At Microsoft, we're guided by our AI principles, our Responsible AI Standard, and decades of research on AI, grounding, and privacy-preserving machine learning.Data privacy and security is a key principle of responsible AI. We aim to help our customers use our AI products responsibly, sharing our learnings, and building trust-based partnerships.

Deleting accounts and removing data. As stated in the Microsoft Services Agreement, once your account has been closed and the re-open window has passed, we will delete your Data and your Content. Learn more about your data. Related topics. Reopen your Microsoft account. Need more help? To close an account, you'll need to be able to sign in.

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Parity spaces are designed for storage efficiency and protect your files from drive failure by keeping multiple copies.Parity spaces are best for archival data and streaming media, like music and videos. This storage layout requires at least three drives to protect you from a single drive failure and at least seven drives to protect you from two drive failures.

We’re making some changes to Windows and Microsoft 365 that will impact Cortana users. Cortana voice assistance in Windows as a standalone app was retired in the spring of 2023.

A virtual private network (VPN) connection on your Windows 11 PC can help provide a more secure connection and access to your company's network and the internet—for example, when you're working in a public location such as a coffee shop, library, or airport.

Learn how to manage the online safety and privacy settings on the Xbox console for you and every member of your family group.

What you can and can't do during the pending request. When all security info is removed from a Microsoft account, the account is put into a restricted state for 30-days. While we understand this 30-day period might be frustrating, this is done to protect and alert you in case the security info was removed by someone who had unauthorized access to your account.

At this state. Press this key. To do this. Before focus enters the candidate window. Down arrow Enter the candidate window. Up arrow. Change to another candidate without opening the candidate window.

There are a few common scenarios in which Windows running on a PC might be discovered to be non-genuine during validation. Repairs. If your PC has been repaired, you might start to see messages on your desktop that Windows isn't genuine.