Microsoft account

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Microsoft account represents you.  Controls access to Microsoft products and services.  Allows Microsoft to track and control what you do.

Microsoft account

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Basic Information
Release Year	2019
Product Type
In Production	Yes
Official Website	https://account.microsoft.com/account

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Consumer-impact summary

• Potential loss of data
• Potential loss of control/access to your Windows computer
• User privacy
• User freedom

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 Microsoft account category.

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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.

See also

• Microsoft Office 365
• Microsoft Windows 11
• OneDrive
• Xbox