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Unable to change incorrect date of birth and remove child account restrictions because of the unknown organizer

Hello Microsoft Community, I am the current administrator of the Microsoft account **[Moderation note: PII ****@gmail.com], which is used by St. Joseph's Church Catechism Unit, Muriyad for official activities. This account was originally created by a…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Subscription, account, billing | Other | Other
asked 2026-06-21T07:31:07.82+00:00
Muriyad Catechism 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-06-23T06:38:32.9+00:00
Kai-H 19,915 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Unable to sign in due to MFA phone issue – Need MFA reset for M365 Nonprofit tenant

Hello, I am the administrator for a Microsoft 365 Nonprofit tenant (epropsi.onmicrosoft.com) and I am completely locked out due to an MFA issue. The problem: The SMS verification code is not being delivered to the phone number currently registered for…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Authenticator
asked 2026-06-23T06:36:48.89+00:00
VASILEIOS GKOPIS 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-06-23T06:37:36.72+00:00

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Microsoft Ava multilingual

Hi, I am running Windows 11 Home, and I really want to make Microsoft Ava multilingual online as my default read-aloud in Word and Outlook again. I used to have it, but after Microsoft updated their software about a year ago, I no longer have it. I have…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Other
asked 2026-06-21T21:38:21.8733333+00:00
Claude 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-06-23T06:37:25.41+00:00
Kai-H 19,915 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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[ReFS] Is there a supported way to obtain volume allocation bitmap information similar to FSCTL_GET_VOLUME_BITMAP on NTFS?

I am trying to determine which regions of a volume are allocated on ReFS. For NTFS, I can use FSCTL_GET_VOLUME_BITMAP to obtain the volume bitmap and identify which clusters are in use. However, the documentation does not clearly state whether ReFS…

Windows development | Windows API - Win32
asked 2026-06-23T06:36:57.8266667+00:00
zihming 40 Reputation points
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My childs account has been compromised

My son's Microsoft account has been compromised. They have changed his primary email address to a new address and locked him out of all devices. Please help get this back to the correct address and recovered.

Microsoft 365 and Office | Microsoft Family Safety | For home | Windows
asked 2026-06-23T06:03:53.2433333+00:00
Mike Sutich 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-06-23T06:36:50.3233333+00:00
DaveM121 893.5K Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Outlook often displays a warning message

Hello We are the Exchange 2016 server. Our Outlook often displays a warning message. Please check the connection. To receive new emails, please log in to XXX.com (our domain name) using your browser. Then there is an option on the right: Open Browser I…

Exchange | Exchange Server | Management
Exchange | Exchange Server | Management

The administration and maintenance of Microsoft Exchange Server to ensure secure, reliable, and efficient email and collaboration services across an organization.

8,177 questions
asked 2026-06-23T06:32:37.4+00:00
yanhaowen 105 Reputation points
edited the question 2026-06-23T06:36:43.63+00:00
yanhaowen 105 Reputation points
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How do you keep incident documentation synchronized between SharePoint and CRM systems?

've been working with organizations where incident-related information is often distributed across multiple platforms. A typical workflow involves: Creating an incident Generating documentation Storing documents in SharePoint Updating customer…

Microsoft 365 and Office | SharePoint | For business | Other
asked 2026-06-23T05:38:02.2133333+00:00
Efisio Caschili 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2026-06-23T06:36:39.6366667+00:00
Jade Ng 12,980 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Free Microsoft office classes

Are there any free courses that I can refresh on and learn to use Microsoft office (Word, excel,.power point, etc?

Microsoft 365 and Office | Other
asked 2025-11-16T21:27:02.0366667+00:00
Elizabeth Preston 30 Reputation points
answered 2026-06-23T06:36:02.4066667+00:00
Mythili Mallampati 0 Reputation points
3 answers

Outlook for Mac Version 16.110 – Reply and Forward Original Message Body Missing

Dear Microsoft Outlook Support Team, I would like to report an issue that started immediately after updating Outlook for Mac to Version 16.110. Issue Description: When replying to or forwarding any email, Outlook only inserts the email headers (From, To,…

Outlook | MacOS | Legacy Outlook for Mac | For business
asked 2026-06-21T00:22:15.7933333+00:00
VIRAJ SINGH TOMAR 15 Reputation points
answered 2026-06-23T06:35:32.99+00:00
VIRAJ SINGH TOMAR 15 Reputation points
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Change of birthdate

My son set up the account for me but I am unable to change as he keyed in a wrong birthdate which is reflects me as 6 year old and under age. So I am unable to do anything. Also unable to change in account profile as it doesn't allow me to do so. What or…

Outlook | Web | Outlook.com | Account management, security, and privacy
asked 2026-06-23T05:55:14.2766667+00:00
CAS Dominique 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-06-23T06:34:42.94+00:00
DaveM121 893.5K Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Linux VM memory metrics missing from azure.vm.linux.guestmetrics namespace

We are monitoring Azure Linux Virtual Machines using Azure Monitor Agent (AMA) deployed with a Data Collection Rule (DCR) configured specifically for Linux. In the DCR deployment, memory metrics are available and selected, and the DCR has been deployed…

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines

An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.

10,194 questions
asked 2026-06-23T06:34:41.3233333+00:00
Appmanager Zohocorp 61 Reputation points
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Windows media Player.

I just ran a diagnostic on my windows media player, and it said that the media player is not avaliable on my laptop. I have Windows 11, WTH?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Apps
asked 2026-06-23T06:29:11.7066667+00:00
Richard Sturms Jr 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-06-23T06:33:42.74+00:00
Senthil kumar 870 Reputation points
3 answers

Conditional Formatting across multiple cells based on the same cells of the previous week.

I want to apply conditional formatting in K6-N10 all at once. I want to make the numbers in each box either green or red based on whether it is greater than or less than the same cell of the previous week. I can do conditional formatting for each cell,…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | For home | Windows
asked 2026-06-21T19:17:20.79+00:00
Pennsylvania Kev 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-06-23T06:33:38.28+00:00
Kai-H 19,915 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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how to fix The template validation failed: 'The number of template actions limit exceeded: maximum '1500' and actual '1501'

Error in ADF: Operation on target For Each Tenant failed: Activity failed because an inner activity failed; Inner activity name: Execute StageTenantTablesInner, Error: ErrorCode=InvalidTemplate, ErrorMessage=The template validation failed: 'The number of…

Azure Data Factory
Azure Data Factory

An Azure service for ingesting, preparing, and transforming data at scale.

12,174 questions
asked 2026-06-23T06:33:38.25+00:00
Goundla, Sai Karthik Goud 0 Reputation points
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Securing AppLocker Path Rules Against User-Writable Locations

Hi guys, Our security auditor found that our current AppLocker policy allows users to run executables from the C:\Windows\Tasks folder because it's part of a default path rule. Why is allowing standard users write-access to a permitted AppLocker path a…

Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
asked 2026-06-23T06:33:27.1433333+00:00
Malee Wongsa 0 Reputation points
4 answers

BugCheck erreur 1001 bsod

Bonjour à vous, Je contacte votre service technique car j'ai eu un problème d'écran bleu 2 fois en 3 jours et j'ai effectué plusieurs tests : sfc /scannow = tout vas bien DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Scanhealth = idem tout vas bien une réparation…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures
asked 2026-06-12T07:39:43.8466667+00:00
Man WOn 65 Reputation points
commented 2026-06-23T06:32:45.15+00:00
Man WOn 65 Reputation points
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Windows 11 – I2C HID Device Code 12, Touchpad Stops Working After Restart (Lenovo)

Hello, I am using a Lenovo laptop on Windows 11. My touchpad stops working after shutdown or restart. In Device Manager, the I2C HID Device shows Code 12: “This device cannot find enough free resources”. What I have already tried: Uninstalled and…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Devices and drivers
asked 2026-01-28T16:33:30.76+00:00
Santhosh kumar 15 Reputation points
commented 2026-06-23T06:32:06.06+00:00
Niklas S Larsson 0 Reputation points
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User State Migration Tool

Our desktop team is migrating 50 offline machines from an isolated local network over to a new system. We cannot use cloud backup. How do we Use the command-line User State Migration Tool (USAMT) to capture all user profiles, local files, and registry…

Windows for business | Windows 365 Business
asked 2026-06-23T05:38:13.1833333+00:00
Hakim Ismail 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2026-06-23T06:31:47.6666667+00:00
Hakim Ismail 0 Reputation points
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How to configure the OneDrive Known Folder Move (KFM) silent redirect policy in Intune

We want to ensure that if an employee's laptop drops and breaks, all their files on their Desktop and Documents folders are completely safe. How do we configure the OneDrive Known Folder Move (KFM) silent redirect policy in Intune so it sets this up…

Windows for business | Windows 365 Business
asked 2026-06-23T06:01:13.88+00:00
Malzaar 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-06-23T06:31:32.2+00:00
Harry Phan 22,795 Reputation points Independent Advisor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

What are the performance and cost advantages of using Ephemeral OS disks for our Windows virtual machine hosts in Azure?

We want to optimize our Azure Virtual Desktop virtual machines for rapid stateless scaling. Since our users save all data to OneDrive and FSLogix, we don't need persistent local drives. What are the performance and cost advantages of using Ephemeral OS…

Windows for business | Windows 365 Business
asked 2026-06-23T05:34:38.9633333+00:00
SRR Shinka 0 Reputation points
accepted 2026-06-23T06:31:29.5766667+00:00
SRR Shinka 0 Reputation points