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Timed to coincide with the 2016 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, the dual product launches enable channel pros to backup SMB data both from and to the Microsoft cloud.

In an opening day keynote presentation, Microsoft’s CEO highlighted snap-together business applications, artificial intelligence, and “mixed reality” solutions as core elements of Microsoft’s long-term strategy.

The enhanced MAPP offering features a “Business-in-a-Box” toolkit to help partners establish and maintain a repeatable data migration practice.

Together, the managed services automation firm and file sync and share leader will seek to help MSPs add file-based collaboration offerings to their existing service portfolios.

The platform provides MSPs with a suite of tools designed to minimize the chance of client data breaches.

The new offering allows the hosting provider’s partners to sell Microsoft Azure and Office 365 licenses together with support from Rackspace technicians.

Managed service providers can now bundle the company’s backup and disaster recovery solutions through the special promotion.

The new program enables cloud partners to deliver more value to SMB customers with travel and expense management solutions.

Many years in the making, the deal brings turns two “freemium” security software makers with complementary product offerings and market strengths into an industry leader that supports over 400 million end points.

The COO will leave the company for a CEO role in the financial services sector at the end of the month, in a transition that also has members of Microsoft’s senior leadership team assuming new responsibilities.