https://www.pcgamer.com/microsoft-wont-try-to-be-funny-on-april-fools-day-bans-employee-pranks/

In just a few days, companies will begin sending out silly press releases for products and services that don't exist, in an attempt to be funny on April Fools' Day. The problem, though, is that tech companies are notoriously not funny on April 1, the annual day of pranks. Microsoft recognizes this, and has thankfully (and mercifully) sent out a memo to employees telling them not to participate.

Or maybe that's the April Fools' Day prank. We hope not. In a memo sent by Microsoft's marketing chief Chris Capossela, which was obtained by The Verge, Capossela pours cold water on these "stunts" and says even when the pranks are humorous, they don't have much of a positive impact.