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At a town hall, Asha Sharma said Microsoft is returning to using Xbox for its gaming division, instead of Microsoft Gaming, as "Xbox needs to be our identity" (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Microsoft brings Xbox back, scraps Microsoft Gaming
Microsoft is returning to the Xbox division internally, instead of Microsoft Gaming. It’s part of a “return to Xbox” from the new Xbox CEO.

Microsoft will mit Abfindungen noch einmal rund 9000 Stellen abbauen
Auch Microsoft investiert aktuell etwa 80 Milliarden US-Dollar in KI-Infrastruktur. Wohl im Gegenzug sollen die Personalkosten weiter sinken – über Abfindungen.

Microsoft gibt BitLocker-Schlüssel an Strafverfolgungsbehörden
Microsoft hinterlegt den Schlüssel der Festplattenverschlüsselung standardmäßig im Online-Account von Kunden. Dort ist er mit richterlichem Beschluss abrufbar.

Microsoft announces the first voluntary retirement program in its 50-year history, for US staffers whose combined years of service added to their age totals 70 (Tom Warren/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/917451/microsoft-volunta…

Microsoft offers voluntary retirement to long-serving employees
Microsoft is changing how it rewards performance and bonuses. It’s also offering long-serving employees the ability to retire early.

Test, Test, 1, 2, 3: Microsoft Teams bekommt Mikrofontest
Microsoft will geplagten Teams-Nutzern helfen und ergänzt in Kürze einen Mikrofontest, der vor einem Meeting-Beitritt ausführbar ist.
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Host Europe stoppt E-Mail-Umstellung auf Microsoft 365
Host Europe stoppt die Umstellung der E-Mail-Postfächer auf Microsoft 365 und setzt die Einstellung des Classic-Hosting-Angebots aus.
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A look at Microsoft's recent wave of executive departures, as it struggles to retain talent and changes its annual rewards and performance programs in response (Tom Warren/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/917361/microsoft-executive-departures-notepad…

Inside Microsoft’s wave of executive departures
Microsoft has lost a lot of executives this year already. The company is reshuffling many of its businesses to meet AI demand.

Sources: AI startups are struggling to access Nvidia GPUs as Microsoft and other cloud providers divert supply to internal teams and large customers like OpenAI (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsoft-clo…

Microsoft Tightens Grip on GPUs, Pressuring AI Customers
AI startups are struggling to access Nvidia graphics processing units as Microsoft and other cloud providers divert GPU stockpiles to their internal teams or bigger cloud customers, leaving smaller firms scrambling for the remaining servers at higher prices. The supply crunch is impacting ...

Xbox-Markenstrategie: Microsoft erwägt Rückkehr von Exklusivspielen
Das neue Xbox-Führungsduo Asha Sharma und Matt Booty hat eine neue Markenstrategie vorgelegt. Unter anderem erwägt das Team, Spiele wieder exklusiv zu machen.

Microsoft says Copilot's agentic features in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are now generally available and enabled by default for 365 Copilot and 365 Premium (Sumit Chauhan/Microsoft 365 Blog)
https://www.microsoft.com/en-u…

Copilot's agentic capabilities in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are generally available | Microsoft 365 Blog
Copilot's newest features are now generally available as the default experience across all Microsoft 365 subscriptions.