Microsoft is cutting hundreds of jobs at its Azure cloud unit, impacting teams like Azure for Operators and Mission Engineering. The layoffs come after the company shed 1,900 jobs at Activision Blizzard and Xbox in January this year. Microsoft’s Azure cloud is witnessing sharp growth due to the company’s heavy investment in AI and its access to the coveted technologies of ChatGPT maker OpenAI through their strategic partnership. The company has also started restructuring its mixed reality organization but will continue to sell its augmented reality headset, the HoloLens 2.
