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Microsoft will require employees to work in the office three days per week next year, a major shift for one of the last remote-work-friendly tech giants.

The policy will take effect Feb. 23 for workers living within 50 miles of a Microsoft office in the Puget Sound region, Microsoft’s chief human resources officer, Amy Coleman, said Tuesday in an internal memo viewed by The Seattle Times.

The return-to-office edict will eventually roll out to employees in other U.S. offices and to those based internationally. There’s no set timeline for those employees yet.