How do I find the account linked to an Office Home & Student 2013 key?
Hello everyone, Microsoft's after-sales service redirected me here because they no longer provide updates for this type of product, nor even security support. I have two Microsoft accounts. However, when I try to reconnect my key to one of them, it tells me the key is already linked to another Microsoft account. But which one?! How can I find that account or regain ownership of my Office key ? Thanks for your help.
Web-signin 3rd party IDP not working
We have a working Entra ID SAML federation to a third-party IdP that uses FIDO2/WebAuthn (IdP as Relying Party) for browser sign-in, and we are trying to use the same federation through Windows Web sign-in on an Entra-joined Windows 11 device — but the IdP page loads blank in the WebView and Microsoft-Windows-WebAuthN/Operational records zero events, while the same security key works fine for FIDO2 sign-in with login.microsoft.com as RP on the same device. Questions: - Is WebAuthn brokering to third-party Relying Parties inside the Web sign-in WebView supported? - If not, is it on the roadmap? - What is the supported architectural path for delivering passwordless Windows sign-in using a federated IdP's own FIDO2/WebAuthn credentials, given Graph API passkey provisioning is Beta-only?
How to target Azure VPN (Microsoft-Registered) app with Conditional Access Policies?
I have an Azure Point-to-Site VPN Gateway configured using the Microsoft-registered Azure VPN Client App ID (Audience value: c632b3df-fb67-4d84-bdcf-b95ad541b5c8). Everything is working correctly for our users. The issue I am having is that anyone with an Entra account can connect to the VPN and I want to restrict this with a blocking Conditional access policy. I do not want to create a custom app registration, because then I will have to change the 'audience' value on the app gateway and all user's will need to modify their VPN clients. The problem is I need to target the Microsoft-registered Azure VPN app in a Conditional Access policy but it does not appear in my Enterprise Applications list or in the CA app picker when searching. My questions: Why does the Microsoft-registered app not automatically create a service principal in my tenant the way other Microsoft apps do? Is there a supported way to make it appear in the CA app picker without creating a custom app registration or changing the gateway Audience value? Has anyone successfully targeted c632b3df-fb67-4d84-bdcf-b95ad541b5c8 in a CA policy while keeping it as the gateway Audience value? Thanks for the assistance here
NgcSet stays NO despite working WHFB setup - RPC 0x800706ba error
Hi everyone, I need help with a Windows Hello for Business certificate trust deployment that's almost working but stuck on the final step. **What's Working:** - Manual certificate enrollment works perfectly: `certreq -enroll -user -config "MyCA.domain.local\MyCA-CA" "MyWHFBTemplate"` - TPM 2.0 is ready, enabled, and functional - All Group Policies applied correctly (computer and user) - CA server healthy, templates published **What's NOT Working:** - `dsregcmd /status` shows `NgcSet : NO` (should be YES) - `NgcSvc` (Microsoft Passport) service is stopped on client - Getting error: "RPC server is unavailable (0x800706ba)" during automatic certificate enrollment - PIN setup fails because NGC containers won't create **The Strange Part:** Manual certificate enrollment works perfectly, but automatic enrollment fails with RPC errors. Both should use the same communication path to the CA. **Environment:** - On-premises certificate trust deployment (no Azure AD) - Domain-joined Windows 11 clients - Windows Server 2019/2022 infrastructure **Questions:** 1. Should NgcSvc start automatically when WHFB policies are applied? 2. Why would manual cert enrollment work but automatic fail with RPC errors? 3. Is there a difference in how system context vs user context accesses the CA? Has anyone seen this specific combination before? Any ideas what could cause this behavior? Thanks for any help!
Hotmail to Outlook Migration Broke My Account
A year or two ago, I updated my Microsoft account to try and migrate from hotmail.com to @outlook.com. Since then, my Microsoft account is broken. I log in with my @outlook.com email, but account.microsoft.com displays my hotmail.com email everywhere. Mobile apps will not stay logged in properly and kick me out after a day. On my account info page my @outlook.com email isn't even listed and hotmail.com is listed as primary, but only logging in with @outlook works. I'm pretty sure when I originally tried to migrate my account some exception wasn't handled properly part way through the process and my account is in some sort of database limbo. Is there anyone at Microsoft here that can help with this? Also, sorry if this isn't the right place to post this, but a call with Microsoft support pointed me here and there doesn't seem to be a "Microsoft Account Support" hub or space on this platform. If anyone knows of a better location feel free to suggest that as well. Thanks!
SMS code is not sent due to blocking
Hi! Sorry, I was using a translator to write this thread. About two weeks ago, I lost access to my Microsoft account. I haven't forgotten my password, and I haven't logged in from a new device—the system simply decided something was wrong and decided to send me an SMS code to verify my identity. I currently live in Russia and have a Russian SIM card. My government has blocked receiving SMS codes from foreign companies (WhatsApp, Telegram, Microsoft, etc.). I enter the last four digits of my phone number and click "Send Code," but then it says "This feature is currently unsupported." I've submitted recovery forms numerous times, but the account is very old and some of the information has simply been lost! I was barely able to contact a live person from Xbox support, and they opened a service request for recovery. The operator handling my issue completely ignores my messages. The only response he gave was that the form I sent him by email couldn't confirm my identity. He didn't even notice that I just needed a security code for the email address I used to REGISTER the account, as I couldn't receive an SMS code due to the political situation in my country. Today, I contacted a real Microsoft employee again, and he told me to write here because engineers often respond to messages and they can send me the code by email. Please help me. This account has no material value other than a copy of Minecraft. This account is precious as a memory and something that helped me through an important period in my life. Thank you for reading this thread.
ADFS - Service Unavaible over WAP
Hi, We have a simple ADFS enviroment with a WAP in a DMZ and an internal ADFS server. Problem is that we are not able to access the Test-Signon-Page (https://fqdn.domain.com/adfs/ls/IdpInitiatedSignon.aspx) or published OWA over the WAP. Internally everything is working fine and also from the WAP I can access the internel ADFS Server with the Test-Signon-Page and OWA with ADFS without problems. But from the internet over the WAP we are always getting: Through WAP we are also publishing Exchange Activesync which is working without problems. I dont see any events in the eventlog, also with tracelogs. I don't see anything interesting in Fiddler on the client. Do you have any ideas? Kind regards PatrickMicrosoft Feedback Portal account is not working
I changed my Microsoft password a year ago, and it updated everywhere other than the Feedback Portal. As a result, I get an error when I try to login, or do anything on the page. Microsoft account support's suggestion was to login to the Feedback Portal which is insane given I'm having issues accessing it. How can I get this issue resolved? I've got three separate support tickets now and they keep asking me to wait 24 hours to get the issue resolved. Can someone from the Feedback Portal team please contact me to resolve this?" This is what Microsoft Support have said: "understand your frustration, and yes—this is an account‑related issue because the Feedback Portal is still tied to your old alias, which causes login conflicts and forces you out. Your Microsoft account itself signs in correctly, but the Feedback Portal is pulling outdated identity data that you cannot update on your own. Since you cannot access the Portal to submit feedback, directing you back there is not a workable solution. What you need is for Support to escalate this to the internal Identity/Feedback Platform engineering team so they can manually correct the outdated alias mapping on the backend. In this situation, the Feedback Portal and Tech Community teams are the ones who manage and maintain that specific platform. Because the issue appears on the Feedback Portal side—even though your Microsoft account is working normally—only their dedicated team can make the necessary corrections on their end. That’s why we are guiding you to connect with them through the links provided: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/ or https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback. They will be able to review the portal‑specific account data and assist you further. I understand why this is frustrating. Since you’re unable to stay signed in to the Feedback Portal, I completely see why posting there isn’t possible for you. However, I do need to be transparent: I’m not able to escalate this issue directly to the Feedback Portal team, as they don’t provide internal escalation channels for us and only accept requests through their own platform. "
