D. Microsoft China R&D Group comprises Microsoft Research Asia, Microsoft Advanced Technology Center, and many product R&D organizations in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. By working closely with headquarters, the groups develop key technologies in Microsoft's business areas. We also have a Strategic Partnership arm dedicated to fostering closer collaborations with the local IT ecosystem. | | Curiosity-driven research
As Microsoft's research arm in the Asia Pacific region, Microsoft Research Asia conducts fundamental, curiosity-driven research with the goal of realizing Microsoft's vision of future computing. By harnessing the best talent from across Asia and the world, Microsoft Research Asia has grown from its nascent beginnings in 1998 into a world-class research lab that is constantly pushing the ‘state-of-the-art’ forward. Technologies from Microsoft Research Asia have had an influence not only within Microsoft but also on a broader community. More than 200 innovations from the lab have been transferred to Microsoft products, including Office XP, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, Xbox, Windows Live and the company's latest releases - Windows Vista and Office 2007.
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| Revolutionary technology transfer
Characterized by a strong focus on revolutionary technology transfers, and the development of core product concepts, Microsoft Advanced Technology Center focuses on developing strategic and innovative products for the world market. To fuel their research and development efforts, the Microsoft Advanced Technology Center has built a unique process that combines new methods of innovation, the delivery of global product development and creative training methodologies. The center currently focuses on the areas of web technology, mobile technology, digital entertainment and emerging markets. Scores of technologies have been transferred into Microsoft products such as Windows Vista, Office, XBox, Tablet PC, and Windows Live.
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| Building the IT ecosystem
Microsoft China R&D Strategic Partnership Group is dedicated to the establishment of partnerships in software outsourcing, technology transfer, and product development with outstanding IT companies in China. The Strategic Partnership Group is also committed to strengthening Microsoft’s cooperation with Chinese academia, industry, and government to enhance the capabilities of local software enterprises in research and development.
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| Empowering IT professionals and development teams
Microsoft Server and Tools Business (China) focuses primarily on enabling IT professionals and development teams across the IT lifecycle through integrated software innovation. They are committed to global engineering and multi-site development that enables engineering agility for product teams and opportunities for local partnerships. The group has made significant contributions to key products including Windows Compute Cluster Server, SQL Server and Microsoft Forefront and focus on the development areas of High-Performance Computing, Connected Systems, Configuration Management, Windows Server Solutions, Enterprise Access and Security, Data Access and Development Tools.
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| Helping businesses and individuals work smarter
Improving operational efficiency and creating smart systems for business management is key to Microsoft Business Division (China). Here in China, the group designs solutions to better serve the needs of local and global information workers, commercial teams, and departments. Microsoft Business Division (China) has developed feature components for products such as Office System 2007, Exchange Server 2007, Communicator Web Access, SharePoint and Windows Vista. The group focuses on the development areas of Real-time Communication, Enterprise Messaging, Hosted Services, Office Productivity, Chinese Technology and Text-to-Speech.
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| Ad Platform China (APC) is one core member of Microsoft China R&D Group. The mission of Ad Platform China is to make Microsoft the market leader in online advertising by:
• Building a center of excellence in advertising technology in China
• Enable the delivery of relevant information to the right user at the right time by providing best in class ad targeting and optimization
• Drive online advertising initiatives in China market
Ad Platform China works closely with various product teams, marketing partners and researchers across the world on the cutting edge technologies to build the next generation online advertising platforms for Microsoft.
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Microsoft Asia Search Technology Center (STC Asia)’s mission is to deliver the best internet search experience to users in China, Japan, and Korea and deliver innovations for Microsoft’s global search platform. To fulfill this mission, STC Asia is dedicated to building the most powerful regional R&D center in Beijing, construct well-designed product plans and develop close local partnerships. STC Asia collaborates with MSR Asia, Microsoft Advertising Platform Division, Consumer and Online International and other groups to transform the Online Services Division into an effective global development organization.
STC Asia works on projects including internet search services, multimedia search, mobile search, map search, and Microsoft’s global search platform. The center provides a range of opportunities and challenges for every technical engineer and business manager.
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| Hardware that makes a difference
Microsoft continues to lead the industry with revolutionary advancements in hardware. In China, Microsoft Asia Center for Hardware (MACH) manages the end-to-end creation of hardware for the world market, developing more than one third of all hardware. MACH develops products that optimize performance and design including mice, keyboards, webcams, text input devices for Xbox, and accessories for Xbox360 and Zune. The Center is equipped with specialized hardware labs for PC hardware, Xbox products, audio and video technologies, EMC/safety testing, and manufacturing test equipment development. MACH also supports manufacturing engineering, supplier/partner management, component qualification and procurement, and new technology/product incubation.
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| Bringing products to China
We have a number of teams dedicated to the development, localization and testing of specific products in the areas of developer tools, platform and services, digital entertainment, business solutions and IT. These groups work on products including: IPTV, Xbox games, Visual Studio, .NET Framework, Microsoft Dynamics, Navision, Flexgo, Expression Studio and IT solutions.
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