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Re:Microsoft has removed the “use offline account” option wh... by pro8ndi on Sunday September 29, 2019 @03:27PM (#21109139)
Except maybe in a “home edition” that can’t eliminate it completely. Businesses will flip their shit if employees needed an MS account.

It would mean the death of Windows.

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Re:Microsoft has removed the “use offline account” option wh... by cameronbrown on Sunday September 29, 2019 @04:09PM (#21109356)
> Businesses will flip their shit if employees needed an MS account.

Not necessarily. Remember that Windows is an Azure product now. They want employees in the cloud paying for Office 365 anyway.

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Re:Microsoft has removed the “use offline account” option wh... by mcv on Monday September 30, 2019 @03:53AM (#21112712)
Just migrate your business accounts to Microsoft.

I bet some companies will end up doing exactly that. For others there will probably remain an exception that will cost extra.

(I may be saying this as if it's normal, but I need to turn up my cynicism quite a bit to fit this reality.)

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