Support inclusive economic growth

We're working toward digital equity: a future in which every job seeker, employee looking to grow their career, student preparing for the workplace, and displaced or crisis-affected individual looking to build their livelihood has access to the skills and opportunity to succeed.

Currently there aren’t enough cybersecurity professionals to meet demand. Microsoft is helping to build an inclusive pipeline of cyber talent around the world.

Over 3,500 companies globally have issued climate pledges – however, many lack a workforce with the necessary skills to turn these pledges to progress. Our report shows the urgent need to develop a new level of sustainability skills and fluency – and how we aim to help support the transformation.

Technology Education and Learning Support (TEALS) connects teachers with tech industry volunteers in the US and British Columbia, Canada to create inclusive, sustainable computer science (CS) programs. To support more equitable access to CS education, we're bringing TEALS to high schools in 21 US cities with high populations of Black and African American Students.

Digital literacy can play a powerful role in helping people create more promising futures. These resources can help individuals gain the basic skills needed to effectively explore the internet and navigate our digital world.

Microsoft is investing $40 million to empower those tackling some of our toughest global health challenges with AI and data science resources to help further medical discovery, uncover global health insights, and increase health equity.

We've committed more than $414 million in money, tech, and other resources to support COVID-19 response, including research collaborations and data dashboards to help inform policy and decision making.