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Re:Ask HN: My Microsoft account has been suspended by Micros... by marcosdumay on Friday July 27, 2018 @03:35PM (#17628627)
A Microsoft account is not about SaaS. It's about logging on to Windows, opening the Office that you installed on your computer, or opening a saved game in Minecraft.

It's also used for putting files on the cloud and renting VPSes, but those uses are much less common.

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Re:Ask HN: My Microsoft account has been suspended by Micros... by mirimir on Friday July 27, 2018 @04:21PM (#17629008)
Wait a minute!

Is OP saying that, with his Microsoft account locked, he can't even use his computer?

Because, you know, there are ways around that. And worst case, you can boot with a Linux LiveCD, and copy all of your stuff to a USB drive. Unless you've used Bitlocker, anyway.

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Re:Ask HN: My Microsoft account has been suspended by Micros... by dragonwriter on Friday July 27, 2018 @09:00PM (#17630826)
> A Microsoft account is not about SaaS.

Sure it is; Microsoft is very heavily invested in a SaaS model now. Of course, some of it is SaaS that is locally installed or at least has a substantial locally installed component, but it's still a SaaS model as opposed to a physical media with attached no-interaction perpetual license model.

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