Managing external identities to enable secure access for partners, customers, and other non-employees
Need help identifying admin access for Microsoft Entra External ID / CIAM tenant app registration
Title: Need help identifying admin access path for Microsoft Entra External ID / CIAM tenant app registration Details: Hello Microsoft Community, We need guidance on how to identify or recover the correct admin access path for an existing Microsoft Entra…
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Entra External ID
Foundry AI Observability Starter Kit with Already Existing Workflow
Hello all, I am interested in using this observability kit for my already existing workflow but didn't see any explicit methods of connection in the document, as this seems like more of a "demo". Do I simply need to replace the agents that it…
Foundry Agent Service
A fully managed platform in Microsoft Foundry for hosting, scaling, and securing AI agents built with any supported framework or model
How to grant external user access to a folder in sharepoint
I'd like to create a new folder on an existing sharepoint site and share that folder only with a user outside my organisation. Ideally I would like them to have edit permissions, but view only would be okay.
Microsoft 365 and Office | SharePoint | For business | Windows
A group of Microsoft Products and technologies used for sharing and managing content, knowledge, and applications.
My freeform shape defaults to the assigned default shape regardless.
When adding a shape over an image and I choose the freeform tool from the Shape menu, it will allow me to make whatever shape I want but as soon as I close the shape or double click it will default to which ever default shape I have picked. I have tried…
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | Windows
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
maxdop of a query will fallback to serial or not.
if a query has maxdop 2 : in this case can microsoft decided in this situation to not to use parallelism and use all cores/or execute a query serially, as if parllelism is switched off
SQL Server | Other
Additional SQL Server features and topics not covered by specific categories
Derived column truncation error
I am getting following truncation error message in the derived column transformation: The "Derived Column" failed because truncation occurred, and the truncation row disposition on "Derived Column.Outputs[Derived Column…
SQL Server Integration Services
A Microsoft platform for building enterprise-level data integration and data transformations solutions.
Multiple BSODs need help reading them
So, I'm technologically illiterate and need help reading some dump files after a few BSODs that happened today. Laptop was able to restart alright with no delay or problem but I need to know wtf is wrong with it, I usually use it to play games or use my…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Devices and drivers
issue with Azure login on my personal microsoft account
I'm completely locked out of Azure with my personal Microsoft account. Every sign-in attempt, on both portal.azure.com and entra.microsoft.com, immediately redirects to the "Sign-in failed" page with AADSTS5000225 ("This tenant has been…
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Entra ID
A cloud-based identity and access management service for securing user authentication and resource access
I am not able to add Teams link in my classic Outlook meeting invite
Hi, Recently I have uninstalled and re-installed Teams on my Dell laptop to fix some audio issue. After that I noticed that I cannot add Teams meeting link in my desktop version of Outlook meeting invite. I have tried all the steps like COM, add-ins etc.…
Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For home
Using Classic Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
MSSQL prefer way to transfer big file from server to client.
Hello I have a cpp client which connects to MSSQL server 2025 using ODBC or Native client. I need to transfer large number of files (can vary from 100 MB to 1GB there can be many files from 1 to 100) what is best way to transfer such large amount of data…
SQL Server Database Engine
Core component of SQL Server for storing, processing, and securing data
SQL vs NoSQL Databases: Key Differences and Use Cases
What is the difference between SQL and NoSQL databases, and when would you choose each?
SQL Server | Other
Additional SQL Server features and topics not covered by specific categories
"I am the organizer of my Microsoft family group, but I am unable to remove members or leave the group because of a persistent parental consent error. I have already attempted to remove consent via the dashboard, but the system is blocking the action. Ple
Microsoft 365 and Office | Microsoft Family Safety | For home | Windows
A free app and service that helps families create healthy digital habits and stay connected. It’s designed to support both online safety and real-world awareness by offering tools for screen time management, content filtering, and location sharing
Need a billing error phone number
Is there a phone number for MS in the USA? Cannot find a phone number, only bots who keep sending me in circles
Microsoft 365 and Office | Subscription, account, billing | For home | Other
Microsoft 365 features that help users manage their subscriptions, account settings, and billing information.
Excel text row height
For Excel default Calibri 11, what should the default row height be?
Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | For home | Windows
A family of Microsoft spreadsheet software with tools for analyzing, charting, and communicating data.
Security rules violation exception when running subscriptions with SSRS Custom Authentication
I have implemented SSRS Custom Authentication using Microsoft.Samples.ReportingServices.CustomSecurity. Everything works correctly in SQL Server 2022 ReportServer- except for subscriptions. When I add new subscriptions and executed it, I get the…
SQL Server Reporting Services
A SQL Server technology that supports the creation, management, and delivery of both traditional, paper-oriented reports and interactive, web-based reports.
BSOD Crash: UNEXPECTED_STORE_EXCEPTION (0x154) on Acer Nitro 5
Hi Microsoft Support, I am experiencing Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) crashes on my Windows system. The crash screen displays the following error: Stop code: UNEXPECTED_STORE_EXCEPTION (0x154) Whenever this happens, the data collection gets stuck at…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures
SSRS URL certificate renewal
The SQL Server certificate associated with the SSRS URLs will expire on June 26th. A replacement certificate has been installed on the SQL Server, but instructions are needed for correctly binding it to the SSRS URLs. Could you please advise whether…
SQL Server Reporting Services
A SQL Server technology that supports the creation, management, and delivery of both traditional, paper-oriented reports and interactive, web-based reports.
how to reduce the memory that MS Teams is using?
Lately i have noticed that 'new' MS Teams is using a high amount of memory compared to other apps. I use it a lot in the nature of my work, and I am wondering what I can do to help my computer speed by reducing the memory that MS Teams is using?
Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Teams for business | Settings | Other
Additional settings-related features and issues within Microsoft Teams for business
Deployed SSIS package has access denied to file directories and work fine in VS
I’ve tested a couple of things out with different packages that have been deployed to SQL Server. I noticed that within the same package, I can have a script task which fails to connect to a file directory but I don’t have an issue with connecting a flat…
SQL Server Integration Services
A Microsoft platform for building enterprise-level data integration and data transformations solutions.
SQL DB not Found
Hi, I have created SQL Server with multiple SQL Database in it, but when I try to click the Database in the Azure Portal, it says Resource Not Found, I can connect to the same database in the SQL Server Management Studio, I have also tried getting the…
SQL Server Database Engine
Core component of SQL Server for storing, processing, and securing data