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The highlights from thesupport documentrefer to the feature as “notifications for Microsoft accounts in the Start menu.”

It can also be obtained through theMicrosoft Update Catalog.

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Windows 11 will soon show a notification suggesting users back up their files on OneDrive.

Even the definition of an ad varies from person to person.

Is it an ad to tell a OneDrive user that they can save Word documents online?

I think most would claim that’s a reasonable prompt from a cloud storage provider.

Prompt to use OneDrive to back up files

Windows 11 will soon show a notification suggesting users back up their files on OneDrive.

Does that same logic extend to Microsoft suggesting people back files from their respective computers onto OneDrive?

Some will refer to prompts by Microsoft as ads.

Regardless of which side you fall on, these types of notifications have proven controversial in the past.

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We’ll have to wait to see the response to Windows 11’s new notification.

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