Overview
- Beginning in November 2025, automated notices told publishers Microsoft would not renew existing contracts.
- Strategic News Service said Microsoft turned off all library contracts after more than two decades of providing reports to roughly 220,000 employees.
- Employees report losing access to titles such as The Information and can no longer check out business books from the company library.
- An internal FAQ confirms the physical library has closed, and the future use of the Redmond library space has not been specified.
- The restructuring follows about 15,000 layoffs in 2025 as Microsoft pushes to center employee learning on AI tools through the Skilling Hub.