Microsoft layoffs hit cloud solution architects, customer roles

“Organisational and workforce adjustments are a necessary and regular part of managing our business,” a Microsoft spokesperson tells CRN

Posts on LinkedIn by former Microsoft employees have been providing a glimpse of where the tech giant sought fit to reduce headcount following reports in January of layoffs.

The Washington-based vendor with a partner ecosystem counting approximately 400,000 members is reportedly laying off less than one per cent of employees, putting the potential number of workers let go in the thousands.

The layoffs have cut across geographies, teams, roles and tenures.

“Organisational and workforce adjustments are a necessary and regular part of managing our business,” a Microsoft spokesperson told CRN in an email.

“We will continue to prioritise and invest in strategic growth areas for our future and in support of our customers and partners.”

Microsoft 2025 layoffs

Former employees with the vendor saying they were let go on Microsoft-owned LinkedIn include:

• A technical programme manager with the company for about three years
• A level two designer working on Azure Cloud and AI who was with the company for about three years
• A senior research scientist for responsible AI with the company for about eight years
• A customer experience manager with the company for about five years
• A cloud solution architect with the company for about six years
• A cloud solution architect with the company for about ten years
• A senior customer success account manager with the company for about six years
• A level two programme manager with the company for about 12 years
• A medical documents writer with the company and its Nuance subsidiary for about four years
• A quality documentation (QD) administrator with Microsoft and its Nuance subsidiary for about five years

Microsoft isn’t alone in cutting headcount early in 2025 and as vendors chase emerging opportunities in AI.

Salesforce, Citrix parent Cloud Software Group, Workday, SADA, Sophos, and Okta are among the technology vendors and solution providers to announce layoffs so far this year.

This article originally appeared on CRN UK sister website CRN.