Application Platform IO Model Summary
Following the APIO model can help grow business through five key areas of investment. APIO efforts at Microsoft have focused on these key infrastructure capabilities that, for Microsoft, have helped align IT with business goals: 
- Business Intelligence — Describes the business intelligence infrastructure that ties information together across an organization. A single framework can remove barriers to finding and using data, which helps people throughout the organization to collaborate and make informed decisions.
- Data Management — Describes infrastructure strategies and management processes that help companies of all sizes store (according to security guidelines) and manage ever-increasing amounts of data from disparate sources. It can also help ensure that business-critical systems and applications stay running.
- Software Development — Describes the integrated development environment for all types of development, including Microsoft Windows®, Microsoft Office, Web, and mobile applications. Helps an organization respond to business priorities by offering the right level of visibility, collaboration, and control within the software development process.
- Service-Oriented Architecture and Business Process Management — Provides proven best-practice guidance on how to establish and manage flexible, repeatable, and connected business and IT processes within a service-oriented architecture.
- User Experience — Describes what organizations should consider implementing in their IT infrastructures to help guarantee superior user experiences that drive employee productivity, customer loyalty, and business growth.
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