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Microsoft Hits $4 Trillion Value Amid SharePoint, Edge, Windows And More Woes
Updated on Fri, Aug 1, 2025
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As artificial intelligence (AI) technology continues to grab most of the headlines and be the torchbearer of innovation for businesses, it’s no surprise that the top AI companies reported big earnings in the last quarter. As a result, they also plan to increase their spending in the sector.
Reporting its second quarter results and future moves, Microsoft said it plans to spend $30 billion in the current quarter alone, marking the company's largest-ever capital expenditure forecast for a single quarter. At the same time, Microsoft reported mega earnings, with just its Azure sales surpassing $75 billion on an annual basis.
These strong numbers saw Microsoft’s shares growing by 8% and its market value jump by $288 billion—playing a big part in the $500 billion increase of stock market value for AI bigwigs alone.
However, it doesn’t end there.
Confidence grew in Microsoft so much that the company hit a $4 trillion market valuation, becoming just the second publicly traded company to do so—following GPU (graphics processing unit) chip-making leader NVIDIA.
While the company basks in the glory of entering the $4 trillion market valuation club, the past week has been marred by a wide range of woes—from product problems to service setbacks.
Microsoft’s SharePoint has been the talk of the cybersecurity town—for the lack of security on its cyber systems.
Less than two weeks ago, Microsoft issued an urgent warning about ongoing cyberattacks targeting flaws in its SharePoint server software and urged users to install security updates right away to stay protected. Furthermore, the FBI confirmed that it’s aware of the ongoing attacks and is working with federal and private partners.
However, this issue only affected SharePoint servers used within organizations, and not the cloud-based SharePoint Online in Microsoft 365, which is safe.
Still, reports note that more than 17,000 servers are exposed to the critical zero-day vulnerability, where 840 servers are specifically affected.
Since Microsoft sounded the alarm, more and more users have said they’ve been affected, racking up over 400 victims, moving up from the initially reported 100 affected businesses. It’s even seen more than 90 state and local governments being targeted, according to the Center for Internet Security (CIS).
CIS didn’t provide any further details regarding the claim, but did say that it didn’t have any evidence that hackers had infiltrated. “None have resulted in confirmed security incidents,” said Randy Rose, the VP of security operations and intelligence at CIS.
Microsoft’s troubles don’t end there.
Microsoft has come under fire in Brazil as rival browser maker Opera has filed an anti-competition complaint against the Redmond, Washington-based company for using “manipulative design tactics” to get people to use its Edge browser over rivals.
“Microsoft thwarts browser competition on Windows at every turn,” said Aaron McParlan, General Counsel at Opera. “First, browsers like Opera are locked out of important preinstallation opportunities. And then Microsoft frustrates users’ ability to download and use alternative browsers.”
Opera says that Microsoft ignores a user’s default browser choice using several methods, such as opening PDF files or links in Outlook, Teams, Search, or Widgets, using messages and banners discouraging the download of rival browsers, and more.
The complaint comes in Brazil as Opera remains a main competitor (third most selected) in the region—and if successful in its pursuit, Opera would want remedies in the form of allowing PC makers to preinstall rival browsers, stopping manipulative tactics to deter users from downloading other browsers.
As Windows 10 turns 10 years old, it’s reaching the end of support stage—that is, unless a user has opted for Microsoft’s extended support. However, NVIDIA has outlined plans to provide drivers for Windows 10 for an extra year post Microsoft’s closed support.
“After a final Game Ready Driver release in October 2025, GeForce GPUs based on Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta architectures will transition to receiving quarterly security updates for the next three years (through October 2028),” NVIDIA said, in a blog post published on its website, adding, “Our support lifetime for these GPUs reaches up to 11 years, well beyond industry norms.”
The idea is to ensure users who own NVIDIA graphics cards keep receiving optimizations for games and applications.
In the United Kingdom, the country’s antitrust regulatory body—Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)—said Microsoft’s and Amazon’s dominance in the cloud computing industry is harming competition, spanning technical and commercial difficulties in switching providers.
The CMA also said it might investigate the matter and opt to label both with strategic market status (SMS) in cloud services, giving it powers to intervene. However, it did clarify that it won’t consider new SMS investigations until early next year.
Furthermore, Microsoft was mentioned in the final report, citing licensing practices that adversely impacted Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google—Microsoft was cutting out competition by charging licensing fees when its enterprise software, such as Windows Server and Microsoft 365, was used on rival platforms.
As the SharePoint cybersecurity scares continue, Microsoft said Russia’s Federal Security Service, AKA FSB—which is one of the Russian government’s premier cyber espionage units—is targeting foreign embassies in Moscow, its capital, by deploying malware.
This would mark the first time the FSB is conducting cyber espionage at the ISP level.
“Microsoft is now certain that this activity is happening within Russian borders,” said Sherrod DeGrippo, Microsoft's Director of Threat Intelligence Strategy.
Amid all the chaos the tech giant is undergoing, Microsoft researchers have very important information regarding AI taking jobs.
In a study consisting of more than 200,000 anonymized interactions with Bing Copilot, the researchers found the most affected and least affected jobs.
Those affected include interpreters and translators, historians, passenger attendants, sales representatives of services, writers and authors, customer service representatives, CNC tool programmers, telephone operators, ticket agents and travel clerks, broadcast announcers, and radio DJs.
The least affected include logging equipment operators, motorboat operators, orderlies, floor sanders and finishers, pile driver operators, rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators, foundry mold and coremakers, water treatment plant and system operators, bridge and lock tenders, and dredge operators.
“Our study explores which job categories can productively use AI chatbots,” said Kiran Tomlinson, a senior researcher at Microsoft. “It introduces an AI applicability score that measures the overlap between AI capabilities and job tasks, highlighting where AI might change how work is done, not take away or replace jobs.”
Do you think Microsoft’s entry to the $4 trillion club is an indicator that it can overcome the current obstacles in its path?
Let us know in the comments below!
Reporting its second quarter results and future moves, Microsoft said it plans to spend $30 billion in the current quarter alone, marking the company's largest-ever capital expenditure forecast for a single quarter. At the same time, Microsoft reported mega earnings, with just its Azure sales surpassing $75 billion on an annual basis.
These strong numbers saw Microsoft’s shares growing by 8% and its market value jump by $288 billion—playing a big part in the $500 billion increase of stock market value for AI bigwigs alone.
However, it doesn’t end there.
Confidence grew in Microsoft so much that the company hit a $4 trillion market valuation, becoming just the second publicly traded company to do so—following GPU (graphics processing unit) chip-making leader NVIDIA.
While the company basks in the glory of entering the $4 trillion market valuation club, the past week has been marred by a wide range of woes—from product problems to service setbacks.
Microsoft’s SharePoint has been the talk of the cybersecurity town—for the lack of security on its cyber systems.
Less than two weeks ago, Microsoft issued an urgent warning about ongoing cyberattacks targeting flaws in its SharePoint server software and urged users to install security updates right away to stay protected. Furthermore, the FBI confirmed that it’s aware of the ongoing attacks and is working with federal and private partners.
However, this issue only affected SharePoint servers used within organizations, and not the cloud-based SharePoint Online in Microsoft 365, which is safe.
Still, reports note that more than 17,000 servers are exposed to the critical zero-day vulnerability, where 840 servers are specifically affected.
Since Microsoft sounded the alarm, more and more users have said they’ve been affected, racking up over 400 victims, moving up from the initially reported 100 affected businesses. It’s even seen more than 90 state and local governments being targeted, according to the Center for Internet Security (CIS).
CIS didn’t provide any further details regarding the claim, but did say that it didn’t have any evidence that hackers had infiltrated. “None have resulted in confirmed security incidents,” said Randy Rose, the VP of security operations and intelligence at CIS.
Microsoft’s troubles don’t end there.
Opera Symphony
Microsoft has come under fire in Brazil as rival browser maker Opera has filed an anti-competition complaint against the Redmond, Washington-based company for using “manipulative design tactics” to get people to use its Edge browser over rivals.
“Microsoft thwarts browser competition on Windows at every turn,” said Aaron McParlan, General Counsel at Opera. “First, browsers like Opera are locked out of important preinstallation opportunities. And then Microsoft frustrates users’ ability to download and use alternative browsers.”
Opera says that Microsoft ignores a user’s default browser choice using several methods, such as opening PDF files or links in Outlook, Teams, Search, or Widgets, using messages and banners discouraging the download of rival browsers, and more.
The complaint comes in Brazil as Opera remains a main competitor (third most selected) in the region—and if successful in its pursuit, Opera would want remedies in the form of allowing PC makers to preinstall rival browsers, stopping manipulative tactics to deter users from downloading other browsers.
Support Service
As Windows 10 turns 10 years old, it’s reaching the end of support stage—that is, unless a user has opted for Microsoft’s extended support. However, NVIDIA has outlined plans to provide drivers for Windows 10 for an extra year post Microsoft’s closed support.
“After a final Game Ready Driver release in October 2025, GeForce GPUs based on Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta architectures will transition to receiving quarterly security updates for the next three years (through October 2028),” NVIDIA said, in a blog post published on its website, adding, “Our support lifetime for these GPUs reaches up to 11 years, well beyond industry norms.”
The idea is to ensure users who own NVIDIA graphics cards keep receiving optimizations for games and applications.
Domain Dominance
In the United Kingdom, the country’s antitrust regulatory body—Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)—said Microsoft’s and Amazon’s dominance in the cloud computing industry is harming competition, spanning technical and commercial difficulties in switching providers.
The CMA also said it might investigate the matter and opt to label both with strategic market status (SMS) in cloud services, giving it powers to intervene. However, it did clarify that it won’t consider new SMS investigations until early next year.
Furthermore, Microsoft was mentioned in the final report, citing licensing practices that adversely impacted Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google—Microsoft was cutting out competition by charging licensing fees when its enterprise software, such as Windows Server and Microsoft 365, was used on rival platforms.
Russian Roulette
As the SharePoint cybersecurity scares continue, Microsoft said Russia’s Federal Security Service, AKA FSB—which is one of the Russian government’s premier cyber espionage units—is targeting foreign embassies in Moscow, its capital, by deploying malware.
This would mark the first time the FSB is conducting cyber espionage at the ISP level.
“Microsoft is now certain that this activity is happening within Russian borders,” said Sherrod DeGrippo, Microsoft's Director of Threat Intelligence Strategy.
Workers Worries
Amid all the chaos the tech giant is undergoing, Microsoft researchers have very important information regarding AI taking jobs.
In a study consisting of more than 200,000 anonymized interactions with Bing Copilot, the researchers found the most affected and least affected jobs.
Those affected include interpreters and translators, historians, passenger attendants, sales representatives of services, writers and authors, customer service representatives, CNC tool programmers, telephone operators, ticket agents and travel clerks, broadcast announcers, and radio DJs.
The least affected include logging equipment operators, motorboat operators, orderlies, floor sanders and finishers, pile driver operators, rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators, foundry mold and coremakers, water treatment plant and system operators, bridge and lock tenders, and dredge operators.
“Our study explores which job categories can productively use AI chatbots,” said Kiran Tomlinson, a senior researcher at Microsoft. “It introduces an AI applicability score that measures the overlap between AI capabilities and job tasks, highlighting where AI might change how work is done, not take away or replace jobs.”
Do you think Microsoft’s entry to the $4 trillion club is an indicator that it can overcome the current obstacles in its path?
Let us know in the comments below!
First published on Fri, Aug 1, 2025
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