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Immediate termination of access means there is no grace period during which a user could retrieve data, content, or settings associated with the account.
The reader loses all access to the Services at the exact moment the Microsoft account is closed, with no transitional period.
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"If your Microsoft account is closed (whether by you or us), a few things happen. First, your right to use the Microsoft account to access the Services stops immediately.Excerpt from Microsoft Copilot's Terms of Service
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Immediate termination of access means there is no grace period during which a user could retrieve data, content, or settings associated with the account.
The reader loses all access to the Services at the exact moment the Microsoft account is closed, with no transitional period.
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