Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 32 minutes ago

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Microsoft denies everything! Except the actual claim
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Sources:

Microsoft Lowers Sales Staff’s Growth Targets For Newer AI Software theinformation.com/articles/microsoft-lowers-ai-software-sales-quotas-customers-resist-newer-products
Microsoft drops AI sales targets in half after salespeople miss their quotas arstechnica.com/ai/2025/12/microsoft-slashes-ai-sales-growth-targets-as-customers-resist-unproven-agents
Microsoft denies report of lowering targets for AI software sales growth reuters.com/technology/microsoft-lowers-ai-software-sales-quota-customers-resist-new-products-2025-12-03

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