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<p class="MsoNormal">Today, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mother_Language_Day">
International Mother Language Day</a>, we announced support for EAI in Office 365 and Outlook.com.  We are focusing on Outlook and webmail for now, though we will follow up regarding other mail clients soon. 
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<p class="MsoNormal">Likewise we are focusing on Indian scripts now, because Microsoft India is taking the lead on this announcement.
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<p class="MsoNormal">UASG is mentioned and a snippet of content from UASG-007 is used. Also, we make a callout to XGenPlus as a Microsoft partner and source of India script language mailboxes. 
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are expecting this to be well-received in India.  I have listed some English-language uptake so far, below.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks to everyone in UASG and in these mailing lists who helped make this happen!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">/marksv<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Microsoft India News Center<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Meetul Patel, Microsoft India COO<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://news.microsoft.com/en-in/features/email-addresses-indian-language-support/">https://news.microsoft.com/en-in/features/email-addresses-indian-language-support/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Microsoft India blog<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Balendu Sharma, director of Localization and Accessibility at Microsoft India<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/msind/2018/02/21/enabling-email-addresses-indian-languages-eai/">https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/msind/2018/02/21/enabling-email-addresses-indian-languages-eai/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Microsoft India News Center<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://news.microsoft.com/en-in/microsoft-announces-wide-support-e-mail-addresses-indian-languages/">https://news.microsoft.com/en-in/microsoft-announces-wide-support-e-mail-addresses-indian-languages/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Neowin<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-adds-support-for-email-addresses-in-15-indian-languages-to-office-365">https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-adds-support-for-email-addresses-in-15-indian-languages-to-office-365</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">BGR India<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.bgr.in/news/microsoft-announces-indian-languages-support-for-email-addresses/">www.bgr.in/news/microsoft-announces-indian-languages-support-for-email-addresses/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Infotechlead<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.infotechlead.com/software/microsoft-enables-email-addresses-15-indian-languages-53292">http://www.infotechlead.com/software/microsoft-enables-email-addresses-15-indian-languages-53292</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">YourStory<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://yourstory.com/2018/02/microsoft-to-support-e-mail-addresses-in-15-indian-languages/">https://yourstory.com/2018/02/microsoft-to-support-e-mail-addresses-in-15-indian-languages/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mobile Indian Network<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.themobileindian.com/news/microsoft-announces-support-for-e-mail-addresses-in-indian-languages-21091">https://www.themobileindian.com/news/microsoft-announces-support-for-e-mail-addresses-in-indian-languages-21091</a>
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