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Is there no way to automatically archive blobs that are in the Cool storage tier without having to move them?

We have over 78TB of Blobs that were for a project that is now completed. This 78TB contains hundreds of millions of blobs. We now want to archive these blobs. Is there no way to do this automatically without having to move blobs to another storage…

Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage

An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.

3,350 questions
asked 2026-10-22T19:07:15.23+00:00
JohnSebastian-3934 606 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-10-23T14:52:38.0566667+00:00
Alex Burlachenko 26,135 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

are there modifications to File Explorer, clipboard and notepad, that will open, edit, and link with SDKs like visual studio insiders?

my Development Suit of vs code, python, android, copilot, git, github, etc: needs an editor capable of linking and editing source code

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Extensions
asked 2026-10-15T20:25:06.0433333+00:00
Jerry DuBose 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-23T14:22:37.11+00:00
Asadullah jaffar jaffar 0 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Some Cursors not updating according to custom cursor scheme

On my Windows 11 PC, I changed my default cursor scheme and noticed that all the cursors applied the update except for the Pan cursor, grab cursor, zoom in and zoom out cursors didn't change. When I opened Mouse Properties. Under Pointers, there are no…

Windows for home | Other | Search, touch, and mouse
asked 2026-10-22T11:51:43.1966667+00:00
Timi Abenemi 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-23T14:22:34.51+00:00
Vikki-T 14,290 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

I wasn't notified of Oct 1 deadline with publisher through my organization and I now want to export files to word. Is there a work around?

It won't allow me to export. I know it's past the Oct 1 deadline but I wasn't aware of this.

Microsoft 365 and Office | Publisher | For business
asked 2026-10-22T22:48:31.5233333+00:00
Beam, Kris 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-23T14:15:30.2366667+00:00
Beam, Kris 20 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to get an event grid subscription to delete

I have a bunch of event grid subscriptions in a dev environment that are stuck (state = DeleteFailed) and will not delete. I also cannot create a new subscription. It gets stuck in the creating state.

Azure Event Grid
Azure Event Grid

An Azure event routing service designed for high availability, consistent performance, and dynamic scale.

515 questions
asked 2026-06-08T18:59:12.59+00:00
Jamie Bartz 40 Reputation points
accepted 2026-10-23T14:00:33.47+00:00
Jamie Bartz 40 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Data Zone Standard (EU) availability for Cohere Embed v5 / Rerank v5 in Foundry

We're an EU company building a RAG platform with EU-only data processing requirements (GDPR). On Microsoft Foundry, Cohere-rerank-v4.0-pro/fast are available as Data Zone Standard (EU), but Cohere-Embed-V5-Pro/Fast and Cohere-rerank-v5-pro/fast are…

Foundry Models
Foundry Models

A catalog of AI models in Microsoft Foundry that you can discover, compare, and deploy using Azure’s built‑in tools for evaluation, fine‑tuning, and inference

246 questions
asked 2026-10-22T14:11:44.3866667+00:00
Luca Colombo 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-23T13:10:25.8766667+00:00
Luca Colombo 20 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

URGENT: Microsoft 365 Reseller Unavailable – Administrator Access Recovery

URGENT: Microsoft 365 Reseller Unavailable – Administrator Access Recovery Our Microsoft 365 reseller, who managed the email accounts and licences for five UK businesses, has unexpectedly become unavailable for an extended period. He operated alone, and…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Install, redeem, activate | For business | Windows
asked 2026-10-23T11:06:52.89+00:00
Eileen Owens 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-10-23T12:59:09.0066667+00:00
Eileen Owens 20 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Horizontal scroll bar missing in Word 365 when using Windows 11

While testing with our Biology staff we discovered it only affects new documents, and not older ones created years ago. Tried all AI and other suggestions but nothing worked i.e. Tick 'Show horizontal scroll bar' in File > Options > Advanced…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For education | Windows
asked 2026-10-16T12:06:12.1166667+00:00
Winston_KLW 40 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-23T12:44:49.5366667+00:00
Winston_KLW 40 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Unable to have my media play on my network devices.

I have been trying to set my music back up on my home network. It did work, now my ROKU device will not show my desktop computer. I asked Copilot and this is the answer it gave me. This is the way I was setting it up and now this no longer shows on the…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage
asked 2026-10-23T12:03:15.8566667+00:00
Horace Wiggins 625 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-23T12:43:29.11+00:00
Horace Wiggins 625 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Microsoft Office 2021 for Mac stopped working

Hi, I have Office Home & Student 2021 for Mac and over the last few days I have been blocked from creating or editing files. It says that my 2019 Office licence is not supported, but my licence is 2021, not 2019. I've checked my account online and…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Install, redeem, activate | For home | MacOS
asked 2026-09-25T20:50:27.3966667+00:00
AmandaH 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-23T12:42:55.3433333+00:00
Stefan Blom 357.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Sharing Documents

Can anyone in the Teams meeting share documents or just the meeting originator? If any Team participant can share, how does that work?

Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Teams for business | Chats | Share photos, files, and video
asked 2026-03-19T00:07:58.3133333+00:00
Dorothy Addy 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-23T12:39:25.6733333+00:00
Temp T 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Foundry Agent Service: Azure AI Search tool returns "Access denied" with keyless (Entra ID) connection, despite documented RBAC

Hi all, We're trying to use the built-in Azure AI Search tool on a Foundry prompt agent with keyless (Microsoft Entra ID) auth. Every tool call fails with: 400 tool_user_error: "Access denied. Check your permissions or managed identity access to the…

Azure AI Search
Azure AI Search

An Azure search service with built-in artificial intelligence capabilities that enrich information to help identify and explore relevant content at scale.

1,549 questions
asked 2026-10-16T21:00:51.58+00:00
Abisola Adebiyi 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-23T12:30:07.89+00:00
Abisola Adebiyi 20 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Hitting space bar causes paragraph to change style

Recently my Word 365 has been changing the style of my paragraph without my asking it to. I will be writing a paragraph, cursor backwards to adjust a sentence and when I hit the space bar (and it's always the space bar), the style changes from its…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For home | Windows
asked 2026-10-21T14:54:33.85+00:00
Deborah Brown 30 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-23T11:58:08.0133333+00:00
Stefan Blom 357.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Stronger identity verification and accountability for email spam

Dear Microsoft Outlook Team, I would like to propose a stronger approach to preventing spam across Outlook.com and Hotmail. I receive approximately 100 spam emails per day in my Hotmail account. Although Outlook correctly moves many of these messages…

Outlook | Web | Outlook.com | Account management, security, and privacy
asked 2026-10-22T08:11:11.2966667+00:00
Danny I 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-10-23T11:39:26.4733333+00:00
Danny I 20 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Any way to get Microsoft Username when you didn't know it and account got hacked?

I had two accounts, both of which the purchase of Minecraft had been made, then it was hacked because I did something stupid. The hacker changed both my email and password, meaning I have no way to see my username. I am desperately trying to get my…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Security and privacy
asked 2026-10-21T22:23:25.6533333+00:00
Ivory 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-10-23T11:04:28.4366667+00:00
Ivory 20 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Microsoft 365 Admin

I represent a company that needs to have another account made admin of Microsoft 365 - the global admin is unavailable due to medical reasons. The company i represent has 2 owners, both with full rights to represent the company - how can i proceed to…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Subscription, account, billing | For business | Other
asked 2026-10-23T09:31:53.42+00:00
Razvan Panes 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-10-23T10:00:06.1+00:00
Razvan Panes 20 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Escalation Request: Legal Name Change Profile Locked & Support Page Blank

Hello, I need to change the legal name on my Microsoft Certification / Learn profile to match my government ID. However, when I attempt to edit my name in my profile settings, it prevents me from saving. Furthermore, whenever I try to access the…

Community Center | Not monitored
asked 2026-10-23T07:29:08.15+00:00
MickLaing-2737 25 Reputation points
accepted 2026-10-23T09:44:26.6733333+00:00
MickLaing-2737 25 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

i cant download or upload files on my computer

every time i try to download or upload a file the file explorer freezes and says chrome not responding. it also happens in other browsers, other google accounts and in incognito mode. i have already tried to solve it in cmd and done all the basic steps…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures
asked 2026-10-23T09:26:22.8833333+00:00
emma rodin 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-23T09:35:26.0266667+00:00
emma rodin 20 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Reinstalled outlook but current e-mails have gone

E-mail account was reset by provider but did not receive a code by e-mail in Outlook. Advised to reinstall outlook but this has gone back about 6 months and all current e-mails have gone

Outlook | Windows | New Outlook for Windows | For home
asked 2025-11-11T10:58:25.08+00:00
Tricia Ellis 20 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-10-23T09:13:47.97+00:00
Stefan Blom 357.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
1 answer

Office 2021 perpetual version not working on Mac after Microsoft Home update

My Office 2021 on macOS 26 is supposed to have a perpetual license. I know the end of support has arrived, but the apps are supposed to continue working. I can open files but cannot edit or create files. How do I troubleshoot this, since I need Office…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Install, redeem, activate | For home | MacOS
asked 2026-10-23T08:38:16.7966667+00:00
user 25 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-23T08:47:33.2233333+00:00
DaveM121 (2) 18,075 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator