Microsoft Office users reported that their work Lots of sneaky ads about Microsoft 365.
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and photos of the new pop-up Microsoft 365 Family subscription in Microsoft Word documents. “Limited Time Offer” leads Microsoft 365 promotion for three months with “$0.99” Some believe it’s a scam, other users report signing up for Microsoft 365 The wording is different, “It’s like getting six subscriptions.”
However, what is particularly annoying to users is that the ad is using the same format and styling as what the user sees when asked to enable the macro, which could mean that some distracted user might click unknowingly. Whether the ad is part of a broader promotion or affects only a small number of users, but TechRadar Pro
Microsoft has been contacted for more details. The news is the latest issue to affect Microsoft 365 and Office users in recent months as the company looks to attract more users to its platform. Companies have been trying to encourage an upgrade to Windows 11 for a while now – although the latest data from AdDuplex shows Windows 11 is running on less than a quarter of PCs .
The company also recently had to delay some plans to cut off several generations of Office software, which was due to end in October 2023 for Office 2016 and Office 2016 2019 support, which means users will not be able to use the software to connect to Microsoft 365 services, including Exchange Online. Microsoft is also introducing a new dashboard that will highlight usage, in-product metrics feedback and Net Promoter Score to help IT admins Easier monitoring. The tech giant responded to comments that large organizations find it challenging to monitor deployments of cloud services, such as Microsoft 365, because data is either held in different locations or even unavailable.
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Mike Moore is Associate Editor of TechRadar Pro. He has worked as a B2B and B2C technology reporter for almost a decade, including at one of the UK’s leading national newspapers and future headline ITProPortal, and when he’s not keeping track of all the latest corporate and workplace trends, he’s likely to be found watching, Follow or participate in a certain sport.
