Sources say Amazon will use Microsoft's Microsoft 365 cloud service in a deal valued at more than $1 billion

According to people familiar with the matter, Microsoft is about to reach an important agreement with rival Amazon to introduce its Microsoft 365 cloud product services to the Amazon platform. The news comes from an internal document and was confirmed by Business Insider

Amazon is reportedly planning to shift from traditional Microsoft Office applications to cloud-based Microsoft 365 subscription service. The article stated that Amazon will pay more than US$1 billion (approximately 7.31 billion yuan) in the next five years to obtain more than 1 million Microsoft 365 licenses. This means everyone from Amazon's front-line employees to top managers will use Microsoft 365. According to reports, Amazon plans to start preparing for new Microsoft services in early November. If this report is true, it will be a huge win for Microsoft in the enterprise space. According to reports, Amazon was previously reluctant to use Microsoft's cloud services because both companies are major cloud service providers and there is a competitive relationship between Microsoft's Azure and Amazon's Amazon Web Services

In Microsoft's upcoming release At the time of this report, they were preparing to launch the Microsoft 365 Copilot service for enterprise subscribers. A few weeks ago, Microsoft confirmed that the generative AI assistant would be available on November 1st. Microsoft had previously announced that the service would cost $30 per month and would allow subscribers to Automate multiple tasks, such as drafting a document in Word, composing an email in Outlook, or summarizing a meeting in Teams with Copilot. It's unclear whether Copilot is included in the deal with Amazon. Amazon recently hired a key Microsoft executive, Panos Panay. Panay has been in charge of Microsoft's Windows and Surface teams and will become the head of Amazon's device team at the end of October

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