Overexposure to the PC market

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Despite its strengths, Microsoft is not without its weaknesses. Here are some of them:


One of the major drawbacks that Microsoft faces is its overexposure to the PC market. Microsoft’s revenue is threatened by the slump in the PC market and the strong dollar. Inflation has risen in 2020, which has increased concerns about a global economic collapse. Due to these concerns, businesses and individual consumers are cutting back on purchasing computers and laptops, which has reduced the sales of key products offered by Microsoft, such as office suites and windows. With the dollar rising by seventeen percent, businesses with global operations are at greater risk. At this point, it is essential to note that Microsoft is mainly dependent on its revenues outside the United States. In addition, the shipping and distribution of PCs are often delayed, which has reduced the dependency of customers on them.



Vulnerability of cybercrime
Microsoft is susceptible to various cybercrimes as it has been attacked multiple times. Microsoft dentist data reported a group of Russian-backed hackers called Nobelium who were responsible for the SolarWinds breach in 2020. This group is continuously billing the global technology supply chain using a novel technique to piggyback on the direct access that cloud service resellers have to their customers’ IT systems. They aim to gain access to downstream customers by posing as the organization’s trusted technology partner. Without external third-party antivirus software, Microsoft’s security is easily breached.