Microsoft has been making efforts to improve the quality of product developments, deployment, and operation. In particular, Microsoft provides the Technical Adaptation Program (TAP) that helps the customer deploying Microsoft products verify the products before their shipment, the Center of Quality Innovation (CQI) that enables verifications by building the same environments based on the various customers' deployment and operation scenarios, and the Proof of Concept (POC) that verifies sizing and functionality before product deployments. Microsoft Development Department owns one of the largest development and verification facilities in Japan. This facility at Microsoft Chofu Technology Center (Chofu, Tokyo) satisfies the highly advanced hardware requirements including mission critical systems, HPC, and interoperability (This facility consists of over 100 servers like IA64 32-way and x64 8-way, over 300 x64 compatible client machines, a storage environment of over 300 TB capacity, a network environment that enables a WAN environment emulation, is maintained up-to-date with the latest equipment). Microsoft Innovation Center will make this facility available for partners to support their wide range of verifications, and will offer a variety of programs for partners to utilize this facility. Facilities at Microsoft Chofu Technology Center
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