Schneider Electric, the global specialist in power and automation management, announced a notable advance in its collaboration with Microsoft. Customers now have access to several cloud-based applications from Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure architecture that leverage the Azure cloud platform from Microsoft, as well as next-generation capabilities like mixed-reality, offering decision-making capabilities and new productivity and efficiency. The two market-leading companies want to accelerate the delivery of cloud-based IoT solutions for all of Schneider Electric’s end customer segments.