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It's impact on your system should be pretty close to 0 -- it's been running on every Mac I've ever used in this century and I've never had a problem
With that said, if you'd like to disable it...
1) Open System Preferences
2) Select Accounts
3) Select Log-In Items
4) Select Microsoft AU Daemon
5) Click the '-' icon to remove it (or just hit delete)
But again, there is no real reason to do so.
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