Inquiry Regarding Microsoft 365 E5 Developer Subscription Renewal
Dear Microsoft Support, I hope this message finds you well. I am a developer currently enrolled in the Microsoft 365 E5 Developer Subscription program. Recently, I noticed that my subscription has not been automatically renewed, and I am unsure why this has occurred. Could you please clarify whether the Microsoft 365 E5 Developer plan is still available? If it is, I would appreciate your assistance in investigating why my subscription was not renewed and guidance on how to resolve this issue. Thank you for your time and support. I look forward to your response.
Profile photo component adds unwanted overlay
Component https://myaccount.microsoft.com Run command: ms-settings:yourinfo Environment Profile picture uploaded through https://myaccount.microsoft.com Profile picture uploaded through Run command (WIN+R): ms-settings:yourinfo Retrieved via Microsoft Graph SDK / Graph REST API endpoint /v1.0/me/photos/$value Steps to Reproduce Go to https://myaccount.microsoft.com. Upload a new profile picture (no presence, badge, or branding requested). Retrieve the profile picture using Microsoft Graph endpoint: GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/photos/$value Render the image in the client application. Expected Result The raw profile photo is shown exactly as stored—no overlays, rings, badges, or branding. Actual Result The component renders an overlay (e.g., presence badge/ring/branding) on top of the photo, altering the image. Impact Users see altered profile photos, leading to inconsistencies with expectations. Breaks brand/UX design guidelines that rely on unmodified profile images. Severity Medium–High (affects identity consistency across apps using Graph). Notes This happens even though no overlay option was requested in either the upload or retrieval flow. Alternative: Steps to Reproduce and working as expected Run command (WIN+R): ms-settings:yourinfo Upload a new profile picture (no presence, badge, or branding requested). Retrieve the profile picture using Microsoft Graph endpoint: GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/photos/$value Render the image in the client application. Expected Result The raw profile photo is shown exactly as stored—no overlays, rings, badges, or branding. Actual Result The raw profile photo is shown exactly as stored—no overlays, rings, badges, or branding.Why is Excel macros sometimes missing ?
I have an excel file with a lot of rectangular shapes showing a tree structure for a family. When the user clicks on one of the rectangulat shapes the 'story' of that person opens up in a Word dokument. BUT ... Most often the macro 'assigned' to the OnAction WONT run - instead this message comes up: The macros is NOT shown when I "show macros" but it IS present in the VBA section when I press alt+F11 ! When it's working it's most often reight after a reboot og the machine - then it maybe works in 10-30 minuts and then the problem is back again ! I HAVE chesked the security setting allowing macros to be activated ! I have tha SAME file running under Window 10 for years WITHOUT any problems !!!! I can see out there that people FOR YEARS have had similar problems with missing macros - but unfortunately I found no solution ! What the _BEEP_ is wrong here ?End of support for Access 2016 and Access 2019 nears
Your product will still work, but when Microsoft says a product has reached "end of support", it means the product will no longer receive: Security updates Non-security updates Bug fixes New features Assisted support (free or paid) What this means for Access users: No more updates: Customers will not receive any new builds, patches, or improvements—even if vulnerabilities are discovered. No support: Microsoft will no longer provide technical support or troubleshooting assistance. Increased risk: Continued use of unsupported software can expose systems to security threats and compliance issues. Migration encouraged: Customers are advised to upgrade to a supported version or product to maintain security and functionality. We strongly encourage all Access users with perpetual licenses to upgrade to a Microsoft 365 Apps subscription. Subscription users get more out of the same Office desktop apps with artificial intelligence (AI) backed design ideas and analytic insights, rich contents and templates, cloud powered connected experiences and more. They also enjoy additional benefits beyond capabilities in Office apps, such as 1TB storage, Office on multiple devices and mobile, Microsoft Family Safey app, etc. I've noticed many perpetual users are "subscription adverse." I hear "I've used the desktop version forever and prefer not to switch to the cloud." Migrating to subscription does not mean that you'll get a different version of Access. You'll still get the desktop version you know and love, plus all the premium Office features a subscription provides. My favorites are Editor in Word, Money in Excel, and all the extra OneDrive storage. Check with Microsoft Sales Support to see if you're eligible for upgrade incentives depending on your region or organization type. (Yes, we know the Access icon does not appear with the other Office apps. You'll find it directly below the icons in the alphabetized apps list.) Sources: End of support for Office 2016 and 2019 Overview - Product End of Support and Retirements - Microsoft Lifecycle Access 2016 - Microsoft Lifecycle Access 2019 - Microsoft LifecycleAccess announces removal of Salesforce ODBC driver in October 2025
MS Access 2019 (and newer) ships a licensed Salesforce ODBC driver from InsightSoftware that will lose sustaining support after June 30th, 2026. But because we can no longer provide updates for the driver, the Access team has decided to accelerate the removal of this driver and remove it from the product in October 2025. Applies to: Access 2019 volume licensed and Enterprise plans Access 2021, Access 2024, and Microsoft 365 subscriptions Access 2021 and Access 2024 as part of the Office 2021 and Office 2024 perpetual licenses (standalone versions) The Salesforce ODBC driver bundled with Office includes shared libraries such as: libcurl.dll libcrypto-3.dll libssl-3.dll These libraries are located under the following path: Program Files\Microsoft Office\ODBC Drivers\Salesforce. They may also be present in different locations. Drivers installed by Office and used to access your Salesforce data will be removed on permanently on October 28, if you are using Access as part of a Microsoft 365 Apps monthly version and on November 11 if you are on the semi-annual release. For customers using perpetual Access 2019, 2021, or 2024, the drivers will be removed on November 11. You do not need to manually remove the drivers. Access currently doesn't have a way to talk directly to the Salesforce APIs so customers must continue to use the standardized ODBC driver framework that we currently support. Customers can independently purchase the Simba.DLL driver if needed from InsightSoftware. There are also other vendors that offer a Salesforce driver. Simba driver from InsightsSoftware https://insightsoftware.com/simba/ ODBC driver from devart https://www.devart.com/odbc/salesforce/ Salesforce integration from boomi https://boomi.com/solutions/application/salesforce/ Salesforce driver from cdata https://www.cdata.com/drivers/salesforce Once you purchase and install the driver, Access can connect to your Salesforce external data source. On the External Data ribbon, choose New Data Source > From Other Sources > ODBC Database We will provide more updates when available.
Enabling macro in trust center
Under the Trusted Center, Macro Settings and Macro Settings dialog the “Enable VBA Macros” has been selected along with “Enable Excel 4.0 macros when VBA macros are enabled” has selected. Along with this I am using the Personal.XLSB file to hold the macros. I have attempted multiple times to enable the macros within the workbook with no success. I first open the Personal file then the workbook of interest. Upon opening I do not receive a header to enable the macros. I then attempt to run a macro and continuously receive the error message that I must enable the macro and reopen the workbook.I need some help digitising our paper order system, but struggling with the code!
I have 4 sheets: 1 where we fill out the orders our students place, 1 where we calculate how much we owe the retailer,1 with the price list in case it changes and 1 for students with discount. Would anyone be able to help with the following? Link the items to the price list and the amount ordered. It needs to show correctly in the PRICE column for the item if a student orders 1, 2 or 3 items. If DISCOUNT = yes, in the PRICE WITH DISCOUNT column, I need the price to be calculated with an 80% discount In the 'order to retailer' tab, I want the excel to see how much of each item is ordered and make a sum of the price WITHOUT discount I want the data (student name, total order amount, amount with discount) from the order sheet to automatically go into the discount sheet if I selected 'yes' to discount and also for the amount that was discounted to be be displayed in the 'to be paid by the city' (students with discount only pay 1/5th and the city pays 4/5th) Please would someone be able to assist? Thanks a million!!!
Consolidate/Merge Data in Multiple Files
I have two spreadsheets - both are lists of items with a tag number, serial number, item description, and comments (among other categories). On one of the spreadsheets, the comments column is completed but it is empty in the other spreadsheet. How can I add the comments from the spreadsheet that has them to the one that doesn't, based on what the tag number of each item is? Both spreadsheets are in a different order and some of the inventory items we have on one list do not match the other list, either because they are new inventory items or they were removed from inventory.
What's the cleanest way to skip NULLs when looping through Recordest in VBA?
I've been working on a legacy Access app, and I find myself looping through a DAO recordest to process a bunch of fields. The thing is , some of those fields occasionally contain NULLs, and I've noticed they can easily break logic when you're not careful, especially when doing string concatenation, arithmetic, or conditional checks. I'm doing something like this : If Note IsNull(rs!MyField) Then ' Do something with rs!MyField End If Which works, but when you've got multiple fields or are writing more compact logic, it starts to get messy real fast. I'm wondering. Is there a cleaner or more elegant way to handle or skip NULLs ? PS ; I am having issues with the code editorOLAP connection Open XML adds x: namespace which is preventing slicer to work
I serialise the excel workbook with C# OpenXml to dynamically change the connection.xml file so users can connect to olap cube tabular in pbi. So I programmatically set a connection string for the user this way. All was working fine until the user started to insert slicers to the pivot table. I noticed in the connection.xml the connections xml tag has x: namespace added by OpenXml. eg <x:connection></x:connection> According to doco "When the object is serialized out as xml, it's qualified name is x:connection." https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/documentformat.openxml.spreadsheet.connection?view=openxml-3.0.1 Once I removed these x: namespace from the connection xml tag slicers worked. <connections><connection></connection></connections> Is this a bug in excel ? Are there plans to fix this? OpenXml is a lib provided by Microsoft and adds the x: namespace and excel cant handle the namespace, Reporting this bug and to see when a bug fix will be release for excel to use slicers when you dynamically change the connection string using openxml. Thanks
