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I have a stake alert saying the following "The Azure AD Domain Services team has detected a problem on your managed domain."

I have this alert open for the last few months, it says it was last detected months ago and all the rules its complaining about are present in the ACL, so this appears to be a false alarm that we cant remove. Is there a way to ack and dismiss this alert…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Entra ID
asked 2026-10-19T15:18:00.3+00:00
Jon Christopherson 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-19T15:18:58.13+00:00

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Office Apps keep turning my files into .temp files

Word, Excel and PowerPoint files when open are turned into temp files and the original file name and content is wiped off hard drive. Please provide link to access Microsoft support from a Microsoft technician that can correct the error as I tried…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For home | Windows
asked 2026-10-19T15:14:24.98+00:00
Hugh Lloyd-Thomas 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-19T15:15:04.82+00:00

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Publisher user. Can open but not copy and paste

How can I retrieve files? I know you have cease to suport it, I cannot copy or paste Publisher files or pages .

Microsoft 365 and Office | Publisher | For home
asked 2026-10-19T14:59:15.4766667+00:00
Asa Talbot 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-19T15:00:20.1466667+00:00

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Linking emails

I have an email through go daddy and got a new phone now it wont let me authenticat through the app or link it to the other outlook emai. How

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Authenticator
asked 2026-10-19T14:24:55.0033333+00:00
brandi Holliday 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-19T14:26:34.5+00:00

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Publisher no longer supported by Microsoft

Like millions of other users, I frequently use Publisher to create certain documents. With Microsoft no longer supported this software (and I cannot understand) has left millions of us upstream with a paddle. This is clearly their policy, but why cant…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Publisher | For home
asked 2026-10-19T10:54:38.09+00:00
Tony Parker 5 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-10-19T14:04:08.7366667+00:00
Stefan Blom 357.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
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Certificate of Insurance

Hello, As part of our ongoing vendor due diligence process, could you provide a copy of your current Certificate of Insurance or equivalent proof of insurance coverage? Ideally, the documentation should confirm the types of insurance held, coverage…

Community Center | Not monitored
asked 2026-10-19T12:52:22.76+00:00
Ana Averescu 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2026-10-19T13:22:50.0433333+00:00
Daniel-Vo 8,170 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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MSAL.NET NativeInterop Core.Dispose invalidates an unrelated GCHandle

Has anyone found a safe workaround for this MSAL.NET NativeInterop defect while it awaits triage? Issue #6220 reports that after removing a Core.LogEvent handler, disposing Core invalidates an unrelated GCHandle allocated by the caller. The public issue…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Entra ID
asked 2026-10-19T12:51:17.18+00:00
Vince Hardwick 25 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-19T13:22:21.8733333+00:00
Vince Hardwick 25 Reputation points
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Account Safety Escalation Notification Keeps Closing My Request

I have provided detailed information in an attempt to recovery my hacked account. Account Safety Escalation Notification continues to close the request with tersely worded message. The email address associated with my hacked one drive account is both…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Identity Manager
asked 2026-10-19T13:13:31.61+00:00
Shaundrea Watkins 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-19T13:14:32.1266667+00:00

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Windows 10 boot loop after Network Reset — Winsock catalog recovery and LSASS 0xC0000409

Windows 10 boot loop after Network Reset — confirmed workaround I found a closely related report from April 2020 titled "After attempting Network Reset Windows won't load." Unfortunately, that discussion is now permanently locked, so I cannot…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures
asked 2026-10-19T11:55:48.5366667+00:00
Hossein ali 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-19T12:00:34.47+00:00
Hossein ali 0 Reputation points
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I booked for a Microsoft exam but did not get confirmation email.

I booked an exam, but did not get confirmation email. Mod moved from : Microsoft 365 and Office | Other

Community Center | Not monitored
asked 2026-02-09T15:09:58.98+00:00
Maluleke, Kulani K 5 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-19T11:45:01.54+00:00
Kumari, Niva 0 Reputation points
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Defender for Cloud attack path shows "internet exposure: TCP 3389 from 0.0.0.0/0" on a VM that has no public IP — insight never refreshes, Critical alert keeps re-notifying

Hi all, I have a Critical attack-path alert in Defender for Cloud (CSPM) that re-notifies repeatedly with the same attack path ID. 14 attack paths in my sandbox subscription all enter through one Windows Server VM. What the graph says The path's…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Defender | Microsoft Defender for Cloud
asked 2026-10-19T11:33:42.2466667+00:00
Abou Ali 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-19T11:34:51.19+00:00

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How to avoid refreshing full data everytime on refreshing in on premises PowerBI Dashboards

I work in a finance corporate where there is a lot of data in our on premises PowerBI dashboards from either sql or excel, so on regular basis we face challenges on refreshing all the dashboards as every time it refreshes from the beginning, so I want a…

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A Microsoft online analytical data engine used in decision support and business analytics, providing the analytical data for business reports and client applications such as Power BI, Excel, Reporting Services reports, and other data visualization tools.

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asked 2026-10-19T11:28:50.89+00:00
Syed Uzair 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-19T11:30:58.0933333+00:00

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Microsoft Teams Account Locked – Recovery Blocked

My account was locked after entering the verification code while accepting a Microsoft Teams invitation. When I tried to unlock it, I received "Account recovery has been blocked." There's no "Prove you're human" option or aka.ms/…

Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Teams Free | Sign up and Sign in | Sign in
asked 2026-10-19T11:00:45.41+00:00
Nefi 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-19T11:02:15.6733333+00:00

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Hacked Microsoft Account – Original Email No Longer Recognized

Subject: Urgent — Hacked Microsoft Account, Original Sign-in Address No Longer Exists Hello Microsoft Support, My Microsoft account, known as Tufan Craft, appears to have been compromised. I originally created the account using my Gmail address. Now,…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Authenticator
asked 2026-10-19T10:25:26.0866667+00:00
akash miah 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-19T10:45:06.0866667+00:00
akash miah 0 Reputation points
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How to contact Microsoft Billing and Subscription?

I have spent over an hour trying to resolve a simple issue that has been ongoing for more than two weeks. I am extremely frustrated, and I am now being told to wait even longer while Microsoft engineers attempt to fix the problem. I am requesting a…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Subscription, account, billing | For home | Windows
asked 2026-10-19T06:40:10.5966667+00:00
FiboIt-9054 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-19T10:06:43.0733333+00:00
Stefan Blom 357.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
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GSTIN no. against the renewal of Microsft 365

How to put my GSTIN no. in the existing invoice against my renewal of Microsoft renewal.

Microsoft 365 and Office | Subscription, account, billing | Other | Other
asked 2026-10-19T09:29:27.3033333+00:00
Mousumi Chatterjee 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2026-10-19T09:30:36.33+00:00
Stefan Blom 357.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
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Azure for Students verification – University not found in Kazakhstan

Hello Microsoft Support Team, I am a student at S. Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical Research University in Kazakhstan. My GitHub Student Developer Pack was successfully verified on October 2, 2026, and my university email address with the domain…

Community Center | Not monitored
asked 2026-10-19T08:37:04.4166667+00:00
Ivan Zolotov 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-19T08:38:35.0233333+00:00

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Subject: Request for Assistance in Claiming and Activating Included Microsoft Office Home 2024 Licence

Subject: Request for Assistance in Claiming and Activating Included Microsoft Office Home 2024 Licence Dear Microsoft Support Team, I am writing to request your assistance regarding an issue with claiming and activating the Microsoft Office Home 2024…

System Center Service Manager
asked 2026-10-19T08:33:30.24+00:00
SAI ADITI 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-19T08:34:34.94+00:00

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can't get to my account with authenticator.

I have a problem with the authenticator not recognizing the account I’m trying to log into. I have a support ticket number with Microsoft, but there’s been no response for 24 hours."

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Authenticator
asked 2025-11-27T10:49:13.9666667+00:00
ron sadot 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-19T08:34:23.0533333+00:00
Ella Grattan 0 Reputation points
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Help!!! Security Info Deleted and Original Email Address No Longer Exists

I need help recovering my personal Microsoft account because I believe it may have been compromised. At approximately 5:00 AM, I received a security notification from Microsoft stating “Security info was deleted.” I did not request or authorize this…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Authenticator
asked 2026-10-19T08:25:59.23+00:00
hplim 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-19T08:26:51.6366667+00:00

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