Tata Communications today announced it has teamed up with Microsoft Corp. to connect businesses to Office 365, enabling them to boost employee productivity and streamline business processes with cloud-based communication and collaboration.

Tata Communications' IZO™ Private -a game-changing platform designed to maximize network performance in the cloud-will connect businesses via Azure ExpressRoute for Office 365, overcoming common reliability and security concerns associated with the public Internet.

The combination allows enterprises to bypass the public internet and provide employees with access to Office 365 using their WAN, ensuring exceptional network and application performance, and enhanced end-user experience. The service is quick to provision, and ensures the security and integrity of data.

Shares of the company declined Rs 1.85, or 0.46%, to trade at Rs 399.20. The total volume of shares traded was 6,229 at the BSE (9.38 a.m., Wednesday).