Dubai: Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority and Microsoft Gulf announced they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will enable the Authority’s tech start-ups to benefit from free software and services available through the Microsoft BizSpark Program.

Under the MoU, Microsoft will enrol the Authority’s wholly owned technology incubation Centre, Dubai Technology Entrepreneurship Center, as a Microsoft BizSpark Network partner. This will help provide all tech start-ups and innovators under its network with free and express access to its software and services.