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How to manage Instagram analytics data for multiple client accounts.

Smith456 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:17:21 GMT

Hi Microsoft Community,

I am a social media manager and I regularly
work with Instagram analytics data for
multiple client accounts.

I want to use Microsoft tools to better
analyze this data and create professional
reports. I have a questions for the
community:

I export 💬follower and engagement data
from Instagram in CSV format. When I
import this data into Excel, the date
columns are not formatting correctly
and pivot tables are showing wrong
results.

How can I properly format date columns
in Excel when importing social media
CSV data?

Blog post stuck in “Awaiting Review” – guidance on timeline

sutandan — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:48:30 GMT

Hi Team,

I submitted a blog post to the Azure Developer Community Blog on April 13, and it is currently in the Awaiting Review state.

I wanted to check if this timeline is expected, or if there is any additional action required from my side.

Also, please let me know if there is a specific team or contact I should reach out to for status updates.

Any guidance would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Problem with Outlook classic

Teddy48 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:37:23 GMT

Hello, how do I ask for help in this forum about a problem that the support desk seems to have no idea how to fix? My Outlook Classic on my desktop will not open 3rd party links and tells me that my organisation has a policy preventing it happening and to contact my Help Desk but I have a family subscription and no help desk. Even when a person rang me to talk to me after multiple reports, part way through our conversation he just disappeared. I am in Australia so the time difference may be an issue. An example of the problem is that I received a retail company email featuring a link to view their catalogues and my Outlook won't open it because of a policy I never asked for. I don't know if this is the right forum but it's the only one I could find to ask a question on.

How to contact the moderator?

bschmidt51 — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:31:30 GMT

My product-related post is stuck in "Awaiting Approval" mode, so nobody can actually see my question, let alone reply. How do I contact the moderator to get him to approve my post?

New phone number for account not working.

Rene_Sonse — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:30:53 GMT

I entered a new phone number in my MS account a few weeks ago and although it shows, when I try to get codes through my account, the old number is shown and I can't access the code. ???

Issue with registering attendance for Tech Community event

RyanSteele-CoV — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:14:59 GMT

While the notification email sent when registering my attendance for a Tech Community event (Windows Office Hours: April 2026 - Microsoft Tech Community) included a calendar invitation, accepting the invitation resulted in me receiving an NDR for the acceptance response (which was sent to email address removed for privacy reasons). These invitations were previously sent from a different email address (of the form firstname.lastname at creatrixmedia.com) and this address happily accepted the meeting responses.

Since you don't need the responses, you probably want to update the code creating the .ics attachment to replace RSVP=TRUE with RSVP=FALSE.

Hope this is helpful.

How can I install Visual Studio 2022 v17.12.6 Community Edition?

khansajad2025 — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:02:47 GMT

Hello everyone,

I need to install Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12.6 (Community Edition) for compatibility with the InDesign 2026 SDK, which requires this specific version for building plugins.

However, when I checked the Microsoft Visual Studio downloads and release history pages, I could only find the Professional edition installer for version 17.12.6. I was unable to locate the Community edition for this exact version.

Could someone please guide me on where I can download Visual Studio 2022 v17.12.6 Community Edition, whether it is still officially available, or if there is any way to install this specific version using the Visual Studio installer or an offline layout?

Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Windows Explorer 11 Jumps to top (Home) when browsing file folders

Fritatta707 — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 23:45:23 GMT

I haves seen many users posting about having this issue on the Internet with no solutions to the issue. When browsing through FOLDERS in Windows Explorer, the search jumps back to the top of the page to HOME. This is extremely frustrating, especially as one drills down in the file structure and then you are shot to the top of the page. I have seen a lot of suggestions with settings, but nothing definitive. Users are calling it a bug in Windows 11, but I can't believe Microsoft would not have fixed this most irritating issue yet.???????

Remote Assistance Keeps Getting Turned On With Power Shell-How To Turn Off???

NcJoe — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 07:44:57 GMT

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Posts/Answers not appearing- submitted but not visible to me and other users

Marcel_Graewer — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 07:38:21 GMT

Hi together,

I've been actively contributing to the Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft Security discussion categories over the past 3 weeks. My profile counter shows 9 posts, but I can only see one of them in my Recent Discussions list - the other ones are completely inaccessible, not just to other community members, but also to me. I cannot view, edit, or manage them in any way.

The posts cover technical practitioner topics and I put significant time and effort into writing these as quality contributions for the community.

My concern is that I have no way to tell what happened to these posts. There were no notifications about rejection, no indication that they're pending moderation, and no way to check their status. They simply don't appear anywhere except as a number on my profile.

I completely understand the need for content moderation, especially for newer accounts. But without any feedback mechanism, I'm unable to determine whether I should wait, resubmit, or change something about how I'm posting.

Could someone from the community team look into my account and help me understand what's going on with these missing posts? I'd really appreciate any guidance so I can continue contributing.

Thank you!

email outlook

mickey1 — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:18:03 GMT

hi have deleted space in my one drive as it said I cant send or receive emails now I have enough space I still cant send or receive ?.

Live Transcript Issue

Israa91 — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:57:18 GMT

Dears,

I have a standard premium subscription not a Business pro. I am facing an issue in the live translation in Meetings, Most of the meetings in Spanish and I want to have a live English translation and I tried several options but I am not able to do it.

Anyone can help me ?

Why is the memory manager in Windows version 1703 faster than the current Windows versions?

dzjorrit — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:32:57 GMT

I tested the speed of programs in Windows version 1703 compared to the current versions, I made sure no anti virus or other background processes where interfering. Geekbench scores 13% higher in multi core tests compared to the latest Windows. When testing pure CPU performance there is no difference but memory intensive programs suffer about 10..15% in the latest Windows compared to 1703. Test were run on an 8th gen Intel i7 with spectre and meltdown mitigations disabled.
Does anyone know what changed in the Windows memory manager since version 1703 and is it possible to undo these changes?

Extracting data from complicated table....

WookiePT — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:37:20 GMT

Hey all,

Below is a table I have created for tracking info for a special-needs child, the staff member caring for them, the shift, the behaviour and the score (0-5).

The Staff cell for each day/shift has a drop down box with a list of staff member names.

The cell to the right of the staff name would have a value from 0-5 with 0 showing no behaviours up to 5, which would indicate the behaviour was 100% during the shift.

What I'm trying to extract is information such as...

1) For a given behaviour, what shift sees the best and worst - trying to measure if the child has more issues in the morning for instance, verses the afternoon or night.

2) When it comes to the staff member working the shift, who is seeing better or worst behaviours - trying to measure whether the child may have an issue with or be reacting to a staff member more than another. This could come down to staff competency or personality clash.

3) It would be great if I could work out the above by day of the week - as the child is able to select what they would like to do, this could indicate weekly cycles or potential patterns in the childs behaviour as well.

While this one starts on March 16th Monday, I would be creating future tables starting at the first day of the month. Possibly a separate Excel file for each month, so the files remain manageable.

I'm normally ok with working out the info i need and creating formulas etc... but this one has me a bit stumped.

I had started to literally create a 'Reference Data' tab where I was cherry-picking specific cell references from the below table to create a another table, duplicating information but in a different table layout... it is getting exhausting this way and I'm still no closer to being able to work the data.

Hoping someone has some relatively simple fixes using XLookup or something like that.

The information is being used to help with funding and activities, so it's quite important I can get this to work. If it means redesigning the table...I'll have to do that but this is the format my partner was trying to use for ease of reporting the shift/staff/behaviour/score details.

Regards

I cannot log in to my work account using SMS authentication

lbalu — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:17:48 GMT

Hi everyone!

I am requesting assistance with the following issue.

I receive the message: Sorry, we're having trouble verifying your account. Please try again.

Previously, SMS authentication worked, but now I am getting the error mentioned above.

Error Code: 399287

Request Id: 8cf24bf5-1607-4ab6-80c7-d00221f84d00

Correlation Id: 4b22fb8b-b772-49be-ba47-7b0142da5da5

Timestamp: 2026-03-27T08:00:09Z

My password is accepted, but I get stuck at the authentication step afterward. Maybe blocked my mobile number.

Thank you in advance for your help!

Blog post link redirects to parked domain

_boelter_ — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:36:08 GMT

Reporting a bad link on New Blog Post | How to Monitor the Microsoft Sentinel Trial Period | Microsoft Community Hub -- the link under the image leads to a parked domain with questionable ads. Recommend deleting the post or removing the link.

surface laptop and go

HOTROD1975 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 05:37:08 GMT

Hello does any one know what the diffrence is on the surface go and the Pro 7 and pro 3 ?

why does M soft rec intel processer as well? I am, new to them anyhow Passport funds are a government funding they will pay for new one but they suggest I learn them before buying a real over cost one : are they all wifi only as well or hard wire for net ?

Locked out of Microsoft account – no access to Authenticator app or recovery options

imsickofmicrosoft — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 01:35:14 GMT

Hello, I’m currently locked out of my Microsoft account and I’m unable to sign in because it’s asking for verification through the Microsoft Authenticator app, which I no longer have access to. I no longer have the phone that had the Authenticator installed, and I’m not signed in on any other trusted devices. When I try to recover the account through the standard recovery form, I either get denied or it redirects me back to the same verification method that I can’t complete.

This account is important to me because it is linked to my email, files, and other Microsoft services. I can provide any information needed to verify ownership, such as previous passwords, billing details, or account activity. I would really appreciate guidance on:

How I can recover my account without access to the Authenticator app

Whether there is a way to reset or remove two-factor authentication in this situation

Any additional steps I can take to prove my identity and regain access

Thank you in advance for any help or direction you can provide.

Replies not showing up on discussion board

Sturmrider — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:55:02 GMT

Hi all,

I have a problem I bumped into in excel and went to the excel discussion board to see if I could get help. I have had some answers that don't work and when I tried to reply to these people one out of maybe a dozen of my replies got published. None of them had personal info or bad mouthing or anything like this I am trying to figure out why they don't get published so I can solve the problem.

Any help will be appreciated.

Regards,

Larry

D365 Licensing vs Security Roles – Why can users access data without the required license?

user316onmicrosoft — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:39:39 GMT

I am working as a Power Apps developer in a Dynamics 365 environment that has the Field Service module enabled. In the same environment, some users only have Sales licenses.

I assigned a security role that provides read access to the Warehouse table to a user with a Sales license. The user is able to access and read the data successfully, even though they do not have a Field Service license.

This makes me unclear about how licensing is enforced in Dynamics 365. If security roles alone can grant access to tables, how do licenses actually restrict functionality? Why is it necessary to purchase additional licenses if users can still access data through security roles?

Could someone clarify how licensing enforcement works in this scenario and what the best practice is?