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Re:Microsoft to Close Microsoft Research Lab in Silicon Valley by Someone1234 on Thursday September 18, 2014 @03:50PM (#8337233)
Special mention for this one also:

https://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/singularity/

Unfortunately it never went anywhere (VERY unfortunately). Also this one more recently:

https://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/drawbridge/

Which might wind up being Microsoft's answer to Docker-like containers.

Re:Microsoft to Close Microsoft Research Lab in Silicon Valley by amaks on Thursday September 18, 2014 @04:05PM (#8337310)
Singularity has evolved into Midori project but to the latest rumor it was cancelled and the team disbanded.