Microsoft Account Locked (Compliance Lock)

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Anonymous
2019-12-24T10:53:59+00:00

Hi,

When logging in to any Microsoft service I receive the message:

Your account has been locked

We’ve detected some activity that violates our Microsoft Services Agreement and have locked your account.

Unlocking your account

To unlock your account, you’ll need some additional assistance. Navigate to "aka.ms/compliancelock" and we’ll get you to the right place.

When I follow the link and fill out the form I received the reply that I violated the Code of Conduct and won't be able to access the services anymore. Any charges to my linked credit card will be stopped.

It does not tell me how I violated the Code of Conduct, nor does it tell me how to reinstate my account, while the form I filled out is called "account reinstatement". It also does not tell me how to retrieve my data.

The form states: "Your account has been suspended for suspicious activity, sending unsolicited emails, or for violating of Microsoft’s Terms of Use agreement, such as hosting photos, video or other content in violation of the Code of Conduct."

I'm pretty sure though I did not send SPAM or hosted/posted/shared inappropriate content. As for suspicious activity, I'm not sure what is included here, but I'm a basic user of the services.

What I would like to know is:

  1. How did I violate the CoC? In my opinion you can't just cut people off without providing a clear argument on what happened. As far as I can tell I did not violate any of the 10 commandments listed in the CoC.
  2. This account has existed for 23 years and never before has it been reviewed for any violation (that I know of). How can you just disable it and tell me I will never be able to use it again? (without providing any reason)
  3. How will I retrieve my data and access my purchased and payed for licenses?
    • Hotmail email conversations (not a priority as I don't use it for email and my last email sent was from March).
    • Onedrive data, including pictures of the early days of my children's lives. (I pay for additional storage)
    • Access to my Azure resources, connected to my MSDN subscription.
    • My (payed) Skype-In phone number I use for my business.
    • My MCP ID and transcript. This is my professional learning transcript but also counts towards my company's Microsoft Parnter Network competencies.
    • My digitally purchased XBOX games and apps (not a priority)

I've called and chatted with support, local and world-wide, for different services, but all are receiving the same answer from the CDOC team, as can be found under ticket number ***removed for privacy***, which I find unacceptable.

It's been 14 days now... Please help!

Regards,

Reinto_123

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-10-31T01:03:23+00:00

    Nothing! I sell and generate lots

    of money for large enterprise customers who wants to leverage Azure Cloud. I am certified on mayor Microsoff technologies and even Certified as Master. For 6 years as Full time employee of Microsoft. They locked my account 11 months ago and dont even tell you why. All my data is gone! How can people be crazy to put their data in the cloud and trust that they can always access their data? For me they took my trust away! Empower every person on this planet ...

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-10-31T00:50:31+00:00

    I am writing on behalf of another user as their account has been locked. I have a case number but have receive no responses.  I am reading many reports that these requests go unanswered. Because the account has been locked he is unable to access his files inside OneDrive. 

    I find this very unsettling that without warning, Microsoft can lock everything up without a way to find out even WHY.

    What is a person supposed to do?

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-10-28T23:04:34+00:00

    I have the same problem with the account lock by Microsoft an I've got the same error message when I completely dont what I was askto do . I really do need the account cause of personal stuff like photos that could not be replaced and subscriptions that i have just pur

    chased

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-10-28T20:11:49+00:00

    Smithy JL, I'm happy for you, man.

    Of course, the email you're giving us of this Xbox Vice President keeps getting auto-removed, so I think you either need to email this directly to us, or make a file that says it on Dropbox or something (definitely not OneDrive though!)

    If you can, I'd love to receive a possible contact. My email is chasejsutton49, followed by the @ and then gmail.com.

    Please help us out man, I think we all can overcome this, and maybe Mojang's supreme loyalty to Microsoft won't be such a stupid move after all, and the Minecraft community environment won't be so toxic. And again, this is all beyond Minecraft, of course.

    Thanks.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-10-28T20:06:11+00:00

    Agreed and glad to see someone who is also frustrated like me. Microsoft support is famously awful....It sucks that I am able to say this so confidently, but I have never had a technical support ticket successfully completed by outsourced customer service agents. In the end though, that is the point.

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