Microsoft has confirmed that, from Feb. 28, privacy protection available to millions of users will no longer be supported—here’s what you need to know.

Microsoft announced it is killing off its Privacy Protection VPN feature in the Microsoft Defender app at the end of the month to focus on other features.

Subscribers still get device protection and ID theft and credit monitoring features, but Microsoft is ditching the VPN feature to focus on 'areas that will better align to customer needs.'

Microsoft is getting ready to remove the VPN feature from its Microsoft 365 subscription later this month. Originally designed as a privacy feature, the VPN in Microsoft 365 utilizes the Microsoft Defender app to encrypt internet traffic and hide IP addresses.

Those who subscribed to Microsoft 365 in the US (and UK) got a basic VPN with Microsoft Defender, but it appears to have been unpopular.

With just a few months from its release, the Microsoft Defender Privacy protection VPN was discontinued. Here's what you need to know.

The feature will no longer be available starting Feb. 28. Microsoft wants to focus on “new areas that will better align to customer needs.”

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