Microsoft is on the brink of take away the VPN characteristic from its Microsoft 365 subscription later this month. Initially designed as a privateness characteristic, the VPN in Microsoft 365 makes use of the Microsoft Defender app to encrypt web visitors and conceal IP addresses. Microsoft is now eradicating this privateness safety characteristic from Microsoft 365 on February twenty eighth.
“We routinely consider the utilization and effectiveness of our options. As such, we’re eradicating the privateness safety characteristic and can spend money on new areas that can higher align to buyer wants,” says Microsoft in a help be aware noticed by Home windows Central.
Microsoft 365 subscribers will nonetheless get entry to id theft and credit score monitoring within the US, however they’ll must look elsewhere for VPN help. It’s clear {that a} lack of individuals utilizing the privateness safety characteristic has led to Microsoft eradicating it, however the VPN in Microsoft 365 was by no means absolutely featured sufficient for use broadly. Microsoft restricted you to a 50GB month-to-month knowledge restrict, and the VPN robotically related to a neighborhood area making it unattainable to work across the geo restrictions individuals usually use VPNs for.
The elimination of the VPN profit in Microsoft 365 comes simply weeks after Microsoft raised subscription costs for the primary time in 12 years. Microsoft has bundled Workplace AI options into Microsoft 365 and hiked costs by an additional $3 month, however you’ll be able to downgrade to a basic plan that maintains the prevailing worth for Private or Household subscriptions with out the added AI options.
