Little surprise, then, that at the beginning of July, Microsoft quietly updated its account activity policy. From August 30, 2019, the company will now delete accounts that have been inactive for two years, a reduction from the previous five-year time period. If you don’t sign in during this time, Microsoft will consider your account to be inactive." Most of us also, if we're honest, reuse the same passwords or patterns of passwords in multiple accounts to make life easier. Those exceptions include accounts that have been used to purchase Microsoft products or which have active Microsoft subscriptions, accounts that have published Microsoft-related content, and also family accounts with a minor linked.

Source: Forbes July 18, 2019 00:33 UTC