While no firm local figures were provided, its managing director Butt Wai Choon, claimed that 52 percent of Internet secured Web sites worldwide are powered by Microsoft server software and operating systems.
Quoting sources such as the Gartner Group, AMR Research, Forrester and Goldman-Sachs, he added that, 43 percent of Fortune 500 companies and 26 out of 50 top B2C sites run on the Microsoft platform.
According to Goldman-Sachs, 57 percent of B2B sites are powered by Microsoft servers while AMR Research placed the figure at 52 percent, Butt said recently at the launch of its .Net servers.
"All-in-all, more than half of the world's mission critical enterprise sites run off the Microsoft platform," he added.
Butt also defended Microsoft's stand on the vagaries of using free OS platforms which rival Sun Microsystems Malaysia is propagating by giving free software.
"Would you trust mission-critical processes of your bank, insurance companies and so forth on a product that doesn't have a road map nor structured a worldwide support mechanism?" he asked.
The .Net server is part of its .Net infrastructure that would move behemoth Microsoft towards the emerging 'Internet delivered applications' era. It is designed to exploit open Web standards such as XML for data transport between platforms and applications.
"These servers are key to delivering agility in a heterogeneous business environment," he added. Microsoft's own Web-delivered applications, a version of its popular Office suite code-named Office 10 is slated for launch next year.
In pursuit of replicating its corporate success, Butt said Microsoft Malaysia is working with 30 local partners to develop Web-based applications and solutions.
Among the 30 are award-winning v-lc.com, which developed the world's first virtual letter of credit, and Smart Transact, which provides solutions that enable dotcoms to conduct transactions on the Web.
When asked if Microsoft would buy into local software companies, Butt affirmed that the company would not do so.
"We would instead assist with international marketing, and we've been extending this assistance to Malaysian developers," he said.
"In addition to working with developers, 6,000 Malaysians are trained and certified by Microsoft annually and that's a lot of resources providing expert guidance and assistance on our platform," he added.
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