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Error office 365 e3 developer license will be deleted on XXXXX. Currently disabled
My Office 365 E3 Developer has been marked for deletion and disabled today. No earlier comms from Micrsoft or any sort of messages.It just locked our my E3 Developer license has there a not supporting it any more. I wanted to try and backup/export my mail box and no luck - the option is greyed out. My SharePoint admin center has been blocked also can't backup any of my files.
I'm just helpless.What a shame Microsoft What other plans can i move to and what should i do now since Teams and mail is not working. Can I at least get a a grace period.
Any resources or advice would be appreciated
Tenant admin should still be able to get in. If so: get a 30-days E3 or E5 trial, assign license to your user, backup.
Use a temporary virtual credit card or cancel your subscription or you will be automatically renewed at end of trial.
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Microsoft announced this situation at the end of June, effective September 2026, and began the termination around 25 September. More details in my post: Microsoft is now terminating the Office 365 E3 Developer subscriptions | Topedia Blog
Unfortunately, Microsoft never sent an email communication about this to a billing or global admin.I have the exact same thing. it didnt even go from Active > Expired > Disabled > Deleted as they describe in their documentation. It went straight to deleted, no warning, no access. WTF microsoft.
I had the same issue — I wasn’t able to see the notification. Thanks, Tobias, for your help. My Office 365 E3 Developer subscription has been deleted.
I’ve now purchased an Office 365 E1 trial and assigned the license to myself (I’m the tenant admin). After doing that, I was able to access the SharePoint Admin Center at https://[tenant]-admin.sharepoint.com, and it’s working again. OneDrive is also accessible, and all my data is still there. I’m not sure why Microsoft warns that data may be lost for related services.
Should I back up my data now and cancel the E1 trial before it expires in 30 days?
I want to continue using my SharePoint Online sites and OneDrive long‑term. Should I cancel the E1 trial and instead purchase the cheaper Microsoft 365 Business Basic on an annual plan to keep my data and services active?
I strongly suggest that you migrate to another subscription (create a new tenant). Don't use this one anymore. After you download your files, you'd better cancel the E1 trial subscription.
I faced this issue just today & cannot login to my OneDrive & email.
is there anyone can give me a idea how to download the files from OneDrive ?
You can click "add product" and add a valid license (either E1 or E3) to your existing user. For more details, you can see
Same here! I just found I couldn't login last week and today it shows the subscription is deleted! That's crazy! No time to backup the data????
Anyone can let me know how to backup the files in OneDrive? Much appreciated!Yeah so see if you can add an Office 365 E3 just use admin.microsoft.com and go to billing > Your Products then 'Add More Products' Button and filter by your Dev subs (probably Office 365 E3)
Mine isn't even listed - not even as 'deleted' - it's just vaporised my subscription but left them attached to accounts. Mine was a grandfathered bizspark.you're not alone, I've been trying to convert to a Office 365 E3 Trial for a month, but checkout throws errors
zero emails from MS about retiring it also. Would have thought I'd get at least 5-10 emails or EVEN ONE!Microsoft officially retired the Office 365 E3 Developer MSDN license in early 2026, and all remaining tenants are being disabled and scheduled for deletion by September 2026. You are seeing the “Disabled” and “Will be deleted” warnings because the SKU is no longer supported under either the Visual Studio (MSDN) benefits or the Microsoft 365 Developer Program. A short grace period (~90 days) is provided for data recovery and migration.
thanks and appreciate it.
Where do i go to get the 90 days -Visual Studio(MSDN) benefits?
Cheersyou can't unless you have a paying MSDN subscription. If you are admin of your tenant you should still be able to login and get a 30-days trial for E3: that will buy you time to build your escape plan.
