Other software works on ways to transform applications while minimizing risks like compliance or dependence on the software by a remote department, then put it in a cloud environment, untied to any particular server if that is appropriate. (This stage is where the Microsoft part comes in.) Afterward, there is a security assessment, checking software for security attacks in real time.

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Its curriculum-management software matches classroom lessons to state standards and can generate test items for on-the-fly diagnostic assessment.

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