Microsoft and Windows TCO

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 28, 2023

• Leaked Microsoft polls show employees feel much worse about culture and leadership than at the beginning of the year

  Microsoft employees feel significantly worse about the company's workplace culture and the effectiveness of leaders than they did at the start of the year, internal polls viewed by Insider show.

  The company measures employee sentiment through polls called Daily Signals. Insider viewed screenshots of graphs of daily responses to each question since January. Microsoft provided monthly averages in response to a request for comment.

• US Senator seeks federal action over Microsoft Azure breach

  Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, was referring to a recent breach of Microsoft's Azure platform. The email account of US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo was one of the more prominent accounts to have been breached during the attack which was blamed on Chinese attackers whom Microsoft has named Storm-0588.

• Senator urges US agencies to hold Microsoft accountable for email hack

  In a letter released yesterday 27 July 27, Senator Ron Wyden urged the FTC, CISA and DOJ to “hold Microsoft responsible for negligent cybersecurity practices” that “enabled” a successful Chinese hack against the US government.

  The letter, addressed to the heads of each organisation, describes that the hack happened after the hackers stole an encryption key Microsoft itself had generated for Outlook’s identity service.

  The stolen encryption key allowed hackers to “impersonate users and gain access to Microsoft-hosted consumer accounts”, despite multi-factor authentication efforts.

  Microsoft itself has stated that the hack stayed undiscovered for around a month before they received complaints from users recording unusual email activity on their accounts.

• Europe opens probe into Microsoft bundling of Teams with Office

  It said Microsoft had included Teams in its "well-entrenched cloud-based productivity suites for business customers Office 365 and Microsoft 365".

  Margrethe Vestager, executive vice-president in charge of competition policy, said: "Remote communication and collaboration tools like Teams have become indispensable for many businesses in Europe.

  {loadposition sam08}"We must therefore ensure that the markets for these products remain competitive, and companies are free to choose the products that best meet their needs. This is why we are investigating whether Microsoft’s tying of its productivity suites with Teams may be in breach of EU competition rules."

• EU opens competition probe of Microsoft bundling Teams with Office 365

  The European Union has finally announced a formal antitrust investigation of Microsoft’s bundling of Teams with Office 365 and Microsoft 365.

• Windows update causes video problems: Microsoft issues emergency fix

  Microsoft confirms two new automatic updates are causing problems with video playback under Windows 10/11 for many users, and offers a fix.

• Microsoft blames third-party apps for breaking Start menu in latest Windows 11 update

  Microsoft has accused third-party apps of breaking the Start menu in Windows 11, saying that it won’t release a workaround.

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