(Telecompaper) Russian internet search engine Yandex has started a cooperation with Microsoft on Windows 10 in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Turkey and several other countries in the region to encourage customers to upgrade to a custom experience with Windows 10. Yandex will be offered as the default homepage and search engine for the Microsoft Edge browser as well as IE across Windows 10 devices there. According to the agreement between the two companies, Microsoft will deliver a custom experience with local browsing and search capabilities through the Yandex search engine across Windows 10 devices distributed in the region. Windows 10 is free to people running genuine copies of Windows 7 and Windows 8 that upgrade in the first year. In addition, the agreement between Microsoft and Yandex will introduce people in these regions to the advantages of Windows 10 through the Yandex index page, which will offer them a place to download and install the official Windows 10 experience. The Yandex feature page will also showcase the capabilities of Windows 10.