Azure Account Disabled while trying to activate subscription

Question

Hello, I've been having issues activating my subscription for my Microsoft Startup Founders Hub Azure credits. Recently, I got a new debit card, logged into my computer but received the message that my account was disabled due to security concerns. How do I go about enabling my account so I can access my credits.

Answer 1

Hey @Arinzechukwu Ezeanya, sorry you’re hitting that “account disabled” wall right when you need your Startup Founders Hub credits. Azure automatically places a hold on subscriptions if it spots what looks like suspicious activity or a new payment instrument—this is done to protect both you and Microsoft.

Here’s what you can do to get the hold lifted:

1. Sign in to the Azure portal (https://portal.azure.com).
2. In the left-hand menu, click Help + support → New support request.
3. Under Issue type, choose “Subscription management” (or “Billing”) → “Subscription disabled.”
4. For Reason, pick the option around security concerns/fraud review.
5. Fill in your subscription ID (you can find this under Subscriptions in the portal) and explain that you just updated your debit card and believe the disablement was an error.
6. Submit the ticket. The Security team typically reviews and re-enables the subscription within a few hours to 24 hours.

If you run into any trouble creating that ticket, you can also contact Microsoft for Startups support directly via aka.ms/startuphelp-mfs-portal. Once the team confirms everything’s in order, your subscription will go back to Active and your credits will flow again.

Hope that helps! Let us know when it’s back up—or if you hit any snags in the support request process.

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