How to login to Outlook when you still got the "Too Many Request" message?

I had this problem for the first time today when trying to log-in to my Hotmail account on my home computer. Logging-in requires me to log-in to my Microsoft account & that is 'protected' by a code being sent to me on my mobile phone.

All proceeded OK until I tried to enter the code supplied to me by Microsoft via my mobile phone. On entering the code on my computer I got the "Too Many Requests" message & could go no further.

Looking for help I went onto the "Contact - Microsoft Support" page & basically got nowhere because this paricular error wasn't recognised by the automated sysems used by Microsoft support.

To try & get further help I saw the "sign-in" icon on the top left of the page & decided to try that route.

No problem - I signed into my Microsoft Account as usual, including entering the code sent to me by Microsoft.

As I was then signed-in, I could access my Hotmail account with no further problems.

OK, so what happened? No idea - could just be the server was no longer so busy, but I just don't buy that. Could be that using a different system/software got round a basic "bug" in the current Outlook software - yep, that seems more likely to me.

I have been having this problem frequently on a Windows 11 desktop.

On a Linux laptop, I log straight in.

It's nothing to do with server requests.

Yes, guessed that - it appears to be just another Microsoft 'thing' that they have created & haven't any real idea how to fix.

Happened to me again earlier today when I was on a Windows 11 laptop, but later on, on my Windows 10 PC (fully updated), I had no problem accessing my email.

Hi guys. Since Microsoft just DOESN'T CARE enough to try to fix this problem, I have found a workaround that might also work for you.
Try to log in in another microsoft website, like for example:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-US/home/contact

And then, when you try outlook.com you might get to access your mailbox. Hope this helps