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Microsoft clarifies Teams usage surged 775% in Italy – Metro US

Microsoft clarifies Teams usage surged 775% in Italy

Microsoft holds device-launching event in Barcelona ahead of the 2019
Microsoft holds device-launching event in Barcelona ahead of the 2019 Mobile World Congress

(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp <MSFT.O> said it has seen a 775% jump in a month for Teams calling and meeting in Italy, withdrawing an earlier statement that the surge was for its cloud services in regions around the world that enforced social distancing to curb transmission of the coronavirus.

The company posted the correction in a blog late Monday, which was originally posted on March 28.

Microsoft did not provide any details on growth in cloud services in virus affected regions in the latest blog update. It did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

The company had said Teams has seen a significant spike in usage, with 44 million daily users currently on the workplace chat application.

(Reporting by Munsif Vengattil in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)