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how to fix the billing issue

I was first using the free trial in Azure. Two days ago, I changed my subscription to Pay-As-You-Go. I deleted all resource groups, VMs, and everything else because I am only using this for study purposes. However, today when I checked the billing…

Cost Management
Cost Management

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

4,771 questions
asked 2025-08-22T21:05:25.88+00:00
jisho ds 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-08-22T23:24:01.5066667+00:00
TP 156.6K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

New install on Windows 11 crashed

I have been having random crashes on my Beelink SER4 mini PC (Ryzen 7 4700U.) I have just reinstalled Windows, wiping and formatting the SSD, and within an hour I got a DRIVER_OVERRAN_STACK_BUFFER BSOD. These are the only changes I made to the machine…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures
asked 2025-08-22T17:17:48.2333333+00:00
Larry Anderson 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-08-22T23:16:06.9033333+00:00
Ivan B 111.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Issues with the August 12, 2025 update - kb5063878

I have been reading several comments from various sites about the August 12, 2025 update - kb5063878. I am currently running this update and have not experienced any issues. Can you clarify the issue for me since there doesn't seem to be any real…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Windows update
asked 2025-08-22T22:22:25.4466667+00:00
GARY FRICKEY 5 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-22T23:12:34.85+00:00
GARY FRICKEY 5 Reputation points
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Excel error : [Amazon][Amazon Redshift] (10) Error occurred while trying to connect: [SQLState 28000]

have multiple Excel files connected to Amazon Redshift through an ODBC link. Each Excel file has its own connection (with a specific username and password). However, when I try to refresh the data, I get the following error message: [Amazon][Amazon…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | For business | Windows
asked 2025-08-19T09:19:18.1133333+00:00
Thibaut Cambon 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-08-22T23:09:34.3766667+00:00
peiye zhu 320 Reputation points
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How to find certifications taken 15 years ago

I took some certifications about 15 years ago and there is no history of them in my account. How can I find the history of these certifications?

Community Center | Not monitored
asked 2025-08-22T18:30:16.8066667+00:00
Haynes, Sunny 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-08-22T23:09:13.7066667+00:00
Alison A 5,195 Reputation points Admin
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no network connection

My desktop Windows 10 is saying no network options and is only giving me the option to use an Ethernet cable, but I don't have one

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Internet and connectivity
asked 2025-08-22T22:29:25.2733333+00:00
iris reimer 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-22T23:02:56.02+00:00
Estrella721 37,715 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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How Do I Link My Microsoft Learn Account To My Certiport Account

Hello, I am trying to figure how to link my Microsoft Learn Account to my Certiport account so I can have my test results sent to my Microsoft Learn Account. Certiport keeps saying this needs to happen on the Microsoft side but I don't know how to do…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Other
asked 2025-08-22T20:42:14.28+00:00
Angela Ip 205 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-22T22:54:16.3133333+00:00
Sumit D - IA 168.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor
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I want to migrate from OneNote for Windows 10 but the automatic backup doesn't work

Hi I am following the instructions to migrate from OneNote for Windows 10. I cannot complete the first step, which is to back up the existing Notebook. This is the message I see:

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For home | Windows
asked 2025-08-15T07:50:30.71+00:00
Alan Freeman 6 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-22T22:53:00.2366667+00:00
John W 0 Reputation points
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svchost (4332,D,0) SoftwareUsageMetrics-Svc: An attempt to write to the file "C:\Windows\system32\LogFiles\Sum\SystemIdentity.jfm" at offset 0 (0x0000000000000000) for 8192 (0x00002000) bytes failed after 0.000 seconds with system error 1453 (0x000005ad):

We have a VM that seems to randomly reboot and it is related to underlying either OS Corruption or Azure Disk corruption on the OS disk. Everything is fine, then once ever 1 to 4 hours we start getting errors about memory / disk corruption. svchost…

Azure Disk Storage
Azure Disk Storage

A high-performance, durable block storage designed to be used with Azure Virtual Machines and Azure VMware Solution.

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asked 2023-11-18T06:22:20.7433333+00:00
Aaron Elder 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-08-22T22:39:57.1666667+00:00
Kelvin Ross 0 Reputation points
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I updated my photo 2 weeks ago, still not shown everywhere?

In my account info, I uploaded my photo 2 weeks ago. I JUST JUST signed into learn.microsfot.com for the first time and the image is wrong and not the one on my account page. Also, portal.azure.com has an edit photo (with NO photo) that just takes me…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Entra ID
asked 2025-03-26T09:35:26.3233333+00:00
Dean Hiller 25 Reputation points
commented 2025-08-22T22:38:43.9+00:00
Kyesmic 15 Reputation points
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Old motherboard gave up, changed motherboard can't reactivate

Trying to reactivate my digital licensed windows after changing motherboard. The old one unfortunately died so can't go through the process of deactivating from it. What I did: Went Activation -> Troubleshoot -> I Changed hardware recently…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Licensing and activation
asked 2025-08-22T22:02:40.2966667+00:00
Ned Shopov 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-22T22:38:07.7266667+00:00
John DeV 163.2K Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Cant connect a Microsoft Group in Outlook

Our company has a number of different teams set up on MS Teams. My understanding is that whenever a team is made on Teams it also make a microsoft 365 group. Some of the teams appear in Outlook under groups whereas others do not and I cannot find them…

Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For business
asked 2025-08-15T20:16:08.58+00:00
Jacob Fraser 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-08-22T22:36:39.3333333+00:00
Ruby-N 11,405 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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my accounts dissapeared PLEASE HELP 😭

So I am not an admin on this laptop my stepdad is but it's my laptop and I was using ds game maker and it said I needed access to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT so I edited perms to give me full permission and shortly after it wouldnt let me open files so I restarted…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Accounts, profiles, and login
asked 2025-08-22T21:40:24.08+00:00
Isaiah Gromaski 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-22T22:31:04.4666667+00:00
Jeronimo Fuerte 39,260 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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String Conversion: Preserving Leading Zero for Hashing

We build an MD5 hash by concatenating multiple column values across systems (DB2 for iSeries and Azure SQL). Some source columns are DECIMAL/NUMERIC. When converting decimals to string in DB2 using CHAR/VARCHAR, values like 0.0123 sometimes become .0123…

Azure SQL Database
asked 2025-08-21T10:36:09.06+00:00
Anonymous
answered 2025-08-22T22:30:36.34+00:00
Oury Ba-MSFT 21,156 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Xbox app log in window crashes when clicking on use different account

When I open the Xbox app and click sign in, then use a different account it opens a small window that closes right after and the log in window close. The same issue happens when I try to add it in Settings > Email & accounts > Add a Microsoft…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Apps
asked 2025-08-20T18:59:23.7+00:00
Shane 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-08-22T22:30:12.74+00:00
Zefie 0 Reputation points
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I got locked out of my account, and the only verification option isn’t working—do you know what I should do?

I got logged out of my account, and now it’s locked. When I try to log back in, it asks me to choose a login method and only gives me the option to receive a verification code. But when I enter my number to get the code, it says, “This method is not…

Outlook | Web | Outlook.com | Email
asked 2025-08-22T21:55:15.0533333+00:00
Youssef Hosny 5 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-22T22:29:24.05+00:00
Estrella721 37,715 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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External harddisk not showing drives

I have change a laptop and I tried to add the old hard disk using a case as external. But then the drives are not detecting. Then I open the disk management section and check the external drive was set as dynamic and there was an option to convert it…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Files, folders, and storage
asked 2025-08-21T16:49:39.02+00:00
Ani 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-08-22T22:29:21.7733333+00:00
Ani 0 Reputation points
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Migrate to new AOVPN 2022 rras server with current intune policy

Hi, We use Always On VPN with a Windows 2016 RRAS server. We use Intune to distribute the policy settings. A new 2022 RRAS server has been installed, configured, and tested. It works fine. But now we need to switch the users/devices to the new RRAS…

Microsoft Security | Intune | Other
asked 2025-08-18T12:26:45.8266667+00:00
Steve 41 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-22T22:23:06.77+00:00
Steve 41 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Excel: Lambda unexpectedly captures whole array context with OR.

This is a reduced case: =LET( items, {"aaa",123}, tc, LAMBDA(txtA,txtB, txtA & " " & txtB & " a: " & ISNUMBER(txtA) & " b: " & ISNUMBER(txtB) & " or: " & OR(ISNUMBER(txtA),…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | For business | Windows
asked 2025-08-22T08:49:28.55+00:00
Kieran Leigh 20 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-22T22:20:10.14+00:00
Dana D 10 Reputation points
2 answers

my order has wrong shipping address

i just place a windows 11 product key order 5177795971 and is set to ship to a previos address of 3869 Man O War Blvd Clarksville Tn. My correct address is 4270 W Rangeview Dr Wasilla AK 99623 and I though I updated it during the order process but…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Microsoft Store
asked 2025-08-22T05:02:33.2466667+00:00
ron smith 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-22T22:13:07.8033333+00:00
Darhyl Amizola 41,320 Reputation points Independent Advisor