Overview

• Scott Sutfin-Glowski, a principal software engineer of 13 years, told colleagues this week would be his last, citing continued cloud services for Israel’s military and silence from executives on Gaza.
• In his resignation letter, he referenced an Associated Press report that the Israeli military held at least 635 Microsoft subscriptions and he claimed most remain active.
• Microsoft said on September 25 that it ceased and disabled specific Israeli military subscriptions and certain cloud storage and AI services after a review that found evidence supporting elements of investigative reporting.
• Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Access Now and partners published a joint letter urging Microsoft to halt any business contributing to rights abuses, and the company says it will respond by the end of October.
• Employee dissent has included petitions signed by more than 1,500 workers, demonstrations at the Redmond headquarters and at least five terminations over Gaza-related protests.