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Invitations are blocked for this directory due to suspicious activity for more than 12 users

Invitations are blocked for this directory due to suspicious activity for more than 12 users. We've had this issue for a week with no resolution, after trying to invite 220 users to a new tenant, it's blocked at 12 users. It says to contact Microsoft…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Entra External ID
asked 2026-06-05T23:51:16.52+00:00
JJ Brantingham 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-06-06T08:32:09.3566667+00:00
Martin Egli 545 Reputation points
4 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Entra ID Protection Weekly Digest shows risky sign-ins, but Entra Portal reports show none

Having ongoing issues where the Entra ID Protection Weekly Digest emails will indicate new risky sign-ins detected in real-time, however when accessing the Entra Admin Center and navigating to the 'Risky sign-ins' Report, none are shown. From this weeks'…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Entra ID
asked 2026-06-03T00:13:55.5766667+00:00
Joel Sabine 25 Reputation points
answered 2026-06-06T08:21:47.3833333+00:00
Martin Egli 545 Reputation points
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Hesabıma Yönelik Sürekli ve Yetkisiz Oturum Açma İstekleri (Authenticator Bildirimleri)

Sayın Microsoft Destek Ekibi, Microsoft hesabımla ilgili ciddi bir güvenlik ve erişim sorunu yaşamaktayım. Son zamanlarda, özellikle yurt dışı kaynaklı olduğunu tespit ettiğim ve bana ait olmayan sürekli "Yeni oturum açma isteği" (New sign-in…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Authenticator
asked 2026-06-06T08:07:23.0733333+00:00
Enes Kol 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-06-06T08:07:47.9033333+00:00

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Unable to remove my credit card due to Azure account locked (inactivity)

i'm having the following problem, i can't remove a card from my Microsoft Account, without configuring my Azure Subscription, BUT i can't configure my azure subscription because the Log-In What can i do ? . [Moderator edit: Changed tags from:…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Entra ID
asked 2026-06-06T01:58:01.7166667+00:00
Jeferson Carvalho Junior 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2026-06-06T07:39:12.43+00:00
Nathan Roberts (SN) 11,391 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
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can microsoft authenticator be used on samsung galaxy f20 fe. version 13 and if so what would make my phone not scan the qr code. it will sometimes take two tries to get the picture and then it never completes the process. it times out

I am trying to use the work microsoft authenticator on my galaxy samsung s20fe version 13. It will hesitate to scan the qr code and when it does it never can finish the connection. Can you assist. I have made sure I have all the udpates. My camera…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Authenticator
asked 2026-06-06T06:34:42.46+00:00
Sara 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-06-06T07:27:44.3366667+00:00
Nathan Roberts (SN) 11,391 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
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MFA Recovery Request for Global Administrator Account

Dear Microsoft Support, I am following up regarding our Microsoft 365 Education tenant. Tenant: bachkhoataynguyen.onmicrosoft.com Global Administrator account: ******@bachkhoataynguyen.onmicrosoft.com I can successfully sign in with the correct password,…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Entra ID
asked 2026-06-06T07:01:50.23+00:00
Tính Tồ 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-06-06T07:15:55.86+00:00
Tính Tồ 0 Reputation points
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I can't add authentication app to Microsoft account

I set up the authenticator app by clicking on "turn on 2fa" and went through the whole process of setting it up. But in security settings, under "ways to prove who you are”, "use an app" isn't an enabled option even though I set…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Authenticator
asked 2026-06-04T04:59:55.4166667+00:00
LOKESH SAI SRI RAJ GAVARA 20 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-06-06T06:55:22.9+00:00
LOKESH SAI SRI RAJ GAVARA 20 Reputation points
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How to appeal false positive emails that are landed in spam as MS365 user using an external email sender?

Our non-profit organization uses MS365 for our internal emails. However, we use an external email delivery system for bulk emails to people who have signed up for our newsletter or have done business with us. We also use this system to let our…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Defender | Microsoft Defender for Office 365
asked 2026-06-06T03:49:32.63+00:00
Micah Nguyen 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-06-06T06:48:39.54+00:00
Nathan Roberts (SN) 11,391 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
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مشكلة في التسجيل عل برنامج Authenticator

لا أستطيع تسجيل الدخول إلى حسابي كل ما اسجل يقول (تعذر تسجيل الحساب ،تعدد العوامل ، التحقق بخطوتين ..) ، قبل ما اعمل للهاتف فورمات كان شغال تمام ولا يمكنني التسجيل عل اي جهاز تاني بسبب المشكلة دي ارجو المساعدة وحل المشكلة .

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Authenticator
asked 2024-08-01T15:59:01.3566667+00:00
samehhamdy 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-06-06T00:16:47.5533333+00:00
Abdou Abdouff 0 Reputation points
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someone is trying to login into my account

hello, i get notifications everyday that people from US or Canada are trying to connect into my account but i deny every time, even so, i changes my password and activated the 2FA, still get notifications om people trying to log in. what can i do?

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Authenticator
asked 2026-06-04T10:24:36.25+00:00
oxy sefu 10 Reputation points
commented 2026-06-05T23:20:26.2433333+00:00
Hassan 0 Reputation points
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VS Code Extension Removed & Marketplace Login Blocked (429 Error)

Hi everyone, I recently published a VS Code extension on the marketplace which got over 10k+ downloads, but it suddenly appears to have been removed. At the same time, I’m unable to log in to the Visual Studio Marketplace. Whenever I try to access the…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Authenticator
asked 2026-03-07T10:26:34.8233333+00:00
Anuj Kumar 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-06-05T22:56:13.44+00:00
Tino Vyatkin 0 Reputation points
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Weekly Digest risky sign ins not appearing in the portal

Hi, I can see this has been reported before but I am getting a lot of "New risky sign-ins" being detected in my weekly entra digest, usually around 15, but in the portal there isn't a single risk sign in appearing. I have tested with all…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Entra ID
asked 2025-09-02T10:45:29.7066667+00:00
Oliver Harris 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-06-05T22:52:45.1866667+00:00
Jon Elkin 0 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Microsoft Entra ID Protection Weekly Digest reports drastically higher number of risky sign-ins than Microsoft Entra ID Identity Protection

The number of "New risky sign-ins detected (in real-time)" reported in the Microsoft Entra ID Protection Weekly Digest for my tenant has jumped from 78 last week to 8498 this week. I was of course alarmed and tried to investigate where this…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Entra ID
asked 2025-04-01T15:54:18.8166667+00:00
Tilman Schmidt 270 Reputation points
answered 2026-06-05T22:50:19.46+00:00
Jon Elkin 0 Reputation points
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Riskysign-ins from weekly digest won't show up in the Entra admin center

Once in a while we get risky sign-ins reported in the Entra ID Protection weekly digest: But in the Entra ID admin centre there is only one risky sign-in which moreover happened after I received the weekly digest. I just filtered for all risk states…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Entra ID
asked 2025-01-28T16:30:22.1833333+00:00
Helge 45 Reputation points
answered 2026-06-05T22:47:05.5366667+00:00
Jon Elkin 0 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

someone is trying to access my account

Hi, I notice every day an attempt in my Microsoft authenticator and attempt to get it. It says " New Sign-In request" for your Microsoft Account. What should I do?

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Authenticator
asked 2026-01-26T06:44:24.3666667+00:00
Mario Villarejo 25 Reputation points
answered 2026-06-05T22:33:04.68+00:00
Mark_in_VA 1 Reputation point
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MFA login error attempting az cli command after successful MFA login

I'm attempting to run: az containerapp update --name some-container-app-name --resource-group some-resource-group --yaml some-yaml-config.yaml and when submitting that command the response is: (RequestDisallowedByAzure) Resource 'some-resource-name'…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Entra ID
asked 2026-06-05T20:26:24.4933333+00:00
robertmglynn 1 Reputation point
commented 2026-06-05T21:53:03.19+00:00
Rukmini 42,010 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Defender for Cloud CIEM Over-Provisioned Identity Recommendation Not Consistent Across Management Group Inherited Roles

We have enabled Defender CSPM with Permissions Management on 120 Azure subscriptions across our enterprise environment. We're trying to use the over-provisioned identity recommendations to achieve least privilege access, but we're seeing inconsistent…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Defender | Microsoft Defender for Cloud
asked 2026-06-05T19:30:27.4566667+00:00
Dikshant Lather 40 Reputation points
commented 2026-06-05T21:26:44.7+00:00
Rukmini 42,010 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Awaiting Authentication Reset Approval for Sole Admin Business Account - days gone by with mixed messages from calls and emails

Wondering if anyone else is going through the same thing. On Tuesday I realised my Microsoft Authenticator stopped working for my business account - it is connected to my new phone app after getting a new phone but something has bugged and it needs…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Entra ID
asked 2026-06-05T20:13:53.5666667+00:00
MR 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-06-05T20:25:53.1033333+00:00
Rukmini 42,010 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Invitations are blocked for this directory due to suspicious activity. Please contact Microsoft support for help.

Graph POST /invitations had been succeeding until today. Bulk inviting users is important for us to enable federated SSO into our platform for large agencies (some have users in the range of 500-1000 users). I'm happy to adjust our code to add a sleep…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Entra ID
asked 2026-06-05T20:01:43.6533333+00:00
Drew Miller 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-06-05T20:01:55.8733333+00:00

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Tenant "Default Directory" has been blocked due to inactivity

I'd like to create an app and haven't used Azure in a while. When I try to login, I get: Sign-in failed Error code: AADSTS5000225 The tenant 'Default Directory (PII)' has been deauthenticated and is no longer available. Try signing into another tenant…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Entra ID
asked 2026-06-05T19:05:35.8533333+00:00
CJBMsLearn 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-06-05T19:15:40.89+00:00
Rukmini 42,010 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator