Fact · Dictation in your apps
Microsoft says some Microsoft 365 features are backed by cloud-based services, which it calls connected experiences.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“features that are backed by cloud-based services, which we call "connected experiences", that provide essential functionality for those features”
Connected experiences in Microsoft 365, Microsoft, 2026, Connected experiences in Microsoft 365.
Open the original- What it measures
- Microsoft's privacy article on connected experiences in Microsoft 365 apps. It groups these services into categories and names Dictate as one example of the category that analyzes your content.
- What it does not show
- The article is a general privacy page, not a list of every feature that depends on the cloud. It does not say which Dictate functions need the connection beyond the internet requirement in Microsoft's Dictate articles.