Microsoft Company Overview:

Microsoft Corporation is a well known name in the field of software development. The company has been established in the year 1975. Microsoft has started developing the operating systems and other applications for the personal computers. The company has developed one of the highly used operating systems in the history. Today, the Microsoft has reached a million of personal computers all over the globe. The personal computers used in businesses, educational organizations and in homes are working with Microsoft’s operating systems. Microsoft has a huge number of satisfied customers and the company is still maintaining that number.

The company has also designed a lot of applications other than operating systems. The company deals in the field of cloud computing, mobile applications and games, server applications and much more. Microsoft is providing the cloud services to a lot of business organizations. In the present business world, the Microsoft’s Cloud is preferred by most of the companies.  In the month of June, The Microsoft has bought the mobile division of Nokia mobiles. Nokia used the platform designed by Microsoft i.e. Windows 8 platform for its smartphones in the year 2011-12. The deal is more than 5 billion dollars and it is an agreement of 10 years. According to this agreement, Microsoft can use the licenses, mobile patents of Nokia. After the deal, employees of Nokia became the Microsoft employees. The company has decided to make some important changes in the mobile division.

Microsoft Technology:

The company offers several different technologies to fulfill the requirements of present business and IT market.  There are a lot of technologies and products provided by the company, but few are discussed below.

Microsoft Exchange:

The services provided by the technology are the management of emails, calendar, contacts, etc. for the personal computers, smartphones. The Microsoft exchange provides a simplified approach to achieve the level of satisfaction. It reduces the complexity and protects the sensitive and the confidential data.

SharePoint:

The technology is used to design websites. The companies are using the technology to share, organize, store and access the information form any other device. By using the web browsers like Chrome and Firefox, such operations are performed. SharePoint has several parts such as SharePoint Online which is used as a cloud by the businesses, SharePoint Server, Sharepoint Designer used for designing and customizing  websites and SharePoint Workspace assists in using the Sharepoint content offline.

SQL Server:

The technology is used by all types of businesses in a lot of countries. SQL Server is a product designed for the database management. The primary functions of the SQL Server are the retrieval and storage of data as per the requirements. It can be for the single computer or for the computer network.

Windows Server:

Windows Server provides the platform which consists the core authentication via active directory and the virtualization. Microsoft is providing  few other products like SQL Server, Exchange Server and SharePoint, but still a huge number of companies prefer the Windows Server.

Visual Studio:

Microsoft Visual Studio is an IDE, i.e. integrated development environment which is used to design computer applications. The product is used for the development of websites, web based applications and other application used for online services. The Visual Studio uses the platforms developed by the Microsoft.

Xbox:

It is a video gaming console designed by the Microsoft. Microsoft has 40 million users of the Xbox community. The company has sold about 13 million gaming consoles and its sale is constantly increasing every year. The Xbox 360 was released in the year 2005. It sold more than 75 million consoles all over the globe.

Microsoft Certification:

Microsoft offers the certifications for its different products. The Microsoft certifications are considered as the validation of the skills required to work on the products designed by Microsoft. The certifications provided by Microsoft open a lot of career opportunities for IT professionals. The candidates can apply online to get registered for the certification exams. There are three different levels of the certification program which are termed as the Associate level, Expert level and the Master level.

If a candidate earns the latest certification proves that he is up to date with the latest technologies. The effort for the certification and the time invested by the candidate proves his dedication towards his IT career. The companies give more preference to such professionals.

For the certification exams, the candidates should visit the website of the company. The candidates have to follow different guidelines for the certifications. The candidates will find the right guidance to register for the exams.