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Microsoft Came to Bargain: Use OneDrive for Device Backup, Opt into Loyalty Program and Use Their Products Till You Earn 1000 Points or Pay $30 and They Might Give You Security Updates till Oct 2026. (blogs.windows.com)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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An enrollment wizard will be available through notifications and in Settings, making it easy to enroll in ESU directly from your personal Windows 10 PC. Through the enrollment wizard, you’ll be able to choose from three options:

Use Windows Backup to sync your settings to the cloud—at no additional cost..

Redeem 1,000 Microsoft Rewards points

Pay $30 USD (local pricing may vary).

Once you select an option and follow the on-screen steps, your PC will automatically be enrolled. ESU coverage for personal devices runs from Oct. 15, 2025, through Oct. 13, 2026. Starting today, the enrollment wizard is available in the Windows Insider Program and will begin rolling out as an option to Windows 10 customers in July, with broad availability expected by mid-August

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago (2 children)

This stinks of their enterprise practices. They are masters of creating extremely confusing plans for pricing that involve bundling, discounts for various combinations, etc. In the end, you get a fat ass bill at the end of every month. When you ask them to explain it, they will say that this component was generated by one team, another by a different...

You will never get a straight answer and if you do, it will take weeks. By then you have another bill and you get to start all over.

I am so over Microsoft and their bullshit. I don't use any of their shit at home and I actively remove anything I can of theirs at work. Punting Defender out of our environment was my best day ever.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What did you replace Defender with?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

SentinelOne

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

So all your users are working on Macs or Linux? That's an impressive accomplishment for an enterprise scale work environment.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It was easier for our 500+ employees when our CFO pointed out that its either switch to Linux and have a learning curve or see some of your coworkers, maybe even yourself be laid off. We actually saved so much money dumping Microsoft products that we were able to hire tech ambassadors to help the older folks get setup with the new software.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

I love this so much. We use Macs at work but there's absolutely no reason we couldn't just use Linux. 60% (guestimated) of the work, across all departments, is done through the browser and the other 40% is software development. I'd much rather have more smart people around than a $2000 locked down laptop.