Removing 2FA on Work Account Without Code and Contacting Microsoft for Assistance

Lucious Nickel 0 Reputation points
2024-09-23T14:30:49.67+00:00

Is it possible to remove 2FA from my work account without the code? Can I contact Microsoft for assistance? I am the Global Admin in my district and I need to remove 2FA since I reset my phone. Thank you for any help.

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  1. Navya 11,225 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2024-09-24T08:23:23.6033333+00:00

    Hi @Lucious Nickel

    Thank you for posting this in Microsoft Q&A.

    If you are the only global admin on the account and are blocked entirely, you can reach out to our support team. You can look into below article to get support numbers depending on your country.

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/global-customer-service-phone-numbers-c0389ade-5640-e588-8b0e-28de8afeb3f2

     or creating a ticket through a different account:  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/admin/get-help-support?view=o365-worldwide#online-support

    While creating a ticket with Microsoft support team. Give them the tenant ID which is locked out in your description. Tell them that no admin account has access anymore and your partners also have no access anymore.

    Once you create a ticket with support team you will have to work with our data protection team. You will have to first prove your identity against your tenant for security purpose. Post that this team will help you with help you in getting access to your tenant or unlock your account depending on your scenario.

    Also, for the future, you can create an emergency access account (break glass) in Azure AD. This account will help prevent being accidentally locked out of your Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) organization because you can't sign in for any reason.

    Hope this helps. Do let us know if you any further queries.

    Thanks,

    Navya.


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