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Emily Gera
Sunday, March 29, 2020, GMT
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During the global lockup due to COVID-19, Microsoft's demand for cloud services surged.
The tech giant confirmed that "in areas where social alienation or in-situ placements have been implemented" has grown by 775%, and all products from Xbox Live to digital conferencing service Microsoft Teams to Windows Virtual Desktop have surged.
"In response to health authorities' emphasis on the importance of staying away from society, we have seen an increase in the use of services that support these programs, including Microsoft Teams, Windows Virtual Desktop and Power BI," an article on the official Microsoft Azure blog wrote .
The post went on to say that the Xbox Live service is "actively monitoring … to ensure we optimize services for gamers worldwide."
"At the same time, we are taking proactive steps to plan for a high end of life, which includes prudent steps with our publishing partners to provide higher bandwidth activities during off-peak hours, such as game updates."
Xbox support statement states: "To simplify the review and ensure the best experience for our community, we will make some small adjustments." "We have temporarily disabled the ability to upload custom Gamerpics, club images and club backgrounds." Currently, Existing custom Xbox Xbox games are still available, but Microsoft is reducing the burden on its review team to have to check for newly uploaded content in the meantime.
As the epidemic blockade increases and more people stay home, many online gaming services are feeling the pressure. As reported earlier this month, Steam has reached record levels of online users and in-game players-a new simultaneous online user record of 20 million, of which 6.2 million games.
