Microsoft plans to open a new research & development center in Prague to develop CMR systems. The new center will be part of global development division Microsoft Dynamics CMR and will work with teams in the US, India, Denmark and Switzerland. Microsoft is looking to hire 200 IT specialists from the CE region for the new center, with 80 to join before the end of the year. Microsoft already operates an R&D center in Prague focused on Skype applications, with a staff of 250. The company leases 11,600 sqm at the Delta building in BB Centrum in Prague 4, which PasserInvest completed in May 2015.