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|Logo=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Microsoft_logo.svg
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|Website=https://account.microsoft.com/account
|Website=https://account.microsoft.com/account
|Description=Represents you.  Controls access to Microsoft products and services.  Allows Microsoft to track and control what you do.
|Description=Represents you.  Controls access to Microsoft products and services.  Allows Microsoft to track and control what you do.
}}{{See also|Account}}
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{{See also|Account}}


'''Microsoft account''' represents you.  Controls access to [[Microsoft]] products and services.  Allows Microsoft to track and control what you do.{{Ph-C-Int}}
'''Microsoft accounts''' are the central feature of modern Microsoft services. Though there have been a variety of Microsoft account types dating to the 1990s, the latest incarnation was pioneered in 2019 to centralize their [[Microsoft Office 365|productivity]], [[Microsoft Windows 11|operating system]], [[Microsoft Edge|web-browser]], and [[Xbox|gaming]] branches under a single unified account.


Nearly from the onset, users and technical experts have expressed concern over the institution of Microsoft accounts, primarily out of concern for user privacy, though also for further limiting the ownership rights of individual consumers. Most Microsoft services, including Windows 11, Xbox, and Office 365, require a Microsoft account to function under normal circumstances.
==Consumer-impact summary==
==Consumer-impact summary==
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*Potential loss of data
*Potential loss of control/access to your Windows computer
*User privacy
*User freedom


==Incidents==
==Incidents==
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This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
===Example incident one (''date'')===
===Example incident one (''date'')===
{{Main|link to the main CR Wiki article}}
{{See also|Microsoft's anticompetitive practices}}
Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).
Mysteriously banned the developer of LibreOffice from his Hotmail Account; Automated systems handled the appeal process and refused to restore access to his account, potentially harming LibreOffice's development.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Simms |first=Daniel |date=Jul 30, 2025 |title=Microsoft suddenly bans LibreOffice developer's email account, blocks appeal |url=https://www.techspot.com/news/108878-microsoft-suddenly-bans-libreoffice-developer-email-account-blocks.html |access-date=Aug 4, 2025 |work=TechSpot |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251126035944/https://www.techspot.com/news/108878-microsoft-suddenly-bans-libreoffice-developer-email-account-blocks.html |archive-date=26 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Beri |first=Devesh |date=Aug 1, 2025 |title=Microsoft Bans Profile Belonging to Developer Behind Free Microsoft Office Alternative |url=https://tech.yahoo.com/business/articles/microsoft-bans-profile-belonging-developer-204536148.html |access-date=Aug 4, 2025 |work=ExtremeTech |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251001015153/https://tech.yahoo.com/business/articles/microsoft-bans-profile-belonging-developer-204536148.html |archive-date=1 Oct 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kumar |first=Rohit |date=Aug 3, 2025 |title=LibreOffice Developer Says Microsoft Blocked His Email Account Without Warning |url=https://www.alltechnerd.com/libreoffice-developer-says-microsoft-blocked-his-email-account-without-warning/ |access-date=Aug 4, 2025 |work=All Tech Nerd |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251001015153/https://www.alltechnerd.com/libreoffice-developer-says-microsoft-blocked-his-email-account-without-warning/ |archive-date=1 Oct 2025}}</ref>
===Example incident two (''date'')===
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Potentially related to: [[Microsoft's anticompetitive practices]]
 
Mysteriously banned the developer of LibreOffice from his Hotmail Account; Automated systems handled the appeal process and refused to restore access to his account, potentially harming LibreOffice's development.
<ref>{{Cite news |last=Simms |first=Daniel |date=Jul 30, 2025 |title=Microsoft suddenly bans LibreOffice developer's email account, blocks appeal |url=https://www.techspot.com/news/108878-microsoft-suddenly-bans-libreoffice-developer-email-account-blocks.html |access-date=Aug 4, 2025 |work=TechSpot}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Beri |first=Devesh |date=Aug 1, 2025 |title=Microsoft Bans Profile Belonging to Developer Behind Free Microsoft Office Alternative |url=https://tech.yahoo.com/business/articles/microsoft-bans-profile-belonging-developer-204536148.html |access-date=Aug 4, 2025 |work=ExtremeTech}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kumar |first=Rohit |date=Aug 3, 2025 |title=LibreOffice Developer Says Microsoft Blocked His Email Account Without Warning |url=https://www.alltechnerd.com/libreoffice-developer-says-microsoft-blocked-his-email-account-without-warning/ |access-date=Aug 4, 2025 |work=All Tech Nerd}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==


*[[Forced account]]
*[[Inactive account deletion]]
*[[Microsoft Authenticator]]
*[[Microsoft ends use of bypassnro.cmd for Windows 11|Microsoft ends use of <code>bypassnro.cmd</code> for Windows 11]]
*[[Microsoft Office 365]]
*[[Microsoft Office 365]]
*[[Microsoft Windows 11]]
*[[Microsoft Windows 11]]
*[[Minecraft account migration]]
*[[OneDrive]]
*[[OneDrive]]
*[[Xbox]]<br />
*[[Xbox]]


==References==
==References==
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