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Bitlocker options

I bought a laptop with Win11 Home pre-installed. It must of had Bitlocker options before an update because my internal drive and my USB external drive are encrypted. I have the keys and have had to unlock my drive often on boot to use repair. I want to…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
asked 2026-01-26T02:16:41.26+00:00
Barry Callaghan 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-01-29T10:48:25.6566667+00:00
Alexandr S 105.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

HLK Client Service Not Running on Windows Server 2025 (Controller, Studio, and Client on Same Machine)

For testing NVMe Persistent Reservation, we have installed Windows Hardware Lab Kit (HLK) Controller, Studio, and Client on the same system running Windows Server 2025. The installation completed successfully. However, when attempting to connect the…

Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
asked 2026-01-08T02:42:15.5066667+00:00
Akhil G Nair 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-01-29T10:47:47.7866667+00:00
Akhil G Nair 20 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

I cannot sign in to my new Microsoft 365 Business Standard account with the email address Microsoft provided

I signed up and paid for a new Microsoft 365 Business Standard account. Microsoft sent me an email with instructions to sign into admin center. But, when I tried to sign in with the email address provided by Microsoft, the response is "The username…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Subscription, account, billing | For business | Windows
asked 2025-11-04T22:55:01.9166667+00:00
PAK 25 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-01-29T10:45:34.3933333+00:00
Stefan Blom 342K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

cannot change account recovery email

cannot change account recovery email, i have a hotmail account and can sign into microsoft but I am unable to change my recovery email and add a phone number, help please Moved from: Microsoft Security | Microsoft Authenticator

Outlook | Web | Outlook.com | Account management, security, and privacy
asked 2025-12-14T22:13:59.8566667+00:00
Michael Dosanjh 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-01-29T10:45:11.0433333+00:00
David Slack 0 Reputation points
1 answer

an error Initialize-AzModule

An error occurred in Initialize-AzModule 2025-03-20T20:53:52.4803440Z ##[error]The term 'Resolve-Error' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included,…

Azure DevOps
asked 2025-03-20T21:07:03.5666667+00:00
Anonymous
answered 2026-01-29T10:44:35.9166667+00:00
Rajat Kapoor 0 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

How to link the certificate with the other Microsoft account

Is it possible to link the received AZ-900 certification with the other microsoft account

Community Center | Not monitored
asked 2026-01-29T07:46:06.64+00:00
Anshul Verma 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-01-29T10:44:34.36+00:00
Gérard Oomens 123.1K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2 answers

My Outlook account won’t authenticate on my Windows PC. It won’t proceed past the final QR code scan

移動元: Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For business

Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For home
asked 2026-01-28T03:56:01.0433333+00:00
明 川上 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-01-29T10:43:33.7266667+00:00
Victor1-V 9,090 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers

Unable to RDP to Azure VM post migration

Hi Team, We had an on-premises web server that was migrated to Azure using Azure Migrate. After the migration, we are unable to connect to this server. The required firewall rules are in place, and we are able to connect to other Azure VMs without any…

Azure Migrate
Azure Migrate

A central hub of Azure cloud migration services and tools to discover, assess, and migrate workloads to the cloud.

1,096 questions
asked 2026-01-26T16:29:48.8433333+00:00
Arvind Kumar 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-01-29T10:42:48.8433333+00:00
Arvind Kumar 0 Reputation points
1 answer

causes include incomplete download and damaged media.

installer integrity check has failed common causes include incomplete download and damaged media. contact the installer's asuthor to obtain a new copy

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Apps
asked 2026-01-29T07:55:54.4966667+00:00
Elysee TWAGIRAYEZU 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2026-01-29T10:41:21.0133333+00:00
Gérard Oomens 123.1K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
1 answer

How to restrict non-admin users to create a new subscription? Does it have any impact on existing subscriptions?

By design, all the users with corporate email can create Trial, Pay-as-you-Go, and other non-EA subscriptions. We need to prevent such situations, because we should control all the resources in corporate Azure tenant.

Cost Management
Cost Management

A Microsoft offering that enables tracking of cloud usage and expenditures for Azure and other cloud providers.

4,810 questions
asked 2026-01-28T11:26:26.9033333+00:00
Ankit Saxena 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-01-29T10:41:08.2333333+00:00
Anonymous
1 answer

Microsoft Applied Skills: assessment labs and support

Hello. I would like to report one problem: it often happens that an assessment lab for a Microsoft Applied Skill is planned for retirement on a specific day but the same lab is "undergoing maintenance" for a long time period, thus ending up…

Community Center | Not monitored
asked 2026-01-29T08:52:24.09+00:00
Luigi Bruno 42,471 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
commented 2026-01-29T10:40:43.4866667+00:00
Luigi Bruno 42,471 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2 answers

How to change Sender's Name on Teams published webinar

Hello Fingers crossed someone is able to help and support and find an answer. We have been using Teams for webinars, and it appears all of a sudden that we are unable to change the Sender's Name box for our webinars. These webinar's are published, and we…

Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Teams for business | Meetings and calls | Other
asked 2026-01-28T10:08:06.4966667+00:00
Ben Hickman 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-01-29T10:40:29.6133333+00:00
Alina-Le 6,370 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers

Adobe Acrobat Reader won't load on my Surface Laptop 7 with Snapdragon X Plus Processor.

Tried to load Adobe Acrobat Reader on new computer and it appeared to load but wouldn't open. I suspect there may be a compatibility issue with the ARM processor. Has anyone encountered this? Is there a resolution?

Surface | Surface Laptop | Install and update
asked 2026-01-24T19:40:42.7333333+00:00
Michael Anderson 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-01-29T10:38:44.8666667+00:00
Akhil 5 Reputation points
1 answer

Policy Wont Let Me Create Chatgpt 4o resource, even though I think I'm allowed?

I am trying to deploy a chatgpt 4o model into my microsoft foundry deployment, but when I do I get the error RequestDisallowedByAzure Resource 'beck-mkz9brfe-eastus2' was disallowed by Azure: This policy maintains a set of best available regions where…

Foundry Tools
Foundry Tools

Formerly known as Azure AI Services or Azure Cognitive Services is a unified collection of prebuilt AI capabilities within the Microsoft Foundry platform

4,575 questions
asked 2026-01-29T09:42:26.7666667+00:00
Ryan Beck 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2026-01-29T10:31:09.5766667+00:00
Bharath Y P 9,465 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
3 answers

Windows11 activation is not possible

The activation key is demaged, three characters don't read. How can I get new code or recover the fault characters?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Licensing and activation
asked 2026-01-29T09:54:40.83+00:00
Tóth Péter 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-01-29T10:30:41.6033333+00:00
DaveM121 886.7K Reputation points Independent Advisor
1 answer

Assistance Required – Agent Not Responding

The agent is currently not functioning for the user. It has been identified that the agent is not responding to the user’s questions, and instead, the following error message (FIG - 2) is being returned. Additionally, the Publish button for the agent is…

Microsoft Copilot | Other
asked 2026-01-28T11:34:47.7433333+00:00
W C H Bagya Perera 5 Reputation points
answered 2026-01-29T10:28:33.66+00:00
Sayali-MSFT 5,771 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
3 answers

Cannot access mailbox on Outlook / OWA with my custom domain

Hello, I have a Microsoft 365 Business Standard subscription and added my own domain. I created a user and the license is correctly assigned, but I still cannot access Outlook or Outlook Web Access (OWA). When I try to log in, I get: HTTP 401 /…

Exchange Online
Exchange Online

A cloud-based service included in Microsoft 365, delivering scalable messaging and collaboration features with simplified management and automatic updates.

7,225 questions
asked 2026-01-23T13:27:20.35+00:00
Hamza FAZIL 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-01-29T10:25:56.5066667+00:00
Hin-V 15,325 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
3 answers

Can't install Office 2024 after swapping motherboard

My product key seems to be blocked after trying to re-install office 2024

Microsoft 365 and Office | Install, redeem, activate | For home | Windows
asked 2026-01-29T05:10:29.73+00:00
Jaime Trujillo 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-01-29T10:25:15.5666667+00:00
Stefan Blom 342K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
1 answer

unable to read metadata on audio cd

unable to read metadata on audio cd, not with media player, not with nero ...

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Apps
asked 2026-01-29T09:27:08.3833333+00:00
Guy Geeraerts 5 Reputation points
commented 2026-01-29T10:25:04.7066667+00:00
DaveM121 886.7K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

have you been sending messages for me to updae my email

i have received an email telling me i have not updated my email and unless i click a tab to update it will stop synching. iss this a scam

Microsoft Edge | Other | Windows 11
asked 2026-01-23T11:09:24.06+00:00
Paul Richards 40 Reputation points
accepted 2026-01-29T10:23:03.1833333+00:00
Paul Richards 40 Reputation points