Microsoft has announced that it will end its VPN feature in Microsoft 365 by the end of February 2025.
According to the Economic Times, the tech company founded by Bill Gates has decided to discontinue the VPN feature in its Microsoft Defender app. The feature was previously free for Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscribers.
Microsoft 365, with nearly 400 million subscribers, had a VPN feature in its Microsoft Defender app that helped users keep their IP addresses private and encrypt internet traffic. However, the company has now decided to remove this feature by February 28, 2025.
The technology company explained that it made this decision after a routine evaluation of feature usage and effectiveness and has chosen to invest in “new areas that will better align with customer needs.”
It said, “Our goal is to ensure you and your family remain safer online. We routinely evaluate the usage and effectiveness of our features. As such, we are removing the privacy protection feature and will invest in new areas that will better align with customer needs.”
Furthermore, the VPN profile of Windows, iOS, and macOS users will be automatically removed by the end of the month, while Android users are recommended to manually remove the VPN profile from their devices after February 28, 2025.
