Microsoft is on the brink of take away the VPN function from its Microsoft 365 subscription later this month. Initially designed as a privateness function, 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 function 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 function and can spend money on new areas that may higher align to buyer wants,” says Microsoft in a assist be aware noticed by Home windows Central.
Microsoft 365 subscribers will nonetheless get entry to identification theft and credit score monitoring within the US, however they’ll must look elsewhere for VPN assist. It’s clear {that a} lack of individuals utilizing the privateness safety function 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 routinely related to a neighborhood area making it unimaginable to work across the geo restrictions individuals usually use VPNs for.
The removing 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 present value for Private or Household subscriptions with out the added AI options.