Our Mission

Microsoft: Mission and Values for India

At Microsoft, our mission and values are to help people and businesses throughout the world realize their full potential.

In India, as the country moves towards a leadership position in the global knowledge economy, Microsoft works closely with the government, the IT industry, academia and the local developer community to partner in India's growth. Microsoft in India is focused on

  • being a key IT partner to the Indian government and the local IT industry;
  • enhancing India's inclusive development; and
  • delighting users with transformative experiences.

To be a key IT partner to the Indian government and the local IT industry.

Microsoft has a long-term partnership with India which goes back to 1990 when we set-up operations in the country. We can confidently say that we have contributed to the great Indian IT industry success story from the very start, and aim to keep helping businesses and individuals in India achieve their potential.

Microsoft works in partnership with Indian Government in order to provide innovative e-governance solutions that help take IT to the grassroots. The company also provides IT solutions and comprehensive cloud services aimed at making businesses become more productive. With robust offerings for businesses of all sizes, Microsoft is uniquely positioned to be the trusted IT partner not just today but for the future, as businesses grow and evolve. Through a strong network of partners, Microsoft is able to work closely with businesses like no one else. Coupled with an unmatched developer ecosystem, the value delivered to businesses is all the more compelling.

To enhance India's inclusive development

Microsoft works in close partnership with all stakeholders, including governments, Indian IT industry and academia, to ensure that technology is leveraged as a catalyst for enabling more and more businesses, individuals and communities to realize their full potential. Under our global Citizenship charter, we believe that we can play a vital role in applying our technology expertise and resources to help solve societal challenges. Microsoft has a long term commitment to India and its inclusive growth. We are committed to enhancing education and skill development; and enabling access to technology for the underserved communities.

To delight users with transformative experiences

In a world in which technology spans our busy lives at home, at work, at play and on the go, Microsoft remains committed to providing everyone - people, businesses and brands - with the tools to be more effective, more creative, and more connected with the information and people that matter to them.

Increasingly our software is being expressed through devices and services that span consumer and enterprise markets. It's part of an overall transformation of our business. This is also why we're investing in new technologies, new developer opportunities, and solutions for a variety of devices that are directly connected to the cloud.

Fast facts

  • Partner of choice

    • Microsoft partner network has over 18,000 partners on it, including over 250 Gold competency partners, over 350 silver competency partners, nearly 600 Microsoft Action Pack (MAP) Design and Development partners and over 850 MAP solution providers.
    • We work with 1.2 million developers, over 1000 Independent Software Vendors and more than 2000 System Integrators in India.
    • 95% of the enterprise workforce in India uses the Microsoft platform to create, contribute and innovate.
    • Over 95% of enterprises and PC installed base in India use Microsoft software.
    • The Microsoft community of partners and professionals (people working in the IT industry or as professionals at user organizations) accounts for 42% of the global IT workforce, serving as the foundation for technological innovation in many local economies
    • According to a study conducted by IDC and Microsoft Corp (2009) , for every INR that Microsoft generates, local companies in this ecosystem generates 10.95 INR

  • Enhancing India's inclusive development

    • Project Shiksha – has so far equipped more than 7,00,000 government school teachers with IT skills, impacting more than 32 million students across the country.
    • Every year 100,000 people are certified through Microsoft Learning.
    • I-Spark has set up 25 innovation centres in engineering colleges in India and from these, 4 start-ups have been incubated.
    • 4.5 million free downloads of developer and design tools by students under DreamSpark.
    • Over 1700 start-ups benefit from technology insights, software, tools, and opportunity mapping via the BizSpark program.
    • Project Kshamta – by 2015, 100,000 army jawans will retire with enhanced job prospects.
    • Project Jyoti- IT training for 430,000 young adults, of which more than 70% are now in formal employment.
    • The Windows platform is accessible and compatible with a wide range of assistive technology products.

  • Delighting users with transformative experiences

    • Internet Explorer 9 has over 25% usage share worldwide on Windows 7
    • Guinness World Records awarded Kinect the record for "fastest selling consumer electronics device," selling 8 million Kinect sensors within the first 60 days of launch
    • Microsoft has sold more than 66 million Xbox 360 consoles across 38 countries
    • Globally, Kinect has sold a whopping 18 million sensors since its launch
    • Global analysts, IDC and Gartner have forecast that by 2015, Windows Phone will be among the top 3 smartphone OS platforms worldwide
    • Since the October 2009 launch of Windows 7, more than 525 million Windows 7 licenses have been sold, making it the fastest-growing operating system ever.