Microsoft 365 prompts urge users to back up files to OneDrive

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Microsoft is set to roll out new prompts in its Office apps including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, in a bit to encourage users to back up their files to OneDrive. This initiative, expected to begin as soon as this month and extend into May, forms part of the tech giant's broader strategy to embed advertising within its software, a move that has already sparked debate among its user base.

The notifications, which will appear as yellow bars above documents in Microsoft 365 apps, target users who have not yet enrolled in the Known Folder Move (KFM) feature to secure their files by saving them to the cloud.



Bleeping Computer reports that the prompts will read: "BACK UP THIS DOCUMENT: Share and work with others in this and other files using OneDrive." While Microsoft views this as a beneficial step toward streamlining cloud storage, many users may perceive these pop-ups as intrusive and annoying.

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