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Detailed explanation-1: -New Delhi: Technology giant Microsoft has officially launched ‘Kaizala’, a productivity app that has been designed to enhance the collaboration and communication experience for Indian enterprises.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kaizala was first used to effectively manage and coordinate a festival attended by 20 million people. This led to many other organisations in the country too began using it. With the growing digital payment culture in India, Microsoft introduced digital payments services in its social network app Kaizala.

Detailed explanation-3: -Microsoft Kaizala will retire on August 31, 2023. We recommend moving to Microsoft Teams for continued connection, sharing, and collaboration. After the retirement date, access and support for Kaizala will be discontinued. In April of 2019, we announced plans to bring Kaizala together with Microsoft Teams.

Detailed explanation-4: -Microsoft Kaizala Pro is commercially available internationally, with the exception of the following countries or regions: Cuba. Iran. North Korea.

Detailed explanation-5: -Kaizala was the result of the Microsoft Garage project run out of India, which also happens to be WhatsApp’s largest market. Garage is a Microsoft program that encourages employees to work on side projects, even if they have no connection to their day jobs.