Microsoft has announced commitments totaling $55 million in support of frontline research organizations and nonprofits working to address the spread and impacts of COVID-19... The commitments include $20 million from Microsoft Philanthropies to shift the company's AI for Health initiative to COVID-19... 

[T]he company boosted by $35 million its support for Microsoft Philanthropies' Tech for Social Impact, which will use the funds to double its Microsoft Azure credits (from $3,500 to $7,000) for nonprofits, expand the Windows services it provides for nonprofits, and add new pro bono services designed to help critical care and frontline organizations in their efforts to combat COVID-19... "We deeply appreciate the heroic work of nonprofits across the globe and remain steadfast in our efforts to provide them with the resources to help us overcome COVID-19," Microsoft Philanthropies general manager Justin Spelhaug wrote in a blog post.

"Data and computation will help light the path to mitigating the pandemic," said Eric Horvitz, Microsoft's chief scientific officer. "We're passionate about aiming our computing resources and expertise at empowering those with the most promising directions, including efforts in biomedicine, logistics, epidemiology and public health."