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Windows Central
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Kevin Okemwa

Microsoft is replacing salespeople with "solutions engineers" amid recent layoffs — promoting Copilot AI while ChatGPT dominates the enterprise sector

People walk past the front entrance to a Microsoft office building on 8th Avenue on June 24, 2025, in New York City.

Earlier this week, Microsoft laid off 9,000 employees just after it ended its fiscal year, which translates to about 4% of its workforce. The layoffs impacted most of the company's divisions, including Xbox and Azure:

"We continue to implement organizational and workforce changes that are necessary to position the company and teams for success in a dynamic marketplace."

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