I don't really need to have all of my music and picture files sitting on a Microsoft server somewhere.

When activating over the Internet, the Activation Wizard automatically transmits and receives verification data to and from Microsoft servers, completing the process without any interaction by the user.

Shortly after Ants was officially on Microsoft servers, Joshua Howard left Microsoft to work elsewhere, and would not become involved in Ants again until returning to MSN Gaming Zone several years later.

This led to Ants being used as an occasional testing ground for newer and more malicious assaults on Microsoft servers while the script-kiddies & hackers attempted to stay one step ahead of the Microsoft administrators and system operators.

To prepare for this eventual demise, Microsoft moved Ants to a different section of its Zone; until January 2006, Ants still remained on Microsoft servers.

When a dump (or other error signature information) reaches the Microsoft server, it is analyzed and a solution is sent back to the user if one is available.

Elon Musk, who was forced out after losing a fight to run the PayPal service on Microsoft servers, co-founded Tesla Motors, and also founded private space exploration company SpaceX with $100 million of his own money.

Now integrated into Exchange 2013 managed store to provide a more consistent (across Microsoft servers) indexing and searching experience.

They are push notifications generated by the developer's server and sent to Microsoft servers to be sent to the phone.

A great example: legally, you cannot RDP into a Microsoft server or client operating system with out a Microsoft client licence for the system you are RDPing from.