Microsoft has signed a contract worth $617 million with the US military to provide IT services to the US forces.

The three-year contract will see Microsoft provide integrated services and will include a focus on cloud services, datacentres and cyber security. The new contract will according to Microsoft be the largest US DoD contract ever.

Tim Solms, Microsoft Department of Defence Business general manager, said: “Microsoft has longstanding relationships with the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force and DISA, and we are honoured to expand our support of ongoing technology modernization efforts across all three organisations".