Tenant-wide lockout

KL NG 0 Reputation points
2026-08-17T04:06:20.8633333+00:00

I was calling the support line many time and few countries. AI did not solve or bought to the right resolution. I was facing below issue

  1. Tenant-wide lockout
  2. All Global Admins affected
  3. Authentication Methods Policy migration
  4. CSP unable to assist due to GDAP limitations
  5. Support line unable to reach live agent
  6. Request Data Protection escalation

Hope i can direct get help form here...This was recommended by Copilot. Thanks

Moved from: Microsoft Security | Microsoft Authenticator

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  1. Liora 755 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2026-08-17T05:33:53.03+00:00

    Please note that this forum is a community support space, so I don’t have the ability to access tenant data or perform actions such as resetting MFA/security information directly. I can only guide you based on documented processes and experience, but I will do my best to point you in the right direction so this can be resolved properly.


    Dear @KL NG,

    I hope you’re having a good day. 

    I'm sorry to hear that you've already spent considerable time contacting multiple support numbers and trying different support channels without reaching the appropriate team.

    Since you've described a tenant-wide lockout affecting all Global Administrators, and your CSP is unable to assist due to GDAP limitations, this is unfortunately beyond what can be resolved through the community forum.

    Because you have already attempted the standard phone support route, I would recommend creating a new Microsoft 365 trial tenant if you do not currently have access to another Microsoft 365 admin center.

    Please follow this link to create a trial tenant: Compare Office 365 Enterprise Pricing and Plans | Microsoft 365 - after that you will be able to access to Microsoft 365 Admin Center to raise the ticket

    Assuming that you have already created an account after registering a free trial and you can go to Microsoft 365 admin center and click Support > Help & support icon to raise your ticket. The agent will be able to create a ticket for you under the affected tenant and then transfer this ticket to Data Protection team who could help you to regain access.

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    Please mention that you are raising ticket on behalf of the affected tenant that you do not have access to. The support team will help you to create ticket on the affected tenant then later on the Microsoft Data Protection team will assist you.

    Note: This process will take more time than usual (7-14 working days) for your account to get access again as Data Protection is always overwhelmed with the number of tickets. As I am forum moderator, I do not have access to Microsoft internal system to assist or push this process to be quicker.

    If you do create the trial and it resolves the issue, please remember to cancel the subscription afterward to avoid any related charges. This new trial tenant will not give you access to any of the data or settings in your original locked tenant. It is solely a temporary means to contact Microsoft support.   

    I hope my information is helpful. Please give me any updates once you get this resolved.

    Warm regards,  


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