Microsoft Corp. and Flipkart , India’s leading marketplace, on Monday announced a strategic partnership to provide consumers in India with the best online shopping service . As a first step in the broad collaboration between the two companies, Flipkart will adopt Microsoft Azure as its exclusive public cloud platform. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Flipkart Group CEO and co-founder Binny Bansal announced the news at an event in Bangalore . As a first step in this collaboration between the two companies, Flipkart will adopt Microsoft Azure as its exclusive public cloud platform . Nadella noted that Microsoft aims to empower every Indian organization with technology , and the key to this would be by forging partnerships with companies like Flipkart . He said, " At Microsoft , we aim to empower every Indian and every Indian organization with technology, and key to this is forging strategic partnerships with innovative companies like Flipkart, " Nadella said. ...