Microsoft is getting ready to remove the VPN feature from its Microsoft 365 subscription later this month. Originally designed as a privacy feature, the VPN in Microsoft 365 utilizes the Microsoft Defender app to encrypt internet traffic and hide IP addresses.

Microsoft 365 is ditching its no-additional-charge VPN, citing low demand as a reason. The move follows a historic price hike for the cloud-based productivity suite.

Microsoft is getting rid of the VPN for both Personal and Family subscriptions just weeks after increasing the prices. The VPN is scheduled to to removed at the end of this month.