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Microsoft is seemingly off to a bumpy start to the year.

Barely a few weeks into 2025, the software giant announced two rounds of layoffs.

Marc Benioff, chief executive officer of Salesforce Inc. speaks during a keynote

Finally, Microsoft will also cut the consulting business' marketing and nonbillable external resource budget by 35%.

The drastic changes could potentially be attributed to the division’s performance and income generation capability.

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Microsoft CFO Amy Hood.

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc.

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