Questions tagged [microsoft]
Questions about Microsoft web applications on a broad level. Do not use in addition to more specific tag or tags (e.g. see tag wiki) where sufficient.
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One Drive shared folder with edit access not allowing “Add to my OneDrive” [closed]
I am involved with a project hosted a major university X, though I work at another major university, Y X have shared a OneDrive folder with me giving me edit access to a folder F. The folder F appears ...
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Locked out of my Business 365 account. Can I remove it without disturbing my personal OneDrive account? [closed]
I recently had a security breach with the credit card I had used to pay my online business account at Microsoft. Unwittingly, I had also lost access to the Google Voice phone number I had used as a ...
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How to change Microsoft "Personal account" to a "Business" or "Work" account?
Microsoft's website are far from easy to use. Here are the pages I've logged into under [email protected]: Base Account: https://account.microsoft.com/profile Partner Portal: https://partner.microsoft.com/...
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Where can I view the list of successful sign-ins in my Microsoft Live account?
Where can I view the list of successful sign-ins in my Microsoft Live account? I don't see them on the recent activity page. I only see unsuccessful sign-ins:
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SMTP with app-passowrd of O365 does not work
I have an email address in Office 365 which I would like to use for a scanner's SMTP feature. For this email address, I have enforced MFA to be able to set an app-password. I give the following ...
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How to show Python/JavaScript code in the Microsoft MakeCode Arcade Learning platform
How to show the Python/JavaScript code behind the blocks of the Microsoft MakeCode Arcade platform, here with the screenshot of the first level of the beginner's arcade "Full of Stories"? I ...
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Creating Microsoft account, stuck at solving puzzle
I'm creating a new account for my wife, and I'm stuck at this robot puzzle. Each time I solve it it just sends me back to solving it again. I tried different browsers, different emails, different ...
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What happened to my Pandora account?
Today is 28 August 2020. My Pandora account (all my music) has somehow been deleted. I can't even contact Pandora as their .com website gets me nowhere. I admit it has been awhile since I have used ...
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Do not auto hide Toolbar in Project Web App
Is there a way I can pin the toolbar of Microsoft Project Web App — highlighted in the image blow with a red rectangle surrounding it — for it not to auto hide itself?
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Why doesn't Skype want to acknowledge working in Firefox? [closed]
Skype has a web interface at web.skype.com that implements both voip and video calls, alongside chatting, and it all works well. Officially, it claims to work only in Google Chrome and Edge. Tech-...
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Microsoft Forms: How can I create a form programmatically? [closed]
Is there a way to create a new Microsoft Forms form programmatically? I've checked Microsoft Flow and PowerApps, to no avail. If there is a public API for Forms that supports form creation, that ...
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Outlook.com Web App Recovery Code
Call me paranoid, but if someone gained access to my recovery code (either physically, or via spyware as I printed it out), would they be able to permanently lock me out by changing my security info (...
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Why do Microsoft websites default to Polish on my work network?
I originally asked this on Super User, but it was ruled off-topic there and referred to here. I'm in Belgium. When I open MSN, no matter what browser or what machine I use, it's opened using pl-PL ...
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I hit a bug when trying to report a bug regarding Visual Studio to connect.microsoft.com
Having created an account and signed in I go to https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio and receive this message: The only "submit a bug" button I can see is on the microsoft.net native page ...
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Why do Microsoft and LinkedIn text me from the same number?
I recently enabled two-factor authentication everywhere I could, and many sites now text me when I log in. Nearly every company texts from a unique number, as I would expect. However, Microsoft and ...
