The latest rotten deeds of Microsoft may be found below, mixed within positive Linux and Open Source news.
Microsoft is killing its “free” VPN with Microsoft 365 subscriptions, just days after increasing prices
In 2023, Microsoft began including a VPN feature in the Microsoft Defender app for all Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscribers at no additional cost, enabling millions of users to take advantage of a “free” VPN as part of the subscription. Microsoft called it a privacy protection feature, designed to let you access sensitive data on the web via a VPN tunnel. The VPN feature in Microsoft Defender, part of Microsoft 365, will be removed on February 28.
Microsoft stock slumps more than 6% on disappointing revenue outlook
Microsoft shares dropped 6.2% after issuing weak current-quarter guidance after the bell Wednesday. The software giant topped Wall Street’s fiscal second-quarter estimates, posting earnings of $3.23 per share on $69.63 billion in revenue. That surpassed the earnings per share of $3.11 and $68.78 billion in revenue forecast by analysts polled by LSEG. Shares registered their worst day since October 2022.
Microsoft investigates Microsoft 365 outage affecting users, admins
Microsoft is investigating an ongoing outage preventing users and admins from accessing some Microsoft 365 services and the admin center. According to thousands of reports from affected customers logged by DownDetector, these ongoing issues block login attempts and impact Microsoft 365 suite websites and Outlook services.