Customers of technology giant Microsoft will not be able to use the online services they receive from the company to mine cryptocurrencies.
In line with its new decision, Microsoft unauthorized use of online services offered by the company. Cryptocurrency mining is prohibited.
“Neither a Customer nor anyone using our Online Services through a Customer may use our Online Services to mine cryptocurrencies without Microsoft’s written consent,” the company said in a statement. said.
Microsoft did not elaborate on why it banned unauthorized mining activities. However, an update the company shared from Azure states that this decision “Keeping (Microsoft’s) partners ecosystem safe” indicates that it may have been taken.
Similar to Microsoft, Google has taken a similar decision and has made unauthorized use of its online services. use for mining had banned.
Similarly, those who use the 12-month free version of Amazon Web Services cannot use it for cryptocurrency mining.