The Microsoft summit for "most valuable professionals" was cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak, which affected many technical events during this period.

Microsoft is cancelling its Most Valuable Professional (MVP) summit a few weeks ahead of schedule due to concerns about the coronavirus COVID-19. As a result, the event will be held this year as a virtual conference only, at the same time. This event joins the long and growing list of conferences and events cancelled due to potential health concerns related to the virus.

The professionals concerned have been informed by Microsoft since Monday. The MVP 2020 Global Summit was scheduled to take place March 15-20 in Bellevue and Redmond, Washington. The event is taking place over several days and includes technical and feedback sessions for "most valuable professionals". (the most valuable professionals) working at Microsoft.

On the side of Build, the annual developer conference, scheduled for May 19-21 in Seattle, still no news at the moment. So it is not known if the coronavirus will be the reason for this event as well.

The COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak is affecting global supply chains as well as consumer demands. Microsoft officials recently warned that revenues from its Surface and Windows equipment will not keep pace as the Chinese supply chain is "resuming normal operations at a slower pace than expected" due to the outbreak.

Source : ZDNet.fr