Dubai Municipality - working towards pioneering a sustainable and smarter city by accepting the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai - has, with the help of Microsoft SharePoint, released DM Smart Search, an unified portal that offers access to vital details from across all departments within the organisation. The decision was made in order to simplify existing information management systems and facilitate better town through quicker decision making and enhancement in general level of customer care.

The concept was sustained by the have to make operations more flexible and streamlined, and allow for more effective working while making use of the tremendous power of Microsoft cloud tools. Leveraging Microsoft SharePoint, Smart Search has allowed workers of Dubai Municipality to work together on tasks as well as create, access and organise info quickly to enhance work circulation. The Smart Search tool acts as an entrance across all functions of DM, allowing users to access information through a single click by signing in to a Web website, and extract filtered information through layers of complicated data in real time.

Mr AbdulMajid AbdulRahman AbdulRahim Al Mulla, Assistant Director, Information Technology Department, Dubai Municipality, stated, "Adoption of Microsoft SharePoint innovation has actually helped Dubai Municipality realise its vision of transforming the method we interact. By utilizing the power of information and converting it into understanding for building more sustainable communities, we believe DM Smart Search, supported by SharePoint, will lead Dubai Municipality along the path to success. Our long-lasting objective is to empower our workers and customers to have ease of access to data, and Microsoft SharePoint makes that possible."

" We at Microsoft have constantly thought development to be the vital motorist for future success and growth," stated Samer Abu Ltaif, Regional General Manager, Microsoft Gulf. "It is our goal to make innovation easily available to everybody and to offer the right tools for organisations so they can take advantage of technology for more smart working. With our efforts to support government modernisation, this collaboration between Dubai Municipality and Microsoft sets an example for what technology can do for individuals, allowing them to harness the power of the latest solutions to their advantage and attain more."

With more than 33 organisational devices and a working experience spanning over 57 years, Dubai Municipality boasts an unique set of more than 300 services for its users. Its collaboration with Microsoft SharePoint to develop the Smart Search tool has acted as a driver for connecting users, and has increased worker efficiency by 40%, decision-making efficiency by 80%, and given rise to innovation for the formation of more sustainable communities. Starting a journey to realise the vision for a smarter UAE, Dubai Municipality has stepped forward to change the way departments work together and work, in order to set trends for qualified, effective and resourceful working.