Microsoft bans employees from Slack while discouraging use of AWS and Google

Marian McHugh
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Tech giant bans its Teams rival due to security concerns, according to reports

Microsoft has banned its employees using Slack, as well as discouraging the use of arch rivals Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google, according to GeekWire. The tech site obtained an internal lis...

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