Summary of Changes to the Microsoft Services Agreement – 30 September 2024
We are updating the Microsoft Services Agreement, which applies to your use of Microsoft consumer online products and services. This page provides a summary of the most notable changes to the Microsoft Services Agreement.
To see all of the changes, please read the full Microsoft Services Agreement here.
In the header, we’ve updated the publication date to 30 July 2024, and the effective date to 30 September 2024.
In the Using the Services & Support section, within the Moderation and Enforcement section we added a link to our external policy page for clarity and ease of users.
In the Service-Specific Terms section, we made the following additions and changes:
In the Xbox section, we clarified that non-Xbox third-party platforms may require users to share their content and data in order to play Xbox Game Studio titles and these third-party platforms may track and share your data, subject to their terms. We explained in the Kids on Xbox subsection that family settings features may not be available when Xbox Game Studio titles are accessed on third-party platforms. We clarified that some Xbox Services may have their own usage terms and codes of conduct.
In the Microsoft Family Features section, we clarified that these features are exclusive to Microsoft Services and may not be available on other platforms.
Microsoft Cashback: We added a section on the Microsoft Cashback programme to describe the programme and to confirm that acceptance of the Cashback Terms and Conditions is required to participate in the programme.
In the Microsoft Rewards section, we added verbiage to clarify how to claim Points on the Rewards Dashboard and that Points will be awarded for only those Searches used for genuine good-faith personal research purposes.
We added a section to confirm the terms and conditions that govern the use of Copilot AI Experiences services.
We updated the section on AI Services to add clarity around assistive AI, ownership of content, content credentials and third-party claims.
Throughout the Terms, we made changes to improve clarity and to address grammar, typos and other similar issues. We've also updated naming and hyperlinks.
v. Use of Your Content. As part of providing the AI services, Microsoft will process and store your inputs to the service as well as output from the service, for purposes of monitoring for and preventing abusive or harmful uses or outputs of the service.
vi. Ownership of Content. Microsoft doesn't claim ownership of any content you provide, post, input, or submit to or receive from the AI services (including feedback and suggestions). You'll need to make your own determination regarding the intellectual property rights you have in output content and its usability, taking into account, among other things, your usage scenario(s) and the laws of the relevant jurisdiction. You warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your content as described in these Terms including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the content.
vii. Content credentials. When you use AI to generate certain content with our AI services, Microsoft stores information about its creation and associates this information and the content with a content credential. You may not create content with the purpose of removing or altering content credentials or other provenance methods, marks or signals that indicate that an output was generated by the AI services or otherwise use the AI services to create content for the purpose of misleading others about whether an output was generated by the AI services.
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz (4th Gen?)
Motherboard
ASUS ROG Maximus VI Formula
Memory
32.0 GB of I forget and the box is in storage.
Graphics Card(s)
Gigabyte nVidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super OC 6GB
Sound Card
Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
5 x LG 25MS500-B - 1 x 24MK430H-B - 1 x Wacom Pro 22" Tablet
Screen Resolution
All over the place
Hard Drives
Too many to list.
OS on Samsung 1TB 870 QVO SATA
PSU
Silverstone 1500
Case
NZXT Phantom 820 Full-Tower Case
Cooling
Noctua NH-D15 Elite Class Dual Tower CPU Cooler / 6 x EziDIY 120mm / 2 x Corsair 140mm somethings / 1 x 140mm Thermaltake something / 2 x 200mm Corsair.
8. Software Licence. Unless accompanied by a separate Microsoft licence agreement (for example, if you are using a Microsoft application that is included with and a part of Windows, then the Microsoft Software Licence Terms for the Windows Operating System govern such software), any software provided by us to you as part of the Services is subject to these Terms. Applications acquired through certain Stores owned or operated by Microsoft or its affiliates (including, but not limited to the Office Store, Microsoft Store on Windows and Microsoft Store on Xbox) are subject to section 13.b.i below.
a. If you comply with these Terms, we grant you the right to install and use one copy of the software per device on a worldwide basis for use by only one person at a time as part of your use of the Services. For certain devices, such software may be pre-installed for your personal, non-commercial use of the Services. The software or website that is part of the Services may include third-party code. Any third-party scripts or code, linked to or referenced from the software or website, are licensed to you by the third parties that own such code, not by Microsoft. Notices, if any, for the third-party code are included for your information only.
b. The software is licensed, not sold, and Microsoft reserves all rights to the software not expressly granted by Microsoft, whether by implication, estoppel or otherwise. This licence does not give you any right to, and you may not:
i. circumvent or bypass any technological protection measures in or relating to the software or Services;
ii. disassemble, decompile, decrypt, hack, emulate, exploit or reverse engineer any software or other aspect of the Services that is included in or accessible through the Services, except and only to the extent that the applicable copyright law expressly permits doing so;
iii. separate components of the software or Services for use on different devices;
iv. publish, copy, rent, lease, sell, export, import, distribute or lend the software or the Services, unless Microsoft expressly authorises you to do so;
v. transfer the software, any software licences, or any rights to access or use the Services;
vi. use the Services in any unauthorised way that could interfere with anyone else’s use of them or gain access to any service, data, account or network;
vii. enable access to the Services or modify any Microsoft-authorised device (e.g. Xbox consoles, Microsoft Surface, etc.) by unauthorised third-party applications.
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz (4th Gen?)
Motherboard
ASUS ROG Maximus VI Formula
Memory
32.0 GB of I forget and the box is in storage.
Graphics Card(s)
Gigabyte nVidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super OC 6GB
Sound Card
Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
5 x LG 25MS500-B - 1 x 24MK430H-B - 1 x Wacom Pro 22" Tablet
Screen Resolution
All over the place
Hard Drives
Too many to list.
OS on Samsung 1TB 870 QVO SATA
PSU
Silverstone 1500
Case
NZXT Phantom 820 Full-Tower Case
Cooling
Noctua NH-D15 Elite Class Dual Tower CPU Cooler / 6 x EziDIY 120mm / 2 x Corsair 140mm somethings / 1 x 140mm Thermaltake something / 2 x 200mm Corsair.
Is it strange that I read company service agreements? I do Apple and Google also.
At some point though, I attempt to plunge knitting needles into my eyeballs.
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz (4th Gen?)
Motherboard
ASUS ROG Maximus VI Formula
Memory
32.0 GB of I forget and the box is in storage.
Graphics Card(s)
Gigabyte nVidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super OC 6GB
Sound Card
Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
5 x LG 25MS500-B - 1 x 24MK430H-B - 1 x Wacom Pro 22" Tablet
Screen Resolution
All over the place
Hard Drives
Too many to list.
OS on Samsung 1TB 870 QVO SATA
PSU
Silverstone 1500
Case
NZXT Phantom 820 Full-Tower Case
Cooling
Noctua NH-D15 Elite Class Dual Tower CPU Cooler / 6 x EziDIY 120mm / 2 x Corsair 140mm somethings / 1 x 140mm Thermaltake something / 2 x 200mm Corsair.
When you use AI to generate certain content with our AI services, Microsoft stores information about its creation and associates this information and the content with a content credential.
One who uses co-pilot or any AI should think seriously about what he inputs into an AI request and how it might be misconstrued. It can definitely be traced back to you without any access to your computer at all.. Men in black will come a'knockin' on your door. They're going to have to hire more G-Men. My taxes will go up.
Clause 8 b. The software is licensed, not sold, and Microsoft reserves all rights to the software not expressly granted by Microsoft, whether by implication, estoppel or otherwise.
No matter how Microsoft words this clause and restates this it won't convince those (including in this forum) who think different.
Samsung 980 Pro 2TB (OS)
Samsung 980 Pro 1TB (Files)
Lexar NZ790 4TB
LaCie d2 Professional 6TB external - USB 3.1
Seagate One Touch 18TB external HD - USB 3.0
