Unable to Setup Microsoft 365 Developer Program : E5 Subscription

Shashika Madushani 146

Hi,
I tried to set up E5 subscription in Microsoft 365 Developer program. But a message came up saying that sandbox provisioning is currently disabled due to a technical issue. Hw can I sort out this?
thanks.

Dillon Silzer 54,466 Reputation points

2022-10-05T04:59:50.54+00:00

When did this message start appearing?
Ceasar Chen_MSFT 4,391 Reputation points

2022-10-05T07:21:45.703+00:00

This question suggests that you visit the Microsoft 365 Dev Center: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365
Web Chick 1 Reputation point

2022-10-06T12:52:06.36+00:00

It has now been showing (down) all week, anyone know if this is a frequent occurrence?
Felipe Carvalho de Souza 1 Reputation point

2022-10-07T00:58:49.027+00:00

Same issue here.
I'm trying to setup the subscription since sep 30.
Dave Gerrard 11 Reputation points

2022-10-07T03:47:22.22+00:00

My E5 Developer tenancy expired on 30 Sept suddenly. No warning. Even got a recurring subscription notification back in July that the expiry had been extended to 27th Nov 2022. That tenancy is my primary so has been renewed quite a few times. Just annoying that it was all so sudden.

Congratulations!
Your Microsoft 365 trial developer subscription has been renewed. Your new expiration date is 11/27/2022 (UTC).

I've been trying since 30th Sept to sign up for a new E5 dev tenancy but keep getting the same error.
hardeep kumar 1 Reputation point

2022-10-11T06:57:25.567+00:00

I tried to set up E5 subscription in Microsoft 365 Developer program. But a message came up saying that sandbox provisioning is currently disabled due to a technical issue. Hw can I sort out this?
Michel Zehnder 21 Reputation points

2022-10-12T11:54:49.957+00:00

Similar issue here. We have multiple tenants that expired on us, despite active developer usage. Microsoft has effed something up royaly here...
Dave Gerrard 11 Reputation points

2022-10-12T23:17:25.797+00:00

I noted that the tenancies that suddenly expired had references to the E3 Developer license that has not been around for a couple of years. Maybe MS is retiring old architecture. The free tenancy setup page is definitely different with the new sandbox options.

Unfortunately, I needed email on one of the tenancies so have had to cough up for a couple of paid licenses to continue working.

Here's hoping that the delay is due to Microsoft launching something huge in the SharePoint space that is requiring the develop tenancies to be offline. It is the week if Ignite after all. but a little warning would have been appreciated. Got an email this morning from Chris McNulty about introducing Microsoft Syntex.
Robert Byrnes 1 Reputation point

2022-10-13T07:31:16.953+00:00

Also have tried for several days, still broken.....
Admin Admin 1 Reputation point

2022-10-13T13:08:56.573+00:00

All of a sudden my development tenant is deactivated on October 3rd.
Microsoft support gives me a lot of solutions, the visual studio platform !!! or buy paid E3 licenses through the tenant for a test environment...
Pay licenses to test!!! . Why ??
Microsoft, do something for the community. Without a test environment in MS365, a specialist will not be able to progress in these projects, training...
Do you think the developer 365 program is not profitable for Microsoft???

thanks
TPhan 6 Reputation points

2022-10-14T09:03:21.333+00:00

Update. It is partially WORKING now as of 4.01am Oct 14, 2022. I was just able to create the M365 Developer E5 account and admin account. Sandbox creation is good! HOWEVER, I'm getting this error message when I tried to logon as that admin account. I even tried it Incognito mode. Anyone have the workaround or solution to the error below?

You don't have access to this
Your sign-in was successful but you don't have permission to access this resource.
Chaoting Xuan 1 Reputation point

2022-10-14T14:43:32.39+00:00

Same issue here, and the troubleshooting details:

Error Code: 53003
Request Id: 00d3dc7c-6f72-4aef-8040-a5d1aab30a00
Correlation Id: a8f3de0d-0cdd-41a8-804b-0163416b41e4
Timestamp: 2022-10-14T14:40:25.020Z
App name: OfficeHome
App id: 4765445b-32c6-49b0-83e6-1d93765276ca
IP address: 45.30.187.205
Device identifier: Not available
Device platform: macOS
Device state: Unregistered
MoKad81 1 Reputation point

2022-10-14T19:28:10.457+00:00

Same issue for me. I was able to get the Sandbox creation completed, but not able to login to the subscription with the admin account.
onochie umeogu 1 Reputation point

2022-10-17T14:35:27.04+00:00

This MS Set up E5 subscription error has not been fixed as at 2022-10-17
bad wolf 1 Reputation point

2022-10-17T14:55:11.487+00:00

I was able to add the E5 subscription. I haven't tried setting up anything yet though. I'm hopeful it will be ok.
Jerome Copin 1 Reputation point

2022-10-29T08:58:30.48+00:00

It seems to be back. I was able to create a Microsoft 365 E5 Dev subscription using the "instant sandbox" option yesterday. It's working well so far
Loc Kieu 1 Reputation point

2022-11-10T07:40:22.99+00:00

Nov 10... Same here I saw this issue for like 10 days already. Before I was able to complete this form but I couldn't confirm my phone number. I thought it was issue waiting for repair. And now it's worse issue :D
FERRY 0 Reputation points

2023-02-28T16:25:57.3666667+00:00

HEY, so I was getting the same error but just as I reloaded the page, the error disappeared and I could proceed successfully, maybe try doing that. It could've been luck but something that simple worked for me.
Lucas Chiodi 0 Reputation points

2023-05-08T16:25:42.0266667+00:00

Microsoft sends an e-mail confirming the acceptance on the program. Maybe check your e-mail box and follow the instructions they give you.
Mazin Alkhatib 5 Reputation points

2023-06-01T04:19:39.34+00:00

I am not able to start Microsoft 365 Developer Program : E5 Subscription

the problem is NO SMS received to completed the setup,

I tried also to report the issue on service hup but also I am not able to login :(
Wymer Dev 5 Reputation points

2023-07-25T20:42:55.6766667+00:00

Got the same error today. I opened the developer tools (F12) to lookout for any errors, I clicked on Set up E5 Subscription link again and as expected the error popped up. Console had logged some errors mentioning something about Graphs and stuff. I clicked on the Cog and from preferences I unchecked Microsoft Graph and then it WORKED!
M. A 5 Reputation points

2023-07-26T14:10:11.9533333+00:00

I don't know if this is the right solution or it's just luck.

However here's what I did: I tried to setup the sandbox like everyone else, then I got that error, so after searching online I found out that a lots of users had the same issue and the solutions weren't logical at all, so I opened developer tools in Chrome, and I noticed that the website tries to get my profile picture, and because I don't have a profile picture it returns 404 error, so I uploaded a profile picture and it just worked.
Again this might just be pure luck, or right timing, but I just thought to share maybe it could help someone.
Anna Burley 0 Reputation points

2023-07-27T18:36:57.88+00:00

Strangely enough, adding the profile picture solved the issue for me today! Thank you!
Dina Alpha 0 Reputation points

2023-10-15T14:21:26.3666667+00:00

In your Dashboard, go to Settings, then go to "Account Preferences" then under "What is your primary focus as a developer? * (Choose only one)" check the box "Applications for internal use at my company" or "Personal projects" ans hit Save. This may solve your issue.
suraj singh 0 Reputation points

2023-11-07T15:01:38.2266667+00:00

step 1:-- delete your profile

step2 :-- sing out

step 3:- sing in again (but use your email insted of mobile no)

your are good to go
Phillip Lazenby 0 Reputation points

2023-11-30T15:32:50.92+00:00

I created a new dev subscription today. When I selected the option to "Set up E5 subscription" I was greeted the same message "Sandbox provisioning is currently disabled due to a technical issue..."

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kriszi- 51 Reputation points

2022-11-08T16:31:34.58+00:00
Please check the following out:

"I had the exact same error message. I tried another browser, incognito mode, etc., but still had the same error. A month later, today (18th of October), something magical happened:
I got the good old error again, so I started clicking. I clicked on the profile settings button (https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/profile/settings/preferences) and:

Profile: check the "I would like information, tips, and offers about the Microsoft 365 Developer Program." checkbox and save

Account Preferences: check some boxes here and there and save.

After clicking back to the "Dashboard", I was able to create my sandbox and my subscription was ready.

Therefore, the "solution" is:
Obviously, nothing that you read above, just the right timing. However, I'm pretty sure, checking a few checkboxes and subscribing to a newsletter won't solve an issue like this, but we are talking about Microsoft, so I thought I might just leave this comment here.
(On the same day, I tried to replicate this "solution" with another account, and it worked perfectly without the profile settings modifications you read above.)
I guess this is just a lucky coincidence and all you need to do is wait and check back from time to time."

Original comment:here
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Mohammed 1 Reputation point

2022-11-08T17:16:17.383+00:00

Kriszi is right. Did exactly what you said and it worked for me. Thank you.

kriszi- 51 Reputation points

2022-11-08T17:25:21.373+00:00

So this is the solution after all ?!

Mariam Qotob 6 Reputation points

2022-11-08T19:03:19.147+00:00

When I faced this I kept trying multiple times and it worked. I guess you're right about the timing tip.

ThePercio 41 Reputation points

2022-11-18T15:51:46.257+00:00

This method didn't quite work for me.

M. Sopxnha 0 Reputation points

2023-03-02T16:08:14.9866667+00:00

It did work!

施佩谌 0 Reputation points

2023-06-01T14:45:49.26+00:00

OMG!!!!

It did work!!!!!!!!

A. H. M Nayem Hossain 0 Reputation points

2023-06-27T05:50:34.1466667+00:00

same problem

A. H. M Nayem Hossain 0 Reputation points

2023-06-27T06:41:57.8566667+00:00

I can't understand clearly. please breif clearly

DavidRoig-8895 0 Reputation points

2023-06-27T08:05:39.2966667+00:00

I don't know how or why but this worked. Thanks!
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ThePercio 41 Reputation points

2022-11-18T15:52:02.303+00:00

This looks like a front-end bug, I found a work-around that is a pain, but is working as of 01-09-2024

• Go to dev panel, click set up e5 sub
• Error pops up
• Close error
• Click settings cog
• Navigate back to the dev panel
• Set up E5 sub pops up
• Completed info, got another error
• Closed error again
• Navigate to settings cog again
• Navigate back to dev panel
• E5 dev env successfully set up.

I can't help but to laugh. But it worked :)
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Kleshcheov Alexander 5 Reputation points

2023-03-30T10:33:57.9033333+00:00

Legend! This actually worked.

Mukthar Adebayo 5 Reputation points

2023-06-22T14:33:02.7033333+00:00

This worked. THis is the resolution to this.

ThePercio 41 Reputation points

2023-06-22T14:53:08.0633333+00:00

I cant believe this is still an issue in 2023

Ben Wickens 5 Reputation points

2023-07-03T14:55:05.5466667+00:00

This is absolutely still an issue, this worked for me...

Joshua Britton 5 Reputation points

2024-01-09T14:32:27.61+00:00

1/9/2024 I had the same problem. Followed the instructions listed by ThePercio and it worked!

ThePercio 41 Reputation points

2024-01-09T15:20:23.7433333+00:00

I am assuming that this is a front end bug with the signup portal. The fact that users are still able to follow this workaround makes me believe it cant be a terribly difficult fix. Obviously, the requests are being made to the back end system completing the registration.
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Brajendra Silawat 11 Reputation points

2022-10-14T08:33:14.987+00:00

I can now set up E5 Subscription ,but I can not login with my Subscription . It is always Error Code: 53003 .Who can help me ?Thank you
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Oghenegare Eyankware 6 Reputation points

2022-10-24T10:22:40.043+00:00

As at 24th October, 2022 it is still not working...

What can I do about it pls?
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Chris Myrick 1 Reputation point

2022-10-27T16:57:53.587+00:00

I am getting the same error message for days. Any fix for this?
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Wymer Dev 5 Reputation points

2023-07-25T20:44:20.8666667+00:00

Got the same error today. I opened the developer tools (F12) to lookout for any errors, I clicked on Set up E5 Subscription link again and as expected the error popped up. Console had logged some errors mentioning something about Graphs and stuff. I clicked on the Cog and from preferences I unchecked Microsoft Graph and then it WORKED!
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