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Microsoft Working on 1 Million User Copilot Deal With Single Customer

Microsoft may be about to clinch a major customer for its main Copilot AI offering.In a recent meeting, Chief Commercial Officer Judson Althoff told employees that a customer with more than 1 million Microsoft 365 licenses will be adding Copilot, according to people who attended. These people asked not to…

An Internal Microsoft Document Shows How Much Walmart Has Spent on Azure

At Microsoft’s Build developer conference last week, the company’s head of AI security accidentally leaked details of its partnership with Walmart.The leak happened when employees protesting Microsoft’s selling products and services to the Israeli military interrupted a presentation at the conference. The executive was streaming and switched over to a…

Why Microsoft Is Flattening Management Layers by Cutting 1000s of Jobs

Microsoft is slashing thousands of jobs to try to increase what it calls “span of control,” or the number of employees who report to each manager.The software giant on Tuesday confirmed the cuts, which Business Insider first reported in April. Microsoft said about 3% of its global workforce, roughly 6,000…

Microsoft Reports Strong Q3 Revenue, Increased Demand for Cloud and AI

Microsoft reported it beat analysts’ estimates in its third-quarter earnings released Wednesday.”Cloud and AI are the essential inputs for every business to expand output, reduce costs, and accelerate growth,” Satya Nadella, chairman and chief executive of Microsoft, said in a press release published ahead of the Q3 call. “From AI…

Microsoft Is Trying to Simplify How It Sells Copilot AI Offerings

Microsoft is trying to simplify its many AI offerings by streamlining how the products are pitched to customers, according to internal slides from a recent presentation.The software giant has a bunch of different AI tools called Copilot. There’s Copilot for its Teams chat app, Copilot for its PowerPoint presentation tool,…