{"id":5745,"date":"2025-02-27T13:15:06","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T17:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/?p=5745"},"modified":"2025-02-27T12:35:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T16:35:42","slug":"microsoft-tests-ad-supported-office-limiting-features-to-drive-subscriptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/microsoft-tests-ad-supported-office-limiting-features-to-drive-subscriptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft tests ad-supported office, limiting features to drive subscriptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"w-full text-token-text-primary focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-[-4px]\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-725\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"m-auto text-base py-[18px] px-6\">\n<div class=\"mx-auto flex flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 md:max-w-3xl lg:max-w-[40rem] xl:max-w-[48rem]\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn @xs\/thread:px-0 @sm\/thread:px-1.5 @md\/thread:px-4\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words text-start [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"8ec53e5d-f175-4faa-a752-bfe68e5dd9ce\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert dark\">\n<p data-start=\"95\" data-end=\"546\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Microsoft is testing a free, ad-supported version of Office, restricting features in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint while requiring OneDrive for saving files. 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