Microsoft abruptly cuts services to Chinese university, genomics firm
a year ago
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- Microsoft abruptly ended commercial services for Sun Yat-sen University and BGI Group in China.
- Sun Yat-sen University's Microsoft 365 services, including OneDrive and OneNote, will cease operations soon.
- BGI Group lost access to Microsoft services like Outlook and OneDrive, forcing them to use alternatives like WPS Office.
- Microsoft has not provided any public explanation for the service suspensions.
- BGI Group has been targeted by US authorities, with subsidiaries added to the US trade blacklist.