Could they do it? Deactivate Windows licenses, block Cloud services, access to Office 365 and whatnot?

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    17 days ago

    I have no explicit source for this scenario, but I am a 365 admin and extrapolated from my knowledge of Intune.

    The way I see it, there is nothing actually preventing Microsoft from blocking computers from using personal 365.

    Just look at the autopilot service in intune, you add a machine to it using either a machine ID or a serial number, then it is locked to that tenant and can’t be used outside of that with windows.

    There is no checking of actual ownership of the device, and once a device is added to autopilot, it will prompt for a tenant logon even after a complete reinstall.

    This means that MS will check any computer that checks in with their servers for their ID and s/n, and against a blocklist.