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petar_georgiev 21

Subject: Critical Sign-in Issue: Account blocked by inactive legacy tenant (AADSTS5000225)

Description: Dear Support Team,

As a faculty member at Sofia University, I am experiencing a critical authentication error when trying to access my Microsoft 365 and Azure resources.

The Problem: Whenever I attempt to sign in with my institutional credentials, I am redirected to a legacy/testing tenant that has been blocked due to inactivity. I receive the following error:

Error Code: interaction_required

Message: AADSTS5000225: This tenant has been blocked due to inactivity.

Correlation ID:

Timestamp: 2026-03-11 17:51:50Z

Requested Action: This blocked tenant is an old testing environment and is no longer needed. However, it is currently preventing me from accessing my primary academic account and the associated licenses provided by Sofia University.

Could you please:

Disassociate my identity from the blocked tenant (Tenant ID: PIi-...) so I can reach the correct organizational directory.

Or provide a way to bypass this "interaction_required" loop so I can manage my active subscriptions.

Thank you for your assistance.

Best regards, Petar Georgiev
Microsoft account email:

Identity details:

Primary Academic Email: PII

Organization: Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" (FMI)

Rukmini 36,445 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-03-11T18:50:47.7233333+00:00

Hello petar_georgiev'

Please share the details over the private messages so that we can assist you further.
petar_georgiev 21 Reputation points

2026-03-11T19:06:26.98+00:00

My personal account ******@hotmail.com is functioning correctly for Outlook/OneDrive, but I am completely blocked from Azure services because my 'Home Tenant' is set to an inactive/legacy directory from 2017 (Tenant ID: ...).

Since I am the Global Admin of that blocked tenant and I cannot sign in to it to delete it or leave it, please perform a manual disassociation (unlinking) of my identity from that specific Tenant ID. This is a common 'Home Tenant' deadlock issue that requires support intervention to reset my default directory context.
Rukmini 36,445 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-03-11T19:08:53.35+00:00

petar_georgiev, Please check private messages!
petar_georgiev 21 Reputation points

2026-03-11T19:09:38.0366667+00:00

The AI-generated response is not applicable to my case. This tenant has been inactive since 2017, so the '20-day window' mentioned is irrelevant. My account is in a deadlock: I am the only Global Admin, but I am blocked from signing in to perform any administrative actions.

As per your own documentation for 'account-access issues where the user is stuck', I request an escalation to the Data Protection Team to manually disassociate my personal account (******@hotmail.com) from this legacy tenant (ID: ...). I cannot use self-service because the tenant is blocked. Please provide a human response.
Rukmini 36,445 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-03-11T19:11:01.65+00:00

petar_georgiev, Please check private messages!

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Rukmini 36,445 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-03-11T18:50:47.7233333+00:00

Hello petar_georgiev'

Please share the details over the private messages so that we can assist you further.
petar_georgiev 21 Reputation points

2026-03-11T19:06:26.98+00:00

My personal account ******@hotmail.com is functioning correctly for Outlook/OneDrive, but I am completely blocked from Azure services because my 'Home Tenant' is set to an inactive/legacy directory from 2017 (Tenant ID: ...).

Since I am the Global Admin of that blocked tenant and I cannot sign in to it to delete it or leave it, please perform a manual disassociation (unlinking) of my identity from that specific Tenant ID. This is a common 'Home Tenant' deadlock issue that requires support intervention to reset my default directory context.
Rukmini 36,445 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-03-11T19:08:53.35+00:00

petar_georgiev, Please check private messages!
petar_georgiev 21 Reputation points

2026-03-11T19:09:38.0366667+00:00

The AI-generated response is not applicable to my case. This tenant has been inactive since 2017, so the '20-day window' mentioned is irrelevant. My account is in a deadlock: I am the only Global Admin, but I am blocked from signing in to perform any administrative actions.

As per your own documentation for 'account-access issues where the user is stuck', I request an escalation to the Data Protection Team to manually disassociate my personal account (******@hotmail.com) from this legacy tenant (ID: ...). I cannot use self-service because the tenant is blocked. Please provide a human response.
Rukmini 36,445 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-03-11T19:11:01.65+00:00

petar_georgiev, Please check private messages!

Answer 1

Hello petar_georgiev

This issue will be resolved by signing in using the tenant-specific Azure portal URL and the tenant ID I have provided over the private messages tab:

HTTP

https://portal.azure.com/<tenant-ID>

Once you accessed the portal through the tenant-scoped URL, the tenant became active again and you will be able to manage resources without further issues.

And the tenant will be restored successfully.

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