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Microsofts Volumenlizenzen für Online-Dienste vor dem Aus
Microsoft glättet die Preisstrukturen und schafft Volumenlizenzen im November ab. Betroffen sind Enterprise Agreement und Microsoft Products Services Agreement.

Sources: OpenAI wants Microsoft to take a ~33% stake in exchange for giving up future profit rights, and seeks to revise its exclusive cloud deal with Microsoft (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/opena…

OpenAI Seeks New Financial Concessions From Microsoft, a Top Shareholder
Negotiations between Microsoft and OpenAI over the startup’s plan to restructure its for-profit unit, which requires Microsoft’s approval, have entered their eighth month with no end in sight and new conflicts emerging. OpenAI wants Microsoft, the startup’s biggest outside shareholder, to have a ...

'We're done with Teams': German state hits uninstall on Microsoft
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) – At a time of growing concern over the power of the world's mighty tech companies, one German state is turning its back on US giant Microsoft.
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'We're done with Teams': German state hits uninstall on Microsoft
At a time of growing concern over the power of the world's mighty tech companies, one German state is turning its back on US giant Microsoft.

Microsoft is using engineers in China
to help maintain the Defense Department’s computer systems
— with minimal supervision by U.S. personnel
— leaving some of the nation’s most sensitive data vulnerable to hacking from its leading cyber adversary,
a ProPublica investigation has found.
The arrangement, which was critical to Microsoft winning the federal government’s cloud computing business a decade ago,
relies on U.S. citizens with security clearances to …

A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers
The Pentagon bans foreign citizens from accessing highly sensitive data, but Microsoft bypasses this by using engineers in China and elsewhere to remotely instruct American “escorts” who may lack expertise to identify malicious code.

"Nobody is fired for chosing Microsoft," lautet ein geflügeltes Wort.
Das impliziert aber auch, dass Leute gefeuert werden, die sich gegen die Einführung von #Microsoft-Lösungen stellen. Genai das scheint im Kanton #Luzern dem IT-Sicherheitschef passiert zu sein, wie eine Reportag…

Microsofts Open-Source-Kommandozeileneditor bringt einige Verbesserungen
Microsofts Open-Source-Editor Edit für die Eingabeaufforderung hüpft auf Stand 1.2.0. Die Entwickler haben Verbesserungen eingebaut.

Microsoft begins testing a Windows 11 feature for sharing the entire desktop with Copilot Vision; it requires first entering a special mode in the Copilot app (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)
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Microsoft begins testing sharing your desktop with Copilot on Windows 11 — allows AI to view and chat about what's on your screen
First announced earlier this year, sharing your desktop with Copilot on Windows 11 is now in testing with insiders across all preview channels.

Outlook-Ausfälle: Microsoft vergisst Deutschland
Seit einer Woche kam es zu Störungen in Microsofts Exchange-Online-Infrastruktur. Bei dem Fix wurde Deutschland vergessen.
https://www.heise.de…

The Novo Nordisk Foundation and the Danish government plan to invest €80M to acquire and run a Microsoft-powered quantum computer, set to operate in early 2027 (Sanne Wass/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

Novo Nordisk Owner Buys Microsoft Quantum Computer With Denmark
The foundation behind Novo Nordisk A/S and the Danish government will invest €80 million ($93 million) in a Microsoft-powered quantum computer to boost technological development in the Nordic region.

Ex-Intel engineer Varun Gupta was sentenced to two years' probation and a $34K fine for stealing trade secrets and sharing them with his new employer Microsoft (Maxine Bernstein/Oregonian)
https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2025/0

Former Intel engineer sentenced for stealing trade secrets for Microsoft
Varun Gupta, now 45, apologized to Intel and Microsoft, as well as the government for the time and resources it has spent “because of my bad decision.”