Microsoft started to send out emails to all Microsoft Account users recently in which it informed its customers about upcoming services agreement changes.
微軟最近向所有有微軟賬號的用戶發(fā)送了郵件，通知用戶服務(wù)協(xié)議即將發(fā)生變化。

The changes are listed on a special page on the Microsoft website and there is an option to read the entire upcoming services agreement as well. The change takes effect on August 30, 2019.
微軟網(wǎng)站上一個特殊頁面里列出了所有變化，用戶還可以選擇閱讀即將執(zhí)行的完整服務(wù)協(xié)議。改變后的協(xié)議將于2019年8月30日生效。

One of the major changes affects Microsoft Accounts; more precisely, the period of inactivity that may lead to the automatic closure of the account.
有一個主要變化涉及微軟賬號，更準(zhǔn)確地說就是賬號閑置時間可能會導(dǎo)致該賬號自動刪除。

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Generally speaking, Microsoft customers need to sign-in to the account at least once every two years to keep it active. Microsoft considers accounts inactive if no sign-in happened in a two year period.
一般說來微軟用戶需要至少每兩年登錄一次來保持賬號活躍。微軟將兩年未登錄的賬號視為不活躍賬號。

Microsoft reduced the inactivity period from five years to two years in the new services agreement.?
微軟在新的服務(wù)協(xié)議中將不活躍期限從五年降至兩年。

Some services, OneDrive and , require once-a-year sign-ins to avoid the inactivity flag and potential termination of the account.
OneDrive（云存儲服務(wù)）和Outlook郵件服務(wù)等要求一年登錄一次，以避免成為不活躍賬號被自動刪除。

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翻譯：菲菲